Richard Land
Dr.Richard Land is a member of the board of directors of the Philos Project, a Christian Zionist organisation based in New York. His biography on the Philos Project website provides the following information:
- Richard Land is president of Southern Evangelical Seminary. Prior to that, he served for 25 years as president of The Ethics & Religious Liberty Commission, the Southern Baptist Convention’s official public policy arm. He graduated with a BA (magna cum laude) from Princeton University and a PhD from Oxford University. He also received a ThM (Honors Program) from New Orleans Baptist Theological Seminary. Dr. Land served five terms with the U.S. Commission on International Religious Freedom. In February 2005, he was featured in Time as one of “The 25 Most Influential Evangelicals in America.”[1]
Views
Israel
Land's support for Israel is grounded in typical Christian Zionist views:
- I believe, as an Evangelical Christian, that the Jewish return to their current homeland in the twentieth century was, and is, a fulfillment of biblical prophecy.I also believe that the twentieth century furnishes vivid and instructive illustration of the truth that God blesses those who bless the Jews and vice versa.[2]
US-Israel Alliance
Regarding the alliance between the United States and Israel, Land has written:
- A reporter once asked me, "What do you do when the fundamental national interest of America and Israel diverge or conflict?" I answered, "That's a trick question. Since the Abrahamic Covenant's promises are still in force, thefundamental interests of America and Israel cannot diverge. If Americans want America to be blessed, they must bless Israel."[2]
Gay Rights
Land is an opponent of Gay rights:
- “The homosexual movement is not stupid, and they have gone after the most iconic symbols of America,” Land said in the radio interview. “What’s more iconic than the military? So they have gone after the military. What’s more iconic than the Boy Scouts? They have gone after these symbols because they want society to normalize and affirm their behavior their behavior and abnormalize and ostracize those of us who hold a biblical convictions about what the bible has to day about homosexual behavior.”[3]
In an article published on his website in April 2014 Land compared LGBT activists to the Ku Klux Klan:
- The homosexual activists never intended to abide by the “live-and-let-live” toleration they pretended to support while campaigning for same-sex marriage. Their goal was always to create a new social order where their sexual lifestyle was affirmed and promoted as normal and healthy. Furthermore, their goal was to marginalize to the level of KKK bigots anyone who dared to question or dissent from their new moral equation.[4]
Contact
Website: http://drrichardland.com/
email: dhamilton@hamiltonstrategies.com (Press inquiries)
- cwoodside@ses.edu (General)
Notes
- ↑ Philos Project Website Board of Directors. Accessed 19 June 2015.
- ↑ 2.0 2.1 Dr. Richard Land Website Why do so many Evangelicals so strongly support Israel?. Accessed 19 June 2015.
- ↑ Dr. Richard Land Website Baptists threaten to leave Scouts if gay ban lifted. Accessed 19 June 2015.
- ↑ Dr. Richard Land Website The Gay Thought Police and Freedom of Speech. Accessed 19 June 2015.
