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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Dec 23, 2022
Christianity: The foundation and first principles (part 2)
Whenever I explain this to people, inevitably some of them say, “That’s wonderful news for young people, but what about those of us who got off the straight and narrow fifteen or twenty years ago?”
Dec 16, 2022
Christianity: The foundation and first principles (part 1)
During our most recent time together, this young man asked me, “What is the most important thing I can tell someone?” I immediately thought, “What a great question!” To answer that question you have to immediately go back to basics or first principles.
Dec 9, 2022
Religious convictions vs. gay rights: A modest proposal
The question at issue in the 303 Creative v. Elenis case is really quite simple: Should an American citizen be compelled to violate their conscience and create speech advocating that which they find morally abhorrent?
Dec 2, 2022
Has America lost her way?
When brave Iranians came out in the streets in the first months of the Obama administration in 2009, they were waving American flags and their protest signs were in English, as many of the signs in Tiananmen Square were, appealing to us for support and help.
Nov 25, 2022
America in turmoil: How should Christians respond?
This humanistic, morally relative society has been metastasizing within American society for several generations, and its destructive chickens have come home to roost.
Nov 18, 2022
The secret to being thankful despite circumstances
Given the divisive rhetoric employed by both sides in this election cycle, the results have been received by the populace with impressive acceptance and the American spirit of “we will try to do a better job of making our case to the American people in the next election.”
Nov 11, 2022
Why we shouldn't be surprised by the election result
The most astounding result across the land from last Tuesday’s election was this — 98% of incumbents from both parties who ran for re-election were victorious. Yet exit polls revealed that 75% of voters think the country “was headed in the wrong direction.”
Nov 4, 2022
Mother Teresa: A spiritual hero for any age
One of the most remarkable women produced by the 20th century passed away after living a truly remarkable life during her 87-year sojourn among us. Her name was Mary Teresa Bojaxhiu, known to the world as Mother Teresa.
Oct 28, 2022
American universities: Are the inmates running the asylum?
Why was Dr. Jones fired? The answer is simply because he was “too hard” and students were not receiving the grades in his class to which they felt they were entitled.
Oct 14, 2022
What is the proper balance between church and state?
It has been suggested by some, including myself, that Jefferson meant literally a wall of separation between the institution of the church and the institution of the state—not the separation of religiously informed morality and public policy.