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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    Senator Joseph Lieberman: American extraordinaire

    Here was Senator Lieberman, son of 19th-century Jewish immigrants, raised in Connecticut, whose father owned a liquor store, and me, whose family first settled in Virginia in the 1630s, raised in Texas as the son of a Baptist welder, and we had the same vision for our remarkable country.

  • TikTok has got to go: yes or no?

    TikTok has got to go: yes or no?

    TikTok’s ability to generate the avalanche of mail threatening Congress over a bill forcing TikTok to divest itself from the CCP illustrates its enormous power to mold American public opinion.

  • Dr. WA Criswell: Hero of the faith and inspiration to us all

    Dr. WA Criswell: Hero of the faith and inspiration to us all

    Dr. Criswell and First Baptist Dallas became “ground zero” as the successful model of a conservative, Christian, expository ministry in the center of one of the most sophisticated cities in America.

  • O.S. Hawkins: 'Criswell: His Life and Times' (Review)

    O.S. Hawkins: 'Criswell: His Life and Times' (Review)

    Whether you knew Dr. Criswell or just knew of him, you will have an even greater appreciation for Dr. Criswell’s greatness after having read this book.

  • Ukraine: America’s honor and world peace are at stake!

    Ukraine: America’s honor and world peace are at stake!

    Does anyone really believe that Russia would have annexed Crimea and invaded Ukraine if Ukraine had retained even a small portion of the nuclear weapon they then possessed?

  • America and the West: What is the cultural glue?

    America and the West: What is the cultural glue?

    I fear America is like a boat held together with soluble glue, and unless she returns to the shores of her cultural and spiritual foundations, she will break apart and sink beneath the waves.

  • Is equality under the law in mortal peril?

    Is equality under the law in mortal peril?

    One of the most common sayings in the English language is "the straw that broke the camel's back," signifying the gradual accumulation of heavy burden until finally, one additional blade of straw collapses the camel to his knees, no longer able to successfully bear the burden.

  • The many forms of child abuse: Where are the adults?

    The many forms of child abuse: Where are the adults?

    My daily perusal of numerous articles and news stories has led me once again to ponder in bewilderment how and why America can become such a child-neglecting, child-abusing culture in such an astonishingly short time period.

  • Don Wildmon: A Heaven-sent blessing for America

    Don Wildmon: A Heaven-sent blessing for America

    In the chaos and tumult that encapsulated my Christmas season of 2023 (generated by my wife’s breaking her hip on Dec. 17, and her subsequent surgery and rehab), I missed the fact that a giant of the faith, Don Wildmon, left us and went home to be with Jesus last Dec. 28.

  • Honoring our Vietnam veterans

    Honoring our Vietnam veterans

    The Vietnam War ended up being a national heartbreak which caused far more suffering than it alleviated. But these service members sacrificed all their tomorrows because America asked them to, and we cannot dishonor their memory.

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