Dr. Richard D. Land

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  Sep 9, 2016

  What America Needs Most on 15th Anniversary of 9/11

  All of us remember the rush to attend churches and the solace people found in their faith. Unfortunately, the return to faith for many faded quickly, and within months we returned to "normal." However, the new "normal" was different from the old normal with heightened security measures, loss of freedoms, and a significant loss of peace of mind.

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  Aug 23, 2016

  The Presidential Election: An Excruciating Choice

  This presidential election confronts Christians with a terrible dilemma. Many feel that choosing either Donald Trump or Hillary Clinton on Nov. 8 confronts them with an intolerable outcome. Which one is worse?

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  Jul 14, 2016

  An Open Letter to Donald Trump on Evangelical Voters

  Dear Mr. Trump: Doubtless you are aware that many in the nation's large Evangelical Christian community are, to varying degrees, ambivalent or uneasy about your candidacy for president.

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  Jul 13, 2016

  Black Lives Matter Doesn't Live Up to Martin Luther King's Dream

  Tragically, America continues to slide backwards on its long and tortuous journey to racial reconciliation and racial justice.

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  Jul 7, 2016

  Laws Are for the Little People, Not Bill and Hillary Clinton

  One disadvantage of being born the same year as former President Bill Clinton (1946) is that I have been forced to be a contemporary eyewitness to Bill and Hillary Clinton's corruption of the American body politic.

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  Jun 22, 2016

  Why I Joined Donald Trump's Evangelical Executive Advisory Board

  Presumptive Republican presidential nominee Donald Trump's campaign announced the formation of an evangelical executive board yesterday. The press release included a list of the 25 evangelical leaders who have agreed to serve on the board. I am one of those executive board members.

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  Jun 16, 2016

  What Made the 2016 Southern Baptist Meeting Historic

  The Southern Baptist Convention, America's largest Protestant denomination, met this week (June 14-15) in St. Louis in what turned out to be one of its most memorable annual meetings.

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  Jun 8, 2016

  Remembering the Role of Evangelicals on the Bill of Rights' Birthday

  Today, June 8th, Americans and freedom-loving people everywhere commemorate one of the most momentous moments, not only in American history, but in human history.

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  May 27, 2016

  Letters Between George Washington and a Synagogue Have Religious Freedom Lessons for Today

  Anticipating President Washington's visit to Newport, the synagogue's warden, Moses Seixas, sent a welcoming letter to the new country's president.

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  May 5, 2016

  Neil Postman Predicted 'Trumpocalypse' 30 Years Ago

  About 10 days before Donald Trump overwhelmed Ted Cruz in Indiana, as I was rearranging some books in my library (to make room for some recent acquisitions), I came across a book, Neil Postman's "Amusing Ourselves to Death: Public Discourse in the Age of Show Business."