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.

Latest

Jun 23, 2015
The Charleston Way: Dr. King's Dream Still Lives
To witness the faith and forgiveness of the African-American members of Charleston's Emanuel AME Church is to expose the current generation to the life-changing impact and power of the non-violent, reconciling message of the 1960s civil rights revolution that transformed our nation in so many important and critical ways.
Jun 10, 2011
Apply American Exceptionalism in Int'l Disputes or Survival of the Fittest?
Critics of American exceptionalism dismiss it as dangerous, nationalistic arrogance, pointing to unilateralism as evidence of a defiant refusal to play by the global rules.
Apr 18, 2011
The Unalienable, Universal Right to Religious Freedom
If God is the giver of the fundamental human right to religious liberty, then no merely human power may rightly take it away. Baptists refer to this right as “soul competency.”
Mar 31, 2011
Getting It Right in Libya
President Obama\'s decision to intervene in Libya is the opposite and correct decision to the wrong decision by President Clinton not to intervene in Rwanda
Jan 19, 2011
Starting Over on Health Care Reform
There are many reasons the 2010 health care reform should be repealed. One reason centers on abortion funding
Dec 7, 2010
Apple's Indefensible Position
The decision by Apple to remove surreptitiously an iPhone application related to the Manhattan Declaration is nonsense at best and censorship at worst.
Dec 2, 2010
Stop Senate from Overturning Homosexuals in Military Law
The push to allow open homosexuals into the armed forces is back in full gear. Senators need to hear now that any attempt to overturn the \"Don\'t Ask, Don\'t Tell\" policy should be rejected.
Nov 5, 2010
Election is One More Chance for Republicans
This was an historic election. It will be looked upon in the future as an election that changed the political landscape of the country.
Nov 1, 2010
A Critical Election
Tomorrow, Americans have the privilege to go to the polls and cast ballots for the candidates they prefer to represent them in Washington
Oct 10, 2010
Books, Their Dedications, and The Media
There is no question that community organizing remains a critical cog in the president\'s worldview, but Obama is not alone among Washington, D.C., power brokers in his affinity for Alinsky.