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The Briefing 05-24-13

1) Boy Scouts to admit openly gay members Keep Reading

The Briefing 05-23-13

1) Terror in London and Orlando further reveal new face of terror Keep Reading

The Briefing 05-22-13

1. The “Storm of Storms” raises many important worldview questions. Christians should be prepared to give an answer. Keep Reading

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 policy on the issue of homosexuality. The 1,400 voting members of the B.S.A. National Council hold the future of one of America’s most iconic organizations in their hands. In reality, they are not only deciding a matter of membership policy. They are actually deciding the future of the entire organization.

The culture wars came to the Boy Scouts many years ago. For the last few decades, the Boy Scouts have had to fight battles with both secularists and homosexual activists. The secular challenge came first, with demands that the Scouts drop their historic requirement that boys affirm belief in God as a criterion for membership. Soon thereafter, the demand for the full inclusion of homosexual members and leaders followed. The Scouts have had to fight legal battles both locally and nationally, costing the venerable organization millions of dollars in legal fees. In 2000, the B.S.A. prevailed at the U.S. Supreme Court when the nation’s highest court ruled that the Boy Scouts had a constitutional right to exclude openly gay boys and leaders from the organization, so long as that exclusion is based in one of the organization’s core convictions — an “expressive message.” The B.S.A. won the case because that is exactly what they claimed. They argued that excluding openly homosexual boys and leaders from Scouting was necessary and required by the Scout Oath. Keep Reading

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 addition to our regularly scheduled Briefing, outlined below. Keep Reading

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 as human life. The problem of evil and suffering is undoubtedly the greatest theological challenge we face. Keep Reading

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 the answers to theological difficulties raised by a horrible tragedy like this? Keep Reading

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)

2. Push to legalize gay marriage tests the limit of government

Hollande Signs French Gay Marriage Law, New York Times (Steven Erlanger)

Cameron facing Commons defeat over gay marriage plans, The Telegraph (Tim Ross)

3. Psychology manual discovers futility of diagnosing human problems while denying Christian worldview

Revised Psychiatric Manual Faces Mixed Reviews, Wall Street Journal (Shirley S Wang)

How Psychiatry Went Crazy, Wall Street Journal (Carol Tavris)

SBTS Spring 2013 Commencement Address