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...

Craig Parshall is a fiction writer who has authored or co-authored eleven suspense novels. His fiction work has appeared on the New York Times Best Seller List and on the CBA bestseller list. His newe...

Craig Parshall is a fiction writer who has authored or co-authored eleven suspense novels. His fiction work has appeared on the New York Times Best Seller List and on the CBA bestseller list. His newest supernatural-themed novel The Occupied (Tyndale Pub. House) release, September 2016) will be his twelfth work of suspense fiction. Craig is a current events columnist and has also co-authored several non-fiction books with his wife Janet, a national syndicated radio talk show host on Moody Radio. Craig is a cum laude graduate of Carroll College (English/Philosophy/Religion) and Marquette University Law School where he received his J.D. degree. As a constitutional attorney, Craig currently serves as Special Counsel with the ACLJ. Craig is also a commentator on issues involving culture, faith, freedom, law, media and technology, and frequently debates the most controversial and engaging issues of the day with atheist groups and separation-of-church-state leaders. He also speaks nationally on topics ranging from Washington policy and politics, religious liberty, and Internet freedom of speech to debating artistic issues with movie directors in Hollywood and addressing Christian world-view subjects. On constitutional matters, Craig has testified frequently before committees of the U.S. Senate and the House of Representatives, as well as before the Federal Communications Commission (FCC) on broadcasting freedoms and the future of media. As a veteran trial and appellate attorney Mr. Parshall has represented clients in civil liberty and church/state cases before the U.S. Supreme Court, the majority of the federal Courts of Appeal across the United States, and before numerous federal trial courts and state supreme courts. In addition to Craig serving as Special Counsel to the American Center for Law and Justice (ACLJ), he also provides Washington policy-related consulting as the principal of Parshall Policy. He was the founding Director of the John Milton Project for Free Speech, a pioneering venture on freedom of speech on the Internet that he launched in his previous capacity as Sr. Vice-President & General Counsel for National Religious Broadcasters (NRB), where he later served as Senior Advisor for Law and Policy. Craig’s appearances on legal and constitutional issues before mainstream media include FOX news, CBS television and CBS radio, CNN, NBC’s Today Show, Inside Edition, PBS, NPR and Court TV among others. His cases have been featured in major newspapers and magazines including the New York Times, the National Law Journal, the Chicago Tribune, the LA Times, the Boston Herald, the Boston Globe, the Milwaukee Journal, the Atlanta Constitution, the Charlotte Observer, the Des Moines Register, Newsweek and U.S. News and World Reports.

William Martin, Ph.D., is the Harry and Hazel Chavanne SeniorFellow in Religion and Public Policy at the Baker Institute and the ChavanneEmeritus Professor of Sociology at Rice University. He also dir...

William Martin, Ph.D., is the Harry and Hazel Chavanne SeniorFellow in Religion and Public Policy at the Baker Institute and the ChavanneEmeritus Professor of Sociology at Rice University. He also directs theinstitute’s Drug Policy Program. His areas of research and writing focus on twomajor sets of issues: 1) the political implications of religion, particularlyfundamentalist religions and the importance of the separation of religion andgovernment, or “church and state”; and 2) ways to reduce the harms associatedwith both drug abuse and drug policy. A prolific writer, Martin’s articles, most of which deal withaspects of religion, have appeared in such publications as Texas Monthly, TheAtlantic Monthly, Harper’s and Esquire, as well as in professional journals.His book “A Prophet with Honor: The Billy Graham Story” is regarded as theauthoritative biography of Billy Graham. Another of his books, “With God on OurSide: The Rise of the Religious Right in America” (Broadway Books 1996; updated2005), was the companion volume to a six-hour documentary PBS miniseries of thesame name. He is also a frequent guest on national and local news anddiscussion programs. During his 45 years at Rice University, Martin has receivednumerous teaching awards, including a Lifetime Award for Excellence inTeaching. He taught courses on Sociology, Sociology of Religion, Criminal Justice Systems,Popular Culture and American Social Problems. In addition to teaching awards, Martin received the Meritorious ServiceAward from the Rice Alumni Association in 2001, recognizing his contributionsoutside the classroom, and the Student Association Mentor Award from RiceUniversity in 1999, for his care and thoughtful role in advising students. Hiswriting has also received much recognition, including these awards for theoriginal version of “A Prophet with Honor“: o “TenBest Biographies of Religious Figures in the 20th Century,” Christian ReaderMagazine, 2000 o ChristianityToday Critic's Choice Award for best book in category, Biography and History,1992 o Finalist,Biography of the Year, Los Angeles Times Book Review, 1992 Otherbooks by Martin include “Christians in Conflict,” Chicago: Center for theScientific Study of Religion, 1972; “Studies in Religion and Society” (in monographseries) A study of the clergy of Rochester, New York, in the conflict betweenEastman Kodak and the Alinsky-organized FIGHT; and “These Were God’s People: ALayman’s Bible History,” Southwestern Company, 1966. Anative Texan, Martin received his Bachelor’s and Master’s degrees from Abilene(Texas) Christian University, then spent the next few years in the Boston areaearning a Bachelor’s of Divinity degree from Harvard Divinity School and aPh.D. from Harvard University in 1969. He returned to Texas and began teachingat Rice University shortly thereafter. Martin has been married to Patricia Summerlin Martin,Ph.D., since 1957, and they have three adult children and nine grandchildren.They continue to reside in the Houston area