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Wednesday, January 22, 2020
Today Dr. Merrill Matthews is our guest host. During the first hour Marc Levin will be his guest. Marc is Vice President of Criminal Justice Policy at the Texas Public Policy Foundation. He and Merrill will discuss Dallas' Plan to Reduce Murders. His next guests are John, a minister in China and David Curry, president & CEO of Open Doors. They will talk about the latest World Watch List, in general, and persecution of Christians in China, specifically. In the final hour Frank Pavone will share his insights on the upcoming 2020 March for Life. We look forward to hearing from you! Please call us at 800-351-1212 or post on Facebook at facebook.com/pointofviewradio.  
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Today Dr. Merrill Matthews is our guest host. During the first hour Marc Levin will be his guest. Marc is Vice President of Criminal Justice Policy at the Texas Public Policy Foundation. He and Merrill will discuss Dallas' Plan to Reduce Murders. His next guests are John, a minister in China and David Curry, president & CEO of Open Doors. They will talk about the latest World Watch List, in general, and persecution of Christians in China, specifically. In the final hour Frank Pavone will share his insights on the upcoming 2020 March for Life. We look forward to hearing from you! Please call us at 800-351-1212 or post on Facebook at facebook.com/pointofviewradio.  

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Dr. Merrill Matthews

Dr. Merrill Matthews

Resident Scholar — Institute for Policy Innovation

Merrill Matthews, Ph.D., is a resident scholar with the Institute for Policy Innovation, a research-based, public policy “think tank.” He is a health policy expert and weekly contributor at Forbes.co...

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Marc Levin

Marc Levin

Vice President of Criminal Justice Policy — Texas Public Policy Foundation

Marc Levin is Vice President of Criminal Justice Policy at the Texas Public Policy Foundation. Based in Austin, Texas, Levin is an attorney and an accomplished author on legal and public policy issues...

Marc Levin is Vice President of Criminal Justice Policy at the Texas Public Policy Foundation. Based in Austin, Texas, Levin is an attorney and an accomplished author on legal and public policy issues. In 2014, Levin was named one of the “Politico 50” in the magazine’s annual “list of thinkers, doers, and dreamers who really matter in this age of gridlock and dysfunction.” Levin served as a law clerk to Judge Will Garwood on the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit and Staff Attorney at the Texas Supreme Court. In 1999, he graduated with honors from the University of Texas with a B.A. in Plan II Honors and Government. In 2002, Levin received his J.D. with honors from the University of Texas School of Law. Levin’s articles on law and public policy have been featured in national and international media outlets that regularly turn to him for conservative analysis of states’ criminal justice challenges.

John, ThM, PhD

John, ThM, PhD

Minister | Teacher — to China

John has lived directly in China for 19 years and has been involved in campus or community ministry directly there for more than 25 years as a campus minister, campus director, a regional director, na...

John has lived directly in China for 19 years and has been involved in campus or community ministry directly there for more than 25 years as a campus minister, campus director, a regional director, national theology director and city family ministry director in that period. His ministry began full time in February of 1983, was invited to join as one of the 250 China representatives at the 2010 World Evangelism Congress as a long-time China ministry worker and left China as a full time gospel minister in 2012. He did his master of theology in Chinese at Chinese Evangelical Seminary and a 2nd masters in business at the American Graduate School of International Management (Thunderbird) and used those degrees to teach English, Business and Bible/Theology classes to both University Students and full time ministers of the gospel.

David Curry

David Curry

CEO — Open Doors USA

Open Doors USA President and CEO David Curry advocates on behalf of those who are persecuted for their Christian faith. In this role, he leads the organization in strengthening and equipping Christian...

Open Doors USA President and CEO David Curry advocates on behalf of those who are persecuted for their Christian faith. In this role, he leads the organization in strengthening and equipping Christians living under or facing restriction, while encouraging them to remain strong in their faith under harrowing circumstances. For nearly 60 years, Open Doors has worked in the world's most oppressive countries, empowering Christians who are persecuted for their beliefs. Open Doors equips persecuted Christians in more than 60 countries by providing Bibles, training, programs to help women and children who have been marginalized because of their beliefs and status in society, and helping to restore communities that have been destroyed because of faith. Curry joined Open Doors in August 2013. He was previously CEO at The Rescue Mission and president at the Foundation for Grace, an organization that provides leadership and management training to nonprofit groups in South America. Curry is the author of four books: First Aid for Enablers, It’s Not How Far You Fall It’s How High You Bounce, God Plays Golf and Change Your World!.

Fr Frank Pavone

Fr Frank Pavone

National Director — Priests for Life

Fr. Frank Pavone is one of the most prominent pro-life leaders in the world. Originally from New York, he was ordained in 1988 by Cardinal John O’Connor. He is a priest of the Amarillo Diocese and ser...

Fr. Frank Pavone is one of the most prominent pro-life leaders in the world. Originally from New York, he was ordained in 1988 by Cardinal John O’Connor. He is a priest of the Amarillo Diocese and serves full-time in pro-life leadership with his bishop’s permission. In 1993 he became National Director of Priests for Life. He is also the President of the National Pro-life Religious Council, and the National Pastoral Director of the Silent No More Awareness Campaign and of Rachel’s Vineyard, the world’s largest ministry of healing after abortion. He travels throughout the country, to an average of four states every week, preaching and teaching against abortion. He produces programs regularly for religious and secular radio and television networks.

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