Archive - Richard Land
Separation of Mosque and State?
The UNC controversy is analagous to assigning a text about Christianity that focused just on the Sermon on the Mount.
Classes opened this week at the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill with controversy—the university’s requirement that all 4,200 incoming freshmen and transfer students read Michael Sells’ Approaching the Quran: The Early Revelations, a 320-page book which discusses 35 verses from Islam’s holiest text. more »
By Richard Land - Aug 22, 2002
Topic: Family, Education, Citizenship, Church and State
Thou Shalt Interfere in Thy Neighbor’s Marriage
Divorce is selfish and harmful, and it’s our duty not to go along with it.
According to the 2000 census, the number of households headed by unmarried people grew almost 72 percent in the previous ten years. more »
By Richard Land - Jun 25, 2002 - (1)
Confronting Graham’s Demons
This episode reminds us that Billy Graham is a great man, but he is not perfect.
When the news broke that Billy Graham, the Protestant preacher of America’s last half century, made what can only be fairly described as anti-Semitic remarks to President Nixon 30 years ago in conversations captured on Nixon’s now infamous, then secret, Oval Office recording system, I was stunned. more »
By Richard Land - Mar 5, 2002
Topic: Faith
Seeking Justice in the Midst of Terror
The Christian criteria for retribution
As the U.S. government contemplates its response against those who unleashed a reign of terror upon the United States, we must consider the ethics of war. more »
By Richard Land - Oct 8, 2001
Topic: Citizenship, War
Draining the Swamp of Terrorists
Our military response is the only one that could be expected given the act of war that was perpetrated on the United States on Sept. 11.
One of the many examples of the moral difference between the United States and its allies, i.e. more »
By Richard Land - Oct 8, 2001
Topic: Citizenship, War
He Held the Line
I am deeply disappointed that the president has decided to federally fund embryonic stem cell research on the tissue obtained from already aborted babies. more »
By Richard Land - Aug 10, 2001
Topic: Life, Stem-Cell Research
The Power of a Presidential Promise
Will President Bush follow in his father’s footsteps and break his word on stem cell research?
Like his father before him, George W. Bush became president on the power of his promises and the strength of his character. more »
By Richard Land - Jul 16, 2001
Topic: Life, Stem-Cell Research
Constitutionally Safe, Religiously Dangerous?
There are constitutionally safe ways for the federal government to aid faith-based groups. But at religion’s expense?
President Bush speaks eloquently of the tremendously constructive role religion has played in American society throughout our history. more »
By Richard Land - Mar 6, 2001
Topic: Citizenship, Church and State
The Prayer Breakfast and a President Who Feels Our Pain
The president’s promise to end discrimination against ‘religious institutions’ is greeted with an ovation.
People of faith from all across America gathered in the nation’s capital this week for the 49th annual National Prayer Breakfast. more »
By Richard Land - Feb 2, 2001
Topic: Faith, Citizenship, National
Separation, Not Dismissal
Once more, Americans tell pollsters that religion works—even in public.
A major new national survey of Americans’ views on religion and its role in society and the nation’s public life has produced results that would surprise only the most casual observer of the current American religious scene. more »
By Richard Land - Jan 8, 2001
Topic: Citizenship, Church and State