Archive - Richard Land
Little Cause to Celebrate
Recent press reports hailed the news that the number of U.S. women having an abortion is at “its lowest level since 1976.” Yet there is little agreement as to what is leading to the decline or if the alleged drop in abortions is statistically significant. more »
by: Richard Land - Nov 1, 2005 - comments: 1 - topic(s): Life, Abortion
Remembering Adrian Rogers: Walking in the Footprints of a Giant of the Faith
I lost a dear friend on November 15, 2005. In the twinkling of an eye, Dr. Adrian Rogers slipped from this world to the glorious presence of his Savior and Lord. more »
by: Richard Land - Nov 1, 2005 - topic(s): Faith, Bible, Life, Abortion
Remembering Rosa Parks
Rosa Parks’ moment of resistance against the policies of segregation in Montgomery, Alabama, was the spark that lit the modern-day civil rights movement. more »
by: Richard Land - Nov 1, 2005 - comments: 1 - topic(s): Citizenship, Racial Reconciliation
The Intelligent Design Movement: Rocking Scientific Naturalism
For too many years, the prevailing orthodoxy in the scientific academy has faced no meaningful challenges at the epistemological level. This prevailing orthodoxy, which I will call a naturalist evolutionary theory of origins, believes in a chance-driven, naturalistic universe and believes time plus chance plus matter produces life as we know it in all its mind-boggling complexity in this universe. more »
by: Richard Land - Sep 1, 2005 - topic(s): Science, Creation/Evolution
What’s at Stake With Justice O’Connor’s Replacement?
People of faith favor a new justice who honors the founders’ original intent above personal ideas of right and wrong.
Why do religious and social conservatives view the coming struggle to replace Justice Sandra Day O’Connor with a strict-constructionist, original intent jurist as one of the most critically important fights of the past half-century? more »
by: Richard Land - Jul 12, 2005 - topic(s): Citizenship, National
‘Revelations’: ‘Must-See’ TV
There may be biblical problems with the show, but ‘Revelations’ takes seriously the reality of evil in the world.
Hollywood has discovered religion—at least as a potentially lucrative market share. more »
by: Richard Land - Apr 11, 2005 - topic(s): Faith, Bible, Family, Pop Culture
Symptom of Moral Crisis
Yes, there was systemic failure, but we should be raising individuals capable of separating right from wrong anyway.
The Baghdad prison abuse scandal should serve as a warning to Americans that something has gone terribly awry in our society. more »
by: Richard Land - May 12, 2004 - topic(s): Faith, Apologetics
Paul, Women, and the Church
The Apostle Paul, and the Bible in general, teach an equality between the sexes expressed by how they complete each other.
When 21st-century Christians approach the Apostle Paul’s teachings concerning wives submitting graciously to their husbands (Eph. more »
by: Richard Land - Mar 31, 2004 - comments: 1 - topic(s): Faith, Bible, Family, Marriage
In Search of the Historical Paul
There’s little debate that the Apostle Paul existed—and had a profound impact on Christian theology.
To what extent is there a “Search for Paul”? more »
by: Richard Land - Mar 23, 2004 - topic(s): Faith, Bible
President Bush, Faith Convictions, and Media Cynicism
Christians and Muslims do not worship the ‘same God’
Last Thursday my cell phone began ringing with a frequency that signals “hot” news has happened. more »
by: Richard Land - Nov 25, 2003 - topic(s): Faith