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

May 23, 2025
Genetic engineering: Where should Christian ethics draw the line?
Of course, it is easy to support genetic engineering to correct dire dysfunction. The problems arise when we start engineering for “improvements.”
May 16, 2025
Pope Leo XIV, AI and who and what is a human being?
The election of Pope Leo XIV has refocused attention once again on the mega ethical issue of our time — “Who and what is a human being?”
May 9, 2025
Do we still need the ERLC?
Based on my several decades of experience in dealing with Southern Baptist public policy concerns, we currently have a more sympathetic and receptive audience among national and state-level appointed and elected officials than we have experienced in my adult lifetime.
May 2, 2025
A plan for Ukraine: Roadmap to genuine peace in the region
I am going to be so bold as to propose a peace plan that would provide a roadmap to restore genuine peace in the region.
Apr 25, 2025
How Trump handles Ukraine could affect nuclear weapons worldwide
Is this really the legacy President Trump wants for himself or for our country?
Apr 18, 2025
Only the reality of the resurrection explains the Early Church
As followers of Jesus Christ our risen Lord and Savior, we are preparing to celebrate our most sacred and important event — the Resurrection of our Savior, Jesus the Messiah.
Apr 11, 2025
The epidemic of political violence: Tesla, Elon Musk and Luigi Mangione
This societal slide into the mainstreaming of violence as legitimate political speech has been gathering force and metastasizing for decades.
Apr 4, 2025
The Terri Schindler Schiavo case: 20 years later
As medical science continues to push back the frontiers of death, increasing numbers of Americans are going to have to wrestle with end-of-life issues.
Mar 28, 2025
National Vietnam War Veterans Day—Why it is important
Vietnam was largely fought disproportionately by working-class whites and Blacks and Hispanics, and they were very young. The average age of a combat soldier in Vietnam was 19.6 years of age—much younger than WWII, Korea, or the Gulf War
Mar 21, 2025
Gen Z's relativism takes a morally disturbing turn
We must arrest this moral rot or we will continue our accelerating descent to a society where evermore heinous acts will be seen as justifiable.