This is The Briefing, a daily analysis of news and events from a Christian worldview.Part I (00:13 – 07:56)An Important Affirmation of Religious Liberty: SCOTUS Rules Condemned Criminals on Death Row Have Right to Clergy in Final MomentsRamirez v. Collier Executive Director, Texas Department of Criminal Justice by SCOTUSPart II (07:56 – 17:19)‘The Billionaire Tax’: It Might Start with the Few, but It Will Not Be Long to Until It Reaches the ManyBiden to Propose New Minimum Tax on Wealthiest Americans by Wall Street Journal (Richard Rubin and Andrew Duehren)Here’s the Neat Trick of Biden’s Billionaire Tax by New York Times (Peter Coy)Part III (17:19 – 20:28)Seismic Moral Change Hidden in a Legal Filing: Citigroup Reveals That It Will Cover Travel Benefits to Employees to Receive an AbortionWhat Citi’s Abortion Policy Means for Companies as Supreme Court Considers Tighter Restrictions by USA Today (Elisabeth Buchwald)Part IV (20:28 – 24:30)San Francisco’s Virtue Signaling Backfires as It Is Runs Out of States With Which It Can Conduct BusinessSan Francisco’s Boycott of 28 States Backfires by Washington Examiner (Andrew Kerr)San Francisco is Probably Boycotting You by Washington Examiner (Conn Carroll)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.

After introducing our new series last week, John and Teddy are diving deeper into the topic of revival. This week they focus on a biblical understanding of revival. Attached to a historical understanding of revival, we also must seek to study the means and results of revival.
One helpful definition comes to us from Richard Owen Roberts. He defines revival as, “…an unusual manifestation of the power of the grace of God in convincing and converting careless sinners, and in quickening and increasing the faith and piety of believers.”
In the most succinct summary of this episode, we can say that revival is God drawing near, through the ordinary means of grace, in an unusual way. The means are not unusual. But the nearness of God is. And it is His nearness that both makes revival possible and makes us desire it.
A recent article by Jeremy Walker on revival: https://banneroftruth.org/uk/resources/articles/2023/holy-fomo/
Helpful books we found for 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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DOCUMENTATION AND ADDITIONAL READING
PART 1
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Thinking Seriously About President Biden‘s Sweeping Vaccine Mandate That Will Cover Nearly 100 Million Americans

NEW YORK TIMES (KATIE ROGERS AND SHERYL GAY STOLBERG)
Biden Mandates Vaccines for Workers, Saying, ‘Our Patience Is Wearing Thin’

PART 2
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The Complex Issues of a Federal Vaccine Mandate: Evaluating President Biden’s Coercive Move — Moral, Constitutional, and Political Considerations

NEW YORK TIMES (JIM TANKERSLEY)
Biden’s New Vaccine Push Is a Fight for the U.S. Economy

PART 3
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More Woke Than Capitalism: Virtue Signaling in Corporate World as Salesforce CEO Commits to Move Anyone With Hindered Access to ‘Reproductive Healthcare’ From Texas — Or Any Other State

CNBC (JORDAN NOVET)
Salesforce Offers to Relocate Employees and Their Families After Texas Abortion Law Goes Into Effect

CNN (RAMISHAH MARUF)
Salesforce Said It Will Help Employees Leave Texas Due to Abortion Law

PART 4
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A Parable of Post-Christian Religion: John Shelby Spong, Non-Theist Episcopal Bishop Dies at 90

WASHINGTON TIMES (MARK A. KELLNER)
John Shelby Spong, Liberal Episcopal Bishop, Dies at Age 90

PROGRESSIVE CHRISTIANITY (JOHN SHELBY SPONG)
Charting the New Reformation: The Twelve Theses

PROGRESSING SPIRIT (JOHN SHELBY SPONG)
Oklahoma! A State in Transition