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It’s Friday, October 23rd, A.D. 2026. This is The Worldview in 5 Minutes heard on 140 radio stations and at www.TheWorldview.com. Written by myself and Kevin Swanson.  Filling in for Adam McManus. ([email protected]) I’m Ean Leppin. Food Costs Putting Children At Risk of Malnutrition Worldwide Christian humanitarian organization World Vision warns that rising food prices are putting millions of children at risk of malnutrition, hunger, and long-term developmental problems. Its latest report examined food affordability in 62 countries, finding that while workers in wealthier nations can purchase basic nutritious food with about an hour's wages, workers in Sudan would need 19 days of earnings to afford the same basket of groceries. An estimated 35.5 million children worldwide suffered acute malnutrition in 2025, including nearly 10 million severe cases. Conditions are especially troubling in Sudan, where nearly 19.5 million people face serious food insecurity, and Afghanistan, where more than 4 million children are expected to require malnutrition treatment next year. World Vision is calling for expanded school meal programs, stronger local food production, and emergency humanitarian assistance. Deuteronomy 15:11 - For there will never cease to be poor in the land.  Therefore I command you, You shall open wide your hand to your brother, to the needy and to the poor, in your land. 30-year Fixed-rate Mortgage Interest Rate Drops The benchmark 30-year fixed-rate mortgage dropped to 7.32% from 7.40% last week, mortgage buyer Freddie Mac said Thursday. One year ago, the average rate was 6.19%. Borrowing costs on 15-year fixed-rate mortgages, often sought by borrowers refinancing a home loan, also eased this week. That average rate slipped to 6.68% from 6.71% last week. A year ago, it was at 5.44%. U.S. home sales remain stalled this year in large part because of rising mortgage rates, which can add hundreds of dollars a month in costs for borrowers, limiting homebuyers’ purchasing power and prompting many to put off buying a home. The U.S. housing market has been in a slump since 2022, when mortgage rates began to climb from pandemic-era lows. Sales of previously occupied U.S. homes were essentially flat last year, stuck at a 30-year low. In its latest forecast, mortgage buyer Fannie Mae projects that the rate on a 30-year mortgage will average 7.4% in the final quarter of this year, and average 7.5% in 2027.  Actor From The Chosen Endorses Democratic Candidate James Talarico in Texas Actor Jordan Walker Ross, who played the role of Little James in the hit TV series “The Chosen,” has endorsed Democrat radical James Talarico in the tight Texas Senate race.  Here is what Ross had to say on a video posted to Facebook last week.  ROSS: "I grew up in Texas, surrounded by faith my entire life, so that's exactly why I'm proud to be supporting James Talarico, and launching “Faithful Texans for Talarico.” You know, a lot of politicians like to talk about Christian values, but you don't really see that reflected in their legislation or the way that they live, but you do see that in the way James lives. He loves his neighbor. He takes care of the needy, the sick, the immigrant, and he shows that in his legislation by bringing Democrats and Republicans together, to take on corporate special interests and lower costs for his neighbors. Our political system isn't working for Texans. It's time for a change. So if you want to join us, please sign up to join “Faithful Texans for Talarico.”  Sadly, James Talarico has endorsed the LGBTQ agenda, the transgender movement, and has called God “non-binary!”  Ross has also had a history of wavering on traditional Christianity, stating “There are gay Christians, trans Christians, straight Christians, liberal Christians, conservative Christians. Stop gatekeeping the Christian faith. It’s not your place to determine whether or not someone is a ‘true Christian.’”  Matthew 7:16-17 reminds us, “You will know them by their fruits. Do men gather grapes from thornbushes or figs from thistles? Even so, every good tree bears good fruit, but a bad tree bears bad fruit.” Major Fire in Alberta Kills 4 People A major fire at Canadian Forces Base Wainwright in Alberta, which subsequently spread to surrounding areas, has killed at least four people and hospitalized many more, with many in critical condition.  Extremely windy conditions around the time of the fire caused it to escape the base, though the fire is now contained. Emergency Doctor Warren Thirsk said, “It is more patients than any of us want to count right now. It's a disaster. It's a one in every 15 to 25-year disaster.”  Wainwright Mayor Bruce Pugh mourned the event as a “heavy day,” explaining, “We have neighbours who are either serving or former members of the Canadian Armed Forces. We're integrated, our kids play in the same hockey teams, attend the same schools.” Pugh also acknowledged that this may be the highest casualty event this area has seen. Bank of America Faces Largest Fine Ever Imposed by the US Treasury Department Bank of America is facing one of the largest fines ever imposed by the U.S. Treasury Department after allegedly failing to report $5 billion in suspicious transactions, including money linked to Chinese laundering networks, border-related criminal activity, and violations of sanctions against countries such as Russia and Iran. Meanwhile, a federal banking report identified Bank of America among nine major banks accused of improperly denying financial services to customers based on religious or political beliefs. Among those affected was Indigenous Advance Ministries, a Christian nonprofit serving orphans and widows in Uganda, whose accounts were closed in 2023 with little explanation. Republican Congressman Mike Haridopolos criticized the banks for allegedly discriminating against Christian and conservative organizations while failing to adequately police suspicious financial activity. He called for greater transparency and accountability in the banking industry. Close And that's The Worldview on this Friday, October 23rd, in the year of our Lord 2026. Subscribe for free by Spotify, Amazon Music, or by iTunes or email to our unique Christian newscast at www.TheWorldview.com.  Plus, you can get the Generations app through Google Play or The App Store. Filling in for Adam McManus ([email protected]) I’m Ean Leppin. Seize the day for Jesus Christ.

It’s Thursday, October 22nd, A.D. 2026. This is The Worldview in 5 Minutes heard on 140 radio stations and at www.TheWorldview.com. Written by Jonathan Clark.  Filling in for Adam McManus ([email protected]) I’m Ean Leppin.   Armed Mob Attacks Christian Gathering in India International Christian Concern reports an armed mob attacked a Christian gathering in India earlier this month. The Annual Santhali Mega Bible Convention Retreat attracts thousands of Christians in India’s state of West Bengal. A mob of 200 fanatics assaulted Christian attendees with bamboo sticks and bricks on October 9. The attack injured several Christians and forced the convention to end early.  The Hindu nationalist Bharatiya Janata Party came to power in West Bengal in May of this year. Since then, such anti-Christian incidents have been on the rise. Christian Legal Centre in England Helps Church Fight For Their Street Preaching Ministry A church in England is fighting local officials to share the gospel on the streets. The Colchester City Council put restrictions on the street ministry of Bread of Life Community Church. It amounts to an effective ban on preaching. The Christian Legal Centre is helping the church to challenge the restrictions. Listen to comments from Andrea Williams with the Christian Legal Centre as well as the church’s pastor, Stephen Clayden. WILLIAMS: "It's really important that we keep the streets open to the Gospel, because when we keep the streets open to the Gospel, we'll keep the pulpits open to the Gospel, and we'll reach those that need this eternal message of salvation." CLAYDEN: “They'll come for us in the streets, but then they'll come for us in the pulpits as well. That's why we have to win this case.” In Romans 1:16, the Apostle Paul wrote, “I am not ashamed of the gospel of Christ, for it is the power of God to salvation for everyone who believes.”   President Zelensky Reports Ukraine Is Ready for Peace Talks Yesterday Ukrainian President Zelensky told "FOX & Friends" that he is now willing to end the war and begin peace talks with the current front lines frozen in place -- as long as the U.S. gives security guarantees.  Here are some of his comments. ZELENSKY: “Yes, right now we have to freeze, and I think this is real way to end this war. The most important is peace, and also security peace. This is the most important. Not to be afraid that occupation will come back, aggression will come back, killings will come back. And that's why, freeze and talks... and security guarantees from the United States.” Zelensky says that freezing the conflict where the lines currently stand is a realistic path to stopping the violence.    UK NHS Backing Down from Transgender Ideology The United Kingdom’s National Health Service is backing down from transgender ideology.  New guidance requires hospitals to put patients in wards based on their biological sex, not their so-called “gender identity.” This guidance is based on a ruling from the U.K. Supreme Court last year. The ruling said that the terms “man” and “woman” in the Equality Act 2010 refer to biological sex at birth.       Transgender Accommodations Stay in Place for Inmates Here in America, transgender activists scored a victory at the U.S. Supreme Court. A policy from the Trump administration would prohibit transgender drugs and surgeries for inmates in federal prison. A U.S. district judge in Washington, D.C. blocked the policy earlier this year. The Trump administration filed an emergency appeal to the Supreme Court. However, the high court ruled against the Trump administration yesterday. This keeps transgender accommodations in place for federal inmates.   ChatGPT Being Used for Religious Questions OpenAI released a report this month on how people use ChatGPT for religious questions. Over the last year, the AI chatbot received about 70 million requests about religion each week. Forty-five percent of the requests concerned Islam, and 34 percent concerned Christianity.  Nearly half of Christian-related requests were about Bible passages. Another 13 percent were about worship, sermons, or church practices.  The report noted that ministries and faith leaders are increasingly making use of AI.    Elon Musk Announces Gifts for Kids Tech billionaire Elon Musk announced a big gift to kids across the U.S. He posted Monday on X, “Next year, I will give one of my SpaceX shares to every kid in America. This will be the first of many.” Musk’s pledge would amount to over $10 billion.   Anniversary of Death of Susannah Spurgeon And finally, today is the anniversary of the death of Susannah Spurgeon.  Susannah was born on January 15, 1832 and died on October 22, 1903. She married the prominent English Baptist preacher, Charles Haddon Spurgeon, in 1856. They were married for 36 years until Charles’ death in 1892.  The couple had twin sons Charles Jr. and Thomas in 1857. By the late 1860s though, Susannah became chronically ill. Nevertheless, she continued her steadfast support for her husband’s ministry. Susannah also started a Book Fund ministry for needy pastors, sending out over 200,000 volumes by the time of her death.   Susannah’s great-great-granddaughter, Susie Spurgeon Cochrane, wrote of her, “When there were good times, she gave [God] the praise, and when there were trials, she fell on her knees before Him. Again and again she went to the Fountain of Living Water and drank deeply from it. Then, and only then, was she able to do all that she did in her life.” Jesus said in John 7:37-38, “If anyone thirsts, let him come to Me and drink. He who believes in Me, as the Scripture has said, out of his heart will flow rivers of living water.” Close And that's The Worldview on this Thursday, October 22nd, in the year of our Lord 2026. Subscribe for free by Spotify, Amazon Music, or by iTunes or email to our unique Christian newscast at www.TheWorldview.com.  Plus, you can get the Generations app through Google Play or The App Store. Filling in for Adam McManus ([email protected]) I’m Ean Leppin.  Seize the day for Jesus Christ.

It’s Wednesday, October 21st, A.D. 2026. This is The Worldview in 5 Minutes heard on 140 radio stations and at www.TheWorldview.com. Written by Johnathan Clark.  Filling in for Adam McManus. ([email protected]) I’m Ean Leppin. Christian Group Calls on Colombia South America To Protect Religious Leaders Members of a criminal gang killed a Protestant pastor in Colombia on October 7. Jesús Alberto Puerta Pérez worked as a taxi driver in the coastal city of Cartagena. He was affiliated with the La Antorcha Encendida Church. Pérez regularly shared his faith with members of local criminal groups. Gang members killed him after he refused to let them use his motorcycle for smuggling drugs.  Christian Solidarity Worldwide is calling on Colombia to protect religious leaders as violence against Christians increases in the country. You can sign the organization’s petition through a link in our transcript today at theworldview.com.  Psalm 116:15 says, “Precious in the sight of the LORD Is the death of His saints.” Christian Teacher in England Sues School That Fired Her A Christian teacher in England is suing the school that fired her for her pro-life beliefs. Anita Meston taught at Biddick Academy, a state-funded school in Sunderland. Last year, a student asked her if she was pro-abortion. She explained that she is a Christian and is pro-life. The school responded by terminating her contract.  Meston said, “With the support of Alliance Defending Freedom, I am now taking legal action against Biddick Academy to ensure nobody else faces discrimination for expressing pro-life beliefs.” Her final tribunal hearing is scheduled for February 2028. Episcopal Church In America Is Seeing Record Low Numbers Here in the United States, the Episcopal Church continues its decline in membership. The mainline denomination reports it had about 1.4 million members last year. That’s down nearly 500,000 from 1.9 million members in 2015. Sunday worship attendance also declined over the last decade.  The Christian Post noted, “Many factors have contributed to the decline in membership and attendance, but the denomination's increasingly progressive theological direction has alienated some.” Trump Announces New Harvest Fuel Relief Program President Donald Trump announced a relief program for farmers on Monday. Listen to his comments during a midterm election campaign speech in Kansas. TRUMP: “Tonight I am also pleased to announce that the Department of Agriculture will be launching a new harvest fuel relief program, providing our farmers with 8 billion dollars in support to offset diesel costs during this harvest season.” It’s the latest financial incentive President Trump has announced ahead of the midterm elections. The cost of living remains high, especially fuel prices as the U.S.-Iran war continues.  U.S. Budget Deficit for 2026 Nearly $2 Trillion The U.S. budget deficit for 2026 was nearly $2 trillion.  That’s up 12 percent from the previous fiscal year. The federal government has been spending more than it receives for 25 straight years. The U.S. spent over $1.3 trillion this year just to service its record $40 trillion of total national debt. Proverbs 22:7-8 says, “The rich rules over the poor, and the borrower is servant to the lender. He who sows iniquity will reap sorrow, and the rod of his anger will fail.” Political Preferences of Religious Voters Pew Research released a survey on the political preferences of religious voters. Overall, 44 percent of registered voters said they would vote for the Democrat candidate for U.S. House of Representatives if the election were held today. Thirty-six percent said they would vote for the Republican candidate. And 20 percent would not vote for either party.  Among religious groups, Protestants and Catholics lean Republican. Support for Republicans was the highest among White Protestants and White Catholics. Support for Democrats was highest among Black Protestants and Hispanic Catholics. The religiously unaffiliated overwhelmingly supported Democrats.    TN Couple Visits Every County in the U.S. And finally, a Tennessee couple completed the challenge of visiting all 3,144 counties in the U.S. Bill and Jan Larson are among just 80 people to complete the challenge through the Extra-Miler Club, founded in 1973. The Larsons have been married for 58 years and have always enjoyed traveling together. They visited their final county in Washington State earlier this year. Bill Larson described  the experience to WBIR Channel 10.  Listen. LARSON: “The whole family gathered on the ferry, so when we crossed the county line on the ferry, we all celebrated.” The Larsons said they saw so much beauty across the United States, but do they still think they’re home state of Tennessee is the best place to be? LARSON “Absolutely, and the Smokies are without a doubt our favorite national park.” Close And that's The Worldview on this Wednesday, October 21st, in the year of our Lord 2026. Subscribe for free by Spotify, Amazon Music, or by iTunes or email to our unique Christian newscast at www.TheWorldview.com.  Plus, you can get the Generations app through Google Play or The App Store. Filling in for Adam McManus ([email protected]) I’m Ean Leppin. Seize the day for Jesus Christ.

It’s Tuesday, October 20th, A.D. 2026. This is The Worldview in 5 Minutes heard on 140 radio stations and at www.TheWorldview.com. Written by Kevin Swanson.  Filling in for Adam McManus ([email protected]) I’m Ean Leppin. Tucson police threaten street preacher with arrest for talking about Jesus Police in Tucson, Arizona threatened a Christian man with arrest if he continued to speak about Jesus at a public outdoor event, according to a Fox News report. A video shows the police informing David Hoffman he could not be on the street talking to people about Jesus in an unamplified “normal voice.”  To hear his interaction with police click on the link in our transcript at www.theworldview.com Acts 5 Speaks to this: “But during the night an angel of the Lord opened the prison doors and brought them out, and said, “Go and stand in the temple and speak to the people all the words of this Life.”  LifeWise Academy Announces Settlement  A big win for religious liberty!. . .  Lifewise Academy is an organization that provides optional, privately funded, off-campus Bible education to public school students during school hours. A Washington State school district was requiring students to keep any Bibles received from LifeWise sealed in envelopes in their backpacks. Lifewise sued, and now . . . a settlement has been reached. The Everett School District Board of Directors must undergo religious liberty training, make changes to district policies governing religious activities, issue a public written apology on the district’s website visible for six months, and pay $275,000 in attorney’s fees. The next few weeks will determine the future of the world — especially in the Western Hemisphere. The Brazilian runoff election is scheduled for this Sunday. Yesterday’s debate caught the Brazilian current president Lula threatening his challenger, the more conservative, Flavio Bolsonaro with arrest if he is elected. Bolsonaro rebuked the socialist “in the Name of Jesus,” and reminded him that quote “Only the Lord is God!”  Alberta Historic Vote To Separate From Canada Alberta’s separation vote is happening right now. . . Voters in the Canadian province will make the first decision on whether to separate from Canada, and the results should be out today. And the United States his heading for its mid terms elections in just two weeks from today. The betting odds are 90% that the democrats will capture the House, and roughly 60% that they will take the Senate. But all will play out according to God’s purposes, 100%. The average Producer Price Index inflation rate for Trump’s first 21 months in office ran at 4.3%. . . up from 2.9% under Biden’s last 21 months in office. September’s PPI came in at 6.3% The consumer price index is running at 3.7%, up from 3% last year at this time. Violence In France Continues France is experiencing its worst riots in a very long time. Over the weekend, violent groups have set fires, looted businesses, and attacked public buildings in Paris and other cities. Approximately 2,400 people were arrested, and nearly 1,000 police officers were injured. President Emmanuel Macron condemned the violence, while his government blamed radical-left groups and opportunistic criminals for much of the destruction. Almost 10,000 people have been arrested in these riots over the last 2 months. This exceeds the fallout from riots occurring in 2023 and 2005. Political Split in France Has Never Been Deeper With the rise of the left, comes the rise of the right as well. The conservative party Le Pens has grown in support from roughly 10% to 30% of the popular vote since 2005. Fox News Digital has identified 54 far left, socialist, communist, Marxist, revolutionary organizations in France and elsewhere across Europe that are organizing the riots and working to destabilize society.  The news outlet also reports that an international coalition of 28 communist and socialist youth and organizations are organizing more riots in at least 12 countries across Europe. Keep in mind Psalm 46 today: “The nations raged, the kingdoms were moved; He uttered His voice, the earth melted. The Lord of hosts is with us; The God of Jacob is our refuge.”  Summit Proposed Concerning Russian/Ukranian Conflict Now, Russia’s president Vladimir Putin has proposed a summit with Chinese President Xi Jinping and United States President Donald Trump regarding the Ukraine War.  The meeting would exclude current Ukrainian leader Volodymyr Zelenskyy. Attacks between the two countries have continued this year, with Ukraine targeting Russian oil refineries in recent weeks. Illinois Governor JB Pritzker Attacks GOP Opponent for Christian Faith Illinois Democrat Governor JB Pritzker, is attacking his Republican opponent for his faith.  The GOP nominee, Darren Bailey, is a former state Senator and a Christian who founded a Christian school. The New American reported, “Pritzker’s campaign has published press releases attacking Bailey for his and his school’s theological stances. On October 14, for example, the campaign mocked Bailey because his school upholds biblical positions on the family, including that a husband ‘leads the family’ — as opposed to the radical social agenda taught in government schools.  Bailey responded that he wanted “to talk about high property taxes [and] high utility costs,” saying the attack was a “perfect example of JB Pritzker being successful by diverting the message.”  David Smith of the Illinois Family Institute wrote that “The hypocrisy is staggering coming from JB Pritzker, who repealed parental notification of abortion, expanded taxpayer funding for abortion, & legalized assisted suicide.”  An Unique Family Reunion For A Young Pilot GoodNewsNetwork reports a truly unique family reunion.   A young Dutch pilot, Zoe, flew a commercial jet alongside her father, Michel, as captain for the first time!   The unique family’s work shift came as a surprise, but that’s not the only surprise Zoe’s mother, Marjan, served as stewardess on the same flight.  None of the three initially realized their schedules would put them on the same flight.  Zoë grew up watching her father head off to work in his pilot’s uniform, jetting off to far-flung destinations around the world, and it inspired her own love of aviation.  Zoe said it “felt amazing” to finally share the experience of flying with both her parents.  Zoë attended the KLM Flight Academy after being accepted at just 17. She went on to say, “After two years, I graduated and have been so lucky to be able to fly with my dad five times now and once with my mom.”  Close And that’s The Worldview on this Tuesday, October 20th, in the year of our Lord 2026. Subscribe for free by Spotify, Amazon Music, or by iTunes or email to our unique Christian newscast at www.TheWorldview.com.  Plus, you can get the Generations app through Google Play or The App Store. Filling in for Adam McManus ([email protected]) I’m Ean Leppin. Seize the day for Jesus Christ.

It’s Monday, October 19th, A.D. 2026. This is The World View in 5 Minutes written by yours truly and heard at www.TheWorldView.com. Filling in for Adam McManus, I’m Ean Leppin. More than 500 million Christians face restricted access to the Bible Persecution.org reports that The Bible Access Initiative, a collaboration of several ministries, has found that more than 500 million Christians live in nations where access to God’s Word is restricted. Additionally, the research team discovered that more than 125 million believers live in places where they cannot access Scripture in any format. The research team identified persecution, poverty, illiteracy, political restrictions, and lack of internet access as some of the main barriers to Bible access for multitudes of Christians. We echo the request from one International Christian Concern staffer who requests quote, “Please continue to pray for, and support initiatives and projects that increase the supply and availability of God’s precious Word for believers around the world.” 2 Timothy 3:16-17 reminds us that, “All Scripture is breathed out by God and profitable for teaching, for reproof, for correction and for training in righteousness, that the man of God may be complete, equipped for every good work.”  Euthanasia cases in Belgium doubled in last five years In the country of Belgium, Euthanasia cases have more than doubled in the last five years! ChristianToday.com reported about these new figures.   By law, Belgium’s Federal Commission for the Control and Evaluation of Euthanasia must publish a report every two years documenting instances of assisted dying. Their most recent data reveals a dramatic surge in assisted deaths, climbing from 2,445 occurrences in 2020—which accounted for 1.9 percent of total national mortality—to 4,487 cases in 2025. This reflects a substantial spike from the 3,991 recorded in 2024 alone. Since Belgium's original legal authorization of doctor-assisted death in 2002, when merely 235 individuals ended their lives this way, overall deaths from this practice have surpassed 42,000. Proponents pushing to permit assisted suicide across Great Britain frequently insist that such provisions would remain strictly limited to individuals suffering from terminal conditions. Yet the evidence out of Belgium demonstrates that numerous citizens opt for state-sanctioned death despite absent terminal diagnoses. Approximately 25 percent of last year’s assisted dying cases—totaling 1,117 individuals—involved patients whose natural life expectancy was not imminent. This category has expanded remarkably, more than tripling from the 311 non-terminal instances documented back in 2020. Job 12:10 states that, “In his hand is the life of every living thing and the breath of all mankind.”  Anthropic announces plans for a Public Benefit Fund On Sunday, AI company Anthropic announced plans to set aside 5 percent of its shares for a new “Anthropic Public Benefit Fund,” subject to stockholder approval, to support public interest initiatives. Including the new fund, roughly 20 percent of Anthropic’s shares would be dedicated to public purposes, with a 5 percent stake being worth about $48 billion dollars and the commitment potentially increasing as valuation grows. While no specific groups or nonprofits have been named, The Anthropic Public Benefit Fund will support nonprofit donations, direct distributions to specific populations and worker impact efforts.  Anthropic did promise that none of the money from this fund would be used for political lobbying or contributions. More details emerging from the shooting in Bend, Oregon The investigation into the shooting in Bend, Oregon on Thursday October 15th continues and more details are being revealed. The shooter was John Griffin Jr III, using a pump action shotgun purchased by Griffin’s mother in August. Oregon law prohibits minors from possessing firearms. Kaylub Giamanco, a 36-year-old carpenter and father, heard the gunfire while driving home and pursued the gunman into the school and killed him. Oregon Governor Tina Kotek credited Giamanco. KOTEK: “And to the community member, who heroically intervened to stop further loss of life, your actions carry a heavy emotional burden, and I just want you to know my thoughts are with you as well.” Police Chief Mike Krantz said the investigation into the motive will take time. No charges have been announced at this time.   Largest private conservation project in the U.S. hits major milestone As autumn descends upon the Great Plains of North America, the largest private land conservation project in the country is ringing in an inspirational milestone. The resident herd of relatively free-roaming bison now numbers 4 digits for the first time since the organization’s founding more than 20 years ago. American Prairie is a conservation nonprofit. The group is quite simply attempting to stitch together the largest contiguously-wild stretch of North American Prairie in the country for the purpose of conservation and recreation. Stitching together grasslands, water features, ranchland, rolling hills, and woodland, the goal is ultimately to protect, and in some cases rewild, 3.2 million acres. Yet in the over 20 years that American Prairie has been working, they’ve expanded their reserve to such an extent that if it were declared a National Park, it would rank among the nation’s 10 largest across the lower 48 states. Close And that’s The Worldview on this Monday, October 19th, in the year of our Lord 2026. Subscribe for free by Spotify, Amazon Music, or by iTunes or email to our unique Christian newscast at www.TheWorldview.com. Plus, you can get the Generations app through Google Play or The App Store. Filling in for Adam McManus ([email protected]) I’m Ean Leppin. Seize the day for Jesus Christ.

It’s Friday, October 16th, A.D. 2026. This is The Worldview in 5 Minutes heard on 140 radio stations and at www.TheWorldview.com.  I’m Adam McManus. ([email protected]) By Adam McManus Myanmar military bombs church, sets another on fire The Myanmar military sent two junta jet fighters on bombing runs which destroyed a Presbyterian church in Mindat, Chin State at 2:30pm on October 9th, reports Christian Solidarity Worldwide. While no civilian casualties were reported, the church building sustained catastrophic structural destruction. Then, at 3:30pm on October 12th, soldiers from Myanmar military’s 33rd and 88th Light Infantry Divisions set the Htingnan Kachin Baptist Church on fire.  It is located in Banmaw, Kachin State. These are the latest deliberate attacks on Christian places of worship in Myanmar’s Christian regions. The destruction of churches serves as a direct retaliatory tactic against the Chin and Kachin revolutionary armed resistance movements, punishing civilian populations belonging to these Christian-majority ethnic groups. In these regions, churches function not only as sacred places of worship, but also as vital community sanctuaries, emergency shelters for displaced civilians, schools, and humanitarian distribution hubs. Send a polite, 4-sentence note to the Myanmar Ambassador to America, Aung Lynn, urging him to ask the military leaders to stop bombing churches.  Address it to the Myanmar Embassy, 2300 S Street NW, Washington, DC 20008. Is Democratic Rep. Omar guilty of immigration fraud & inflating net worth? Democratic Congresswoman Ilhan Omar of Minnesota is the target of at least two federal investigations related to possible immigration fraud and inflation of her net worth by tens of millions of dollars in House disclosure forms, reports the New York Post. D.C. U.S. Attorney Jeanine Pirro confirmed Tuesday on Fox News’ “America Reports” that “there are several investigations going on” related to the Minnesota Democrat, adding that potential civil or criminal immigration violations as well as Omar’s claim of being worth up to $30 million were also under scrutiny. Sources familiar with the cases disclosed that the Minnesota US Attorney’s Office was leading the probe into alleged immigration fraud, possibly involving false statements about Omar’s birth date, while Pirro’s office in D.C. was taking on the inquiry into the finances of Omar and her husband, Tim Mynett. Concealing material facts or willfully misrepresenting information on immigration papers could lead to the congresswoman’s denaturalization. It’s unclear whether those alleged crimes occurred on paperwork originally compiled by her father or on subsequent forms such as a passport renewal. Todd Spodek, a federal criminal defense lawyer, said, “The Constitution requires seven years of citizenship to serve in the House. Denaturalization can operate retroactively, but how that would affect an already-seated member of Congress is largely untested. A criminal conviction alone does not automatically remove a member from office.” In 2024, Congresswoman Omar astoundingly claimed that she and her husband’s joint assets were valued between $5 million and $30 million, only to file disclosures one year later, claiming between $20,000 and $125,000. The previously high-valued assets were largely attributable to income reported from her husband’s wine and venture capital businesses, which recorded a meager $200 to $1,000 just last year. When Vice President J.D. Vance was asked about the Omar investigation on the airport tarmac, he made this comment. VANCE: “We try to run our Department of Justice in a fair and honest way. We try to let the law follow the facts rather than creating facts just to prosecute people we don't like. And, because of that, I think the president and I largely try to stay out of Department of Justice investigations and other prosecutions.  “I do know that there are some serious allegations against [Congresswoman] Ilhan Omar. We're going to look into those. And again, if there's a real case there, we're going to follow the facts. If there's not a real case there, then we won't.” And then, appearing on Fox News on October 14th, Vance expressed his incredulity at Congresswoman Omar’s disdain for America. VANCE: “We have very rarely had a person in Congress who seems to have such disdain and such rage at the country that gave her a better life. Now, that's not a crime, but we're going to see whether she did commit a crime. If she did, we're obviously going to follow the law.” Execution by firing squad will not be livestreamed On October 15th, President Donald Trump said the United States will not livestream the December 3rd execution at Fort Hood of the former Army psychologist who was convicted of fatally shooting 13 people at a military base in 2009, reports News Nation, On Truth Social, President Trump wrote that former U.S. Army Maj. Nidal Hasan “will die, as scheduled, by firing squad, but this event will not be streamed. That said, the execution may be viewed in person by the immediate families of the victims, if they so choose.” In 2009, Hasan opened fire at the Fort Hood base in Texas. He was found guilty in 2013 of 45 counts of premeditated murder and attempted premeditated murder, dismissed from the Army, and given the death penalty. Genesis 9:6 says, “Whoever sheds the blood of man, by man shall his blood be shed, for God made man in His own image.” Earlier this month, War Secretary Pete Hegseth and the Pentagon announced that Hasan’s execution would be livestreamed for public viewing. However, the decision was met with pushback from politicians on both sides of the aisle, faith leaders, legal experts and human rights groups. Anniversary of martyrdom of two English reformers And finally, today is the anniversary of the martyrdom of two English Reformers. Their names were Hugh Latimer and Nicholas Ridley. Both were bishops in the Church of England. Ridley was born in 1502, becoming a great scholar and renouncing Roman Catholic doctrine. Latimer was born earlier in 1485. He became a great Reformation preacher, also rejecting Catholic traditions. His preaching brought Protestant teachings effectively to the middle and lower classes. However, a Catholic queen came to power in England in 1553. She was known as “Bloody Mary” for her deadly persecution of Protestants. After her ascension to power, Latimer and Ridley were tried for their beliefs and tragically burned at the stake on October 16, 1555 – 471 years ago. As they faced death together, Latimer told his friend, “Be of good comfort, Master Ridley, and play the man; we shall this day light such a candle, by God’s grace, in England, as I trust shall never be put out.” In Romans 8:36-37, the Apostle Paul wrote, “As it is written: ‘For Your sake we are killed all day long; we are accounted as sheep for the slaughter.’ Yet in all these things we are more than conquerors through Him who loved us.” Close And that's The Worldview on this Friday, October 16th, in the year of our Lord 2026. Subscribe for free by Spotify, Amazon Music, or by iTunes or email to our unique Christian newscast at www.TheWorldview.com.  Plus, you can get the Generations app through Google Play or The App Store. I’m Adam McManus ([email protected]). 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It’s Thursday, October 15th, A.D. 2026. This is The Worldview in 5 Minutes heard on 140 radio stations and at www.TheWorldview.com.  I’m Adam McManus. ([email protected]) By Jonathan Clark 24 Christians arrested in Nepal Authorities in Nepal raided a Christian college and arrested 24 Christians last week. The Christians are from South Korea. They were participating in a religious program at Nepal New Covenant College. It is the latest incident of Christian persecution in the Hindu-majority country. Nepal has a small but fast-growing population of Christians.  Dipesh Shrestha with the National Christian Federation Nepal told UCA News, “The state is treating every Christian, both local and foreign, as a criminal for sharing, meeting, or talking about their faith.” In Matthew 10:22, Jesus said, “You will be hated by all for My name’s sake. But he who endures to the end will be saved.” Protestant Churches growing in Chile Protestant churches are growing in the South American country of Chile. Government records show 82 religious organizations registered with the state from June to August of this year. That means almost one Protestant church is established every day in the historically Roman Catholic country.  Protestants in Chile are also gaining attention in public life. Evangelical Focus noted, “Election campaigns . . . seek dialogue with pastors and evangelical churches, whose . . . commitment to causes such as the defense of life, the family and religious freedom are recognized.” New UK Evangelicals affirm Resurrection, doubt Biblical inerrancy Ligonier Ministries released a report on the state of theology in the United Kingdom. Almost a third of Evangelicals in the U.K. are newcomers to church. The report said, “From a UK perspective, this is noteworthy because it aligns with anecdotal reports from numerous pastors and churches of increased attendance among younger adults, particularly younger men.” These new Evangelicals affirm core Christian doctrines like the Trinity and the bodily resurrection of Jesus. However, many new Evangelicals also affirmed that God accepts the worship of all religions and that the Bible is not literally true.  Hebrews 13:8-9 says, “Jesus Christ is the same yesterday, today, and forever. Do not be carried about with various and strange doctrines. For it is good that the heart be established by grace.” Greenland will provide America with new energy source The United States is looking to Greenland for more energy resources. President Donald Trump said massive oil, gas, and mineral exploration is getting ready to begin in the region. This comes after the United States and Denmark agreed to an increased American military presence in Greenland last month. Greenland’s government acknowledged exploration efforts by U.S. companies but pushed back on the idea that they were “massive.” Trump revealed more debanking of conservatives The Trump administration called out major banks for religious discrimination in a new report. The report reviewed nearly 100,000 complaints from 2020 to 2025. They involve financial institutions like JPMorgan Chase, Bank of America, Citibank, and Wells Fargo. These banks denied services to Christian, pro-life, and conservative organizations after the Biden administration labeled them as “hate groups.”  Mark Paoletta is the Acting Director of the U.S. Consumer Financial Protection Bureau. He said, “It is appalling that these banks targeted American consumers for their political, social, or religious beliefs that did not align with the Biden Administration or its leftist allies.” Cost of U.S. goods and services increases The cost of goods and services in the U.S. continued to increase last month. A report from the Labor Department found that the Consumer Price Index increased 3.7 percent compared to September 2025. Gasoline accounted for over half of the rise in prices.  Florida hurricane left hundreds of thousands without power And finally, Hurricane Isaias made landfall in the Florida Panhandle as a Category 2 storm last Friday.  The hurricane brought flooding, destructive winds, and tornadoes to parts of the Southeast. At least six storm-related deaths were reported as of yesterday. Hundreds of thousands of people are without power.  Christian organizations like Samaritan’s Purse are bringing aid to the affected areas. You can give to their disaster relief efforts through a link in our transcript today at TheWorldview.com.  The ministry stated, “Our staff and volunteers are responding in Jesus’ Name to help hurting homeowners recover after the hurricane. … They are helping to cut felled trees, clear out debris, and share the hope of the Gospel with families reeling from the storm.” Close And that's The Worldview on this Thursday, October 15th, in the year of our Lord 2026. Subscribe for free by Spotify, Amazon Music, or by iTunes or email to our unique Christian newscast at www.TheWorldview.com.  Plus, you can get the Generations app through Google Play or The App Store. I’m Adam McManus ([email protected]). Seize the day for Jesus Christ.

It’s Wednesday, October 14th, A.D. 2026. This is The Worldview in 5 Minutes heard on 140 radio stations and at www.TheWorldview.com.  I’m Adam McManus. ([email protected]) By Jonathan Clark Cuban Communists arrest pastor over prayer event Communist officials in Cuba arrested a Protestant pastor last month for planning a prayer event.  Pastor Maikel Pupo Velázquez leads the unregistered Sacred Blessing Word of Fire Church. He was detained last year for delivering medicine to the families of political prisoners. He is now in prison himself for trying to organize a public prayer event, reports The Christian Post. Anna Lee Stangl with Christian Solidarity Worldwide said, “We demand the immediate release of Maikel Pupo Velázquez. … There is no rational justification for the decision … to detain him for simply encouraging others of his faith to pray for Cuba.” Write a polite, 4-sentence note to the Cuban Ambassador to America,   Lianys Rivera, urging her to encourage the government to release Pastor Maikel Velázquez. Send it to the Cuban Embassy, 2630 16th Street NW, Washington DC, 20009.  Pope Leo has lung cancer Pope Leo XIV has been diagnosed with lung cancer following a surgical procedure at Rome’s Gemelli University Hospital, reports One America News. During the operation, surgeons successfully removed the lower lobe of the 71-year-old pontiff’s right lung. However, postoperative laboratory evaluations also confirmed the presence of lung adenocarcinoma, a malignant diagnosis that preoperative tests had previously suspected. 160 million people installed the YouVersion Bible app in 2026 The YouVersion Bible app  continues to see growth around the world. YouVersion added over 160 million new installs across its family of apps in 2026. And daily usage reached a record 18.5 million people.  Zimbabwe saw the most growth in daily Bible usage this year followed by Pakistan, Iraq, Vietnam, Nigeria, and Kenya.  Terms like “anxiety” and “hope” were among the most searched in the app. And the most-searched term was “Psalm 91.” Verse two of that chapter says, “I will say of the LORD, ‘He is my refuge and my fortress; My God, in Him I will trust.’” Trump lifts sanctions on Russian diesel exports The United States is lifting sanctions on Russian diesel exports.  The U.S. had been sanctioning energy exports from the country since the Russo-Ukrainian War began in 2022. Now, Russia has agreed to supply millions of tons of diesel fuel to the American and global marketplace in the coming months.  President Donald Trump hopes this will bring prices down. Listen to his comments to reporters. TRUMP: “I think you heard about the oil deal with Russia. That is a big deal. That is massive amounts of oil coming into our country, and I want to thank [Russian] President [Vladimir] Putin, to be honest with you. We have massive amounts of oil coming into our country, and it's diesel, which is what we want.” Trump’s FDA will address Abortion Kill Pill next March The Trump administration is sadly pushing off its review of abortion drugs. The U.S. Food and Drug Administration allowed abortion pills to be distributed through the mail under the Biden administration, reports LifeNews.com. Louisiana sued the FDA over still allowing this. Last week, the FDA filed an update in the case, saying it will not complete its abortion pill safety study until March 2027. Erin Hawley with Alliance Defending Freedom said, “That will be too late for nearly 90,000 unborn babies who will die between now and then by illegally obtained abortion drugs in states like Louisiana that have taken great care to protect babies and mothers from the harms of abortion.”  Fewer Americans think college is important Fewer Americans now put a big priority on college education. A new survey from Gallup found that 31 percent of U.S. adults think college is very important. That’s down from 70 percent in 2013. Meanwhile, the percentage of Americans who think college is fairly important or not too important has been steadily growing.   At the same time, college costs have skyrocketed. The average cost of college tuition and fees rose over 80 percent in the last two decades.  Protestant pastors preach longer sermons And finally, Protestant pastors are preaching longer sermons, and most churchgoers support it. A Lifeway Research study found that 80 percent of pastors say their sermons are less than 40 minutes. But a growing share are preaching over 40 minutes and even over 60 minutes. Most churchgoers are fine with the current length of their pastors’ sermons. But a growing share now prefer longer sermons.  Scott McConnell, executive director of Lifeway Research, said, “While much of the individual video content Americans consume today takes less than a minute to watch, the majority of churchgoers prefer sermons of at least a half hour.” In John 8:31-32, Jesus said, “If you abide in My word, you are My disciples indeed. And you shall know the truth, and the truth shall make you free.” Close And that's The Worldview on this Wednesday, October 14th, in the year of our Lord 2026. Subscribe for free by Spotify, Amazon Music, or by iTunes or email to our unique Christian newscast at www.TheWorldview.com.  Plus, you can get the Generations app through Google Play or The App Store. I’m Adam McManus ([email protected]). Seize the day for Jesus Christ.

It’s Tuesday, October 13th, A.D. 2026. This is The Worldview in 5 Minutes heard on 140 radio stations and at www.TheWorldview.com. I’m Adam McManus. ([email protected]) By Kevin Swanson, Timothy Reed, and Adam McManus Nigerian Muslims killed 12 Christians Truth Nigeria reports that Fulani Muslim jihadists killed 12 Christians, including a 4-year-old child, in two separate attacks in Benue State, Nigeria late last week. The assailants reportedly moved from house to house, shouting Allahu Akbar, which means the Muslim god is greater, while attacking residents with machetes. Meanwhile, across Nigeria’s Adamawa State, Boko Haram Muslim jihadists were conducting genocide, burning villages, and destroying churches. One woman, who witnessed the carnage, told Truth Nigeria: “Neither women nor children are spared. They kill the men and kidnap the women for sex slavery. Our only offense is that we are Christians. They came in the night and killed dozens of Christians on October 1st and now even on following days.” Clearly, the need for your prayers right now for the saints in Nigeria is urgent. In the words of Habakkuk 1:2, “O LORD, how long shall I cry for help, and You will not hear? Or cry to You ‘Violence!’ and You will not save?” Canada has lost 68,000 jobs The Canadian economy continues to slump, as the country marked 68,000 lost jobs in the month of September. This is the second straight month in which the country has lost jobs, despite economist predictions of gains in both August and September. The unemployment rate in Canada now sits at 6.5 percent, and labor force participation is at its lowest rate in nearly 30 years. Following the news, conservative leader Pierre Poilievre stated, “We will unblock resources, scrap taxes on fuel and reinvestments here at home, remove red tape, and make Canada the best place in the world to hire and boost pay.” Jair Bolsonaro leads socialist in Brazil’s run-off election The more “right” candidate for Brazil’s presidency is leading in the polls by six points, as the nation heads into a run-off election scheduled for October 25th.  The AtlasIntel/Bloomberg Poll puts Flávio Bolsonaro, son of former president Jair Bolsonaro, ahead of the incumbent socialist candidate, Lula da Silva. Mortgage rates hit 7.5 percent Here in the United States, 30-year mortgage rates hit 7.5 percent over the weekend. Rates were this high about 27 years ago. Fewer Americans believe in Virgin Birth, Hell or God Only 49 percent of Americans believe in the virgin birth of Jesus Christ, according to a recent report from the American Bible Society’s “State of the Bible.”  That’s down from 66 percent in 2017. Other big take-aways from the report: only 44 percent of Gen Zers believe in Hell, down from 57 percent for the Gen Xers. 74 percent of women believe in God, compared to 62 percent of men. In 1980, the Gallup poll reported that 90 percent of Americans believed in God.  Psalm 36:1-2 explains it this way. “Concerning the transgression of the wicked: there is no fear of God before his eyes. For he flatters himself in his own eyes.” 3 GOP states to Supreme Court: Stop abortion “shield” laws The civil war on the Abortion Kill Pill is heating up between the states. Alabama, Arkansas, and Louisiana are heading to the U.S. Supreme Court  to challenge the abortion “shield laws” enacted by certain Democratic-controlled states, reports ABC News. These shield laws protect abortion providers in three Democratic states that ship the Abortion Kill Pill over state lines. The U.S. Food and Drug Administration is deliberating over whether to impose more regulation on mifepristone and the kill-pill-by-mail program because of safety issues. That decision should be out in March of next year. America delays termination of Temporary Protected Status The United States government is holding off on its plan to terminate Temporary Protected Status for El Salvadoran immigrants.  The New American put the decision in contrast with Trump’s decisions on immigration from other countries. The magazine reported, “So far in Trump’s second term, his administration has terminated or is attempting to terminate Temporary Protected Status designations for 13 countries — Afghanistan, Cameroon, Ethiopia, Haiti, Honduras, Myanmar, Nepal, Nicaragua, Somalia, South Sudan, Syria, Venezuela, and Yemen — affecting more than one million migrants.” Temporary Protected Status remains in effect for four countries, namely El Salvador, Lebanon, Sudan, and Ukraine.  The chaos in government schools U.S. public schools are still failing. Recent results for 15-year-old students issued by the Programme for International Student Assessment indicate a 24-point drop in math skills since 2009, and a 14-point drop in reading skills since 2018. But the big issue now is concerning student behavior. The EdWeek Research Center surveyed 5,800 teachers and found that 35 percent of teachers report a lot worse student behavior this year over last year. Plus, 64 percent of teachers are saying student behavior had worsened over all. This has made the job for teachers “almost impossible,” according to the report.  One sentence summarized the problem this way: “Kicking. Yelling. Throwing school supplies across the room. Physical violence.” Chaos in the classroom. That is reportedly an everyday occurrence for American government schools. Former Iowa City Councilman prays: “Hail Satan!” And finally, this from Ottumwa, Iowa, with a population of 25,000, where a former city council member, Matt Dalbey, led off the council meeting on October 6th with a Satanic prayer.  DALBEY: “Let us pray, dear Dark Father. Let us stand now unbowed and unfettered by arcane doctrines born of fearful minds in darkened times. Let us embrace the Luciferian impulse to eat of the tree of knowledge, and dissipate our blissful and comforting delusions of old. “Let us demand that individuals be judged for their concrete actions, not their fealty to arbitrary social norms and illusory categorizations. Let us reason our solutions with agnosticism in all things, holding fast only to that which is demonstrably true. “Let us stand firm against any and all arbitrary authority that threatens the personal sovereignty of one or all. That which will not bend must break, and that which can be destroyed by truth should never be spared its demise. It is done. Hail Satan!” This prayer to Satan comes after the Ottumwa, Iowa City Council issued a new “diversity” policy. It said, “This policy is intended to acknowledge and express the City Council's respect for the diversity of both organized and unorganized religious denominations, as well as other faiths, belief systems, or the lack thereof.” Thankfully, after the Pledge of Allegiance, Pastor Rick Bick of New Life Center objected, reports the Washington Stand. Outraged by the prayer to Satan, Pastor Bick eschewed proper decorum, walked up to the same podium where the Satanic prayer had just occurred, and demanded that the city council reverse that curse. Sadly, Councilwoman Cara Galloway interrupted him. PASTOR BICK: “Let's just reverse that curse that was just put on our city. That ending with ‘Hail, Satan’ and ‘Hail, Dark God.’ That's not welcome here.” COUNCILWOMAN CARA GALLOWAY: “Mayor.” MAYOR BENJAMIN FOOTE: “Yeah.” COUNCILWOMAN GALLOWAY: “This should be done at the end.” PASTOR BICK: “It needs to be done now. Okay?  That was a curse put on our city when you said, 'Hail Satan' and 'O Dark God.’  Most of you know that, and we need to just stop and reverse it.” According to the Christian Post, Ottumwa Iowa Mayor Benjamin Foote, a Bible-believing Christian, said he was “shocked” by the invocation to Satan. In response to Pastor Bick’s request, Mayor Foote said this. MAYOR FOOTE: “I'm going to invite us into a 30-second time of prayer. Or time of silence. A time of silence.” COUNCILWOMAN GALLOWAY: “No, I, we are at the consent agenda. I'm sorry, but it's time to move forward.” MAYOR FOOTE: “So, as mayor of the city of Ottumwa, as mayor of the city of Ottumwa, and the one running the meeting, I'm going to ask right now that we do a moment of silence to reflect on whatever it is we need to reflect on at this time, and then we will move to the consent agenda. So, with that, we'll go into a moment of silence.” (You can watch Tony Perkins, President of Family Research Council, interview Pastor Rick Bick for 7 minutes on Washington Watch heard on 800 radio stations). In a subsequent interview with The Christian Post, Mayor Foote said, “I am a born-again Christian, a prayer warrior, and place all my faith in Jesus Christ. Personally, I of course do not believe or condone worship to Satan or any other god, but to the one true God Almighty. … My prayer is that this will be used by God to awaken the Church in Ottumwa and we will fight against the evil that is constantly trying to destroy us.” Indeed, Ephesians 6:12 says, “For we wrestle not against flesh and blood, but against principalities, against powers, against the rulers of the darkness of this world, against spiritual wickedness in high places." Councilman Bill Hoffman Jr. confirmed that the invocation was approved under city policy but said the mayor and council members “are not aware of the content beforehand.” The entire policy is now under review. Join me and send a polite, 4-sentence note of encouragement to Mayor Benjamin Foote, City of Ottumwa, 303 East Main Street, Ottumwa, Iowa 52501. Close And that's The Worldview on this Tuesday, October 13th in the year of our Lord 2026. Subscribe for free by Spotify, Amazon Music, or by iTunes or email to our unique Christian newscast at www.TheWorldview.com. Plus, you can get the Generations app through Google Play or The App Store.

It’s Monday, October 12th, A.D. 2026. This is The Worldview in 5 Minutes heard on 140 radio stations and at www.TheWorldview.com.  I’m Adam McManus. ([email protected]) By Adam McManus Imprisoned Chinese Pastor Wang Yi has advanced liver cancer The Chinese Communists imprisoned Early Rain Covenant Church Pastor Wang Yi in southwestern China. Today, he may be suffering from advanced liver cancer, reports ChinaAid. Yi has been imprisoned since December 2018. He was sentenced in December 2019 to nine years in prison on trumped up Communist charges of “inciting subversion of state power” and “illegal business operations.” He is currently held at the Jintang Prison. The U.S. Commission on International Religious Freedom currently lists Wang as a religious prisoner of conscience and has recorded reports of medical neglect in his case. Since October 2021, when his wife was allowed her first meeting with Yi in three years of imprisonment, meaningful family access since then has remained severely restricted. ChinaAid Founder and President Rev. Bob Fu called for immediate access to Wang. He said, “The world is watching. Pastor Wang Yi must not be allowed to die behind prison walls in secrecy. His family deserves to see him, to know his true medical condition, and to be involved in decisions concerning his treatment.” Leviticus 19:32, says, “You shall stand up before the gray head and honor the face of an old man, and you shall fear your God." Wang is approaching the final portion of his nine-year sentence, which is expected to conclude in 2027. Send a polite, 4-sentence note to the Chinese Ambassador to America, Xie Feng, urging him to tell Chinese President Xi Jinping to release Pastor Wang Yi. Send your letter to the Chinese Embassy, 3505 International Place NW, Washington, DC 20008. Iran-backed Houthis fire missile at Saudi Arabian airport The international airport in Saudi Arabia's capital, Riyadh, was attacked on Saturday by a missile which struck terminals 3 and 4 for domestic flights, wounding many people, reports the Associated Press.  Earlier in the week, in this new front in the Iran war, the Houthis, a terrorist group backed by Iran, claimed attacks on the airport that killed three Saudis, including a pilot. U.S. President Donald Trump said he was evaluating whether the United States should join Saudi Arabia with strikes against the Tehran-backed Houthi rebels in neighboring Yemen. Four killed by Hurricane Isaias in Florida Four people were killed on October 9th after deadly Hurricane Isaias hit the southeast “like a freight train” as the Category 2 storm’s 105 mile-per-hour winds blew through Destin, Florida, at around 9:30 p.m. ET. Localized gusts reached 116 miles per hour. Three people died from downed trees, while another was killed by fumes from a generator. At least five others have been hospitalized. 8 killed in Pennsylvania home by gunman On the same day, man-made tragedy struck Erie, Pennsylvania. On October 9th, eight people were shot dead including two young children and a woman who was eight months pregnant, reports Fox News. Plus, the suspected shooter, a 45-year-old man who was related to the victims, died from a self-inflicted gunshot wound. The motive of the gunman is as yet unknown. Erie Police Chief Rick Lorah said, “It was horrific. It was the worst scene I have ever experienced," reports ABC News. And Pennsylvania Democratic Governor Josh Shapiro said, “My heart breaks for this family. Lori and I are praying for their loved ones and the entire Erie community.” Justice Alito upset with Obergefell which legalized “gay” marriage A new collection of remarks by U.S. Supreme Court Justice Samuel Alito highlights the conservative jurist’s conviction that the forced redefinition of marriage, to include homosexual couples, marked “perhaps the decisive point in our nation’s turn against religious liberty,” reports LifeSiteNews.com. In his new book entitled So Ordered: An Originalist’s View of the Constitution, the Court, and Our Country, ABC News noted that he addressed the Obergefell v. Hodges ruling. This was the 2015 case in which the nation’s highest court forced all 50 states to recognize faux homosexual marriages. Alito was among the dissenters, along with Chief Justice John Roberts and Justice Clarence Thomas. In a 2018 speech, the Catholic justice, appointed by former President George W. Bush, said, “My worry [is] that equating the expression of certain views with bigotry — or, if you like, with dignitary harm — would drive believers out of public life.” Then, in a 2022 speech, Alito argued his fears have since been vindicated. Citing various attempts to force private businesses to serve homosexual so-called “weddings” or where Christian groups were denied religious exemptions to health and employment mandates pertaining to homosexuality, he said, “Quite suddenly, religious liberty has become controversial. What we see in these and other cases is a refusal to live in peace with those who violate the new moral code.” In 2021, Alito noted that Americans opposed to homosexual faux marriage found themselves “so beaten down that they were ‘a people who shunned the light of day.’ They were ‘found in corners, and alleys, and cellars, and the housetops, or in the recesses of the country.’” Sadly, Justice Alito said he thinks overturning Obergefell is unlikely. ABC stressed that the religious parties ultimately prevailed in “nearly all” of the cases Alito cites, but that has not slowed the persistence of such challenges. For example, Colorado baker Jack Phillips, a Christian, won a 2018 Supreme Court case over his right to refuse to create homosexual “wedding” cakes, yet was dragged back to court years later over demands to create a “transgender” cake. Even if the Supreme Court reversed Obergefell, recognition of homosexual faux marriage would still be mandatory nationwide, thanks to former President Joe Biden signing the so-called “Respect for Marriage Act,” which codified Obergefell in 2023. Thirty-two states still have duly enacted bans on homosexual faux marriage. Unfortunately, those bans have been blocked from enforcement since Obergefell. Kentucky abortions dropped from 4,441 to just 5 annually And finally, ready for some good news? Kentucky has seriously protected unborn babies from abortion. Back in 2022, Kentucky abortionists killed 4,441 babies in the womb. By contrast, in 2025, just five brick-and-mortar abortions were reported in Kentucky by the state’s Cabinet for Health and Family Services, reports LifeNews.com. After Roe v. Wade was overturned on June 24, 2022, the state prohibited abortion from conception on the very same day. The law was then blocked on June 30, but went back into effect later that summer on August 1 and has remained in effect since. The state’s life-at-conception law only allows abortion in cases where a continued pregnancy would threaten the life and/or physical health of the mother. All 5 brick-and-mortar abortions reported by the state were performed because of these exceptions. Due to Kentucky’s law prohibiting elective abortions, no abortions were performed at Planned Parenthood abortion mills in Kentucky or independent abortion mills. All five abortions were performed at hospitals.  In Psalm 139:13-14, David told God, "For You formed my inward parts; You knit me together in my mother's womb. I praise You, for I am fearfully and wonderfully made. Wonderful are Your works; my soul knows it very well." Close And that's The Worldview on this Monday, October 12th in the year of our Lord 2026. Subscribe for free by Spotify, Amazon Music, or by iTunes or email to our unique Christian newscast at www.TheWorldview.com.  Plus, you can get the Generations app through Google Play or The App Store. I’m Adam McManus ([email protected]). Seize the day for Jesus Christ.

It’s Friday, October 9th, A.D. 2026. This is The Worldview in 5 Minutes heard on 140 radio stations and at www.TheWorldview.com.  I’m Adam McManus. ([email protected]) By Adam McManus South Korea’s troubled election and Christian persecution Something stinks in South Korea. After the suspicious election of Lee Myung as South Korea’s new president on June 3, 2025 in which there was a drastic shortage of paper ballots, which some have claimed mounts to election fraud, there has been ample evidence of growing hostility to Christianity. For example, South Korean authorities detained six Americans on June 27, 2025 after they attempted to send 1,600 plastic bottles containing miniature Bibles into North Korea by sea, reported International Christian Concern. The Americans were investigated because they allegedly violated the law on disaster management when they reportedly threw the bottles, which also included USB sticks, money, and rice, into the sea, hoping North Koreans would eventually find them washed up on their shore. Then, South Korean Pastor Son Hyun-bo of Segero Church in Busan was arrested on September 8, 2025 for interviewing a Christian School Superintendent candidate, Jeong Seung-yoon, during a church service and uploading a video of the conversation to social media.  The Christian was running against a South Korean government candidate who supported sexual perversion in the school curriculum.  For that, Pastor Hyun-bo was jailed for 145 days, without conviction, as he underscored the need for Christians to vote their Biblical convictions. In a CBN report, the South Korean pastor expressed alarm at what the government is doing. HYUN-BO: “When the left-wing government came into power, freedom of religion is being suppressed. There is an amendment to the civil code that has been proposed that states: ‘If there are religious speech or beliefs related to politics, the government will be granted the power to disband or dissolve the church and revoke the permit of the church.’ “Investigations and inspections can be conducted without warrant, and assets and properties of the church can be transferred to the government.” 2 Timothy 3:12 says, “Indeed, all who desire to live a godly life in Christ Jesus will be persecuted.” Plus, since June 2026, Morse Tan, the former U.S. Ambassador-at-Large during President Trump’s first term, is being detained in South Korea by Lee Myung’s administration, unable to return home to the States.  Tan is scheduled to face trial in South Korea on October 16th. He is being detained because, while on American soil, he claimed that there was election fraud in the June 3, 2025 South Korean presidential election.  Parenthetically, Tan has a young family and is dean of the Liberty University Law School in Lynchburg, Virginia. Sam Brownback, who served as Ambassador-at-Large for Religious Freedom, has urged President Donald Trump to intervene on behalf of Morse Tan, reports Metro Voice News. Write a polite, 4-sentence note to the South Korean Ambassador to America, Kang Kyung-wha, asking that she urge President Lee Myung to release Morse Tan and stop persecuting South Korean Christians. Send it to the South Korean Embassy, 2450 Massachusetts Avenue, N.W., Washington, DC 20008. Increased GOP voter registration might save the midterm election The political pundits seem to believe that the Republicans are doomed going into the November 3rd election and likely to lose both the House and the Senate. And it’s easy to see why: Between the deeply polarizing Iran War, an economy that’s still struggling to find its footing, and whatever toxic fallout remains from the tragic assassination of Charlie Kirk, conservatives are about as split as they’ve ever been over the last decade. Only it may not be the slam dunk that Democrats are hoping for, reports the Western Journal. Much of the polling, such as that from RealClear Polling, still demonstrably favors the blue party in the midterm election. If you’re a GOP voter, there is still ample reason to get out and vote. But according to CNN’s data guru, Harry Enten, the GOP can hang their hats on at least one thing: voter registration. ENTEN: “You can see in the key swing states that we normally look at in presidential elections that the Republicans are gaining versus where they were eight years ago during Trump's first midterm election. “Take a look here: GOP gains in party registration margin versus Election Day 2018. In Arizona, the Republican margin versus a Democrat: Republicans are up four points. How about Nevada? Republicans up five points. How about North Carolina? Republicans up eight points. How about the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania? Republicans up seven points. “So, when you take a look at how people are registering, this is not polling data, compared to where we were eight years ago, Republicans are doing considerably better in what are the swing states at least normally in presidential elections.” Compare that to their Democratic counterparts, who have seen zero gains in those four states since 2024. Christian TV preacher Jim Bakker died at 86 And finally, THE PTL CLUB ANNOUNCER: “The PTL Television Network presents Jim and Tammy.” THE PTL SINGERS: “Praise the Lord. See the things that He has done.  Praise the Lord for the battle has been won.” THE PTL CLUB ANNOUNCER: “Come on now, let's have a great big welcome for Jim and Tammy Bakker.” JIM BAKKER: “Hello. Welcome to Heritage USA. It's nice to have you here.” That was the introduction to The PTL Club back in 1986, hosted by Jim Bakker and his wife Tammy Faye. After debuting in 1974, it became the highest rated religious show in the country. On October 5th, Jim Bakker died at the age of 86. While hosting the Christian television show and founding Heritage USA, a Christian-themed waterpark in Fort Mill, South Carolina, he fell from grace. In March 1987, Bakker resigned from the PTL ministry over a cover-up of $279,000 of hush money to church secretary Jessica Hahn for an alleged rape. Plus, Bakker and his PTL associates sold $1,000 "lifetime memberships", entitling buyers to an annual three-night stay at a luxury hotel at Heritage USA, reported the New York Times. According to the prosecution at Bakker's fraud trial, tens of thousands of memberships were sold but only one 500-room hotel was ever finished, according to the Charlotte Business Journal. Bakker sold "exclusive partnerships" which exceeded capacity, raising more than twice the money needed to build the hotel. Much of the money paid Heritage USA's operating expenses, and Bakker allegedly kept $3.4 million. 1 Timothy 3:1-3 says, “Whoever aspires to be an overseer desires a noble task. Now the overseer is to be above reproach, faithful to his wife, temperate, self-controlled, respectable, hospitable, able to teach, not given to drunkenness, not violent but gentle, not quarrelsome, not a lover of money.” Convicted of fraud and conspiracy in 1989, he served nearly five years in prison before being paroled in 1994. According to the Christian Post, Rev. Franklin Graham, head of the Billy Graham Evangelistic Association, posted a statement on X, saying he was “saddened” by Bakker's death. Graham wrote, “Jim was responsible for giving Samaritan’s Purse our first major television exposure, and I will be forever grateful for his support and help. He showcased many ministries on his program and introduced numerous preachers of the Gospel to a much broader audience.” Harold Hunter, chairman of the board of regents at Trinity College of the Bible and Theological Seminary in Evansville, Indiana, took to Facebook to respond to Bakker's death. Hunter wrote, “To me, the major reason for the fall of Jim Bakker is prevalent in the fall of many ministries and churches. His Board of Directors was packed with celebrity preachers, evangelists, etc., who were very experienced in their various callings but woefully lacking in good business organizational skills and solid financial acumen.” And Pastor Jeremiah Johnson of The Altar Church wrote on Facebook, “As I’ve read headlines describing [Jim Bakker] primarily by his disgrace, my heart has been grieved. Accountability matters. Sin has consequences. Repentance does not rewrite history. But neither should failure erase redemption.” Johnson added, “After prison, Jim rebuilt his life and eventually returned to Christian television and ministry. I knew him in those later years. I encountered a man who had been through the fire, carried the scars of his story, and was still preaching Jesus.” Close And that's The Worldview on this Friday, October 9th in the year of our Lord 2026. Subscribe for free by Spotify, Amazon Music, or by iTunes or email to our unique Christian newscast at www.TheWorldview.com.  Plus, you can get the Generations app through Google Play or The App Store. I’m Adam McManus ([email protected]). Seize the day for Jesus Christ.

It’s Thursday, October 8th, A.D. 2026. This is The Worldview in 5 Minutes heard on 140 radio stations and at www.TheWorldview.com.  I’m Adam McManus. ([email protected]) By Jonathan Clark 3-year anniversary of Hamas’ attack on Israel Yesterday marked three years since Hamas Muslim terrorists attacked Israel. Hamas launched the attack from the Gaza Strip into southern Israel on October 7, 2023. The Islamic militants killed about 1,200 people and took over 250 hostages. Over 80 of the hostages did not survive. The last living hostages were returned last October after 843 days of captivity.  Since the attack, Israel has carried out bombardments and ground operations in Gaza. At least 74,000 Palestinians in Gaza have been killed in the conflict.  Israeli air strike killed 2 Palestinian Christians An Israeli air strike struck an apartment building in Gaza City on Saturday, killing two Palestinian Christian women. The women had served at a shelter affiliated with Holy Family Catholic Church. It’s the only Catholic parish in Gaza.  The leader of the parish stated, “We have had 62 deaths: 62 Catholic and Orthodox Christians who have died in this war. Of those 62 people, 25 have died violent deaths from bombardments or army snipers, and the majority died where they had taken refuge here, at Holy Family Church.” American churches fight for free speech in pulpit Here in the United States, churches and Christian organizations are fighting for free speech in the pulpit. The National Religious Broadcasters, Intercessors for America, and two Texas churches are challenging the Johnson Amendment. While he was a U.S. Democratic senator from Texas, Lyndon B. Johnson introduced the provision in 1954 before he became president. The law prohibits 501(c)(3) non-profit organizations, including houses of worship, from endorsing or opposing political candidates.  Troy Miller with the National Religious Broadcasters spoke to CBN News about the case. Listen. MILLER: “This was the original intent of separation of church and state -- that the government was not going to interfere with religious conscience, with the will of pastors and church leadership. And so we think this law, this amendment that [Senator Lyndon] Johnson put in place, quite honestly, to silence churches and other 501(c)3 opposition that he had during his Senate campaign, we think it needs to go.” Psalm 119:46 says, “I will speak of Your testimonies also before kings, and will not be ashamed.” U.S. trade deficit surged to $105 billion The U.S. trade deficit surged in August to $105.6 billion. That’s up from $79.8 billion in November 2024 before President Donald Trump began his second term. Christopher Rupkey, chief economist at FWDBONDS, told Reuters, “Trade tariffs have done nothing to reduce America's reliance on the import of foreign-produced goods. The cost of American labor is simply too high to produce goods here cheap enough for consumers to even think about purchasing.” 100th city to ban abortion Snyder, Texas recently became the 100th city in the U.S. to ban abortion. Officials unanimously adopted a Sanctuary City for the Unborn  ordinance on Monday. Mayor Pro-Tem Sarah Jamison said, “I was proud to cast my vote in support of this ordinance and of Snyder becoming the 100th city in the nation to take this stand. As council members, we have a responsibility to act within the authority given to our city and to consider lawful safeguards that protect the most vulnerable among us.” Email a 2-sentence thank you note to Sarah at [email protected] Better yet, join me and send a physical thank you note to Sarah Jamison, City of Snyder, 1925 24th Street, Snyder, TX 79549. Get your kids to write one as well. Young Evangelicals more conservative than religious peers Young Evangelicals are more religious and conservative than young people in other religious traditions. This is based on analysis of Pew Research data recently published by Professor Ryan Burge with Washington University. The analysis found that 49 percent of Gen Z Evangelicals attend church weekly. That number fell to 22 percent among Mainline Protestant youths. And it was only 20 percent among Catholic young people. Similarly, young Evangelicals were more conservative. Forty-six percent identified as politically conservative compared to 28 percent of Mainline youth, and 17 percent of Catholic youth.  Prison Fellowship celebrates 50 years of ministry And finally, this year marks 50 years of ministry by Prison Fellowship. Charles “Chuck” Colson founded the organization in 1976 to serve people affected by incarceration. Colson himself had been incarcerated for Watergate-related charges during President Richard Nixon’s administration. Colson experienced a mid-life conversion to Christianity which led to his work in prison ministry, captured in his page-turning books Born Again and Life Sentence. The U.S. Senate passed a resolution last month, honoring the impact of Prison Fellowship.  Heather Rice-Minus, the President of Prison Fellowship, said, “What began with Chuck Colson’s transformation became a movement of individuals who believe no one is beyond God’s reach.” In Luke 15:10, Jesus said, “There is joy in the presence of the angels of God over one sinner who repents.” Close And that's The Worldview on this Thursday, October 8th, my bride Amy’s 50th birthday, in the year of our Lord 2026. Subscribe for free by Spotify, Amazon Music, or by iTunes or email to our unique Christian newscast at www.TheWorldview.com.  Plus, you can get the Generations app through Google Play or The App Store. I’m Adam McManus ([email protected]). Seize the day for Jesus Christ.

It’s Wednesday, October 7th, A.D. 2026. This is The Worldview in 5 Minutes heard on 140 radio stations and at www.TheWorldview.com.  I’m Adam McManus. ([email protected]) By Jonathan Clark Murders of Nigerians Christians leads to curfew Officials in Nigeria imposed a curfew after more Christians were killed last month. Pastor Samuel Nandi was killed on his way to church on Sunday, September 20. This occurred in the country’s central Plateau State. In addition, Gunfire and attacks were reported across the region during the week leading up to the pastor’s death. International Christian Concern documents at least 27 Christians were killed in the attacks.  The government responded by imposing a dusk-to-dawn curfew in parts of the state until security agencies could bring stability. Nigeria is ranked 7th on the Open Doors’ World Watch List of the most dangerous countries to be a Christian.  Christian radio station reaches believers in N Korea, China, Russia Far East Broadcasting Company-Korea is celebrating 70 years of Christian radio ministry, reports Christian Daily Korea. The network is based in South Korea. It reaches underground believers across North Korea, China, Russia, and Mongolia. For example, North Korean Christians secretly listen to sermons and hymns on radios with “blankets pulled over their heads.”  Far East Broadcasting Company-Korea first aired on December 23, 1956 from Incheon, South Korea. Now, it operates 15 radio stations and 14 relay stations across the country.   G7 countries tap oil reserves to lower gas prices The United States and its allies are tapping into their oil and fuel reserves to combat soaring gas prices. Member countries in the Group of Seven made the announcement on Friday. Those nations include Canada, France, Germany, Italy, Japan, the United Kingdom, and the United States.  G7 countries agreed to release 100 million barrels of diesel and crude oil reserves over the next four months. Oil prices started to fall after the decision.  War Secretary Hegseth announced Office of Religious Affairs Here in the United States, War Secretary Pete Hegseth gave his “State of the Force” address last Wednesday.  Hegseth announced the creation of the Office of Religious Affairs. The office will support the spiritual health of military personnel. Listen. HEGSETH: “Our national motto is, after all, ‘In God We Trust.’ Today we reaffirm that trust. We're placing spiritual health at the same level as physical health. Our department is, you might say, putting on the full armor of God, because while we wage physical war, we all know the real battle is spiritual. God is good, evil is not, and America's military must understand the difference.” Hegseth quoted Psalm 33:12 in the address. That verse says, “Blessed is the nation whose God is the LORD, the people He has chosen as His own inheritance.” Treasury Dept. saved $175 million by cutting off the dead Fox News reports the U.S. Treasury Department saved millions of taxpayer dollars during the fiscal year 2026. The department blocked $175 million in federal payments that would have gone to deceased recipients. This is part of the Trump administration’s effort to screen for improper payments.  Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent stated, “In the past year alone, Treasury built and deployed new safeguards that verified more than $3.7 trillion in federal payments and increased Do Not Pay access from 4 percent of programs to 99 percent, ensuring agencies have access to the data they need.” Pro-life pregnancy center moves into former Planned Parenthood And finally, a pro-life pregnancy center in Gainesville, Florida is celebrating its expansion into a former Planned Parenthood building.  SIRA, the faith-based pregnancy center, operated next to the abortion facility. The Planned Parenthood location closed in June. And SIRA purchased the property last month, reports Main Street Daily News.  Executive Director Kathy Gratto said, “God always has a plan. We have hopes and desires and missions and goals. We pray, and we wait, and in the waiting, our faith grows, and God continues to reveal Himself. And as you can see, He’s still the God of miracles.” Psalm 37:34 says, “Wait on the LORD, and keep His way, and He shall exalt you to inherit the land; when the wicked are cut off, you shall see it.” Close And that's The Worldview on this Wednesday, October 7th, in the year of our Lord 2026. Subscribe for free by Spotify, Amazon Music, or by iTunes or email to our unique Christian newscast at www.TheWorldview.com.  Plus, you can get the Generations app through Google Play or The App Store. I’m Adam McManus ([email protected]). Seize the day for Jesus Christ.

It’s Tuesday, October 6th, A.D. 2026. This is The Worldview in 5 Minutes heard on 140 radio stations and at www.TheWorldview.com. I’m Adam McManus. ([email protected]) By Kevin Swanson and Timothy Reed Bible severely restricted in 39 countries The Bible is restricted in countries affecting 500 million Christians today, because of government controls, extremist violence, and family and community pressure. Printing and distribution of the Bible is prohibited or severely restricted in 39 countries. According to the Bible Access Initiative, importing Bibles faces this level of restriction in 38 countries, storing it in 37 countries, and personal ownership of the Bible in 34 countries. In particular, Islamic countries, communist countries, as well as India and Myanmar, severely restrict access to Bibles. William Tyndale martyred for translating Bible into English Four hundred and ninety years ago, on October 6th 1536, English officials murdered English reformer William Tyndale. Tyndale translated and published the first mass-produced copy of the New Testament in the English language. When a cleric commented that the common person should not have access to the Bible, Tyndale responded: “If God spare my life, ere many years pass, I will cause a boy that driveth the plow shall know more of the Scripture than thou dost.”  Before Tyndale’s execution, his last words were: “Lord, open the King of England’s eyes.” He was then strangled and burned at the stake. There are an estimated one billion English Bibles in the world today — as well as another 7 billion Bibles printed in at least 1,860 languages. Remarkably, some portion of the Bible is now available in 4,190 languages.  Hebrews 4:12 reminds us that, “the Word of God is living and powerful, and sharper than any two-edged sword, piercing even to the division of soul and spirit, and of joints and marrow, and is a discerner of the thoughts and intents of the heart.” Bolsonaro leads after first Brazil election Brazil’s national election over the weekend signaled a definite move to the right for that country. The previous president’s son, Flávio Bolsonaro, received 47 percent to Lula de Silva's 45 percent,  Also, conservative parties have cumulatively captured 60 percent of the national senate seats. That’s the best performance for the right wing in forty years.  Because neither candidate received over 50% of the vote, a run-off election will be scheduled for October. Trump’s shuttering of USAID might have helped Bolsonaro perform well President Donald Trump’s shuttering of the U.S. Agency for International Development, cutting off its funding, may have had a contributing influence on South American elections. For example, USAID funded leftist programs in Brazil to the tune of $138 million over a 4-year period, reports Time Magazine. That’s about three times what Brazilian presidential candidates spend on their campaigns every four years. In recent years, more South American countries are moving to the right. Ecuador re-elected Daniel Noboa in 2025. Bolivia and Chile moved right in 2025. Colombia and Peru elected right-of-center presidents in 2026. And Flávio Bolsonaro, who is heavily supported by the evangelical population in Brazil, has promised to issue a declaration that Brazil “belongs to Jesus Christ.” Spain’s election animated by housing costs Spain is heading for another national election after hundreds of thousands of citizens protested in fifty Spanish cities over the weekend. Their concern is housing costs, reports The Guardian. Spanish Prime Minister Pedro Sánchez has called for the election of a new government by the end of November, reports the Associated Press. America needs more nurses and home health care aides The US Bureau of Labor Statistics is projecting a market increase of 847,000 home health and personal care aides by 2035. In addition, the bureau noted a need for 200,000 registered nurses, and 138,000 nurse practitioners.  The medical field will enjoy the greatest increase in job growth, by a significant percentage. But the biggest news in employment is this from WolfsStreet.com.  U.S. governments at all levels have shed 17,000 jobs in August -- mostly at local governments. And private-sector employers added 46,000 jobs. Former Speaker of the House died in disgrace Former Republican Speaker of the House of Representatives Dennis Hastert is dead at 84. Hastert claimed a Christian conversion experience as a teenager in his autobiography and regarded Christian faith as part of the formation of his character. He attended the evangelical Wheaton College and sat on the board of Wheaton’s Center for Economics, Government, and Public Policy. Hastert served 15 months in prison before he died, for financial irregularities relating to hush money payments, reported CNN. Plus, he admitted in court that he had previously abused an unspecified number of boys. Galatians 6:7-8 speaks truth to these things. “Do not be deceived, God is not mocked; for whatever a man sows, that he will also reap.  For he who sows to his flesh will of the flesh reap corruption, but he who sows to the Spirit will of the Spirit reap everlasting life.” Trump doubles down on $5,000 checks if GOP wins midterms President Donald Trump is defending his decision to promise all Americans $5,000 checks if the Republican Party wins the midterm elections on November 3rd. In a video posted on Truth Social, Trump seemingly backed up his claim of a massive payout to voters. Listen. TRUMP: “Our country is doing so well under Republican leadership that only I can make you this promise. If Republicans win the House of Representatives and the Senate, I'm going to give all adult citizens in the United States of America $5,000. “And Republicans can do it, and Democrats can't, because we're taking in massive amounts of money through tariffs and record-setting economic success. But Democrat policies won't allow this to happen. “In fact, the opposite is going to take place. They're going to raise your taxes, and they're going to destroy our country and certainly destroy our economy. It'll be a 1929 disaster if they get in.” Serious legal questions remain with the President’s promise. Florida officials sue Pfizer over COVID shots The state of Florida is suing vaccine manufacturing giant Pfizer, naming Pfizer CEO Albert Bourla in the suit.  Florida Republican Attorney General James Uthmeier wrote on X, “Weeks ago we learned [that Dr. Anthony] Fauci and the biomedical state knew the COVID jabs were dangerous, but hid it from us. While that investigation continues, today we sued Pfizer for deceptively marketing the products as safe—making billions—while pregnant women were miscarrying their babies and teenagers were having heart attacks.” Pfizer reportedly took in more than $80 billion from vaccine sales, and nearly quadrupled the price from $30 a dose to a range of $110 to $130 in 2023. Canadian Life Chain’s message: “Abortion Kills Children” And finally, thousands of Canadians gathered for the 36th annual Life Chain this past weekend, an event that peacefully protests abortion through prayer and public sign holding, reports LifeSiteNews.com. The signs say: “Abortion Kills Children”, “Adoption: The Loving Option” and “Abortion Hurts Women.” According to Josie Luetke of the Life Chain Canada committee, “The Canadian pro-life movement silently but boldly confronts our pro-death culture with the pro-life message through Life Chain. The mainstream media may studiously ignore this message, but we’ve bypassed them, bringing the truth directly to our neighbors passing by.” Close And that's The Worldview on this Tuesday, October 6th, in the year of our Lord 2026. Subscribe for free by Spotify, Amazon Music, or by iTunes or email to our unique Christian newscast at www.TheWorldview.com.  Plus, you can get the Generations app through Google Play or The App Store. I’m Adam McManus ([email protected]). Seize the day for Jesus Christ.

It’s Monday, October 5th, A.D. 2026. This is The Worldview in 5 Minutes heard on 140 radio stations and at www.TheWorldview.com.  I’m Adam McManus. ([email protected]) By Adam McManus Chinese pastor detained for “organizing illegal religious activities” Pastor An Yankui was at his home when Chinese Communist officials arrested him at 10:30 a.m. on September 29th for an investigation on suspicion of “organizing illegal religious activities,” reports International Christian Concern.  Yankui is the pastor of Taiyuan Xuncheng Reformed Church, an unregistered Protestant church, and has a history of arrests for the same allegation of “organizing illegal religious activities.” In 2020, authorities detained him for 15 days and fined him. Since then, authorities have arrested him several additional times for various reasons. Authorities have also conducted multiple arrests and raids on the Taiyuan church throughout the years — one raid recently happened during an October 2025 worship service when the Communists arrested 11 churchgoers.  Write a polite, 4-sentence note to the Chinese Ambassador to America, Xie Feng, urging him to release Pastor An Yankui for simply practicing his Christian faith. Send it to: the Chinese Embassy, 3505 International Place NW, Washington, DC 20008. Netherlands euthanized 2-year-old child Netherlands officials just killed a 2-year-old child. It’s the first case of euthanasia on a child under 12 in accordance with a new law drafted in 2024. Euthanasia is allowable on minor children in this heathen country, where 58% of the people call themselves non-religious, when leftist doctors determine that the child is suffering unbearably with no prospect of improvement, and for whom doctors conclude there is no reasonable alternative to ending their suffering. The child, whose gender and name have not been released, was born prematurely at 26 weeks of gestation, suffered brain damage, and was diagnosed with spastic cerebral palsy and infantile epileptic spasms syndrome. It is also likely the that the child's vision was impaired. Sadly, the parents asked for the state to kill their child. Some medical experts asserted that “reasonable alternative solutions existed, such as palliative options and pharmacological alternatives that could potentially lead to better seizure control.” But the parents refused palliative care, and sought another opinion to be freed from the responsibility of caring for their special needs toddler. Talarico’s heretical pastor: He’s lying about true beliefs to get elected James Talarico, the Democrat candidate for U.S. Senate from Texas, famously made this heretical claim about God. TALARICO: “God is both masculine and feminine, and everything in between. God is non-binary.” Not surprisingly, his home church, St. Andrew’s Presbyterian Church in Austin, Texas, passes out The Inclusive Bible that changes any reference to God the Father or Jesus the Son to more politically correct terms. Rev. Babs Miller, a self-proclaimed lesbian at St. Andrews, was captured in an undercover video, claiming that while Talarico has walked that claim back, he still believes it. UNDERCOVER REPORTER: “People are attacking [James] Talarico for saying that God is non-binary.” REV. MILLER: “Duh!” UNDERCOVER REPORTER: “Yeah, that’s literally what He is!” REV. MILLER: “Yeah.” UNDERCOVER REPORTER:  “He [Talarico] went on Fox News and, like, walked that back. Did you, did you see that?” REV. MILLER: “Yeah. He's getting some advice that I don't think he should be following.” UNDERCOVER REPORTER:  “Yeah, because that's why, that's frankly, for one, something that attracted me to this church was like …” REV. MILLER: “and I can guarantee you that once he, [Talarico], gets elected, he'll change his tune back to where he was.” UNDERCOVER REPORTER:  “Okay, but he has to kind of play this game.” REV. MILLER: “Yes, that's, that's what his campaign has convinced him of is that the Democratic Party is backing off on their stances on trans and all of this. And so, his staff is encouraging him to kind of do the same thing.” UNDERCOVER REPORTER:  “Mmm.” REV. MILLER: “I think it's bad advice personally, but if it helps him win, okay.” Democrat James Talarico vs. Republican Ken Paxton on transgender surgeries for minors This is all highly relevant because Democrat James Talarico was one of 56 Texas legislators who voted against Senate Bill 14 which prohibited puberty blockers, cross-sex hormones, and mutilating “gender-transition” surgeries for children. The final vote was 87 for and 56 against. By contrast, Republican Ken Paxton, the Texas Attorney General, who is running for U.S. Senate against Talarico: issued an official Attorney General Opinion, KP-0401, which concluded that hat puberty blockers and mutilating surgeries on minors constituted “child abuse” under Texas law.  urged the Texas Department of Family and Protective Services to investigate cases involving so-called “gender-transition” procedures as potential child abuse. sued the Biden administration, stopping their attempts to force woke gender policy on Texans. defended Senate Bill 14 in court, which banned puberty blockers, cross-sex hormones, and mutilating surgeries for minors, The Texas Supreme Court ultimately allowed it to remain in effect.  sued a North Texas doctor, alleging the doctor had provided prohibited cross-sex hormones to 21 minors in violation of Senate Bill 14. issued an opinion stating that Texas parents have rights to their children's school health information, including anything to do with transgender issues, and that schools could face legal consequences for withholding requested information from parents.  James Talarico’s pastor rejects the atonement of Christ The heresy of James Talarico’s spiritual leaders does not end there.   Rev. Babs Miller [of St. Andrew’s Presbyterian Church in Austin, Texas] dismisses the orthodox Christian doctrine of Christ’s substitutionary atonement for our sins on the cross. Listen. REV. MILLER: “Jesus was put on that cross not to save us.” UNDERCOVER REPORTER:  “Yes.” REV. MILLER: “Jesus was put on that cross because Rome hated Him.” UNDERCOVER REPORTER:  “Mmm.” REV. MILLER: “and they thought He was a threat to their domination of that area.” UNDERCOVER REPORTER:  “Yeah.” REV. MILLER: “and so they killed Him.” UNDERCOVER REPORTER:  “Yeah, so he was kind of more as a  …” REV. MILLER: “He didn’t die to save [us from] our sins.” UNDERCOVER REPORTER:  “So, He died more as a kind of a social justice warrior in some sense.” REV. MILLER: “Yes. So, that makes a whole lot more sense to me than to say that some God would kill His Son for us. That doesn't make sense.” UNDERCOVER REPORTER:  “Never made sense.” REV. MILLER: “How does that make up for all the things I can do? No, it doesn't.” 1 Peter 3:18 declares, “For Christ also suffered once for sins, the righteous for the unrighteous, that He might bring us to God, being put to death in the flesh but made alive in the spirit.” Talarico’s Republican opponent for the U.S. Senate seat in Texas is Ken Paxton. Rep. Henry Hyde honored for opposition to tax-funded abortions Republican Congressman Chris Smith of New Jersey honored the legacy of the late GOP Congressman Henry Hyde of Illinois who spoke up for the unborn. Congressman Smith wrote, “Fifty years ago — on September 30th, 1976 — Congress first enacted an amendment offered by Rep. Henry Hyde to protect federal Medicaid funds from being used to subsidize killing unborn children by abortion. “Beginning in 1981, I had the honor of serving alongside Henry Hyde in the U.S. House of Representatives. He was a brilliant, one-of-a-kind lawmaker — who, to this day, remains the great defender of unborn children and their mothers.” When he proposed the amendment in 1976, Rep. Hyde said, “An innocent, defenseless human life, in a caring and humane society, deserves better than to be flushed down a toilet or burned in an incinerator. The promise of America is that life is not just for the privileged, the planned, or the perfect.” Indeed, Proverbs 31:8 says, “Speak up for those who cannot speak for themselves.” New York teen raised money to educate 10 kids in Ghana, Africa And finally, 18-year-old Max Owobu from Bronx, New York is raising money to sponsor school children in Ghana, Africa, where his father was raised, reports GoodNewsNetwork.org. At age 15, when he visited Ghana, Max said, “I was seeing kids my age working, just selling things on the street or in shops, working along with the family to try and get by rather than going to school to get an education so they could better their lives for the future.” He decided to devote his own weekly allowance to pay for Matthew, a child in Ghana, to go to school. Not long after that, Max founded the Yenko Foundation, a 501(c)3 group that has raised the money to sponsor 10 children -- at $1,000 each -- to attend Calvary Methodist school which covers their tuition, uniforms, transportation, and school meals. In Matthew 25:40, Jesus said, “Truly I tell you, whatever you did for one of the least of these brothers and sisters of Mine, you did for Me." Close And that's The Worldview on this Monday, October 5th, in the year of our Lord 2026. Subscribe for free by Spotify, Amazon Music, or by iTunes or email to our unique Christian newscast at www.TheWorldview.com.  Plus, you can get the Generations app through Google Play or The App Store. I’m Adam McManus ([email protected]). Seize the day for Jesus Christ.