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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  • Free speech and the state of American culture

    Free speech and the state of American culture

    Why such a rapid increase? The moral laxity of the culture brought on by the decline in moral clarity and intestinal fortitude of the American pulpit is one leading contributor. 

  • Roe is finally gone. What must we do now?

    Roe is finally gone. What must we do now?

    We must ask God to give us the spirit of the prophet Jeremiah, who, while he condemned the grievous sins of the people, did so with a catch in his voice and a tear in his eye, as he wept over the sins of the people and the terrible consequences which inevitably followed in the wake of their idolatry and wickedness.

  • Ukraine: An important litmus test for Western Civilization

    Ukraine: An important litmus test for Western Civilization

    The stakes could not be higher for the future of Western Civilization than what is currently transpiring in Ukraine.

  • Who are we as Christians? (part 3)

    Who are we as Christians? (part 3)

    I cannot think of a more productive and helpful question for a Christian to ask himself or herself than, “Christian, who are you and what difference does it make?”

  • Christianity: The foundation and first principles (part 2)

    Christianity: The foundation and first principles (part 2)

    Whenever I explain this to people, inevitably some of them say, “That’s wonderful news for young people, but what about those of us who got off the straight and narrow fifteen or twenty years ago?”

  • Christianity: The foundation and first principles (part 1)

    Christianity: The foundation and first principles (part 1)

    During our most recent time together, this young man asked me, “What is the most important thing I can tell someone?” I immediately thought, “What a great question!” To answer that question you have to immediately go back to basics or first principles.

  • Religious convictions vs. gay rights: A modest proposal

    Religious convictions vs. gay rights: A modest proposal

    The question at issue in the 303 Creative v. Elenis case is really quite simple: Should an American citizen be compelled to violate their conscience and create speech advocating that which they find morally abhorrent?

  • Has America lost her way?

    Has America lost her way?

    When brave Iranians came out in the streets in the first months of the Obama administration in 2009, they were waving American flags and their protest signs were in English, as many of the signs in Tiananmen Square were, appealing to us for support and help.

  • America in turmoil: How should Christians respond?

    America in turmoil: How should Christians respond?

    This humanistic, morally relative society has been metastasizing within American society for several generations, and its destructive chickens have come home to roost.

  • The secret to being thankful despite circumstances

    The secret to being thankful despite circumstances

    Given the divisive rhetoric employed by both sides in this election cycle, the results have been received by the populace with impressive acceptance and the American spirit of “we will try to do a better job of making our case to the American people in the next election.”