Dr. Richard D. Land

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  Jul 14, 2014

  The American Revolution vs the French Revolution

  Today, July 14th is Bastille Day. On that day in 1789 the French people stormed the Bastille, thus igniting the spark that led to the French Revolution.

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  Jul 4, 2014

  America's Birthday and Religion in American Life

  July 4, 1776 was the birthday of a majestic and exhilarating new kind of freedom, birthed and proclaimed by a new and revolutionary kind of country

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  Jul 2, 2014

  Supreme Court Delivers Victories for Freedom – Religious and Personal

  In the Harris v. Quinn case, somewhat overshadowed by the publicity surrounding the Hobby Lobby case, the Supreme Court struck a real blow for personal freedom.

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  Jun 20, 2014

  Southern Baptists and Racial Reconciliation

  Resolutions passed by an annual Convention are not binding on the conscience of any individual Southern Baptist, but they are very instructive as to where Southern Baptists are collectively on issues facing the nation.

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  Jun 12, 2014

  Israel, the Six-Day War and Just War Theory

  This week we commemorate the 47th anniversary of the "Six Day War" between Israel and her Arab neighbors, Egypt, Jordan, and Syria in June 1967.

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  Jun 3, 2014

  Bloomberg at Harvard: Censorship of Conservative Voices at Colleges Is Disturbing

  Bloomberg, a graduate of Johns Hopkins, with an MBA from Harvard, attacked intolerant progressivism and fired some powerful verbal salvos into the headquarters of the liberal establishment.

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  May 16, 2014

  God's Revelation of Himself as Creator, Father, and the All-Sufficient One

  However, the Bible also tells us in Genesis, "the book of beginnings," that He is the Creator. He also tells us that He "created man in His own image" and "He created them male and female." In other words human masculinity does not totally exhaust or circumscribe the divine attributes of God.

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  May 5, 2014

  Donald Sterling, Racism and the Power of Forgiveness

  As a Christian, I have to ask myself, how do I respond to Donald Sterling the man, as opposed to his racist bigotry? Jesus had a lot to say about forgiveness. And the forgiveness Christ called us to extend to others was not dependant on whether the person we were commanded to forgive was repentant or apologetic.

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  Apr 16, 2014

  Electronic Devices: Servants or Masters?

  Sometimes things come across your desk that stop you dead in your tracks, and you say, "That just can't be." And then you find out, "Yes, it can." This happened to me the other day when I read a news release that said that at least 40% of Americans (and 90% of under 30 millennials) are afflicted with "nomophobia"—the fear of not having, or losing, their smartphones.

• Apr 15, 2014

  Land Interviews Land on Mental Health in the Church and Where to Go From Here

  As a follow-up to Rick Warren's ground-breaking conference on mental health and the Church, CP asked Executive Editor Richard Land to interview Dr. Rebekah Land, his wife and a Christian psychologist with over 40 years' experience as a therapist, on the conference and to ask her what a new focus on psychological illness might mean for the Church universal.