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It’s Thursday, April 18th, 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
Ugandan Christian convert likely killed by Muslim son
A Christian woman in Uganda died last week after refusing to renounce her faith.
Sadly, her son is suspected of killing her.
Sulaina Nabirye came to Christ in February. One of her relatives told Morning Star News, “During the month of Ramadan, she complained of her son pressuring her to stop attending church and revert back to Islam since he was studying to become an imam. … When she refused to convert back to Islam, he stopped visiting her at her house and threatened to chase or even kill her.”
Psalm 116:15 says, “Precious in the sight of the LORD is the death of His saints.”
New Zealand eager to deny churches tax-exempt status
New Zealand is considering stripping churches of their tax-exempt status.
Churches there have enjoyed the status since the 1600s. But now Prime Minister Christopher Luxon is looking to axe it as cultural pressure mounts against churches.
Christian identification has been declining in New Zealand in recent decades. Over half of the population now identifies with no religion. And only 37% claim to be Christian.
America’s deficit spending not fiscally sustainable
The International Monetary Fund released its latest world economic outlook report.
The global economy is expected to grow 3.2% this year and next year just like it did last year.
The U.S. economy is seeing stronger-than-expected growth while Europe is facing weaker-than-expected growth. 
However, the International Monetary Fund did warn that U.S. growth is driven by deficit spending that is “out of line with long-term fiscal sustainability.” 
Senate Democrats dismiss charges against Homeland Security Secretary
On Tuesday, the U.S. House of Representatives sent two articles of impeachment against Homeland Security Secretary Alejandro Mayorkas to the Senate. He was facing a trial on charges of refusing to enforce U.S. immigration law. 
However, the Democrat-controlled Senate killed both articles of impeachment yesterday. 
Republican Senator Ted Cruz of Texas was livid.
Listen.
CRUZ: “When it comes to the Constitution, the Democrats concluded that Joe Biden and Alejandro Mayorkas defying federal law, ignoring the text of the statute, deliberately releasing criminal illegal aliens over and over and over again, that's just hunky dory. You can't impeach him for that. Every Democrat just voted.
“By the way, every Cabinet member, guess what? You've just been given a blank slate: ignore the law. When Democrats are in charge of the Senate, the entire Cabinet could ignore the law. It is no longer impeachable, in Democrat Wonderland, when a member of the Executive branch openly defies the law.”
It’s the second time in U.S. history that the Senate has received articles of impeachment against a cabinet secretary. Wiliam Belknap, who served as Secretary of War under President Ulysses S. Grant, was impeached on March 2, 1876, for his role in the trader post scandal. However, he was acquitted by the Senate.
Supreme Court to take up emergency room abortion case
The U.S. Supreme Court plans to hear another abortion case involving emergency rooms.
The Emergency Medical Treatment and Active Labor Act requires emergency rooms to provide medical care for patients. The Biden administration is trying to make abortion part of that required medical care even in states where it is banned.
A federal appeals court has already ruled that doctors in Texas are not required to perform abortions under the act. 
15 states upset with Bank of America’s political and religious discrimination
On Monday, fifteen states sent a letter to Bank of America CEO Brian Moynihan.
Kansas Attorney General Kris Kobach is leading the coalition. Together, they are calling out the bank for religious and political discriminatio

It’s Wednesday, April 17th, 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
Muslim terrorist stabbed pastor and churchgoers during Bible study
A suspected Islamic militant attacked several churchgoers with a knife on Monday at Christ the Good Shepherd Church in Sydney, Australia.
Police arrested a 16-year-old boy after the stabbing. They are calling it a religiously motivated “terrorist act.” 
The attack targeted Bishop Mar Mari Emmanuel during his sermon. He is now in the hospital but in stable condition. Local media report, “After being stabbed . . . he . . . put his hand on the attacker and started praying.”
In Matthew 5:44, Jesus said, “Love your enemies, bless those who curse you, do good to those who hate you, and pray for those who spitefully use you and persecute you.”
50,000 Polish march for life
On Sunday, 50,000 people joined the March for Life in Warsaw, Poland.
It’s the largest pro-life event in the country in the last couple decades.
One of the organizers said, “We want every Polish citizen to have the right to life from conception to natural death. It is not an (act of) grace that we allow a child to be born; it is their sacred right.” 
Poland has one of the most restrictive abortion laws in Europe. But the government is considering legislation to allow the murder of unborn babies up to 12 weeks of pregnancy. 
Muenster, Texas is a Safe Haven for the Unborn
In the U.S., the City Council of Muenster, Texas  unanimously passed an “Ordinance Outlawing Abortion, Declaring Muenster a Safe Haven for the Unborn.”
It’s the 52nd city in Texas and the 69th in America to pass such an ordinance.
Kenneth Bierschenk, a local resident, circulated a petition for the ordinance. He said, “Even though Texas has outlawed abortion at the state level, that does not mean our work is finished. There is still work to be done at every level of government: city, county, state, and federal.”
U.S. Supreme Court protects Idaho kids from trans surgeries and drugs
On Monday, the U.S Supreme Court temporarily allowed Idaho to enforce its Vulnerable Child Protection Act. The law protects children from transgender drugs and surgeries. 
This allows the law to be in effect while legal proceedings against it continue.
Idaho Attorney General Raúl Labrador said, “Those suffering from gender dysphoria deserve love, support, and medical care rooted in biological reality. Denying the basic truth that boys and girls are biologically different hurts our kids.”
54% of Gen Zers: Bible transformed my life
The American Bible Society released the first part of its State of the Bible USA 2024 report.
Only 38% of U.S. adults use the Bible at least three to four times a year, down from 50% in 2021.
However, Bible usage is growing among young people. Twenty-one percent of Gen Z reports their Bible reading increased compared to last year, the highest of any generation. 
Also, 54% of Gen Zers say the Bible has transformed their lives, up from 50% in 2023.
In 2 Timothy 3:15, the Apostle Paul wrote, “From childhood, you have known the Holy Scriptures, which are able to make you wise for salvation through faith which is in Christ Jesus.”
Homicides went up during COVID pandemic
Homicides increased in major U.S. cities during the COVID-19 pandemic. 
However, the homicide rate is down 20% across over 200 cities now.
Areas with large decreases in homicides include Philadelphia, New York City, Washington D.C., and Detroit. Some cities did see an increase in homicides like Los Angeles, Atlanta, Birmingham, and Charlotte. 
Credit card delinquency rate highest on record
New data from the Federal Reserve Bank of Philadelphia shows credit card delinquency reached the highest rate on record.
At the end of last year, a record 3.5% of credit card balances were over 30 days past due. The number of balances that were 60 and 90 day

It’s Tuesday, April 16th, A.D. 2024. This is The Worldview in 5 Minutes heard on www.TheWorldview.com. I’m Adam McManus. (Adam@TheWorldview.com)
By Kevin Swanson
Nigerian Muslim kidnappers are increasingly bold
International Christian Concern reminds us this morning that 91 young women, who were kidnapped exactly ten years ago from their schools in Chibok in northeastern Nigeria, are still held in captivity.  Islamic terrorists kidnapped 276 teenage girls a decade ago, many of whom were forced to marry their abductors.

That wasn’t the end of the persecutions however.
Just last month, Boko Horam terrorists kidnapped another 400 persons from a Borno State refugee camp, and another 287 students and teachers were abducted from a school in Kaduna State, reports Voice of America.
Nigeria, Africa is the sixth most dangerous country worldwide in which to be a Christian.
Knife attacks in Australia

Gun ownership in Australia is severely restricted by government licensing, but that hasn’t stopped knife attacks in that nation.
Six people were killed and 11 wounded by a knife attack in a mall last week. In addition, just yesterday, a pastor and four church members were stabbed during a Bible study at Good Shepherd Church in Sydney. 
Iraq considers death penalty for adultery and perversion
The Iraqi parliament is considering a bill requiring life in prison or the death penalty for certain types of adultery or homosexual activity, reports U.S. News and World Report.
The nations of Israel and Iraq have the loosest laws of all Middle Eastern countries concerning homosexuality.  Israel legalized homosexuality in 1988, and recognizes homosexual faux marriage performed in other countries. At least officially, homosexual activity was legalized in Iraq in 1969.

Homosexuality has been legalized by most Protestant and Catholic nations in Europe, North and South America, and Oceania which includes Australia.
Scripture in 1 Timothy 1:8-10 points out that “the law is good if one uses it lawfully, knowing this: that the law is not made for a righteous person, but for the lawless and insubordinate, for the ungodly and for sinners, for the unholy and profane, for murderers of fathers and murderers of mothers, for manslayers, for fornicators, for sodomites, for kidnappers.”
Trump in court over hush money payments
Former President and 2024 GOP presidential candidate Donald Trump is back in state court, defending himself from 34 charges of falsifying business records, in relation to alleged hush money payments made before the 2016 election.
The payments allegedly went to a film star who is known for promulgating violations of the seventh commandment.   Trump has pleaded not guilty to charges and denies the accusations concerning the adulterous affair.
Top 10 busiest airports

Airports Council International just released the list of the busiest 10 airports in the world for last year. These are, in order, from 1 to 10.

1. Hartsfield-Jackson Atlanta International Airport

Dubai International Airport
Dallas/Fort Worth International Airport
London Heathrow
Tokyo Haneda International Airport
Denver International Airport
Istanbul Airport
Los Angeles International Airport
Chicago O’Hare International Airport, and
New Delhi’s Indira Gandhi International Airport. 

Atlanta’s International Airport accommodated almost 105,000,000 passengers last year.
TSA intercepted 1,503 guns since January
The U.S. Transportation and Safety Administration has announced that officers intercepted 1,503 guns at airport security check points  in the first three months of the year — or about 500 per month.
Last year, a record 6,737 guns were intercepted — 93% of which were loaded weapons.
Gold, silver, Bitcoin and NASDAQ all up
Gold hit $2,390 yesterday, and silver scraped $29.00 an ounce.  Over the last six weeks, gold and silver are up about 25%.
Bitcoin has better than doubled in price, and the NASDAQ Composite Index is up about 19

It’s Monday, April 15th, 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
Iran attacked Israel
Early Sunday, Iran attacked Israel from within Iran, and from proxies inside Iraq, Syria, and Southern Lebanon, reports the Associated Press. 
This was in response to a strike on an Iranian consular building in Syria earlier this month which killed two Iranian generals which has been widely blamed on Israel.
On Sunday morning, Israeli Defense Forces Spokesman Rear Admiral Daniel Hagari said that 99% of the aerial threats were shot down, which he said was a strategic achievement, reports the Jerusalem Post.
In a separate briefing, Avi Hyman, Israel's National Public Diplomacy Directorate, said this.
HYMAN: “Iran has been pulling the strings since October 7 through Hamas and there are other proxies. Now, they have decided to take off their mask and act directly against us.
“Last night, Iran initiated a severe and unprecedented attack, launching 180 suicide drones, 120 ballistic missiles, 30 cruise missiles. All was sent by the genocidal tyrants of Tehran with the explicit intents of killing Israeli men, women, and children. Thankfully, 99% were intercepted.”
However, a small number of the dozens of ground-to-ground Iranian missiles struck Israel, wounding a girl and causing light damage to a military installation in the south.
President Joe Biden urged Israel to use caution in any response to Iran’s unprecedented attack, reports the Wall Street Journal. He pressed allies Sunday for a united diplomatic front in a bid to stop the hostilities from spiraling into open warfare that could engulf the Middle East and entangle the U.S.
Biden pressures Guatemala into pulling out of pro-life declaration
Republican senators are urging Guatemalan President Bernardo Arévalo to stand firm in the face of the Biden administration’s efforts to pressure him to withdraw support from a multinational declaration affirming there is no right to abortion, reports LifeSiteNews.com.
Signed by 36 nations, the Geneva Consensus Declaration states that “every human being has the inherent right to life,” that “in no case should abortion be promoted as a method of family planning,” that “any measures or changes related to abortion within the health system can only be determined at the national or local level according to the national legislative process,” that “the child … needs special safeguards and care … before as well as after birth.”
The signatories affirm that “there is no international right to abortion, nor any obligation on the part of the States to finance or facilitate abortion, consistent with the long-standing international consensus that each nation has the sovereign right to implement programs and activities consistent with their laws and policies.”
Sadly, President Joe Biden withdrew the United States from the declaration within days of taking office as part of its ongoing efforts to promote abortion-on-demand around the world.
Fox & Friends co-host Lawrence Jones is unapologetic Christian
And finally, “Fox & Friends” co-host Lawrence Jones has a deep-rooted Christian faith and a growing media career that has landed him on millions of TV screens each week, reports FaithWire.com.
He explained that he comes from “generations of pastors, … so, the Gospel at large — knowing who Christ is and accepting [Him] into my heart … that’s all I know.”
The 31-year-old TV host said that his “faith became real when life became real” when he left home and moved to Washington, D.C., and, ultimately, New York City.
Jones, who recently released the book, American Man: Speaking the Truth about the War on Masculinity, said he’s striving to be more like Jesus each and every day.
Romans 1:16 says, “For I am not ashamed of the Gospel of Christ: for it is the power of God unto salvation to every one that believes.”

It’s Friday, April 12th, 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
Former Muslim unable to provide for her children
Halima and her three children are part of a group of Somali Christians in Mombasa, Kenya who face persecution, reports International Christian Concern.
After Halima left her Muslim faith to follow Christ in 2012, she kept her faith secret for five years. Following her baptism in 2017, her Muslim husband Osman and other family members discovered that she had left Islam. Osman divorced Halima, forcing her to relocate to another part of Mombasa.
Despite living discreetly, Halima’s Christian activities were uncovered. In May 2023, their home was targeted twice by Muslim assailants, though they were unsuccessful. They accused Halima of leading Muslims astray and labeled her a “Christian crusader.”
The combination of unemployment and ongoing harassment left Halima struggling to provide for her children. Consequently, they were forced to drop out of school earlier this year due to unpaid fees.
When International Christian Concern learned about Halima’s case in October 2023, they provided the funds to send her children back to school.
Halima said, “My children had no hope of continuing with school for this year. I kept trusting God, and He surely came through for me.”
She asks that you pray that more Somali Muslims come to faith in Christ. 
In John 3:3, Jesus said, “Most assuredly, I say to you, unless one is born again, he cannot see the kingdom of God."
In addition to praying for their conversion, you can provide funds to help other persecuted Christians like Halima through a special link in our transcript today at www.TheWorldview.com.
Muslim Americans chant “Death to America” in Dearborn, Michigan
A video of an anti-Israel activist in Dearborn, Michigan prompted Muslims to chant "Death to America" and "Death to Israel" in their Arabic language.
MUSLIM CROWD: “Death to America” and “Death to Israel” (in Arabic)
Last Friday, Tarek Bazzi, who is associated with the Hadi Institute, gave a speech at an International Al-Quds Day rally, an annual pro-Palestinian event held on the last Friday of Ramadan.
BAZZI: “Malcolm X said, and I quote, ‘We live in one of the rottenness countries that has ever existed on this earth.’ It's not Genocide Joe that has to go. It's the entire system that has to go. Any system that would allow such atrocities and such devilry to happen, and would support it, such a system does not deserve to exist on God's Earth.”
As it turns out, Bazzi has a history of espousing violent rhetoric, reports Fox News.
Back in 2021, Bazzi can be heard using violent rhetoric towards Israel and Jewish people while speaking to a group of protesters.
He said, "Understand what these slogans mean. 'From the river to the sea' means the absolute annihilation of the Zionist regime. It is absolute evil. It is a cancer in the Middle East and in the world. There is no way to deal peacefully with such an entity.”
Muslim Congresswoman vs. White House on anti-American chanters
Listen to the encounter that Fox News reporter Hillary Vaughn had with Democratic Muslim Congresswoman Rashida Tlaib of Michigan when she asked for the Congresswoman’s reaction to the “Death to America” chant in her district.
VAUGHN: “Congresswoman Tlaib?”
TLAIB: “I don’t talk to Fox News. I don’t talk to Fox News”
VAUGHN: “At a rally in your district, people were chanting ‘Death to America.’ Do you condemn …”
TLAIB: “I do not talk to Fox News.”
VAUGHN: “But do you condemn chants of ‘Death to America’?”
TLAIB: “I don't talk to people that use racist tropes.”
VAUGHN: “Why can't you just say whether or not you condemn people chanting death to America? Why are you afraid to talk to Fox?”
TLAIB: “Fox News is not. Listen, using racist tropes towards my community is what

It’s Thursday, April 11th, 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
Ukrainian Christians are being tortured & murdered for their faith
Religious freedom advocates sent a letter to U.S. House Speaker Mike Johnson about the plight of Christians in Ukraine.
Russia invaded the country in 2022. According to the letter, Christians in Ukraine have faced torture and the destruction of their church buildings at the hands of Russian soldiers.
Steven Moore with the Ukraine Freedom Project shared more details with the Christian Post. His group helps provide aid to people in Ukraine and is sharing the stories of persecuted Christians there. 
Moore said, “Republicans should know this. Evangelical Republicans should know this. People who worship God the way that they do are being tortured and murdered for their faith.”
Matthew 5:10 says, “Blessed are those who are persecuted for righteousness’ sake, for theirs is the kingdom of Heaven.”
European Parliament changes for migrants
The European Parliament voted in favor of sweeping reforms to the European Union’s migration rules yesterday.
The new rules would allow frontline countries to build border centers for holding asylum seekers. It also gives the countries the ability to speed up deportations. 
European Union member states that are not on the border would have to take in asylum seekers from frontline states or give resources to those states. 
Study: Most kids grow out of “gender confusion”
A new study from the Netherlands found most children with gender confusion grow out of it.
The study evaluated nearly 3,000 children for 15 years. During their teen years, 11 percent of the participants reported being discontent with their gender. By the age of 26, only four percent reported the same thing. 
Meanwhile, the U.K.’s National Health Service released an independent review it commissioned about transgender treatments. 
Alliance Defending Freedom summarized the review, writing, “The independent Cass report surveys numerous studies across many countries and many years and rightly concludes that this field is marked by ‘remarkably weak evidence’ where practitioners have ‘abandoned normal clinical approaches’ harming children. Dr. Cass said it well. These children ‘deserve very much better.’”
Trump pledges not to sign national ban on abortion
As The Worldview reported on Wednesday, the Arizona Supreme Court ruled Tuesday that an 1864 law banning nearly all abortions can go back into effect. 
In response, former President Donald Trump opposed the decision yesterday, saying it went too far.
If he is elected president again, Trump also said he would not sign a national abortion ban if Congress passed one, reports USA Today. He emphasized the issue belonged to the states.
America’s inflation rate rose another 3.5%
U.S. inflation remained high last month.
The consumer price index rose 3.5% in March compared to a year ago. Housing and energy prices drove much of the increase.
The inflation numbers make it less likely for the Federal Reserve to cut interest rates in the near future. 
Young women leaving the church
The Survey Center of American Life released data on how young women are leaving the church in unprecedented numbers.
Religious disaffiliation has been on the rise over the past 20 years. And men were leading the move away from organized religion until now.
For example, 57% of Baby Boomers who disaffiliated from religion were men and 43% were women. Now, 54% of Generation Z that disaffiliated are women and 46% are men.
The Survey Center of American Life noted, “There is a cultural misalignment between more traditional churches and places of worship and young women who have grown increasingly liberal. Since 2015, the number of young women who identify as liberal has rapidly increased.”
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