
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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Ask Dr. Land: Does MLK's dream still inspire Americans today?
Question: Does Dr. King’s transcendent dream still inspire the American people?Yesterday, August 28, 2020, was the 57th ...

Ask Dr. Land: How should Christians respond to Black Lives Matter?
While nearly all true Evangelicals affirm that “black lives matter” as a subset of “all human lives are sacred,” we must separate ourselves emphatically from the Black Lives Matter (BLM) movement.

Ask Dr. Land: Why is Billy Graham's statue being installed in US Capitol important?
Who was Charles Brantley Aycock? This is where the story gets really interesting — and encouraging.

Ask Dr. Land: Was it immoral to drop atomic bombs on Japan?
Yesterday, August 6th, the world commemorated the 75th anniversary of America dropping an atomic bomb on Hiroshima, Japan, thus commencing the “atomic age.”

How important is John Lewis’ legacy?
John Lewis lying in state in the Alabama State Capital in Montgomery, where Gov. George Wallace had proclaimed, “Segregation Now! Segregation Tomorrow! Segregation Forever!” is a powerful image for people of my generation.

John Lewis: An American treasure
Until the end of his life, Congressman Lewis never strayed from his bedrock, foundational belief that the nonviolent power to forgive was redemptive to all concerned — victim as well as victimized.

The death knell of The New York Times?
Bari Weiss paints a grim picture of political correctness and cancel culture run amok at the Times. She tells of her work colleagues calling her a “Nazi” and a “racist” and others posted her name with ax emojis next to it.

Ask Dr. Land: Was Trump's Mount Rushmore speech provocative?
The American Revolution did not declare its independence from God — the French Revolution did.

Ask Dr. Land: Should we still celebrate 4th of July amid this mayhem?
Independence Day is about defining who we are as Americans. The Declaration of Independence is America’s “reason for being,” it’s sin quo non.

Ask Dr. Land: How should Christians respond to the tearing down of statues?
Where does this end? Are we going to chisel away Washington, Jefferson, Lincoln’s, and Teddy Roosevelt’s images from Mount Rushmore?



















