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Voiced by veteran talk show host Adam McManus and written by radio-host and pastor Kevin Swanson and a team of other staff writers, The World View in 5 Minutes is a round-up of the daily news from a Biblical perspective. And, perhaps most uniquely, you will often hear applicable Scriptures paired with the stories themselves. It’s part Paul Harvey, part R.C. Sproul.

You’ll get hooked to the most definitively Christian overview of the news including politics, pop culture, the church, and tracing God’s sovereign hand in the affairs of man.

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Voiced by veteran talk show host Adam McManus and written by radio-host and pastor Kevin Swanson and a team of other staff writers, The World View in 5 Minutes is a round-up of the daily news from a Biblical perspective. And, perhaps most uniquely, you will often hear applicable Scriptures paired with the stories themselves. It’s part Paul Harvey, part R.C. Sproul.

You’ll get hooked to the most definitively Christian overview of the news including politics, pop culture, the church, and tracing God’s sovereign hand in the affairs of man.

    Thailand House approves homosexual faux marriage; Democrat Senator Joe Lieberman, former VP candidate, died; Some retailers giving employees Easter off

    Thailand House approves homosexual faux marriage; Democrat Senator Joe Lieberman, former VP candidate, died; Some retailers giving employees Easter off

    It’s Thursday, March 28th, 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
    Persecution continues against independent Chinese church
    International Christian Concern reports police in China raided a church earlier this month for the second time in recent weeks.
    Police arrested 18 members of the Fuyang Maizhong Reformed Church in the Anhui Province. The arrests included a church elder, named Chang Shun. Officials harassed church members as they were in a prayer meeting and confiscated phones and computers. 
    The church has notably refused to join the Three-Self Church which is state controlled. 
    China is the 19th most difficult country worldwide in which to be a Christian.
    Thailand House approves homosexual faux marriage
    In Thailand, lawmakers approved a bill to legalize faux homosexual marriage.
    The country’s lower house of parliament approved the measure 400 to 10 yesterday. Thailand’s Senate and king must also approve it.
    If the bill goes into effect, Thailand would become the third Asian country and the first Southeast Asian one to legalize vile passions. 
    Worldwide fertility rates declining
    A new study by The Lancet evaluated global fertility rates.
    Outside of Africa, the report projects every region will see fertility rates fall below the replacement birth rate of 2.1 by 2040.
    Regions that have already fallen below the replacement rate include South Asia, Latin America, Central and Eastern Europe, and Southeast Asia. 
    The U.S. fertility rate has fallen by half since 1980 and is expected to drop between 1 and 1.3 this century.
    Democrat Senator Joe Lieberman, former VP candidate, died
    Joe Lieberman, a longtime Democratic senator from Connecticut who became the first Jewish-American to be nominated on a major party’s ticket, died Wednesday, reports Politico.com. He was 82.
    Lieberman’s family stated that he died “due to complications from a fall.” 
    Halfway through his 24-year Senate career, Lieberman was chosen as Al Gore’s running mate for the 2000 presidential election. The ticket lost one of the closest elections in American history to George W. Bush and Dick Cheney.
    On December 12, 2012, he delivered his farewell speech from the Senate floor. And he challenged his Senate colleagues to lead toward fiscal solvency.
    At the time of Senator Lieberman’s speech in 2012, the country was $16.3 trillion in debt. Today, we are $34.6 trillion in debt. It has doubled in just 12 years. The need for fiscal solvency has never been greater!
    West Virginia, Utah, and Idaho passed religious liberty laws
    Several states in the U.S. approved religious freedom measures.
    Last Friday, West Virginia’s Republican Governor Jim Justice signed Senate Bill 503 into law. It would protect student groups, including Christian ones, that require members and leaders to hold to its beliefs.
    Last Thursday, Utah’s Republican Governor Spencer Cox approved Senate Bill 150. The measure would put protections in the federal Religious Freedom Restoration Act into state law.
    And, on Monday, Idaho’s Republican Governor Brad Little signed House Bill 578. It would protect faith-based adoption agencies from government discrimination.
    Pastors doing better than general public
    A new study by the Hartford Institute for Religion Research found that pastors are faring better than the general public. 
    Researchers noted, “The survey shows that a majority of clergy seem quite healthy. The overall level of health and wellness exhibited by clergy is impressive–even given the level of the pastoral discontent uncovered in our earlier report.”
    Pastors scored higher than the public the most when asked about understanding their life purpose. 
    In Philippians 3:14, the Apostle Paul wrote, “I press toward the goal for the prize of the upward call of God in Christ Jesus.”
    Credit card debt soared to $1.1 trillion
    Credit card debt in the U.S. re

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    Ship crashed into Baltimore bridge, causing collapse; Air & Space Museum in trouble for mocking pro-lifers; Weekly U.S. church attendance down 12 points

    Ship crashed into Baltimore bridge, causing collapse; Air & Space Museum in trouble for mocking pro-lifers; Weekly U.S. church attendance down 12 points

    It’s Wednesday, March 27th, 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
    161 acts of persecution against Christians so far in 2024
    During the first 75 days of 2024, the United Christian Forum documented 161 incidents of persecution against Christians in India. Christians in the Hindu-majority country often face accusations of forced conversion. 
    The group noted Christians experienced the most persecution in the central Indian state of Chhattisgarh. It said, “There is clear evidence of state-sponsored harassment of Christians in this state, as the police file false allegations of conversion against pastors, even for praying in birthday parties and other social gatherings.”
    One billion people in India expected to vote
    Nearly a billion people will head to the polls in India next month. It’s considered the largest democratic election in history.
    Prime Minister Narendra Modi is expected to win a third term in a row. His Hindu-nationalist party, known as the Bharatiya Janata Party, is also expected to remain in power.
    India overtook China as the world’s most populated country last year. India also overtook the U.K. as the fifth largest economy in 2022 and is on track to be the third largest behind the U.S. and China.
    Isaiah 40:15 reminds us, “Behold, the nations are as a drop in a bucket, and are counted as the small dust on the scales; Look, [the Lord] lifts up the isles as a very little thing.”
    Air & Space Museum in trouble for mocking pro-lifers
    In the United States, a national museum agreed to a $50,000 settlement with pro-life tourists.
    Twelve students visited the National Air and Space Museum last year, wearing pro-life apparel. Museum staff mocked the students and forced them to leave.
    Patrick Murphy, one of those pro-life students, appeared on Sean Hannity’s Fox show and explained what happened.
    MURPHY: “We got done with the March for Life and we decided to go to the Air and Space Museum. We ended up at the Flight Brothers exhibit. At this time, we were addressed by security guards and they tell, ‘All people wearing a pro-life hat, take it off.’ One of the students with us proceeds to say, ‘We use these hats for identification purposes. This is for our group.’
    “We were approached by a large man as we were walking out, rubbing his hands together, saying ‘Y'all are about to make my day!’ He tells us he's got reports saying we said no to taking our hats off and we're in trouble for some odd reason. I then said, ‘This is a violation of our First Amendment right. This is a government-funded building.’ He said, ‘It's a neutral zone, and that doesn't apply here.’ And we were blown away. We had almost no words.”
    The Smithsonian oversees the museum and agreed to the settlement, offering the students a private tour.
    Jordan Sekulow with the American Center for Law and Justice wrote, “This was a clear-cut First Amendment violation, not only of their freedom of speech but of religion as well. The federal government simply cannot ban speech with which it or its employees disagree.”
    Kansas pro-life bill would end chemical abortion
    In welcome news,  Students for Life Action applauded the roll call vote on Senate Bill 286 in the Kansas Senate, which, if signed into law, will greatly increase pro-life protections in Kansas, stopping dangerous Chemical Abortion pills and ending intentional abortion. 
    This vote resulted from the hard work of Students for Life Action intern Cheyenne Vandeventer, who helped introduce the law in 2023, and was championed by Kansas GOP State Senator Dr. Mark Steffen.
    Ship crashed into Baltimore bridge, causing collapse
    A massive, Singapore-flagged container ship, named Dali, bound for Sri Lanka, crashed into the Francis Scott Key Bridge yesterday at 1:30am in Maryland, causing it to collapse. Watch the video.
    The ship was departing from Baltimore, Maryland w

    Chemical abortions account for 63% of all U.S. abortions, Nigerian pastor acquitted of helping runaway Muslim girl, Minnesota eager to persecute Christian ministries

    Chemical abortions account for 63% of all U.S. abortions, Nigerian pastor acquitted of helping runaway Muslim girl, Minnesota eager to persecute Christian ministries

    It’s Tuesday, March 26th, 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
    Nigerian Christian students ostracized at two universities
    After Nigerian Christians have faced years of persecution at the hands of Muslim extremists, now this.
    Alliance Defending Freedom International reports that two public universities in Katsina State, one state and one federal, have placed bans on the use of their facilities for Christian religious activities.  Lawsuits have been filed under provisions provided by the nation’s constitution which allows religious freedoms.
    One of the universities enforced the ban by locking all worship and fellowship centers on university grounds, preventing Christian students and groups from accessing the facilities, and banning them from meeting for worship and fellowship elsewhere on campus. Meanwhile, Muslim student groups at both universities have been permitted to hold worship and fellowship meetings in university-constructed worship and meeting spaces.
    Both universities have relatively high percentages of Christian students and faculty despite Katsina being a Muslim-majority state.
    Nigeria is the sixth most difficult country worldwide to be a Christian.
    Nigerian pastor acquitted of helping runaway Muslim girl
    Thankfully, there is some good news in Nigeria.
    After languishing in a Nigerian jail for three years, Pastor Jonah Gangas and his wife, Josephine Gangas, were finally acquitted of wrongdoing after taking in and educating a young Nigerian girl.
    The couple took in a runaway 12-year-old Muslim girl at the request of the local police, but later was prosecuted by a local Islamic group.  
    Nigeria’s crippling 30% inflation
    Persecuting Christians isn’t helping the economic crisis in Nigeria.
    The nation is dealing with 30% inflation.  Prices for food staples like rice and bread have doubled in a year. 
    Nigeria’s per capita Gross Domestic Product topped out at $3,200 in 2014, after which the nation began electing Muslim presidents.  The per capita GDP has since dropped off to $2,200. 
    Minnesota eager to persecute Christian ministries
    The State of Minnesota is on the warpath to persecute Christian ministries operating within the state lines.  
    The Minnesota state government turned over to complete Democrat control as of 2022. AlphaNews.com reports that a Senate committee voted down an amendment last week that would have protected religious institutions against claims of “gender identity discrimination.”  
    The Minnesota Human Rights Act now requires Christian schools and religious organizations not to discriminate against men, pretending to be women, in their hiring practices.

    Listen to this warning from Isaiah chapter 5, verses 18 and 20. “Woe to those who draw iniquity with cords of falsehood, who draw sin as with cart ropes. … Woe to those who call evil good and good evil, who put darkness for light and light for darkness, who put bitter for sweet and sweet for bitter!”
    Chemical abortions account for 63% of all U.S. abortions
    Over the last eight years, the Food and Drug Administration has removed “safety standards” for the use of drugs used for the intentional killing of pre-born children in this country.  This has enabled mail-order abortions, now available through Telehealth, in all 50 states.   
    These chemical abortions make up 63% of all abortions, and Telehealth accounts for 16% of all abortions. Also, according to reports assembled by MotherJones.com, 90% of these Telehealth abortions occur in states where abortions are banned or severely restricted.
    This amounts to at least 200,000 extra abortions for the top three providers. Colorado abortion providers are reporting 6,000 out-of-state abortions per year by Telehealth.
    Supreme Court hears Abortion Kill Pill case

    Today, the U.S. Supreme Court will be hearing arguments on a case filed by four national medical association

    Muslim massacre in Russian concert hall claims 133 lives, GOP House bill funds late-term abortions and “gay” garden parties, School bus driver saves kids before it’s engulfed in flames

    Muslim massacre in Russian concert hall claims 133 lives, GOP House bill funds late-term abortions and “gay” garden parties, School bus driver saves kids before it’s engulfed in flames

    It’s Monday, March 25th, 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
    Boston pastor’s family trapped in Haiti amid violence and civil unrest
    A pastor from Boston is trying to evacuate his family from Haiti in the midst of chaotic civil unrest, reports The Christian Post.
    Pastor Dieufort Fleurissaint has two sisters and 10 nieces and nephews who have been unable to escape from Haiti amid an increase in violence that has led to thousands being displaced from their homes in recent weeks. 
    He talked with NBC10 Boston.
    FLEURISSAINT: “No one is safe in Haiti. God is the only protection they have.  They're afraid even just to come to the phone and speak with me. It's much better for them to send me a text or WhatsApp."
    Fleurissaint, who runs a nonprofit charity that helps Haitians, said that he has tried for over a year to get his family into America.
    On Friday, March 8th, gangs launched a coordinated, large-scale attack on government buildings in the capital of Port-au-Prince. 
    A source, who spoke with ABC News, reports that various gangs targeted different buildings, including the Presidential Palace, the Interior Ministry, and a police headquarters. This resulted in gangs and police engaging in gun battles, sending civilians fleeing the area.
    The Presidential Palace hasn't been occupied since the assassination of President Jovenel Moïse in 2021.
    The recent uptick in violence began after armed groups conducted raids on two of the country's largest prisons, freeing thousands of inmates. Port-au-Prince is under a complete state of emergency.
    When Pastor Fleurissaint was last on the phone with his relatives in Haiti, he heard gun shots in the background.
    FLEURISSAINT: “I was very terrified by that situation. The shootings were happening. It's a very sad situation, but knowing that I can't do much at this point, all I have to do is just to have faith and continue to pray.”
    Psalm 82:4 contains a prayer you can pray for the vulnerable right now in Haiti. “Rescue the weak and the needy; deliver them from the hand of the wicked.”
    Muslim massacre in Russian concert hall claims 133 lives
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    Those are the sounds of gun shots by Muslim terrorists this past Friday night inside a packed Moscow concert hall, armed with guns and incendiary devices, as they opened fire at random during a Picnic concert, killing 133 people and injuring hundreds more, reports CNN.
    Panicked eyewitnesses captured on video the exact moment that Muslim gunmen, dressed in camouflage fatigues and carrying automatic weapons, started shooting indiscriminately.  Then, the attackers doused the building in chemicals and threw a Molotov cocktail. One eyewitness said, “Everything was set on fire.”
    The Islamic State group’s Afghanistan affiliate claimed responsibility. And Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy strongly denied any involvement.  U.S. intelligence officials confirmed the claim by the Islamic group.
    Thus far, 11 people have been arrested.
    The assault came two weeks after the U.S. Embassy in Moscow issued a notice urging Americans to avoid crowded places in view of “imminent” plans by extremists to target large Moscow gatherings, including concerts, reports the Associated Press.
    Russian President Vladimir Putin did not mention the Islamic State in his speech to the nation. Zelenskyy accused him and other Russian politicians of falsely linking Ukraine to the assault to stoke fervor for Russia’s war in Ukraine, which recently entered its third year.
    The Russian concert massacre is one of the worst terrorist acts in Russia’s modern history, surpassing the casualty number of the hostage crisis at Moscow’s Dubrovka Theater in 2002, where 130 people died.
    GOP House bill funds late-term abortions and “gay” garden parties
    The massive spending bill presented by House Republican leaders is filled with mill

    The remarkable man in the iron lung, Cuba on ‘verge of collapse’ from Marxist policies, Loneliness in seniors: Worse than alcoholism, obesity, and smoking

    The remarkable man in the iron lung, Cuba on ‘verge of collapse’ from Marxist policies, Loneliness in seniors: Worse than alcoholism, obesity, and smoking

    It’s Friday, March 22nd, A.D. 2024. This is The Worldview in 5 Minutes heard at www.TheWorldview.com. I’m Adam McManus. (Adam@TheWorldview.com)
    Christian family in India beaten over refusal to deny Christ
    A Christian couple in central India haven't seen their two young children for more than a month after an attack by followers of a traditional tribal religion drove them from their village for refusing to recant their faith, reports The Christian Post.
    Aayatu Podiyami, 35, was assaulted twice in Sukma District for refusing to deny Christ.
    The animist village head asked, “What have you decided? Will you renounce your Christian faith or leave the village?”
    Podiyami replied, “Where will I go? This is my home. I have been believing in Jesus for four years, and I want to continue believing in Him.”
    He managed to escape into the jungle on both occasions, but his father, Mangu Podiyami, “is not young and swift” and was unable to outrun the second assault. He explained, “The mob stopped beating him after he passed out, and his assailants thought he was dead.”
    He and his wife and father have not returned home since taking refuge at a secure place on February 12. The couple has two daughters, ages 7 and 4. He said, “I cannot go back home to see my children. Our assailants are on the watch, eyeing our house, waiting for me to return. God is our only hope. Please pray for us. I can see no way forward.”
    Pope Francis condemns those who didn’t take COVID jab
    Speaking as part of his newly released memoirs, Pope Francis has issued fresh condemnation of critics of the abortion-tainted COVID jabs, saying that opposition to the shots “distressed” him since “being against the antidote is an almost suicidal act of denial,” reports LifeSiteNews.com.
    Cuba on ‘verge of collapse’ from Marxist policies
    Protests have continued this week in Cuba over one of the island’s worst ever economic and energy crises as food shortages and blackouts push the country toward the "verge of collapse," reports Fox News.
    Florida Republican Senator Marco Rubio  tweeted, "There is no U.S. food embargo on Cuba. Last year Cuba imported over $300 million in food & commodities from the U.S. The reason Cuba is on the verge of collapse is because Marxism always leads to hunger, poverty, and shortages."
    Christian teacher fired for refusing to affirm 8-year-old's “gender transition”
    A teacher in the United Kingdom who was fired for not affirming the gender transition of an 8-year-old is fighting back in court, reports Christian Headlines.
    The controversy began in 2021 when Hannah, an elementary school teacher, was told that an 8-year-old was joining her class and that the child must be addressed by a new name and pronouns and be allowed to use restrooms and changing rooms of the opposite biological sex.
    Hannah told administrators she would not affirm the child’s new identity because doing so would harm not only the child but the other children in the class. She noted that many trans-identifying children later de-transition. In addition, affirming the child’s transgender identity would violate her conscience and her Christian faith.
    Loneliness in seniors: Worse than alcoholism, obesity, and smoking 
    Loneliness may be the worst thing for the health of older adults, reports StudyFinds.org.
    Researchers from the Regenstrief Institute and the Indiana University School of Medicine found that loneliness, which has emerged as a major biopsychosocial stressor, is worse for older people than alcoholism, obesity, and smoking up to 15 cigarettes a day.
    This study, published in the Journal of the American Geriatrics Society, suggests that primary care clinicians could be at the forefront of addressing this silent epidemic. Apparently, 53% of older adults visiting primary care facilities report feeling lonely. These feelings significantly impact their physical and mental health, reducing their overall quality of life.
    In Psalm 25:15-18,

    Go see “The Ark and The Darkness” movie TODAY!, Ugandan Muslims killed Christian for evangelism, America no longer in top 20 happiest countries

    Go see “The Ark and The Darkness” movie TODAY!, Ugandan Muslims killed Christian for evangelism, America no longer in top 20 happiest countries

    It’s Thursday, March 21st, 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 Muslims killed Christian for his evangelism
    Morning Star News reports a Christian in Uganda was killed for his faith earlier this month. 
    Islamic extremists killed 45-year-old Kiisa Masolo on March 8 for leading Muslims to Christ.
    Masolo had faced threats before. His mother said, “I tried to advise my son to be very cautious with his life, but he used to tell me that his life was in the hands of God and that he was called to carry out the preaching of the Gospel of Christ.”
    In Matthew 16:25, Jesus said, “For whoever desires to save his life will lose it, but whoever loses his life for My sake will find it.”
    America no longer in top 20 happiest countries
    Gallup released its 2024 World Happiness Report. The study evaluated 143 countries based on wealth, social support, life expectancy, freedom, generosity, and perceptions of corruption.
    For the first time in 12 years, America dropped out of the top 20 happiest nations. Based on all ages, the U.S. ranked 23rd. Based on people under 30, it ranked 62nd. And based on people over 60, it ranked 10th. 
    Finland ranked number one for the seventh year in a row. And Nordic countries featured prominently in the top 10. 
    If you’re “woke,” you’re less happy
    Speaking of happiness, a new study in the Scandinavian Journal of Psychology found people in Finland were less happy if they embraced “woke” ideas.
    The study measured adherence to woke ideology by agreement with intersectional feminism, critical race theory, queer theory, and post-colonial theory. 
    Those highly committed to such ideas experienced 67.9% greater anxiety, 32.5% greater depression, and 4.5% greater unhappiness. 
    Supreme Court hears social media case
    The U.S. Supreme Court heard arguments on Monday in an important free speech case.
    In Murthy v. Missouri, conservatives are challenging the Biden administration for pressuring social media companies to limit free speech. The government used companies like Facebook to censor content about COVID-19 and the 2020 presidential election.
    Justices appeared skeptical about barring federal officials from communicating with social media companies. A decision is expected in June or July.
    Most Americans don’t think Biden or Trump are religious
    Most Americans don’t think President Joe Biden or former President Donald Trump are very religious, according to a survey from Pew Research.
    Forty-four percent believe Biden is not religious at all, and 68% said the same about Trump.
    Ninety-four percent of U.S. adults said it is important to have a president who personally lives a moral and ethical life. Only 48% said the president should have strong religious beliefs.
    Role of religion diminishing
    Pew Research also reports that 80% of U.S. adults believe the role of religion is shrinking in American life. 
    Half of Americans think religion is losing influence and believe that this is a bad thing. Only 8% believe religion is gaining influence and approve of it. Overall, 57% express a positive view of religion’s influence.
    Nearly half of Americans say there is conflict between their religious beliefs and the mainstream culture. And nearly a third now describe themselves as religious minorities.
    Go see "The Ark and The Darkness" movie TODAY!
    Don't forget to see the creationist film entitled "The Ark and the Darkness."  Today is the last day that it is in the theaters across America. Get tickets here.
    If you didn't hear my Generations Radio interview with Dr. Dan Biddle, the producer, listen through a special link in our transcript today at www.TheWorldview.com. 
    Plus, you can check out the trailer.
    Is Opill an abortifacient?
    On Monday, online sales began for Opill, the first over-the-counter contraceptive.
    The Food and Drug Administration approved it last year with no age limit.
    Kate

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