Richard Land

Richard Land

President, Southern Baptist Convention’s Ethics & Religious Liberty Commission

“On Faith” panelist Richard Land has served as president of the Southern Baptist Convention’s Ethics & Religious Liberty Commission since 1988. During his tenure as a spokesperson for the largest Protestant denomination in the country, Dr. Land has represented Southern Baptist and other evangelicals’ concerns inside the halls of Congress, before U.S. presidents, and as a member of the U.S. Commission on International Religious Freedom. In 2005, Land was named one of “The Twenty-five Most Influential Evangelicals in America” by Time magazine. Educated at Princeton and Oxford, Land has worked as a pastor, theologian, and public policy maker addressing social and cultural issues. A pro-family advocate, he is a regular columnist for the Internet spiritual website Beliefnet, As host of the radio program, For Faith & Family, Land is heard by more than 1.5 million listeners each week. Close.

Richard Land

President, Southern Baptist Convention’s Ethics & Religious Liberty Commission

“On Faith” panelist Richard Land has served as president of the Southern Baptist Convention’s Ethics & Religious Liberty Commission since 1988. more »

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May 17, 2007 1:57 PM

A True Giant of the Faith

A true giant of the faith has gone on to his heavenly reward. Our grief at our loss of his witness, energy and giftedness for the kingdom is mitigated by the fact that he is now with his Savior for eternity. Dr. Falwell’s home-going leaves an enormous gap in the leadership ranks of evangelical Christianity in America and around the world. He will be greatly missed. Our hearts and prayers go out to his church members and the entire Liberty family, including professors, alumni and students, as well as his immediate family. We pray for them in this time of loss, as well as our loss of this true giant of the faith.




May 18, 2007 5:27 PM

Life: Its blessings and dissatisfactions

No, I am not satisfied with where I am in my life because that would imply complacency.

I do feel extraordinarily blessed to have the great good fortune to be born in this incredible country. I also am blessed to be married to an extraordinarily patient, loving, and supportive wife, and to be the father of three healthy and spiritually devoted children. I have a challenging and rewarding job to go to every day, and I have far better health than I deserve.

I am dissatisfied with where I am now in my life because I wish that I were more consistently expressive of my gratitude to the many people that give sacrificially of themselves to help me do my work. I also wish that I were more consistently appreciative of my incredibly patient and considerate wife, and I wish that I were more disciplined in my use of time and in my personal diet and exercise routine.


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