Child Welfare Must Come First
When I was playing football, baseball, and basketball in my youth, I learned an invaluable lesson very quickly: “Keep your eye on the ball!” It was critical, whether you were playing offense or defense. The ball was where the crucial action was taking place. When it comes to the current crisis in immigration policy (a […]
Gorsuch Filibuster: Symptom or Cause of Our Divided Nation?
By Dr. Richard Land, Judge Neil Gorsuch has now been confirmed by the Senate and sworn in as an Associate Justice of the U.S. Supreme Court. At age 49, he is one of the youngest judges to be confirmed to the Supreme Court in the modern era. He may very well be sitting as a […]
A Second American Revolution
This article originally appeared in the Christian Post. Tens of millions of Americans were shocked to their core by the unforeseen, unprecedented, and turbulent presidential election of 2016. Pollsters and pundits found their forecast models, based on previous, more traditional election cycles, were inadequate to forecast or even understand the social and political upheaval Americans […]
President Trump’s SCOTUS Pick
Evangelical Leader Dr. Richard Land Says Judge Neil Gorsuch Will Interpret Constitution Based on Founders’ Original Intent CHARLOTTE, N.C.—After President Donald Trump announced his pick tonight of Judge Neil Gorsuch to succeed Supreme Court justice, Antonin Scalia, Southern Evangelical Seminary (SES, www.staging.ses.edu) President and Evangelical leader Dr. Richard Land issued the following statement: “Tonight, President […]
The Election Is Over: What Is an Evangelical Christian to Do?
The people have voted. The votes have been counted. Donald Trump has been elected as the nation’s 45th president. And, once again, the election results reveal a deeply and evenly divided nation. Apparently half of America is at least relieved, the other half dejected. By all accounts, the majority of Americans were not happy with […]
What Will Trump Election Mean for SCOTUS?
Many issues drove voters to the polls for this divisive election, but one was significant, especially for Christian Evangelical voters—the selection of the nation’s next Supreme Court Justices. Evangelical leader Dr. Richard Land closely followed the election, writing several columns for The Christian Post, where he serves as executive editor. And he relayed to voters […]