On July 20th, Southern Baptist leader Richard Land was called upon by Fox News in the wake of the Aurora theater shootings. Although he lost his radio program for comments made during the Trayvon Martin case, the head of the SBC Ethics and Religious Liberty Commission (ERLC) should make Baptists everywhere proud for his public appearance, which you can watch here.
First thing you’ll notice: there’s not a lot of hard-hitting theological insights or chucking around Bible verses. So what’s so impressive about this situation? Land (along with fellow guest Dr. Daniel Bober of the Psyciatric Consultants of Florida) avoided the petty rhetorical traps while granting room for national mourning.
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