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.

Latest

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.

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.”

Mar 31, 2011

Getting It Right in Libya

President Obama\'s decision to intervene in Libya is the opposite and correct decision to the wrong decision by President Clinton not to intervene in Rwanda

Jan 19, 2011

Starting Over on Health Care Reform

There are many reasons the 2010 health care reform should be repealed. One reason centers on abortion funding

Dec 7, 2010

Apple's Indefensible Position

The decision by Apple to remove surreptitiously an iPhone application related to the Manhattan Declaration is nonsense at best and censorship at worst.

Dec 2, 2010

Stop Senate from Overturning Homosexuals in Military Law

The push to allow open homosexuals into the armed forces is back in full gear. Senators need to hear now that any attempt to overturn the \"Don\'t Ask, Don\'t Tell\" policy should be rejected.

Nov 5, 2010

Election is One More Chance for Republicans

This was an historic election. It will be looked upon in the future as an election that changed the political landscape of the country.

Nov 1, 2010

A Critical Election

Tomorrow, Americans have the privilege to go to the polls and cast ballots for the candidates they prefer to represent them in Washington

Oct 10, 2010

Books, Their Dedications, and The Media

There is no question that community organizing remains a critical cog in the president\'s worldview, but Obama is not alone among Washington, D.C., power brokers in his affinity for Alinsky.

Sep 15, 2010

Another View of the Biblical Doctrine of Election

The question of God\'s divine sovereignty and man\'s free will, or \"free agency\" as The Baptist Faith & Message describes it, has vexed, teased, tantalized, and bedeviled serious Christians for centuries. How do Christians reconcile these two great biblical truths?