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Thursday, April 30, 2015
On the show today, Penna covers the issue of the Supreme Court's decision and its potential effect on churches. Our first guest, Rev. Canon David H. Roseberry talks about how to address your church regarding the changes in our culture. Clare Lopez will give us an update on the Iran deal and later in the show we hear from Elaine Donnelly, president of the Center for Military Readiness, who will discuss women in the military.
On the show today, Penna covers the issue of the Supreme Court's decision and its potential effect on churches. Our first guest, Rev. Canon David H. Roseberry talks about how to address your church regarding the changes in our culture. Clare Lopez will give us an update on the Iran deal and later in the show we hear from Elaine Donnelly, president of the Center for Military Readiness, who will discuss women in the military.

HOST

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...

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Rev. Canon David H. Roseberry

Rev. Canon David H. Roseberry

Rector & Provincial Canon for Mission — Christ Church Plano

David Roseberry is an ordained priest and the founding rector and senior pastor of Christ Church in Plano, Texas. Planted in 1985, Christ Church is an Anglican congregation that thrives on three value...

David Roseberry is an ordained priest and the founding rector and senior pastor of Christ Church in Plano, Texas. Planted in 1985, Christ Church is an Anglican congregation that thrives on three values: Worship, Grow and Serve, with a mission to “Go, make disciples and teach them to obey the commands of Christ.” Christ Church is a member of the ACNA (Anglican Church in North America) and The Diocese of Churches for the Sake of Others (C4SO). David served as chairman of the ACNA’s Anglican 1,000 movement and is currently Provincial Canon Missioner for ACNA. He is a graduate of the University of Arizona and received his Master of Divinity degree from Church Divinity School of the Pacific in 1982. David and his wife, Fran, have four grown children and five grandchildren.

Elaine Donnelly

Elaine Donnelly

President — Center for Military Readiness

Elaine Donnelly is president of the Center for Military Readiness, an independent, nonpartisan public policy organization that specializes in military/social issues. Founded in 1993, CMR advocates hig...

Elaine Donnelly is president of the Center for Military Readiness, an independent, nonpartisan public policy organization that specializes in military/social issues. Founded in 1993, CMR advocates high, single standards in all forms of military training and sound priorities in the making of military/social policies. Secretary of Defense Caspar Weinberger appointed Mrs. Donnelly to be a member of the Defense Advisory Committee on Women in the Services (DACOWITS) for a three-year term (1984–1986). In 1992, Pres. George H. W. Bush appointed her to the Presidential Commission on the Assignment of Women in the Armed Forces. She is the author of a chapter titled “Defending the Culture of the Military,” which was published by the Air Force University Press in the book Attitudes Are Not Free – Thinking Deeply About Diversity in the U.S. Armed Forces, released in May 2010 and now in its third printing. In May 2007 the Duke University Journal of Gender Law & Policy published her comprehensive, peer-reviewed article titled “Constructing the Co-Ed Military.” Mrs. Donnelly has published articles on military personnel issues in many newspapers and magazines nationwide, including the Washington Post, USA Today, the Boston Globe, Congressional Quarterly Researcher, U.S. News & World Report, the Washington Times, the Naval Institute’s Proceedings, and Human Events, and has appeared on most network and cable network discussion programs. She is a contributor to National Review OPnline, the Breitbart website Big Peace, and CNSNews.com.

Clare Lopez

Clare Lopez

Vice President Research & Analysis — Center for Security Policy

Clare M. Lopez is the Vice President for Research and Analysis at the Center for Security Policy, a Senior Fellow at the London Center for Policy Research, and a member of the Board of Advisors for th...

Clare M. Lopez is the Vice President for Research and Analysis at the Center for Security Policy, a Senior Fellow at the London Center for Policy Research, and a member of the Board of Advisors for the Canadian Mackenzie Institute. Since 2013, she has served as a member of the Citizens Commission on Benghazi. Also Vice President of the Intelligence Summit, she formerly was a career operations officer with the Central Intelligence Agency, a professor at the Centre for Counterintelligence and Security Studies, Executive Director of the Iran Policy Committee from 2005-2006, and has served as a consultant, intelligence analyst, and researcher for a variety of defense firms. She was named a Lincoln Fellow at the Claremont Institute in 2011. Already an advisor to EMP Act America, in February 2012 Ms. Lopez was named a member of the Congressional Task Force on National and Homeland Security, which focuses on the Electro-Magnetic Pulse (EMP) threat to the nation. She is deputy director of the U.S. Counterterrorism Advisory Team for the Military Department of the South Carolina National Guard and serves as a member of the Boards of Advisors/Directors for the Center for Democracy and Human Rights in Saudi Arabia, the Clarion Project, the United West, and the Voice of the Copts. She has been a Visiting Researcher and guest lecturer on counterterrorism, national defense, and international relations at Georgetown University. Ms. Lopez is a regular contributor to print and broadcast media on subjects related to Iran and the Middle East and the co-author of two published books on Iran. She is the author of an acclaimed paper for the Center, The Rise of the Iran Lobby and co-author/editor of the Center’s Team B II study, “Shariah: The Threat to America”. Ms. Lopez received a B.A. in Communications and French from Notre Dame College of Ohio and an M.A. in International Relations from the Maxwell School of Syracuse University. She completed Marine Corps Officer Candidate School (OCS) in Quantico, Virginia before declining a military commission to join the CIA.

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