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Dr. Richard Land
President, Ethics & Religious Liberty Commission
Of the Southern Baptist Convention
Oil on canvas, 48" x 38"
Nashville, Tennessee

Dr. Land's is a widely respected voice in the great national debates on significant social and ethical issues of the day. He appears frequently on television and hosts a regular radio program, in addition to his extensive writing. During the sittings for this portrait, a controversy over church and state was boiling in the headlines, and Dr. Land was in great demand by the national TV networks. In the portrait, he carries a Bible and his Oxford gown. J.H.S