FIRST-PERSON: Let freedom ring!
As American Christians celebrate Independence Day, Richard Land of the Southern Baptist Ethics & Religious Liberty Commission notes that comparatively few nations allow people the freedom to worship as they choose without fear of societal or governmental persecution.
FIRST-PERSON: Fred Luter & the SBC’s moral arc
The election of New Orleans pastor Fred Luter Jr., reflects how the Southern Baptist Convention, as Richard Land describes it, "has now gone from being virtually an all-white domination as late as 1970 to being one of the most ethnically diverse denominations."
FIRST-PERSON: Pornography, America’s next moral battleground?
Columnist Richard Land takes a look at a recent Gallup poll and wonders if America is on the verge of viewing pornography as morally acceptable.
FIRST-PERSON: Chuck Colson — God’s man in the arena
"Eighty years of Chuck Colson was not enough," writes Richard Land, president of the Southern Baptist Ethics & Religious Liberty Commission. "If there were an Evangelical Mount Rushmore, Chuck Colson would be on it." Colson was like "a late 20th-century Apostle Paul, radically transformed by his Damascus Road experience with Jesus Christ."
FIRST-PERSON: Trayvon Martin & our justice system
Richard Land criticizes "a handful of activists" and a "complicit" national media for "a rush to judgment," ready to convict George Zimmerman in the death of Trayvon Martin before the facts have been adjudicated in a court of law.
FIRST-PERSON: The debate is about conscience, not contraceptives
Columnist Richard Land says the Founding Fathers would be aghast at what the Obama administration's contraceptive/abortion mandate is set to do: fining individuals and religious organizations for following their religious convictions.
FIRST-PERSON: How Rick Santorum got the support of evangelical leaders
Columnist Richard Land gives a detailed explanation of how a majority of evangelical leaders at a meeting in Texas agreed to back Rick Santorum for the GOP nomination.
FIRST-PERSON (Richard Land): A refreshing slam-dunk for religious liberty
Columnist Richard Land says a Supreme Court ruling upholding the ministerial exception is a huge victory for religious freedom.
FIRST-PERSON (Richard Land): Looking forward: lessons learned since 2001
NASHVILLE, Tenn. (BP) — As Americans solemnly marked the 10th anniversary of the terrible attacks of Sept. 11, 2001, the question that was on many hearts was how should we respond as people of faith and as American citizens? We are a religious people. More than four out of five Americans claim some affiliation with […]
FIRST-PERSON: Rick Perry is no George W. Bush
Both sides in the political debate are comparing Rick Perry to George W. Bush, but the Texas governor is a very different person in many ways, says columnist Richard Land.
