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It’s Friday, June 7th, A.D. 2024. This is The Worldview in 5 Minutes heard at www.TheWorldview.com. I’m Adam McManus. (Adam@TheWorldview.com)
By Adam McManus
Pakistani Christian woman faces seven years in prison
A Christian woman in Pakistan remains in jail on baseless charges of blasphemy against Islam after a judge rejected her bail application on Monday, June 3rd, reports Morning Star News.
Stella Khawar, age 28, was arrested on May 12 in Punjab Province, and was charged with hurting the religious sentiments of Muslims.  She is suspected of besmirching Islam on a piece of paper following the August 16th, 2023 attacks on churches and homes of Christians in Jaranwala.
If found guilty, she faces seven years of imprisonment.
In John 15:18, Jesus said, “If the world hates you, keep in mind that it hated Me first.”
Russia launching military exercise in Caribbean
Russia is preparing to deploy aircraft and combat naval vessels to the Caribbean Sea to conduct military exercises in the coming weeks, reports The Miami Herald. This is Russia’s first set of military exercises in the Western Hemisphere involving both air and sea activity in five years.
Oddly enough, the Biden administration is not expressing concern over the deployment, with the official stating it poses “no direct threat to the United States.” But the administration believes Moscow intends to use the exercises as a “messaging tactic” after President Joe Biden gave Ukraine permission last week to fire U.S.-made weapons across its border into Russia to defend its territory.
COVID shots may have helped cause over 3 million excess deaths
The popular U.K. media outlet the Telegraph published a Tuesday report admitting that a recent peer-reviewed study shows COVID shots “may have helped fuel a rise in excess deaths” numbering over three million in 47 countries, reports LifeSiteNews.com.
In 2020, the researchers found 1,033,122 excess deaths – 11.5% more than expected – recorded in the countries when the COVID-19 outbreak began and measures such as lockdowns and social distancing were enacted.
In 2021, when the COVID shots were widely made available for public use and “containment” measures continued, 1,256,942 excess deaths – just under 14% more than expected – were recorded.
And in 2022, when the COVID shot rollout continued and most containment measures were eventually lifted, 808,392 excess deaths were recorded.
The researchers noted that “side effects linked to the Covid vaccine had included ischemic stroke, acute coronary syndrome and brain hemorrhage, cardiovascular diseases, coagulation, hemorrhages, gastrointestinal events, and blood clotting.”
Court orders Steve Bannon to prison July 1st
On Thursday, a federal judge ordered former Trump adviser Steve Bannon to report to prison on July 1 to begin a four-month prison sentence for defying subpoenas from the January 6th Committee after a higher court rejected his appeal, reports NBC News.
Bannon was found guilty on two counts of contempt of Congress in July 2022 for defying the committee’s subpoenas, but his sentence had been put on hold while he appealed the case.
Following his court appearance, Bannon addressed the press.
BANNON: “All of this is about one thing. This about shutting down the [Make America Great] movement, shutting down grassroots conservatives, shutting down President Trump.
“We are going to prevail. In every number and every poll shows that there's nothing that can shut me up and nothing that will shut me up. There’s not a prison built or jail built that will ever shut me up. All victory to MAGA. We're going to win this.
“We're going to win at the Supreme Court, and more importantly, we're going to win on November 5 in an amazing landslide, with the Senate, the House and also Donald J. Trump back as president of the United States.”
80th anniversary of D-Day: Largest seaborne invasion in history
On June 6, 1944, 80 years ago yesterday,

It’s Thursday, June 6th, A.D. 2024. This is The Worldview in 5 Minutes heard at www.TheWorldview.com. I’m Adam McManus. (Adam@TheWorldview.com)
By Jonathan Clark
Narendra Modi wins re-election in India, but anti-Christian BJP party loses
India posted results from its general election on Tuesday. With nearly a billion voters, it’s the largest election in the world.
Prime Minister Narendra Modi secured a third term, extending his hold on power since 2014.
However, his Hindu nationalist party, the BJP, failed to win a majority for the first time in a decade. Over that period, Modi has overseen the suppression of religious minorities like Christians and Muslims in the country. 
Christians in India have been praying for a change
International Christian Concern reports Christians in India have been praying for a change in government for years.
It remains to be seen how the recent elections will affect Christians. Edwin Anand, a bishop in central India, warns that churches should brace for more persecution under a third Modi term. 
Christians in India have faced over 600 violent attacks each year since 2021. The country is ranked 11th on the Open Doors’ World Watch List of nations where it is most difficult to be a Christian. 
Europeans electing new members of European Parliament
People across Europe begin voting today in the world’s second-largest election. About 400 million Europeans will be selecting new members of the European Parliament. 
Typically, the two largest parliamentary groups have been the center-right European People’s Party and the center-left Socialists and Democrats. 
However, right-wing parties are gaining popularity. France 24 reports a coalition of conservative and right-wing groups could be on track to hold a majority for the first time.
Daniel 2:21 says God “changes the times and the seasons; He removes kings and raises up kings; He gives wisdom to the wise and knowledge to those who have understanding.”
Texas Supreme Court affirms ban of abortion
In the United States, the Supreme Court of Texas unanimously rejected a challenge to the state’s pro-life laws.
Between several laws, Texas outlaws nearly all abortions. The challenge sought to allow abortion in more cases like babies with disabilities. 
The state’s abortion ban went into effect after the U.S. Supreme Court overturned Roe v. Wade in June 2022. Texas reported 67 abortions the following month and three abortions the month after that. The year before, the Lone Star state reported nearly 6,000 abortions in just one month. 
21% of Protestant pastors support homosexual faux marriage
Lifeway Research reports that support for faux homosexual marriage is thankfully slowing down among pastors.
In 2010, 15% of Protestant pastors supported the unbiblical practice. That percentage increased to 24% in 2019, but dropped back down to 21% today.
Pastors from mainline denominations were the ones who drove the increase in support for celebrating people living in vile passions. Meanwhile, Evangelical pastors have consistently opposed it since 2010.
Sexual perverts are especially proud of their rebellion this month
Mainstream American culture is celebrating sexually perverted lifestyles this month. 
Over the weekend, 21 out of 32 National Football League teams joined the celebration on social media. 
However, 11 of the football teams did not acknowledge so-called pride month. Those teams include the Pittsburgh Steelers, Cleveland Browns, Cincinnati Bengals, Tennessee Titans, Kansas City Chiefs, Denver Broncos, Dallas Cowboys, Green Bay Packers, New Orleans Saints, and Atlanta Falcons.
Exodus 23:2 says, “You shall not follow a crowd to do evil; nor shall you testify in a dispute so as to turn aside after many to pervert justice.”
Boeing sent astronauts to International Space Station
Boeing sent astronauts to space for the first time yesterday. 
NASA astronauts Butch Wilmore and Suni Williams are headed for the

It’s Wednesday, June 5th, A.D. 2024. This is The Worldview in 5 Minutes heard at www.TheWorldview.com. I’m Adam McManus. (Adam@TheWorldview.com)
By Jonathan Clark
Tiananmen Square massacre anniversary
Yesterday was the 35th anniversary of the Tiananmen Square massacre in China.
In the weeks leading up to the massacre in 1989, students were leading pro-democracy protests in Beijing. In response, the Communist Chinese government forcibly put down the protests, killing hundreds if not thousands.
China’s military also arrested leaders in the underground church which had fueled the protests. 
Persecution of Christians in Hong Kong
Speaking of China, the country’s persecution of Christians continues and is spreading to Hong Kong. 
Since 2020, China has extended control over Hong Kong. This has led to the arrest of church leaders and the closure of some religious groups.
Many Christians have left Hong Kong for the United Kingdom, making the Chinese church the fastest growing one in Britain. 
Hong Kong Christians put out a commemorative prayer for the anniversary of the Tiananmen Square massacre. Despite authorities banning candlelight vigils, the prayer says, "Let us, in the great light of the Lord’s amazing grace, light a candle in the depths of our souls, to continue their unfinished aspirations in the prayers and shadows, never to be lost or forgotten. O Lord! Let there be light in our hearts.”
In Matthew 5:14, Jesus said, “You are the light of the world. A city that is set on a hill cannot be hidden.”
United Kingdom blocks puberty blockers
Last Wednesday, the United Kingdom issued new restrictions on puberty blockers for children in England, Wales, and Scotland. 
The emergency ban lasts from June 3 to September 3, 2024. During the timeframe, doctors cannot prescribe the transgender drugs to people under 18.
The new policy also introduced indefinite restrictions to the prescribing of these drugs by primary care providers in England’s National Health Service. 
Genesis 1:27 says, “So God created man in His own image; in the image of God He created him; male and female He created them.”
Biden caps southern border illegals to 2,500 per day
Ahead of the U.S. presidential election, President Joe Biden issued an executive order yesterday to curb illegal immigration at the U.S.-Mexico border.
The order limits asylum requests once the average number of daily border encounters hits 2,500. The number of daily encounters is already above that. So, the order is expected to go into effect immediately. 
It will stay in effect until the number of daily encounters drops to 1,500 or lower. The last time border encounters were at that level was 2020.
Texas and Florida responsible for half of America’s new jobs
In the last five years, just two states were responsible for over half of new jobs in America. Those states are Texas and Florida. 
The conservative states feature lower wages which is attractive to companies wanting to create jobs, and lower cost of living which is attractive to workers. Not surprisingly, many people with remote jobs moved to states, like Florida and Texas, which have a lower cost of living.
Meanwhile, liberal states with high wages and cost of living fell out of the top 10 job-creating states. They include California, New York, Washington state, and Massachusetts. California used to be the top job creator between 2014 and 2019. Now, it’s at the bottom. 
How Indiana cut abortions by 98%
The Indiana Department of Health released a report on abortions in the state for the first quarter of 2024.
Remarkably, there were only 45 abortions during the first quarter, down from nearly 2,000 during the first quarter of 2023. That’s a 98% decrease!
Indiana’s abortion ban went into effect last August. It outlaws abortions at all stages of pregnancy with some exceptions.  
Arkansas had no abortions in 2023
Meanwhile, a report from the Arkansas Department of Health’s Vital St

It’s Tuesday, June 4th, A.D. 2024,. This is The Worldview in 5 Minutes heard at www.TheWorldview.com. I’m Adam McManus. (Adam@TheWorldview.com)
By Kevin Swanson
What did Malaysian government do with Pastor Raymond Koh?
The American Center for Law and Justice has issued a petition on the social media site X demanding answers from the Malaysian government on Pastor Raymond Koh’s whereabouts. The petition has almost 30,000 signatures.  
The petition states that “Pastor Raymond Koh has been missing for [seven] years in Malaysia [and] the Malaysian government refuses to provide answers.” 
Koh ran a non-profit group working with HIV/AIDS patients, people with an addiction, and other individuals in need of help. 
75-year-old pro-lifer given 2-year prison sentence
Paulette Harlow is 75 years old and she is the ninth and final pro-life advocate to be sentenced for violating the Freedom of Access to Abortion Clinics Entrances Act at the Washington Surgi-Clinic in 2020.  
A grandmother, and mother of six -- including four adopted children, Harlow received a 24-month sentence on May 31st from Judge Colleen Kotelly.  However, in the final analysis, God will be the Judge.

Proverbs 18:5 reminds us that “It is not good to show partiality to the wicked or to overthrow the righteous in judgment.”
Mexico’s new pro-abortion, pro-homosexual secular president
Mexico has elected its first female president.
Claudia Sheinbaum won the election with 59% of the vote. Raised as a secular Jew, Sheinbaum is outspoken about her pro-abortion and pro-homosexual positions. 
Mexico’s Supreme Court legalized abortion last September. Since 1990, over 60 nations have liberalized their abortion laws.
Only the United States, Nicaragua, El Salvador, and Poland have slowed the legalization of abortion in recent years.
Sheinbaum’s election makes for the 54th election of a female head of state over the last 10 years. There were nine female heads of state elected during the 1980s, and five in the 1970s. 
Abortion rates are up worldwide
Abortion rates are up in the U.S. and other nations around the world.   
Scotland, for, example reports the number of abortions up 53% over the last decade. This is largely due to the increase access to the Kill Pill program. Abortions by the abortion pill have increased from 9,600 per year to 17,900 per year over the last decade. And home-based abortions in Scotland have doubled from 5,100 to 10,500 per year since 2020.
Meanwhile, surgical abortions have decreased from 2,300 to 350 per year over the last decade.
Let us all remember that “there is no creature hidden from His sight, but all things are naked and open to the eyes of Him to whom we must give account.” (Hebrews 4:13)
India’s national elections unlikely to help Christians

India is conducting national elections today.
As they face rising persecution at the hands of fundamentalist Hindus, India’s Christians throughout the country are hoping for some respite or help from the national government.  However, current polls point to another win for the Bharatiya Janata Party.
One million African Methodists walk away from denomination
The Côte d'Ivoire Conference of the United Methodists, based in West Africa, has voted to leave the United Methodist Church — after the U.S.-based denomination voted to approve the ordination of pastors who live out sinful, homosexual lifestyles.
The “Ivory Coast” Methodists make up about one million members, one of the largest regional church bodies in the world.
Korean pastors eager to sever ties with U.S. Methodists

Also, an assembly of Korean Methodist pastors have met in mid-May to discuss a severance of relationships with the U.S. United Methodist Church. 
The Korean General Assembly of Methodist Churches has already announced plans to ”solidify our traditional position and Bible-centered faith for its own ministry and mission direction.”

In 3 days, Americans gave $200 million to Trump

It’s Monday, June 3, A.D. 2024. This is The Worldview in 5 Minutes heard at www.TheWorldview.com. I’m Adam McManus. (Adam@TheWorldview.com)
By Adam McManus
Pakistani officials refusing to prosecute Muslims for death by torture
With suspects in a homicide case pressuring the victim’s relatives to make false statements, police in Lahore, Pakistan are declining to arrest them in the case of a Catholic man tortured to death by his Muslim employers, reports The Christian Post.
Sonia Shahid, widow of 35-year-old Masih Shahid and mother to their six children, said her husband’s employer tortured him on May 8, resulting in his death 10 days later. The Muslim employer wrongly suspected he had stolen goats from a farm in the Sheikhupura District located in the Punjab Province.
Proverbs 24:1-2 says, “Do not envy the wicked, do not desire their company; for their hearts plot violence, and their lips talk about making trouble.”
According to Open Doors, Pakistan is the seventh most dangerous country worldwide for Christians to live.
House Speaker Johnson predicts Trump victory
Appearing on “Fox and Friends,” House Speaker Mike Johnson, Republican from Louisiana, reacted to the Trump guilty verdict in the hush money trial.
JOHNSON: “What happened there was outrageous and the American people see it. This is a purely political exercise, not a legal one. Everybody knows that; they know intuitively that it's wrong. The people are outraged.
“Because President Trump is crushing Joe Biden in the polls, they see the Democrat Party and the Left so desperate to stop him that they'll risk the destruction of our entire legal system to do it. And that is not hyperbole. That's what's going on here.
“We broke records on our fundraising platforms last night. We even set up a new website, go to http://www.SupportDJT.com. Stand with him and make sure the right verdict is rendered November 5th. That's the American people's verdict.”
House Speaker Johnson made a bold prediction.
JOHNSON: “I'm going to tell you what will happen. I predict this will increase turnout on our side, that he will win decisively. He will become the next president. He was already, as I said, crushing Joe Biden in the polls.
“I think, as this plays out, and people get more and more frustrated about it, I think it will help us and that huge enthusiasm gap, that already existed between the Trump and Biden campaigns, will be even wider.
“People now see Donald Trump as a symbol of something. He's more than just an individual. He's a symbol of fighting back against this government corruption, the deep state, the bureaucracy, and all the rest. We need his leadership in the White House, now more than ever.”
Mark Levin: Trump attorneys should appeal to Supreme Court
Appearing on Sean Hannity’s Fox show, radio talk show host Mark Levin summarized his take on the Trump guilty verdict.
LEVIN: “I'll say this: no crime, no jurisdiction, no due process, conflicted judge, [George] Soros prosecutor, Manhattan jury.”
Levin urged Trump’s attorneys to appeal the guilty verdict to the U.S. Supreme Court.
LEVIN: “So, what they need to do now, in my view, is to go up the appellate chain in New York. We need to stop whining about how long that's going to take. Seek an emergency trial to get to the Supreme Court. People say, ‘Well, they're not going to take it.’
“You know, what if George Patton had said, ‘I don't think I can get to the Battle of the Bulge in time,’  we would have lost World War II.
“I am sick and tired of these legal defeatists. We need to stop whining, stop complaining. We know what we're up against. We gotta fight these people with our smarts. We have to take some risks.
“We need to look at Bush v. Gore. Why did the Supreme Court take that case from the Florida Supreme Court? We need to give the Supreme Court the opportunity to fix this.
“Why? We cannot have local acting judges, [George] Soros’ District Attorney's Office, 15,

It’s Friday, May 31st, A.D. 2024. This is The Worldview in 5 Minutes heard at www.TheWorldview.com. I’m Adam McManus. (Adam@TheWorldview.com)
By Adam McManus
Trump found guilty in hush money trial
On Thursday, a Manhattan jury took fewer than 12 hours to return a guilty verdict in former President Donald Trump’s New York criminal trial. The jurors found him guilty of 34 counts of falsification of business records with the intent to conceal another crime, reports The Epoch Times.
The former president’s conviction makes him the first U.S. president to be convicted of a crime. Short of a successful appeal, he could now be facing such penalties as jail time, probation, or fines.
Ultimately, his sentence will be up to the presiding judge, Justice Juan Merchan. The judge has set the sentencing hearing for July 11 at 10:00 a.m.
The six-week trial revolved around $130,000 in payments that Trump’s former attorney, Michael Cohen, paid disreputable film actress Stormy Daniels, whose real name is Stephanie Clifford, ahead of the 2016 presidential election.
Manhattan District Attorney Alvin Bragg claimed that Cohen made the payments on Trump’s behalf to buy Clifford’s silence over an alleged affair that the former president denies took place. The district attorney further charged that Trump mislabeled his reimbursements to Cohen to conceal another crime, constituting felony-level falsification of business records.
Bragg spoke to the press after the guilty verdict.
BRAGG: “Their deliberations led them to make a decision based on the evidence and the law and the evidence and the law alone. Their deliberations led them to a unanimous conclusion, beyond a reasonable doubt, that the defendant, Donald J. Trump, is guilty of 34 counts of falsifying business records, in the first degree, to conceal a scheme to corrupt the 2016 election.”
As for what the underlying crime was, the prosecution was vague, identifying tax fraud, violations of federal election law, or the falsification of additional business records as possibilities.
Notably, to return a guilty verdict, Judge Merchan explained that the jury was not required to agree on what the underlying crime was—just that there was one.
In Job 42:2, Job made this statement to God: “I know that You can do all things, and that no purpose of Yours can be thwarted.”
Trump: “This was a rigged decision right from day one.”
After the guilty verdict, Trump made a statement.
TRUMP: “This was a disgrace. This was a rigged trial by a conflicted judge who was corrupt. They wouldn't give us a venue change. We were at 5% or 6% in this district, in this area. The real verdict is going to be November 5 by the people. And they know what happened here. And everybody knows what happened here. We have a Soros-backed D.A. I'm a very innocent man, and fighting for our country and fighting for our Constitution.
“Our whole country is being rigged right now. This was done by the Biden administration in order to wound or hurt an opponent, a political opponent. We will keep fighting or we’ll fight till the end and will win.
“We don't have the same country anymore. We have a divided mess. We're a nation to decline, serious decline. Millions and millions of people pouring into our country right now from prisons and from mental institutions, terrorists, and they're taking over our country. We have a country that's in big trouble. This was a rigged decision right from day one with a conflicted judge who should have never been allowed to try this case. Never. This is long from over. Thank you very much.”
Biden Campaign: “No one is above the law.”
Michael Tyler, the communications director for President Joe Biden’s campaign, said, “In New York today, we saw that no one is above the law. Donald Trump has always mistakenly believed he would never face consequences for breaking the law for his own personal gain.
“Convicted felon or not, Trump will be the Republican nominee for pres