Remembering Madeleine Albright: Richard Land on their unlikely friendship, her escape from Nazism

By Billy Hallowell, Contributor
Monday, May 02, 2022

Former US Secretary of State Madeleine Albright listens as the unseen Chief Mentor of The Confederation of Indian Industry (CII) Tarun Das addresses a meeting in New Delhi, 05 September 2006. Albright delivered a speech on 'America, India and democracy in the 21st Century'. — Former US Secretary of State Madeleine Albright listens as the unseen Chief Mentor of The Confederation of Indian Industry (CII) Tarun Das addresses a meeting in New Delhi, 05 September 2006. Albright delivered a speech on "America, India and democracy in the 21st Century". | AFP via Getty Images/ Prakash Singh

Christian Post Executive Editor Dr. Richard Land joined "The Christian Post Podcast: The Inside Story" over the weekend to reflect on his unlikely friendship with former Secretary of State Madeleine Albright, her belief in American exceptionalism and how her family's escapes from Nazism and communism shaped her views.

Southern Evangelical Seminary President Richard Land giving remarks at the SES' 26th annual National Conference on Christian Apologetics in Charlotte, North Carolina, on Saturday, Oct. 12, 2019. | Facebook/Southern Evangelical Seminary

Land, the president emeritus of Southern Evangelical Seminary in Charlotte, North Carolina, who also served as head of the Southern Baptist Convention's Ethics & Religious Liberty Committee, attended Albright's funeral last Wednesday in Washington, D.C.

He reflected on Albright’s other positive characteristics, heralding her personal story as evidence of true love for America.

"Madeleine Albright’s life provides a truly inspiring story of the triumph of the human spirit," Land wrote in a recent op-ed. "While, as you would imagine, Madeleine and I had significant disagreements on many important issues, I always loved and appreciated Secretary Albright’s deep and abiding love for America — her adopted country."

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