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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Apr 4, 2018
Dr. Martin Luther King Jr.: The Legacy Lives On
Today, April 4, 2018, we commemorate the 50th anniversary of one of the darkest, most tragic events in American history—the assassination of Dr. Martin Luther King Jr., cut down in the prime of life at just 39 years of age.
Nov 20, 2017
Dear Judge Roy Moore: Time for the Lie Detector
It is with a heavy heart that I feel compelled to communicate with you concerning the controversy that has engulfed your candidacy for the United States Senate from Alabama.
Sep 18, 2017
What Should We Do With Memorials to the Confederacy?
What should we do about public monuments to leaders and heroes of the Confederacy? And what about monuments to our Founding Fathers who were slaveholders, men like George Washington, Thomas Jefferson and James Madison?
Feb 19, 2017
Progressives vs. Trumponians: A Second American Revolution?
Tens of millions of Americans were shocked to their core by the unforeseen, unprecedented, and turbulent presidential election of 2016. Even more shocking for many have been the divisive rhetoric, demonstrations (sometimes violent) and vows of complete resistance to President Trump and his new administration commencing before his inauguration.
Feb 14, 2017
Remembering Lennart Nilsson: Unsung Hero of the Unborn
Once in a while a character crosses the world stage and plays a completely unexpected, although important role, in history. Lars Olof Lennart Nilsson, who died on January 28 at the age of 94, was just such a man.
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?
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.
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?).
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.
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.