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In the Market with Janet Parshall
Hour 1: News and Views
We have a lot of news to discuss this hour. After looking at some of the headlines of the day, we will visit with Wesley Smith who will talk about some of his latest articles including his thoughts on whether or not doctors should push their patients to reduce their carbon footprint. Then, Dr. Hormoz Shariat will discuss an upcoming webinar he is hosting that looks at some of the stories behind the headlines coming out of Iran. Join us for a timely conversation.
Hour 2: Hollywood and Hope
This hour we catch up with Karen Covell, the founder of the Hollywood Prayer Network, to learn how to pray specifically for those whom God has called into the entertainment industry – both for those who know Christ and those who don’t yet know him. Then, Dr. Joannie DeBrito will teach us how to recognize anxiety and depression in our children before these problems become too intense. Learn how to look well to the ways of your household.
IN THIS EPISODE
Wesley Smith
Wesley J. Smith is Chair and Senior Fellow at the Discovery Institute’s Center on Human Exceptionalism. Wesley is a contributor to National Review and is the author of 14 books, in recent years focusing on human dignity, liberty, and equality. Wesley has been recognized as one of America’s premier public intellectuals on bioethics by National Journal and has been honored by the Human Life Foundation as a “Great Defender of Life” for his work against suicide and euthanasia. Wesley’s most recent book is Culture of Death: The Age of “Do Harm” Medicine, a warning about the dangers to patients of the modern bioethics movement.
Dr. Hormoz Shariat
Dr. Hormoz Shariat is the founder of Iran Alive Ministries. He was born into a Muslim family in Iran and came to the United States after the Islamic Revolution of 1979, where he came to Christ while earning my Ph.D. in Computer Engineering as a graduate student at USC in 1980. In 1987, Hormoz planted a church in San Jose, California. With hundreds of Muslim converts, which remains one of the largest churches of its kind in the United States. In 2001 he followed the Lord’s leading and founded Iran Alive Ministries, which utilizes Satellite TV to reach the millions of lost and broken people of Iran and the rest of the Middle East. Today, the ministry broadcasts the Gospel 24/7 from studios in Dallas to Iran and the Middle East, trusting the Lord to transform a nation, which is responding to the Gospel unlike any other time in history.
Karen Covell
As Founding Director of Hollywood Prayer Network, Karen speaks and teaches around the country on how people of faith can pray for the people in the entertainment industry. She is also a published co-author of two books: How to Talk About Jesus Without Freaking Out and The Day I Met God. Aside from her leadership at HPN, Karen is Co-Founder and Producer for JC Productions, an independent TV and music production company. She has had extensive experience producing TV specials, documentaries and children's programming. Karen is a member of the Producers Guild of America, a founding member of PREMISE, and a board member of the Biola University Entertainment Task Force. She is a graduate of USC with a BA in Producing.
Dr. Joannie DeBrito
Dr, Joannie DeBrito (Ph.D., LCSW, LMFT) is a licensed clinical social worker and licensed marriage and family therapist with nearly four decades of experience. She currently works on the Focus on the Family counseling team as a marriage intensive aftercare coach with Hope Restored by Focus on the Family. As the former Director of Parenting and Youth at Focus on the Family and co-creator of the suicide prevention program, Alive to Thrive, Joannie continues to speak about suicide and other issues related to youth and young adult mental health. She is also speaks on the topic of intentional Christian grandparenting.
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Janet Parshall
Janet Parshall has been broadcasting from the nation's capital for over three decades. Her passion is to "equip the saints" through intelligent conversation based on biblical truth. When she is not behind her microphone, Janet is speaking across the country on issues impacting Christians. She has authored several books. Parshall and her husband, Craig, live in Virginia and have four children and six grandchildren.
In the Market with Janet Parshall
In the Market with Janet Parshall, challenges listeners to examine major news stories and issues being debated in the marketplace of ideas and speaks to them with the Word of God.
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