Richard Land and Stephan Bauman

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  Nov 13, 2016

  The Election Is Over: What Is an Evangelical Christian to Do?

  It was already certain on election day that whichever candidate won, he or she would be the least popular president-elect in U.S. history. So, what are Christians to do?

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  Dec 23, 2015

  As You Celebrate the Babe in a Manger, Don't Forget the Empty Tomb

  As we celebrate the birth of our Savior, we must always remember that the terrible reality of the crucifixion awaits.

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  Dec 7, 2015

  What Will (and Will Not) Unite Americans After the Planned Parenthood Shooting

  Three innocent people gunned down in the prime of life, six young children made fatherless by the senseless actions of one angry, deranged, anti-social loner given to fits of rage (sound familiar?).

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  Oct 1, 2015

  Pope Francis Should've Been More Like Mother Teresa in Meeting Kim Davis

  Pope Francis made a powerful statement by meeting with gay marriage dissenter Kim Davis. But imagine how much more powerful it would have been had the meeting been public, rather than private.

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  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.

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  Jul 9, 2014

  Three Years On: The Crisis in South Sudan and What the Church Can Do to Bring Peace

  South Sudan's hard-fought independence was achieved on July 9, 2011 with celebration and hopeful expectation. Exactly three years later the young country tops the list of the most fragile countries in the world and finds itself in the midst of a deadly conflict and on the verge of a famine.

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  Nov 8, 2013

  Immigration Reform Will Deter Human Trafficking, Not Increase It

  Recently, Christian author Kelly Monroe Kullberg spoke on a radio program about immigration policy, critiquing the Senate's bipartisan immigration reform bill. Ms. Kullberg suggested that the bill, if passed into law, would result in "open borders," which, she argued, would lead to an increase in human trafficking. As the President and CEO of World Relief, I respectfully disagree.

• May 10, 2013

  A Real Opportunity to Improve Protections for the Persecuted

  At a time when the Senate is considering the modernization of our immigration laws, they should also take measures to ensure the U.S. strengthens protections for those fleeing persecution. Christians and other faith groups are being targeted in many places around the world. Ethnic and political persecution is a significant problem as well.

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  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.

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  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.”