This is The Briefing, a daily analysis of news and events from a Christian worldview.Part I (00:13 – 14:02) Lessons From Two Decades of Conflicted History: Christian Realist Considerations of the Iraq War 20 Years Later20 Years After U.S. Invasion, Iraq Is a Freer Place, but Not a Hopeful One by New York Times (Alissa J. Rubin)Part II (14:02 – 19:46) “I Am the State?”: Emmanuel Macron Invokes Article 49.3 For Pension ReformsPart III (19:46 – 24:15) A Parable of the Human Spectacle: Silicon Valley Bank Merchandise Surges to Sale on EbayThere’s a Run on Silicon Valley Bank Swag by Wall Street Journal (Alyssa Lukpat and Caitlin Ostroff)Sign up to receive The Briefing in your inbox every weekday morning.Follow Dr. Mohler:Twitter | Instagram | Facebook | YouTubeFor more information on The Southern Baptist Theological Seminary, go to sbts.edu.For more information on Boyce College, just go to BoyceCollege.com.To write Dr. Mohler or submit a question for The Mailbox, go here.

This is The Briefing, a daily analysis of news and events from a Christian worldview.Part I (00:13 – 14:02)Lessons From Two Decades of Conflicted History: Christian Realist Considerations of the Iraq War 20 Years Later20 Years After U.S. Invasion, Iraq Is a Freer Place, but Not a Hopeful One by New York Times (Alissa J. Rubin)Part II (14:02 – 19:46)“I Am the State?”: Emmanuel Macron Invokes Article 49.3 For Pension ReformsPart III (19:46 – 24:15)A Parable of the Human Spectacle: Silicon Valley Bank Merchandise Surges to Sale on EbayThere’s a Run on Silicon Valley Bank Swag by Wall Street Journal (Alyssa Lukpat and Caitlin Ostroff)Sign up to receive The Briefing in your inbox every weekday morning.Follow Dr. Mohler:X | Instagram | Facebook | YouTubeFor more information on The Southern Baptist Theological Seminary, go to sbts.edu.For more information on Boyce College, just go to BoyceCollege.com.To write Dr. Mohler or submit a question for The Mailbox, go here.

This is The Briefing, a daily analysis of news and events from a Christian worldview.Part I (00:13 – 08:08) The Extraordinary Madness of Crowds: Did Twitter Drive to the Run on the Bank in Silicon Valley?Social-Media Postings Amplify Anxiety Over SVB Collapse by Wall Street Journal (Georgia Wells and Alexa Corse)Was the SVB Collapse a Twitter Panic? by Wall Street Journal (Daniel Henninger)Part II (08:08 – 14:46) The Black Sea and its Long History: Russia Destroys U.S. Drone, Sparking Bigger Questions of the Importance of History and GeographyPart III (14:46 – 16:09) Evolution and Creationism Show Up in the New York Times Obituary Section: Francisco Ayala Dies at 88Francisco Ayala, Biologist and Defender of Evolution, Dies at 88 by New York Times (Cornelia Dean)Part IV (16:09 – 19:01) Would There Be Sin in the World If Adam Refused to Eat of the Forbidden Fruit? — Dr. Mohler Responds to a Letters from Listeners of The BriefingPart V (19:01 – 20:40) Could You Argue for the Divine Authority of Scripture Without Utilizing Circular Reasoning? — Dr. Mohler Responds to a Letters from Listeners of The BriefingPart VI (20:40 – 23:20) What is the Biblical Responce to Abortion in the Cases of Rape, Incest, and Health of the Mother? — Dr. Mohler Responds to a Letters from Listeners of The BriefingPart VII (23:20 – 24:50) What Does It Mean to Be Unequally Yoked? — Dr. Mohler Responds to a Letters from Listeners of The BriefingPart VIII (24:50 – 28:08) How Should Doctors Respond to Cultural Christians Who Are Convinced God Will Perform a Miracle in the Face of an Undeniable Terminal Illness Prognosis? — Dr. Mohler Responds to a Letters from Listeners of The BriefingSign up to receive The Briefing in your inbox every weekday morning.Follow Dr. Mohler:Twitter | Instagram | Facebook | YouTubeFor more information on The Southern Baptist Theological Seminary, go to sbts.edu.For more information on Boyce College, just go to BoyceCollege.com.To write Dr. Mohler or submit a question for The Mailbox, go here.

This is The Briefing, a daily analysis of news and events from a Christian worldview.Part I (00:13 – 08:08)The Extraordinary Madness of Crowds: Did Twitter Drive to the Run on the Bank in Silicon Valley?Social-Media Postings Amplify Anxiety Over SVB Collapse by Wall Street Journal (Georgia Wells and Alexa Corse)Was the SVB Collapse a Twitter Panic? by Wall Street Journal (Daniel Henninger)Part II (08:08 – 14:46)The Black Sea and its Long History: Russia Destroys U.S. Drone, Sparking Bigger Questions of the Importance of History and GeographyPart III (14:46 – 16:09)Evolution and Creationism Show Up in the New York Times Obituary Section: Francisco Ayala Dies at 88Francisco Ayala, Biologist and Defender of Evolution, Dies at 88 by New York Times (Cornelia Dean)Part IV (16:09 – 19:01)Would There Be Sin in the World If Adam Refused to Eat of the Forbidden Fruit? — Dr. Mohler Responds to a Letters from Listeners of The BriefingPart V (19:01 – 20:40)Could You Argue for the Divine Authority of Scripture Without Utilizing Circular Reasoning? — Dr. Mohler Responds to a Letters from Listeners of The BriefingPart VI (20:40 – 23:20)What is the Biblical Responce to Abortion in the Cases of Rape, Incest, and Health of the Mother? — Dr. Mohler Responds to a Letters from Listeners of The BriefingPart VII (23:20 – 24:50)What Does It Mean to Be Unequally Yoked? — Dr. Mohler Responds to a Letters from Listeners of The BriefingPart VIII (24:50 – 28:08)How Should Doctors Respond to Cultural Christians Who Are Convinced God Will Perform a Miracle in the Face of an Undeniable Terminal Illness Prognosis? — Dr. Mohler Responds to a Letters from Listeners of The BriefingSign up to receive The Briefing in your inbox every weekday morning.Follow Dr. Mohler:X | Instagram | Facebook | YouTubeFor more information on The Southern Baptist Theological Seminary, go to sbts.edu.For more information on Boyce College, just go to BoyceCollege.com.To write Dr. Mohler or submit a question for The Mailbox, go here.

This is The Briefing, a daily analysis of news and events from a Christian worldview.Part I (00:13 – 10:35) How Do You Have a Woman’s College If You Do Not Know What a Woman Is?: Historic Seven Sisters Colleges Reckon with the ‘T’ of the LGBTQ RevolutionPart II (10:35 – 17:34) Proximate Sin, Proximate Confusion: Understanding the Scale (And Self-Delusion) of the Transgender Revolution Taking Over Our CultureAt Wellesley College, Students Vote to Admit Trans Men by New York Times (Vimal Patel)Part III (17:34 – 25:49) Alcoholics Anonymous in the Secular Crosshairs: New York Politicians Contend For ‘Nonreligious Rehabilitation’ OptionsPeople Have a Right to Nonreligious Rehab by New York Times (Maia Szalavitz)In America, you have to opt out of religion in public life. That’s backward. by Washington Post (Kate Cohen)Sign up to receive The Briefing in your inbox every weekday morning.Follow Dr. Mohler:Twitter | Instagram | Facebook | YouTubeFor more information on The Southern Baptist Theological Seminary, go to sbts.edu.For more information on Boyce College, just go to BoyceCollege.com.To write Dr. Mohler or submit a question for The Mailbox, go here.

This is The Briefing, a daily analysis of news and events from a Christian worldview.Part I (00:13 – 10:35)How Do You Have a Woman’s College If You Do Not Know What a Woman Is?: Historic Seven Sisters Colleges Reckon with the ‘T’ of the LGBTQ RevolutionPart II (10:35 – 17:34)Proximate Sin, Proximate Confusion: Understanding the Scale (And Self-Delusion) of the Transgender Revolution Taking Over Our CultureAt Wellesley College, Students Vote to Admit Trans Men by New York Times (Vimal Patel)Part III (17:34 – 25:49)Alcoholics Anonymous in the Secular Crosshairs: New York Politicians Contend For ‘Nonreligious Rehabilitation’ OptionsPeople Have a Right to Nonreligious Rehab by New York Times (Maia Szalavitz)In America, you have to opt out of religion in public life. That’s backward. by Washington Post (Kate Cohen)Sign up to receive The Briefing in your inbox every weekday morning.Follow Dr. Mohler:X | Instagram | Facebook | YouTubeFor more information on The Southern Baptist Theological Seminary, go to sbts.edu.For more information on Boyce College, just go to BoyceCollege.com.To write Dr. Mohler or submit a question for The Mailbox, go here.

Due to a sickness in the team, we were unable to film an episode for this week’s podcast. But this led us to a wonderful opportunity. Years ago Andrew Davies visited Christ Church New Albany. While he was here, we recorded him presenting five great sermons used during times of revival in America and England.
Since we highlighted the sermons of George Whitefield, a preacher God used mightily during the Great Awakening, in earlier episodes of this series, we thought this would be the perfect opportunity to present to you one of his sermons read by Andrew Davies so many years ago.
The sermon is titled “The Method of Grace.” We have found it helpful to our souls in the past and we pray it is a blessing to you. Next week we will be back with our normal production.
If you would like the text of the sermon, you can read it here: https://www.monergism.com/method-grace
A recent article by Jeremy Walker on revival: https://banneroftruth.org/uk/resources/articles/2023/holy-fomo/
Books we found helpful in this series:
The Fulfilling of the Scripture by Robert Flemming Physical Copy: https://www.amazon.com/fulfilling-scripture-discovery-accomplishment-corrected/dp/1171131968
Revival by Richard Owen Roberts https://www.amazon.com/dp/0842355758?tag=heartcrymissi-20&camp=0&creative=0&linkCode=as4&creativeASIN=0842355758&adid=1MA5N1HT46X3WABGS4EM
Revival: A People Saturated with God by Brian Edwards https://www.amazon.com/Revival-people-saturated-Brian-Edwards/dp/1846256437
Revival of Religion https://www.amazon.com/Revival-Religion-Addresses-Evangelical-Delivered/dp/0851514359
Lectures on Revival by William Sprague
https://banneroftruth.org/us/store/theology-books/lectures-on-revivals/
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This is The Briefing, a daily analysis of news and events from a Christian worldview.Part I (00:13 – 15:28) ‘Bewildering Ambiguity’: The Legacy and Lessons of Pope Francis as He Marks Ten Years.10 Years On, Pope Francis Faces Challenges From the Right and the Left by New York Times (Jason Horowitz)​Ten Years of Pope Francis by First Things (Dan Hitchens)Women’s Ordination, Transgender Ideology Move Forward at German Synodal Way by National Catholic Register (Jonathan Liedl)Part II (15:28 – 21:29) Justice Department Loses Death Penalty Argument in Terrorist Case: Scripture and Human Conscience Cry Out for Justice Manhattan Bike Path Terrorist Avoids Death Penalty by Wall Street Journal (Corinne Ramey and Sadie Gurman)Part III (21:29 – 26:41) President Biden’s New Theological Category: ‘Close to Sinful’ — But the Bible Knows Nothing of the ItFlorida anti-trans legislation is ‘close to sinful,’ Biden tells Kal Penn by Washington Post (Victoria Bisset)Sign up to receive The Briefing in your inbox every weekday morning.Follow Dr. Mohler:Twitter | Instagram | Facebook | YouTubeFor more information on The Southern Baptist Theological Seminary, go to sbts.edu.For more information on Boyce College, just go to BoyceCollege.com.To write Dr. Mohler or submit a question for The Mailbox, go here.

This is The Briefing, a daily analysis of news and events from a Christian worldview.Part I (00:13 – 15:28)‘Bewildering Ambiguity’: The Legacy and Lessons of Pope Francis as He Marks Ten Years.10 Years On, Pope Francis Faces Challenges From the Right and the Left by New York Times (Jason Horowitz)​Ten Years of Pope Francis by First Things (Dan Hitchens)Women’s Ordination, Transgender Ideology Move Forward at German Synodal Way by National Catholic Register (Jonathan Liedl)Part II (15:28 – 21:29)Justice Department Loses Death Penalty Argument in Terrorist Case: Scripture and Human Conscience Cry Out for Justice Manhattan Bike Path Terrorist Avoids Death Penalty by Wall Street Journal (Corinne Ramey and Sadie Gurman)Part III (21:29 – 26:41)President Biden’s New Theological Category: ‘Close to Sinful’ — But the Bible Knows Nothing of the ItFlorida anti-trans legislation is ‘close to sinful,’ Biden tells Kal Penn by Washington Post (Victoria Bisset)Sign up to receive The Briefing in your inbox every weekday morning.Follow Dr. Mohler:X | Instagram | Facebook | YouTubeFor more information on The Southern Baptist Theological Seminary, go to sbts.edu.For more information on Boyce College, just go to BoyceCollege.com.To write Dr. Mohler or submit a question for The Mailbox, go here.

This is The Briefing, a daily analysis of news and events from a Christian worldview.Part I (00:13 – 10:20) Who’s Going to Pay the Bills in France?: Millions of People Protest in Response to President Macron’s Increase of Retirement AgePart II (10:20 – 15:38) France Has a Huge Moral Problem, Abortion: President Macron Seeks to Enshrine Abortion into the French ConstitutionMacron Calls for Enshrining Right to Abortion in French Constitution by New York Times (Roger Cohen)Part III (15:38 – 22:12) Netanyahu Attempts to End Democracy in Israel?: Disputes Over Judicial Reforms in Israel Raise Issue of Limitations of Oral ConstitutionsIsrael Needs Judicial Reform—but How? by Wall Street Journal (The Editorial Board)Part IV (22:12 – 26:19) Stepping Into Femininity But Out of Clothing?: The ‘Naked Dress’ Spectacle at the Oscars On Oscars Carpet, the ‘Naked Dress’ Ruled by Wall Street Journal (Rory Satran)Sign up to receive The Briefing in your inbox every weekday morning.Follow Dr. Mohler:Twitter | Instagram | Facebook | YouTubeFor more information on The Southern Baptist Theological Seminary, go to sbts.edu.For more information on Boyce College, just go to BoyceCollege.com.To write Dr. Mohler or submit a question for The Mailbox, go here.