VIEW SHOW

Tuesday, February 16, 2021
To start today's show, Kerby Anderson interviews Mary Jo Sharp about her book, Why I Still Believe. Then he welcomes Jim DeMint and Rachel Bovard to the studio to talk about their book, Conservative: Knowing What to Keep. In the final hour, Kerby discusses Forgiving My Father, Forgiving Myself, by and with Ruth Graham. To make a comment, please call 800-351-1212 or contact us on facebook at facebook.com/pointofviewradio.
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To start today's show, Kerby Anderson interviews Mary Jo Sharp about her book, Why I Still Believe. Then he welcomes Jim DeMint and Rachel Bovard to the studio to talk about their book, Conservative: Knowing What to Keep. In the final hour, Kerby discusses Forgiving My Father, Forgiving Myself, by and with Ruth Graham. To make a comment, please call 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 (govern...

GUESTS

Mary Jo Sharp

Mary Jo Sharp

Assistant Professor of Apologetics at HBU — Founder & Director of Confident Christianity Apologetics Ministry

A former atheist who came to faith, Mary Jo Sharp has experienced two worlds of American culture: the post-Christian culture of the Pacific Northwest and the evangelical culture of the Bible Belt. She...

A former atheist who came to faith, Mary Jo Sharp has experienced two worlds of American culture: the post-Christian culture of the Pacific Northwest and the evangelical culture of the Bible Belt. She first encountered apologetics in her own spiritual search while seeking answers. Mary Jo is now an assistant professor of apologetics at Houston Baptist University and the founder and director of Confident Christianity Apologetics Ministry. She has been featured in Christianity Today’s cover story “The Unexpected Defenders” and is an international speaker on apologetics, focusing on love and logic to uncover truth. She lives with her husband and family in Portland, Oregon.

Jim DeMint

Jim DeMint

Chairman — Conservative Partnership Institute

DeMint represented South Carolina in the U.S. House (1999-2005) and U.S. Senate (2005-2013). Known for policy entrepreneurship, he authored leading conservative reforms to health care, education, taxe...

DeMint represented South Carolina in the U.S. House (1999-2005) and U.S. Senate (2005-2013). Known for policy entrepreneurship, he authored leading conservative reforms to health care, education, taxes, and entitlements. DeMint garnered national acclaim from conservatives for leading efforts to ban congressional earmarks, which had been the source of billions of dollars of wasteful spending for decades and led to corruption and widespread abuse. He also successfully led the fight to stop the McCain-Kennedy amnesty bill in 2007. He is the Founder of the Senate Conservatives Fund, which played a major role in the election of many of the Senate’s leading conservatives like Mike Lee, Ted Cruz, Rand Paul, Marco Rubio, Ron Johnson, Pat Toomey, Ben Sasse, and Tom Cotton. He also served as the President of The Heritage Foundation for four years, taking the organization to new heights of influence. Under DeMint’s direction, Heritage played a major role in the Trump transition, with the policy series “Mandate for Leadership” used as the basis for the President’s first budget and numerous other administration reforms. During DeMint’s tenure, Heritage partnered with the Federalist Society to create a list of possible Supreme Court judicial nominations that culminated in the confirmation of Justice Neil Gorsuch. He is the author of the books Now or Never: Saving America from Economic Collapse (Center Street, 2012); The Great American Awakening: Two Years that Changed America, Washington and Me (B&H, 2011); and Saving Freedom: We Can Stop America’s Slide into Socialism (Fidelis, 2009). His first book, with co-author J. David Woodard, is Why We Whisper: Restoring Our Right to Say It’s Wrong (Rowman & Littlefield, 2007). His latest book, Falling in Love with America Again (Center Street, 2014) debuted at #1 on The Washington Post bestseller list. DeMint and his wife, Debbie, have four children who now are grown and married.

Rachel Bovard

Rachel Bovard

Director of Policy Services — The Heritage Foundation

Rachel Bovard, an experienced hand on Capitol Hill, is director of policy services for The Heritage Foundation. In this role, she works to provide members of Congress with the think tank’s policy reco...

Rachel Bovard, an experienced hand on Capitol Hill, is director of policy services for The Heritage Foundation. In this role, she works to provide members of Congress with the think tank’s policy recommendations, in-depth analyses, and latest conservative solutions. Before joining Heritage, Bovard was policy director for the Senate Steering Committee, a caucus of conservative senators, under the successive chairmanships of Sen. Pat Toomey, R-Pa., and Sen. Mike Lee, R-Utah. Bovard’s succession of staff posts over nine years in the Senate and House of Representatives include serving as legislative director to Sen. Rand Paul, R-Ky., and as senior legislative assistant to Rep. Donald Manzullo, R-Ill., and Rep. Ted Poe, R-Texas. In 2013, she was named to National Journal’s list of “25 Most Influential Women in Washington Under 35.” She is a former intern at The Heritage Foundation. Bovard, who was born and grew up in Rochester, N.Y., received her bachelor’s degree, summa cum laude, in history and political science at Grove City College in 2006. She also holds a master’s degree in professional studies from the Graduate School of Political Management at George Washington University. In addition to her public policy pursuits, Bovard is an accomplished sommelier, a wine educator, and a diploma candidate in the Wine & Spirit Education Trust.

Ruth Graham

Ruth Graham

Author | Speaker — Ruth Graham Ministries

Born as the middle child among Billy Graham's five children, Ruth Graham grew up surrounded by a wealth of biblical training, witnessing some of the greatest spiritual revivals the world has ever seen...

Born as the middle child among Billy Graham's five children, Ruth Graham grew up surrounded by a wealth of biblical training, witnessing some of the greatest spiritual revivals the world has ever seen through her father's ministry. Despite her rich faith heritage, Ruth experienced what many kids with hard-working parents go through, she found herself pretending that everything was okay even when internal struggles were troubling. She developed a personal relationship with God at a young age, but that was called into question when she learned that her husband of almost two decades had been unfaithful for many years. After multiple rough years of overcoming heartache and family turmoil, Ruth grew even stronger in her relationship with the Lord and now uses what she has learned to help others overcome the lions in their lives. Today, she is the acclaimed author of In Every Pew Sits a Broken Heart and Step Into the Bible. Her latest work is Forgiving My Father, Forgiving Myself. She is also the founder of Ruth Graham Ministries and currently resides in Shenandoah Valley, Virginia.

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