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Christian Doctor’s Digest – November 2013

Erin Brynn shares from her book Finding Roses in the Dust. Dr. Louis Lugo from the Pew Forum discusses those who choose NONE as their religious affiliation. Tim Goeglein opens his book The Man in the Middle about working in the second Bush White House. And Al Weir, MD shares about his weekly devotional for CMDA.

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Meet Our Guests on This Episode

Luis E. Lugo, PhD

Luis E. Lugo, PhD, is the director of the Pew Research Center’s Forum on Religion & Public Life. During his tenure, the Pew Forum has become a leading research organization on issues at the intersection of religion and public affairs. He has led the Pew Forum in developing landmark surveys on religion, including the U.S. Religious Landscape Survey, which detailed the religious makeup, religious beliefs and practices as well as social and political attitudes of the American public. The Pew Forum is now studying the size, distribution and projected growth of the world’s religious populations and analyzing the levels of religious restrictions around the world. Prior to joining the Pew Forum, Luis served as the director of the religion program at The Pew Charitable Trusts in Philadelphia for seven years, and was a professor of political science for more than 12 years. He earned a PhD in political science at the University of Chicago.

Tim Goeglein

Tim Goeglein Vice President for External Relations at Focus on the Family and a Senior Fellow at The Heritage Foundation in Washington, D.C. He served in high-level government posts for the last two decades and worked as Special Assistant to President George W. Bush, where he was the Deputy Director of the White House Office of Public Liaison from 2001 to 2008. He was the President’s principal outreach contact for conservatives, think tanks, veteran’s groups, faith-based groups and some of America’s leading cultural organizations. He is the author of the political memoir The Man in the Middle: Faith and Politics in the George W. Bush Era. Tim holds honorary doctorate degrees from Concordia University and Faith Evangelical College and Seminary. Tim serves on the Sanctity of Life Commission for his church body, the 2.5 million-member Lutheran Church-Missouri Synod, and has served as a deacon in his church for 25 years. Tim and his wife Jenny have two sons.

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