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...

Born in Rice Lake, Wisconsin in 1940, Foster Friess is a first-generation college graduate. His mother dropped out of school in the eighth grade to pick cotton in order to save the family farm in Texa...

Born in Rice Lake, Wisconsin in 1940, Foster Friess is a first-generation college graduate. His mother dropped out of school in the eighth grade to pick cotton in order to save the family farm in Texas. His father dealt cattle and horses. At the University of Wisconsin, Foster earned a degree in business administration, served as president of his fraternity, was named one of the “ten most outstanding senior men,” and won the heart of “Badger Beauty” and Chi Omega president Lynnette Estes, whom he married in 1962. Two sons, two daughters, and thirteen grandchildren followed. Lacking enthusiasm about the prospects of being drafted as a private first class foot soldier, Foster enrolled in the Reserves Officer Training Corp at the University of Wisconsin. He trained as an Infantry Platoon Leader and served as an Intelligence Officer for the First Guided Missile Brigade in El Paso, TX. In 1974, Foster and Lynn launched Friess Associates. The firm’s flagship, the Brandywine Fund, averaged 20 percent annual gains in the 1990s, causing Forbes magazine to name it one of the decade’s top mutual funds. Business Week heralded him as the “longest surviving successful growth stock picker” and CNBC’s Ron Insana dubbed him one of the “century’s great investors.” Amidst this professional success, Foster says that his personal life struggled. Behind the scenes, he had “a marriage flirting with divorce and emotionally distant children.” Facing these challenges and bored with his success, he was receptive to Blaise Pascal’s notion: “Within each person is a God-shaped vacuum that only God can fill.”

Mark Mittelberg is a bestselling author, international speaker, and Executive Director of The Lee Strobel Center for Evangelism and Applied Apologetics at Colorado Christian University. Mark is the...

Mark Mittelberg is a bestselling author, international speaker, and Executive Director of The Lee Strobel Center for Evangelism and Applied Apologetics at Colorado Christian University. Mark is the primary author of the celebrated Becoming a Contagious Christian training course (with Lee Strobel). This course has been translated into more than twenty languages and has helped nearly two million people share Christ in natural ways. He also co-authored the Becoming a Contagious Christian book, followed by his leadership-oriented Becoming a Contagious Church which presents an innovative blueprint for church-based evangelism. Mark was the original evangelism director at Willow Creek Community Church in Chicago. He led in that role for seven years, and then served as Executive Vice President of the Willow Creek Association. He was also an editorial consultant and periodic guest for Lee Strobel’s television show, Faith Under Fire. He and Strobel have been ministry partners for more than thirty years. After receiving an undergraduate degree in business, Mark earned an MA in Philosophy of Religion, graduating magna cum laude from Trinity International University in Deerfield, Illinois. He also received an honorary Doctor of Divinity degree from Southern Evangelical Seminary in Charlotte, North Carolina. Mark and Heidi live near Denver, Colorado, and are the parents of Emma Jean and Matthew, both of whom serve in full time ministry roles.

Jacki Deason is a Senior Fellow at the Texas Public Policy Foundation and the host of The Jacki Daily Show, airing on Glenn Beck’s TheBlaze, on the dial in Texas, and podcast on iHeartRadio, iTunes, S...

Jacki Deason is a Senior Fellow at the Texas Public Policy Foundation and the host of The Jacki Daily Show, airing on Glenn Beck’s TheBlaze, on the dial in Texas, and podcast on iHeartRadio, iTunes, SoundCloud, and Google Play Music. Previously, Jacki served as General Counsel to an engineering firm specializing in energy, national security and environmental cleanup. She served many years as legal counsel on Capitol Hill to the Chairman of the Subcommittee on the Constitution and the former Ranking Member of the Commercial and Administrative Law Subcommittee, advising on the oversight of federal agencies. Prior to her career in Washington, she worked as a corporate litigator, and as an Assistant Vice President for a national bank. She entered public life at a young age, as a finalist in the Miss Teen of America pageant. She also served as the Public Relations Director for a statewide political organization.

Mike Beeson attended The University of Texas at Austin with an extensive background in business development, finance, and mergers and acquisitions. He has a passion for sharing the gospel and mobiliz...

Mike Beeson attended The University of Texas at Austin with an extensive background in business development, finance, and mergers and acquisitions. He has a passion for sharing the gospel and mobilizing the church, and has led dozens of mission teams into the field to 14 countries on five continents. His professional background includes senior executive positions with various corporations, as well as similar positions in a number of non-profit organizations, including a member of the senior leadership team for 13 years at Prestonwood Christian Academy in Plano, Texas. Mike currently serves as the Minister of Missions for Prestonwood Baptist Church in Plano, Texas, and continues to serve in leadership roles for various non-profit organizations.