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Friday, December 22, 2023
Join our host, Kerby Anderson as he brings us the Weekend Edition. His cohost is Dr. Merrill Mathews from IPI. During the first hour President, CEO, and Chief Counsel at First Liberty Kelly Shackelford joins them to bring his wisdom. Then in the second hour, they're joined by Penna Dexter and for two segments by Howard Goldthwaite. Howard will be discussing his books: No Better Letter and Founded on Freedom. It's going to be a great show, so please plan accordingly. Call us at 800-351-1212 or contact us on Facebook at facebook.com/pointofviewradio with your opinion or comments.
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Join our host, Kerby Anderson as he brings us the Weekend Edition. His cohost is Dr. Merrill Mathews from IPI. During the first hour President, CEO, and Chief Counsel at First Liberty Kelly Shackelford joins them to bring his wisdom. Then in the second hour, they're joined by Penna Dexter and for two segments by Howard Goldthwaite. Howard will be discussing his books: No Better Letter and Founded on Freedom. It's going to be a great show, so please plan accordingly. Call us at 800-351-1212 or contact us on Facebook at facebook.com/pointofviewradio with your opinion or comments.

HOST

Kerby Anderson

Kerby Anderson

Host — Point of View

Kerby Anderson is host of Point of View Radio Talk Show and also serves as the President of Probe Ministries. He holds masters degrees from Yale University (science) and Georgetown University (govern...

GUESTS

Merrill (Buddy) Matthews, PhD

Merrill (Buddy) Matthews, PhD

Resident Scholar | Analyst | Writer — Institute for Policy Innovation

Merrill Matthews, Ph.D., is a resident scholar with the Institute for Policy Innovation, a research-based, public policy “think tank.” He is a health policy expert and weekly contributor at Forbes.com...

Merrill Matthews, Ph.D., is a resident scholar with the Institute for Policy Innovation, a research-based, public policy “think tank.” He is a health policy expert and weekly contributor at Forbes.com. He also serves as Vice Chairman of the Texas Advisory Committee of the U.S. Commission on Civil Rights. Dr. Matthews is a past president of the Health Economics Roundtable for the National Association for Business Economics, the largest trade association of business economists. Dr. Matthews also served for 10 years as the medical ethicist for the University of Texas Southwestern Medical Center’s Institutional Review Board for Human Experimentation, and has contributed chapters to several books, including Physician Assisted Suicide: Expanding the Debate and The 21st Century Health Care Leader and, in 2009, Stop Paying the Crooks (on Medicare fraud). He has been published in numerous journals and newspapers, including The Wall Street Journal, Investor’s Business Daily, Barron’s, USA Today, Forbes magazine and the Washington Times. He was an award-winning political analyst for the USA Radio Network. Dr. Matthews received his Ph.D. in Humanities from the University of Texas.

Kelly Shackelford

Kelly Shackelford

President and CEO — Liberty Institute

Kelly Shackelford, Esq., has been president and CEO of Liberty Institute since 1997. Mr. Shackelford is a constitutional scholar who has argued before the United States Supreme Court, testified bef...

Kelly Shackelford, Esq., has been president and CEO of Liberty Institute since 1997. Mr. Shackelford is a constitutional scholar who has argued before the United States Supreme Court, testified before the U.S. House and Senate on constitutional issues, and has won three state landmark First Amendment and religious liberty cases in the past few years alone. He was recently named one of the 25 greatest Texas lawyers of the past quarter century by Texas Lawyer, and is the recipient of the prestigious William Bentley Ball Award for Life and Religious Freedom Defense for his leadership and pioneering work protecting religious freedom.

Penna Dexter

Penna Dexter

Co-Host — Point of View

Point of View Co-Host, Penna Dexter frequently sits in as guest host for Kerby Anderson. Her weekly commentaries air on the Bott Radio Network. Penna’s heart is in educating and encouraging Christian...

Point of View Co-Host, Penna Dexter frequently sits in as guest host for Kerby Anderson. Her weekly commentaries air on the Bott Radio Network. Penna’s heart is in educating and encouraging Christians to influence the culture and politics. She worked as a consultant overseeing the launch and production of the Family Research Council’s nationally syndicated radio program, Washington Watch Weekly. For eight years she served as Marlin Maddoux’s co-host on Point of View and for two years she co-hosted a daily drive time live broadcast on the Dallas-based Criswell Radio Network. Penna served a term on the Ethics and Religious Liberty Commission of the Southern Baptist Convention. She served for three years as a Texas Area Director for Concerned Women for America and for ten years on the Executive Advisory Board for Golden Corridor Republican Women’s Club in Dallas, Texas. Penna’s interest in conservative politics and the issues that affect the family began when she was a child working on political campaigns with her parents. She graduated from the University of Southern California with a degree in International Relations. She spent 8 years in the banking industry. She and her husband Todd have three children and nine grandchildren. They attend Christ Church in Plano, Texas. Penna serves on the church’s vestry.

Howard Goldthwaite

Howard Goldthwaite

Writer | Speaker | Filmmaker | Senior Director of Creative Strategy — First Liberty Institute

Howard Goldthwaite is the Senior Director of Creative Strategy at First Liberty Institute, the nation’s largest nonprofit law firm exclusively dedicated to defending religious liberty. He spent man...

Howard Goldthwaite is the Senior Director of Creative Strategy at First Liberty Institute, the nation’s largest nonprofit law firm exclusively dedicated to defending religious liberty. He spent many years as a Creative Director, working at several large advertising agencies where he created national campaigns for brands like Samsung, GlaxoSmithKline, BMW, Nestlé, Denny’s, and many more. He’s a writer, speaker, and filmmaker, and teaches aspiring film students as an adjunct college professor. You can watch his TEDx talk on Youtube: “A Banjo Player Overcomes the PR Disaster of the Movie ‘Deliverance.’” As a lifetime doodler, he’s also is the creator of First Liberty’s own cartoon strip: “Jurisprunejuice.” Howard Goldthwaite is a prolific writer, with over a dozenbooks on Amazon. You can see several of his books on his Facebook page: QuietTime Well Spent.

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