Richard D. Land
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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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?
When Southern Baptists officially apologized to all African-Americans
Saturday marks the 25th anniversary of a seminal moment in the life of the Southern Baptist Convention. Messengers to the 1995 SBC Annual Meeting voted overwhelmingly to pass the "Resolution on Racial Reconciliation on the 150th Anniversary of the Southern Baptist Convention."
Ask Dr. Land: Are there modern forms of 'eugenics'?
Now, through the miracles of modern medical technology, some very complex forms of what some, including myself, would label “eugenics,” have once again surfaced to tempt human beings to “play God”.
Ask Dr. Land: Do we need to rename military bases honoring Confederate leaders?
Unfortunately, the President is wrong, and he needs to reconsider his decision.
Ask Dr. Land: What do you think about George Floyd’s murder and the aftermath?
The right to peaceful protest is guaranteed by the First Amendment, and I will defend that right to the death. However, when you start destroying people’s homes, businesses, and neighborhoods, and when you start injuring and killing people, you have crossed the line.
Ethnicity, eugenics, and the SAT — the way forward
Eugenics was the “Frankenstein monster” offspring of Darwin’s theory of evolutionary origins being mated with Galton’s racially-tinged genetics.