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Monday, July 17, 2023
In the first hour our host Kerby Anderson talks with Claes Ryn, who comes to us with a new book, The Failure of American Conservatism and the Road Not Taken. In the second hour, Kerby talks with Dr. Bruce Becker about his new book, True Crimes of the Bible, and then Kerby will talk about recent court cases and other news stories - including the latest government effort to relieve student loans, disinformation, and the FBI and Christopher Wray. Please, call us with your opinion at 800-351-1212 or contact us on Facebook at facebook.com/pointofviewradio.
In the first hour our host Kerby Anderson talks with Claes Ryn, who comes to us with a new book, The Failure of American Conservatism and the Road Not Taken. In the second hour, Kerby talks with Dr. Bruce Becker about his new book, True Crimes of the Bible, and then Kerby will talk about recent court cases and other news stories - including the latest government effort to relieve student loans, disinformation, and the FBI and Christopher Wray. Please, call us with your opinion at 800-351-1212 or contact us on Facebook at facebook.com/pointofviewradio.

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 (governm...

GUESTS

Claes G. Ryn, PhD

Claes G. Ryn, PhD

Researcher | Teacher | Author | Founding Director — Center for the Study of Statesmanship

Ryn's areas of research and teaching include the history of Western political thought, politics and the imagination, historicism, the theory of knowledge, conservatism, American political thought, con...

Ryn's areas of research and teaching include the history of Western political thought, politics and the imagination, historicism, the theory of knowledge, conservatism, American political thought, constitutionalism, and the moral and cultural dimensions of international relations. Ryn has taught at the University of Virginia, Georgetown University, and Louisiana State University. Ryn is the Founding Director of the new Center for the Study of Statesmanship at Catholic University. The recipient of many awards and grants, Professor Ryn was named Outstanding Graduate Professor by the CUA Graduate Student Association in 1992. In 2011 he received the CUA faculty award for Distinguished Achievement in Research. His is the author of many books including A Common Human Ground, America the Virtuous, Will, Imagination and Reason, Democracy and the Ethical Life, and the novel A Desperate Man. He has published and lectured widely on both sides of the Atlantic and in Asia, especially China. In 2000 he gave the Distinguished Foreign Scholar Lectures at Beijing University, which published this series as a book, Unity Through Diversity (in Chinese translation). Three of Ryn's books and many of his other writings have appeared in Chinese translation. In 2012 Beijing Normal University named him Honorary Professor. Ryn is editor of Humanitas. He was co-founder and President of the Academy of Philosophy and Letters and co-founder and Chairman of the National Humanities Institute. He served as president of the Philadelphia Society. He was chairman of the Department from 1979 to 1985.

Bruce Becker, DMin

Bruce Becker, DMin

Executive Vice President — Time of Grace

Bruce joined the leadership team at Time of Grace in March 2009. He is a respected church consultant, public speaker, advisor, and published author. He has a professional doctorate in leadership and m...

Bruce joined the leadership team at Time of Grace in March 2009. He is a respected church consultant, public speaker, advisor, and published author. He has a professional doctorate in leadership and ministry management from Trinity International University in Chicago. Bruce lives in Jackson, Wisconsin, with his wife, Linda. They have been married for more than 40 years and have four adult children. They enjoy spending time with family, bicycling, landscaping, and gardening.

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