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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Mar 5, 2021
A powerful voice from the past
I am not surprised that Mrs. King said that “if there’s one book that Martin . . . has written that people consistently tell me has changed their lives, it is Strength to Love.” She explained that this book embodied the foundational force behind Dr. King and his ministry — “the transcendent moral ethic of love.”
Feb 26, 2021
Ask Dr. Land: Should we still celebrate presidents' birthdays?
The fact that in the year of our Lord 2021 various public officials in varied local school districts have taken it upon themselves to rip President Washington’s and President Lincoln’s names off of public schools because they don’t meet some amorphous standard of “wokeness” is the equivalent of civil blasphemy.
Feb 19, 2021
Ask Dr. Land: Why do many progressive public policy initiatives seem to hurt the poorest?
It would seem to me that the lesson we should learn from the unintended consequences of these recent progressive policies is that we must look with a hard eye at what are the human consequences of “progressive policies".
Feb 12, 2021
Ask Dr. Land: What is President Biden’s pro-abortion blitz doing to America?
The continued mass slaughter of our unborn citizens, approximately 25 to 30% of babies conceived each year in America, now for almost half a century, has devalued all human life, born and unborn, in America. It has brutalized us and made every human life less sacred.
Feb 5, 2021
Ask Dr. Land: What does President Biden’s pro-abortion blitz say about America?
Of the 12 nations ahead of America on the list, 11 of the nations are former or current communist regimes, which tells you something about the life-denying philosophies of these atheistic systems. By the way, the least abortive country in the world per capita is Mexico with an abortion rate of .1 per thousand women aged 15-44.
Jan 29, 2021
Ask Dr. Land: How is Catholic Church's view of President Biden?
When the head of the U.S. Conference of Catholic Bishops (USCCB) issues a statement representing 75 million American Catholics (23% of the total U.S. population) concerning the first Catholic president since JFK’s inauguration six decades ago, it is an important event.
Jan 22, 2021
Ask Dr. Land: Why is Trump’s Advisory 1776 Commission so important?
Be advised that the 1776 Commission shreds the 1619 Project for the dangerous historical fantasy that it is. It is dangerous because it undermines our unity as Americans of differing ethnicities and perpetuates racial and ethnic division in perpetuity.
Jan 20, 2021
An evangelical leader’s open letter to President Biden
And, make no mistake, we accept you as our president. You will not hear from us the dangerous nonsense, “He will never be our president.”
Jan 15, 2021
How critical is this moment for Americans?
Many people have blamed President Trump for this increasing level of incivility, but he was more a symptom and a product of the dissatisfaction and unrest of many citizens, rather than its progenitor.
Jan 7, 2021
Americans must reject violence in pursuit of political goals
Americans must always reject the resort to violence in pursuit of political goals. It is literally “un-American” to engage in, or resort to, violent disregard of the law.