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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  • What is the proper balance between church and state?

    What is the proper balance between church and state?

    It has been suggested by some, including myself, that Jefferson meant literally a wall of separation between the institution of the church and the institution of the state—not the separation of religiously informed morality and public policy.

  • James Meredith: A truly American story?

    James Meredith: A truly American story?

    In the past fortnight, the University of Mississippi welcomed back perhaps its most famous graduate (with the possible exceptions of Archie and Eli Manning and the author John Grisham).

  • Befuddled, bedazzled and bankrupt?

    Befuddled, bedazzled and bankrupt?

    Too many American Evangelicals are befuddled, bedazzled, and bankrupt theologically. All true Evangelicals must be about our Heavenly Father’s business and be involved in some intense and comprehensive remedial education of our Evangelical brothers and sisters.

  • What kind of monarch will King Charles III be?

    What kind of monarch will King Charles III be?

    What kind of monarch will Charles III be? That question has been asked with increasing frequency for at least the last two decades as his mother advanced into senior citizenship status. And there are specific reasons for that question being asked with increasing concern.

  • Liza Fletcher: An American tragedy

    Liza Fletcher: An American tragedy

    This nation has now had time to digest the horrifying story of the abduction and murder of Liza Fletcher. Many of us are aware of the surveillance video of Liza’s violent abduction near the University of Memphis campus while she was on an early morning jog.

  • Queen Elizabeth II, rest in peace

    Queen Elizabeth II, rest in peace

    Queen Elizabeth II’s life was one of duty and service to her country. Even before her father's death, she had promised Britain and the Commonwealth that “my whole life, be it long or short, will be devoted to your service.” That is a promise she kept faithfully and well.

  • One cheer for Mikhail Gorbachev

    One cheer for Mikhail Gorbachev

    Gorbachev was desperate to reduce defense expenditures in order to reform a stagnant, moribund economy. Reagan sensed an opening and the two ended up meeting at a historic summit in Iceland in October 1986.

  • The Mar-a-Lago raid: A constitutional ‘tipping point’?

    The Mar-a-Lago raid: A constitutional ‘tipping point’?

    So, how do we as Americans step back from this dangerous political precipice? First, the Biden Justice Department should quit leaking to the press, and practice transparency. If they have nothing to hide, then prove it.

  • Salman Rushdie, free speech, Islamic extremism and Chautauqua

    Salman Rushdie, free speech, Islamic extremism and Chautauqua

    Our government and our society must make it unmistakably clear we will not tolerate the kind of violence that was perpetrated against Salman Rushdie. And we will not tolerate those who advocate or reward it, here or overseas.

  • God’s handbook on the divine institution of marriage

    God’s handbook on the divine institution of marriage

    I asked them what the problem was. The wife gave me a 5-minute rendition of all his faults. After about 15 minutes, I guess he had enough. He leaned over, spit in her face, and walked out.

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