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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  • Reflections on the year ahead

    Reflections on the year ahead

    As I sit in my study writing this column, I find myself in a contemplative mode. I have just experienced a Christmas season unlike any other in my eight decades of existence.

  • The universal uniqueness of Christmas

    The universal uniqueness of Christmas

    What is Christmas about? What is all the fuss?

  • Is a Catholic ‘charter school’ the answer?

    Is a Catholic ‘charter school’ the answer?

    If Catholics in Oklahoma want such a school, it must be funded by private money furnished by the supporters of such education. Let me be clear, I would oppose such a sectarian charter school if it were Baptist.

  • Is America leading the world in ‘child neglect’?

    Is America leading the world in ‘child neglect’?

    America’s future will in large part depend on whether we revalue marriage, parenting, and child-rearing at the expense of the self-destructive and false search for meaning and self-fulfillment in sexual self-gratification. Our nation’s children await our answer.

  • Thanksgiving: In everything give thanks to God

    Thanksgiving: In everything give thanks to God

    I would urge everyone to exercise the spiritual discipline of “giving thanks.” When you start, you will be amazed at all the things the Holy Spirit will bring to your attention.

  • Defending America's priceless heritage by defending the Jews

    Defending America's priceless heritage by defending the Jews

    As Dr. Husain observed, “no Muslim before the 20th century would have belittled his faith’s sacred text by regarding it as a political manifesto.”

  • Jewish students harassed on campus is unacceptable

    Jewish students harassed on campus is unacceptable

    I want to challenge Christian groups on college campuses and campus ministers to organize a concerted effort to accompany their fellow Jewish students to class and by their presence help protect Jewish students from harassment and abuse. Multitudes of Christians across America should make it clear that to get to our Jewish citizens you will have to come through us first.

  • Ghosts of the past: Hamas, Israel and justice

    Ghosts of the past: Hamas, Israel and justice

    The hideous Hamas terrorist attacks against Israeli civilians (including women, children, and infants) remind us that nothing in the Middle East happens in a vacuum and the ghosts of the past are always in the room with us.

  • The ‘Gordean Knot’ of moral proportionality in the Middle East (part 2)

    The ‘Gordean Knot’ of moral proportionality in the Middle East (part 2)

    Remember, Just War Theory was never intended to “justify” war. Instead, it tries to bring war under the sway of justice as understood by Christians and to ensure that war, when it does occur, is hedged about by limits that mitigate its barbarity. 

  • The ‘Gordean Knot’ of moral proportionality in the Middle East (part I)

    The ‘Gordean Knot’ of moral proportionality in the Middle East (part I)

    After Oct. 7, I wonder if that is still true, or whether we have crossed a threshold none of us should wish to be crossed.

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