Richard D. Land

Richard D. Land

Christian Post Executive Editor

Dr. Richard Land, BA (magna cum laude), Princeton; D.Phil. Oxford; and Th.M., New Orleans Baptist Theological Seminary, was president of the Southern Baptists’ Ethics & Religious Liberty Commission (1988-2013) and has served since 2013 as president of Southern Evangelical Seminary in Charlotte, NC. Dr. Land has been teaching, writing, and speaking on moral and ethical issues for the last half century in addition to pastoring several churches.

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  • Cultural ‘awareness’ but not woke warrior

    Cultural ‘awareness’ but not woke warrior

    Once that fully soaked into my consciousness, and after I shared that new comprehension with my wife, we both agreed that it had to be removed. The treasured memories it held for us were dwarfed by the monstrous and dehumanizing system and culture it symbolized.

  • District Attorney Boudin: The chickens do come home to roost!

    District Attorney Boudin: The chickens do come home to roost!

    Mr. Boudin is a high-profile advocate of a social theory known as “decriminalization,” which is a belief that too many ethnic minority youths end up in prison. That observation is unfortunately true. However, Mr. Boudin and his fellow travelers’ cure is worse than the disease. Mr. Boudin’s solution is to leave many more accused criminals to roam the streets victimizing many more citizens.

  • General Douglas MacArthur: ‘Duty, Honor, Country!'

    General Douglas MacArthur: ‘Duty, Honor, Country!'

    If ever there was a melding together of the man and the message, this was it. Perhaps the greatest general in American history, standing before a significant portion of the future officer corps for the U.S. Army in the coming generation, delivered a message none of them would ever forget.

  • Southern Baptists: Where do we go from here?

    Southern Baptists: Where do we go from here?

    Yes, I have read the Sexual Abuse Task Force Report (SATF).  I read all 285 pages last Sunday night. It made me physically nauseous, in spite of the fact that I have been accused of having a “cast iron” stomach.

  • What’s the best way to be pro-life?: A Southern Baptist debate

    What’s the best way to be pro-life?: A Southern Baptist debate

    Would the abolitionists really argue that the government should tell him he could not make the decision to save his wife’s life? I fear they might, and they would be wrong.

  • The abortion issue in the post-Roe era: Let the debates begin

    The abortion issue in the post-Roe era: Let the debates begin

    The abortion issue quickly boils down to a debate between the “sanctity of life” ethic vs. the “quality of life” ethic. Is human life sacred? When does human life begin? Does human life deserve protection even when it is mentally and physically challenged or is in perilous sentient decline due to age or serious injury? Does radical individual autonomy trump a baby’s right to life?

  • Roe v. Wade on the ‘ash heap’ of history?

    Roe v. Wade on the ‘ash heap’ of history?

    All rescinding Roe does is to return the issue to the people to decide, state by state. It is called democracy!

  • Madeleine Albright: An American to remember and cherish

    Madeleine Albright: An American to remember and cherish

    Concerning the service itself, one particularly moving element was that her pallbearers were various members of her State Department security detail during her time as Secretary of State.

  • Liturgical calendar: A discipleship resource

    Liturgical calendar: A discipleship resource

    My continuing walk as a “Christ-follower” has led me to overcome that “blind spot” in my Christian experience and to come to a new appreciation for the great opportunities afforded by the Liturgical Calendar for helping both believers and non-believers understand the foundational truths of the Christian faith.

  • The true meaning of Easter

    The true meaning of Easter

    Today is Good Friday, the day Jesus, the Son of God was crucified. It is called “Good Friday” because it was followed by the Resurrection of Jesus that we celebrate every Easter Sunday morning.