B

The Briefing 06-18-13

Media favors same-sex marriage by 5 to 1; Obama losing support, especially with young; Kentucky ground-zero for same-sex marriage debate; U.S. demographics rapidly changing –…

  • Abortion
  • Audio
  • Culture of Death
  • Demographics
  • Geneva Case
  • Great Commission
  • Kentucky
  • Media Bias
  • Missional
  • Obama
  • Polling Data
  • Same-Sex Marriage
B

The Briefing 06-17-13

1) New President of Iran elected, but it's not a Democracy most Americans would recognize Iranians elect moderate president, Associated Press (Ali Akbar Dareini and...

  • Abington School District v. Schempp
  • Audio
  • Bible
  • Chimpanzees
  • Endangered Species
  • Engel v. Vitale
  • Hasan Rowhani
  • Iran
  • Jane Goodall
  • Michael Karkoc
  • Nazi war criminal
  • Prayer in School
  • public Bible reading
  • School Prayer Ban
B

The Briefing 06-14-13

1) Praying for those impacted by the Colorado wildfires 2 dead as firefighters battle Colorado blaze, CNN (Ashley Fantz and Paul Vercammen) 2) Important ruling for...

  • Audio
  • Chemical Weapons
  • Civil Rights
  • Colorado Springs
  • Colorado wildfires
  • Father's Day
  • Fatherhood
  • Gene Patent
  • Human Genes
  • John F. Kennedy
  • Late-Term Abortion
  • Nancy Pelosi
  • President Obama
  • Supreme Court
  • Syria
B

The Briefing 06-13-13

1. Compensation and judge intervention are dangerous solutions to organ waiting lists  Letting a child die for a voluntary ideal, USA Today (Sally Satel) 2....

  • American Academy of Pediatrics
  • Audio
  • Barack Obama
  • Gov. Rick Perry
  • Governor Cuomo
  • Immigration
  • Late-Term Abortion
  • Lung Transplant
  • Morning After Pill
  • Parenting
  • Plan B
  • Sarah Murnaghan
  • Schooling
B

The Briefing 06-12-13

1. Plan B contraceptive will now be available over-the-counter to girls of any age Feds: Morning-after pill appeal officially on hold, Associated Press (Tom Hays)...

  • Audio
  • Contraception
  • Digital Age
  • Digital Generation
  • Homosexuality
  • NSA
  • Obama
  • Parenting
  • Plan B
  • Screen Time
  • Supreme Court
  • Surveillance
E

Truth, Trust, and Testimony in a Time of Tension — The SBC and its Future

As the 2013 Southern Baptist Convention convenes this morning in Houston, theological issues will be ever close at hand. This is as it should be,...Read this essay →
B

The Briefing 06-11-13

1. Karpen's clinic in Houston a reminder that every abortion clinic is a house of horrors Anti-abortion group targets doctor, some call it witch hunt,...

  • Abortion
  • American Families
  • Andrew Cuomo
  • Audio
  • Douglas Karpen
  • Envelopes
  • Family Size
  • Geographic Divide
  • George Zimmerman
  • Governor Cuomo
  • House Sizes
  • Karpen
  • Late-Term Abortion
  • racism
  • Trayvon Martin
B

The Briefing 06-10-13

1. Judge's intervention in organ transplant raises even more ethical problems Judge's ruling challenges US transplant system,  Associated Press (Lauran Neergaard) 2. Responding to the...

  • Audio
  • Lung Transplant
  • NSA
  • Oklahoma Tornadoes
  • Organ Transplant
  • Privacy
  • Surveillance State
  • Tornado Warnings
E

Books for a Summer Season — Some Recommended Reading

Serious readers tend to read by season. A worthy book is ripe for the reading in any season, but winter seems to privilege the weightier...Read this essay →
B

The Briefing 06-06-13

1) Recent trials a horrible reminder of murderous humanity Soldier charged in Afghan massacre: ‘Not a good reason in this world’ for what he did,...

  • Audio
  • House of Lords
  • Insanity Plea
  • Justin Welby
  • Murder
  • Muslim College
  • Nidal Malik Hasan
  • Robert Bales
  • Same-Sex Marriage
  • War Crime
B

The Briefing 06-04-13

1) DNA ruling demonstrates limitations of traditional liberal/conservative divide Justices Allow Police to Take DNA Samples After Arrests, New York Times (Adam Liptak) 2) Americans...

  • Audio
  • Barbara Walters
  • DNA testing
  • Government
  • IRS
  • Lautenberg
  • Media
  • MSNBC
  • News
  • Senate
  • Supreme Court
B

The Briefing 06-03-13

1) Tornadoes and wildfires threaten as we remember the grace and mercy of an omnipotent God 'Unpredictable' storm in Oklahoma turned on three chasers, CNN...

  • Atheism
  • Audio
  • California Wildfires
  • Chronicle of Higher Education
  • David Cameron
  • ELCA
  • Lutheran
  • Oklahoma Tornadoes
  • PCUSA
  • Philosophy Professors
  • Presbyterian Church USA
  • Radical Islam
B

The Briefing 05-31-13

1. 3/4 of Americans say religion is losing its influence Poll: America losing it's religion, CNN Belief Blog (Dan Merica) Most Americans Say Religion Is...

  • Audio
  • Bishop of Salisbury
  • Evangelicals
  • New York Churches
  • New York Public Schools
  • Religion
  • Tanya Luhrmann
E

No Truth Without Love, No Love Without Truth: The Church’s Great Challenge

The church's engagement with the culture involves a host of issues, controversies, and decisions–but no issue defines our current cultural crisis as clearly as homosexuality....Read this essay →
B

The Briefing 05-29-13

1) Celebrating the child rescued in China, but what of the child whose cries are never heard? China's Baby 59 left in sewage pipe evokes...

  • Abortion
  • Audio
  • Baby 59
  • Bullitt County
  • China
  • Church of England
  • Cloning
  • female bishops
  • Grading Scale
  • Infanticide
  • Marriage
B

The Briefing 05-28-13

1) Boy Scouts widely criticized for new policy not going far enough Boy Scout anti-gay movement to meet in Louisville, Courier-Journal (Andrew Wolfson) Kentucky church...

  • Atheism
  • Audio
  • Boy Scouts
  • Florida
  • Homosexuality
  • Kaitlyn Hunt
  • Louisville
  • Religion
  • Religious belief
  • Southeast Christian Church
A

John 3:1-21
A

Genesis 1:28-31
B

The Briefing 05-24-13

1) Boy Scouts to admit openly gay members Boy Scouts to Admit Openly Gay Youths as Members, New York Times (Erik Eckholm) Boy Scouts president:...

  • Boy Scouts
  • contraception mandate
  • Homosexuality
  • Image
  • Obama
B

The Briefing 05-23-13

1) Terror in London and Orlando further reveal new face of terror ‘Barbaric Attack’ in London Prompts Meeting on Terror, New York Times (Stephen Castle)...

  • ADHD
  • Audio
  • Demographics
  • DSM5
  • London
  • Mental Disorders
  • Oklahoma
  • Orlando
  • Psychiatry
  • Terrorism
  • tornado
  • Worldview
B

The Briefing 05-22-13

1. The "Storm of Storms" raises many important worldview questions. Christians should be prepared to give an answer. Crews Search for Survivors in Oklahoma, New...

  • Audio
  • David Cameron
  • Los Angeles Schools
  • Moore Oklahoma
  • Oklahoma
  • Pornography
  • Problem of Evil
  • Public Prayer
  • Same-Sex Marriage
  • School Suspension
  • Suspension Ban
  • tornado
  • Tumblr
  • Yahoo
E

Boy Scouts at the Brink — The Moment of Decision Arrives

Meeting Thursday in Grapevine, Texas, the National Council of the Boy Scouts of America will decide whether it will retain or revise its historic membership...Read this essay →
B

The Briefing 05-21-13

Yesterday, Dr. Mohler recorded a Special Edition of The Briefing in light of the tragedy in Moore Oklahoma. Please be sure to listen to that episode in...

  • Abortion
  • Assisted Suicide
  • Audio
  • Boy Scouts of America
  • Demographic
  • Gosnell
  • Homosexual Marriage
  • Morality
  • Vermont
E

The Goodness of God and the Reality of Evil

Every thoughtful person must deal with the problem of evil. Evil acts and tragic events come to us all in this vale of tears known...Read this essay →
B

The Briefing Special Edition: Moore Oklahoma

What is the proper Christian response to the tragedy in Moore, Oklahoma? How do we understand the difference between moral and natural evil? What are...

  • Audio
  • Moore Oklahoma
  • Natural Disaster
  • Oklahoma City
  • Problem of Evil
  • tornado
  • Tragedy
B

The Briefing 05-20-13

1. Historic week for Boy Scouts: decision will send far-reaching cultural signal Will Boy Scouts accept gay youth? Vote is imminent, Associated Press (David Crary)...

  • American Psychiatric Association
  • Audio
  • Boy Scouts
  • Britain
  • David Cameron
  • France
  • Francois Hollande
  • gay marriage
  • Government
  • Homosexual Marriage
  • Psychiatry
A

Luke 18:9-14
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