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Living your values
Sen. John McCain electrified the Republican base and millions of people of every political persuasion last Friday when he selected Alaska Gov. more »
By Richard Land - Sep 3, 2008 - (17)
Topic: Faith, Family, Parenting, Life, Abortion, Citizenship, Christian Citizenship,
Land, McLaren ‘diavlog’ on religion, politics
NASHVILLE, Tenn. (BP)—An innovative Internet video technology provided a venue Aug. 20 for a real-time “diavlog” between Brian McLaren, an author and leader in the Emerging Church movement, and Richard Land, president of the Southern Baptist Convention’s Ethics & Religious Liberty Commission. more »
By Andrea Frankenfeld - Aug 21, 2008 - (2)
Topic: Faith, Citizenship, Christian Citizenship
Caution: Robert McElvaine’s “Grand Theft Jesus” has a problem with facts
I am a hopeless bibliophile. I love reading books, fondling books, being surrounded by books, looking forward to reading books, and remembering fondly books I have read and reread. more »
By Richard Land - Aug 8, 2008 - (8)
Topic: , Faith, Citizenship, Christian Citizenship
Court shakes California twice in three weeks
Long-time California residents have experienced their share of earthquakes over the years, but perhaps they were rocked most on two days recently over the course of three weeks. more »
By Doug Carlson - Jun 17, 2008 - (22)
Topic: Family, Marriage, Sexual Purity, Homosexuality, Citizenship, Christian Citizenship, Legislation
Southern Baptists and the General Culture: Marching to a Different Beat – Part II
LifeWay Research, a division of LifeWay Christian Resources of the Southern Baptist Convention, has released some interesting results from its in-depth surveys of Southern Baptist pastors across the nation. more »
By Richard Land - May 30, 2008 - (30)
Topic: Citizenship, Christian Citizenship
Why I am not signing ‘An Evangelical Manifesto’
On May 7, a much-anticipated document, An Evangelical Manifesto, was officially revealed to the public. The organizers’ press release declared the Manifesto to be a “three-year effort … to reclaim the definition of what it means to be an Evangelical — a term that, in recent years, has often been used politically, culturally, socially — and even as a marketing demographic.” more »
By Richard Land - May 13, 2008
Topic: Faith, Apologetics, Citizenship, Christian Citizenship, Social Issues
Christians in Politics: Too much or too little?
Over the past few weeks, a national polling firm for LifeWay Research and the Ethics & Religious Liberty Commission conducted a survey asking Americans to respond to this statement: “I am concerned that at times Christians are too involved in politics.” more »
By Richard Land - May 7, 2008 - (3)
Topic: Citizenship, Christian Citizenship, , Social Issues
Living your values out loud
I can’t imagine there is an adult living in the U.S. that isn’t keenly aware that we are in the midst of quite an unusual campaign to elect our next president. more »
By Richard Land - Feb 12, 2008 - (1)
Topic: Faith, Citizenship, Christian Citizenship, Community Service
Appreciation and reflection
It has been sixty years since the founding of the organization that is now the Ethics & Religious Liberty Commission. Through this ministry, many have gained a greater appreciation for God’s Word and what it says about how we should conduct our lives and what kind of values our society should reflect (Isaiah 1:17). more »
By Richard Land - Dec 18, 2007
Topic: Faith, Ministry, Citizenship, Christian Citizenship
Richard Land: Romney Speech Reflections
Mitt Romney gave an eloquent defense of the positive and crucial rule that religion has played in our nation’s history from the first settlements down to the present day. more »
By Richard Land - Dec 7, 2007
Topic: Faith, Citizenship, Christian Citizenship, Church and State, National, Religious Liberty