Richard D. Land

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.

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  • A Moral and Just Response to the Immigration Crisis

    A Moral and Just Response to the Immigration Crisis

    The recent passage of the new law in Arizona is a cry for help from the citizens of a state made desperate by the federal government\'s shameful and flagrant dereliction to its duty to control the nation\'s borders and to enforce its laws.

  • Mourning Man's Inhumanity Toward Man

    Mourning Man's Inhumanity Toward Man

    To visit the Holocaust Museum is to be changed in important and painful ways.

  • Teaching the Bible in a Public School

    Teaching the Bible in a Public School

    It is virtually impossible to teach a course about the Bible in a public school context—particularly when the students are minors—and be objective and fair.

  • The Tebow Commercial: Why the Heated Protest?

    The Tebow Commercial: Why the Heated Protest?

    Why are groups such as the National Organization for Women (NOW), the Feminist Majority Foundation, the Women\'s Media Center, and numerous \"pro-choice\" groups apoplectic over a Super Bowl commercial sponsored by Focus on the Family?

  • Humanity: An Endangered Species

    Humanity: An Endangered Species

    Of all the issues that face the American family today, none of them has produced more heartache or tragedy than abortion.

  • Hearing the Cries of the Poor

    Hearing the Cries of the Poor

    Millions of people around the world are touched every year with food for their bodies and the 'Bread of Life' for their souls through ministries funded by the Southern Baptist World Hunger Fund.

  • The Right Way to Reform Health Care

    The Right Way to Reform Health Care

    Just because I oppose the current health care legislation does not mean that I don't recognize the need to rework certain elements of the health care equation in America.

  • Avoiding the Rocks

    Avoiding the Rocks

    Pornography is one of the most powerful weapons in Satan\'s arsenal. He uses it to corrupt God\'s beautiful plans for us as sexual beings.

  • 'Hate' Crimes Bill a Threat to Liberty

    'Hate' Crimes Bill a Threat to Liberty

    The Senate is expected to take up the Local Law Enforcement Hate Crimes Prevention Act prior to leaving for their August recess.

  • Confronting Graham's Demons

    Confronting Graham's Demons

    This episode reminds us that Billy Graham is a great man, but he is not perfect.