Civil religion will not suffice
As this so-called “civil religion” wanes, America is becoming a much more dangerous, immoral and selfish place.

Dr. Richard Land, BA (magna cum laude), Princeton; D.Phil. Oxford; and Th.M., New Orleans Baptist Theological Seminary, was president of the Southern Baptists’ Ethics & Religious Liberty Commission (1988-2013) and has served since 2013 as president of Southern Evangelical Seminary in Charlotte, NC. Dr. Land has been teaching, writing, and speaking on moral and ethical issues for the last half century in addition to pastoring several churches.
As this so-called “civil religion” wanes, America is becoming a much more dangerous, immoral and selfish place.
I have never been part of a more loving and giving local church.
Actually, Ms. Dhillon’s prayer should serve as a classic example of the “pluralism” that we say we believe in in America.
President Biden’s cognitive decline has caught many Americans by surprise, even as a shock. Why?
You should never want the state to be deciding what is the correct understanding of religion.
Are these claims true? Most Baptists and many other evangelicals supported the decision to ban required non-denominational prayer by school officials.
Leland, well-known during his lifetime, has faded in the nation’s memory in the last two centuries. However, he was an active participant in two of the most important religious liberty events in the nation’s early history.
As Southern Baptists came together for their annual convention this week in Indianapolis, they made emphasizing their enormous commitment to religious liberty a high priority.
The huge rush in small contributions to former President Trump’s campaign in the aftermath of the New York verdict indicates that the American people have noticed and they are in no mood to tolerate it any longer.
In reality, we all should accept this challenge to “earn it.” Many thousands of our fellow citizens have laid down their lives on the altar of freedom to preserve our liberty.