It’s Tuesday, May 27th, A.D. 2025. This is The Worldview in 5 Minutes heard on 125 radio stations and at www.TheWorldview.com.  I’m Adam McManus. ([email protected])

By Kevin Swanson

Trump delegation investigates violations of free speech in U.K.

The Trump administration has sent a delegation  to investigate the violations of free speech in the United Kingdom.

They met with five people who have been arrested, and even convicted, of praying silently near abortion mills in Glasgow, Scotland as well as Birmingham and Bournemouth, England.

At issue is the U.K.’s equating protesting near abortion clinics with silent prayer, and the government’s antipathy towards pro-lifers expressing their opinions about killing children. 

Only 39% of Americans “extremely proud” of citizenship

Are Americans losing a sense of patriotism? 

A 2023 Gallup Survey found only 39% of Americans are “Extremely Proud” of their citizenship status.  And a Wall Street Journal/National Opinion Research Center survey found the percentage of Americans who considered patriotism “very important” has dropped from 70% in 1998 to 38% in 2023. 

Keep in mind Isaiah 40:5-7.

It says, “Behold, the nations are as a drop in a bucket, and are counted as the small dust on the scales; look, [the Lord] lifts up the isles as a very little thing. And Lebanon is not sufficient to burn, nor its beasts sufficient for a burnt offering. All nations before Him are as nothing, and they are counted by Him less than nothing and worthless.”

Russia launched largest aerial attack on Ukraine since war’s start

Russia launched  298 drones and 69 missiles on Kiev over the weekend, reports the Associated Press. It was the largest aerial attack on the capital of Ukraine since the beginning of the 3-year war.

Altogether, Russia sent 900 drones into Ukraine over the weekend.

President Trump responded on his Truth Social account calling Putin “absolutely crazy,” reports The Financial Times.

TRUMP: “I'm not happy with what [Russian President Vladimir] Putin is doing. He's killing a lot of people. I don't know what happened to Putin. I've known him a long time. Always gotten along with him, but he's sending rockets into cities and killing people, and I don't like it at all. Okay? We're in the middle of talking, and he's shooting rockets into Kiev and other cities. I don't like it at all.”

And Trump warned that any attempt on the part of Russia to take all of Ukraine would "lead to the downfall of Russia.” 

Trump’s “Big Beautiful Bill” goes to the Senate

As The Worldview reported on Friday, Trump’s “Big, Beautiful Bill” passed the House of Representatives by a single vote on Thursday.  

The major highlights of the bill include tax cuts, the elimination of $700 million of Planned Parenthood funding, a national private school dollar-for-dollar tax credit to scholarship donors, and an expanded child tax credit.

If you have not yet called your two Senators, call them TODAY at 202-224-3121 and ask them to DEFUND Planned Parenthood.

We can expect maybe even a bigger fight in the Senate over the spending bill. Republican Senators are split on the bill.  Senator Josh Hawley of Missouri does not want to cut Medicaid spending.  And Senator Rand Paul of Kentucky described the spending cuts this way. 

PAUL: “I support spending cuts. I think the cuts currently in the bill are wimpy and anemic.”

Texas legislature passed Ten Commandments bill on Sabbath

The Texas legislature has approved a bill requiring the posting of the Ten Commandments in public schools throughout the state come September.

Ironically, they passed the bill on the Sabbath, breaking the fourth commandment!

The bill heads back to the Senate, after which Texas Republican Governor Greg Abbott is expected to sign it into law.

A similar law, enacted recently in Louisiana, is hung up in a federal court.

Oregon has more elderly than children

The state of Oregon’s demographics are not doing well.

The state now has more elderly over 65 years of age than children under 18 years of age, presenting a demographic challenge, reports The Oregonian.

 In 1985, there were twice as many children as elderly. At this rate, in 10 more years, Oregon will have 40% more seniors than children.  

The state holds the position as the eighth worst demographic in the nation. The other states are located on the eastern seaboard.

Oregon was the first state to legalize physician-assisted suicide. That was in 1994.

500,000 new homes are on the market

Inventory of new homes has reached 2007 levels — now 500,000 on the market, up from 150,000 homes in 2012.

America is most generous nation

America is the most generous nation in the world, by a long shot.  

That’s the conclusion in the most recent Global Philanthropy Report produced by the Lilly Foundation.   

The US is the highest charitable contributor to other nations, by percentage of gross national income. With a total of $50 billion of philanthropic outflow, Americans contribute 70% of the world’s philanthropic outflow to other nations, whereas it only makes up 4% of the world’s population.

Other generous nations included the UK, Germany, Canada, Switzerland, France, Netherlands, Australia, and South Korea. 

The late Phil Robertson of Duck Dynasty proclaimed Jesus

And finally, Phil Robertson of Duck Dynasty fame has died at the age of 79. His family announced Sunday that he has gone to be with the Lord. 

Willie and Korie Robertson Instagrammed that “He reminded us often of the words of Paul.  ‘You do not grieve like those who have no hope. For we believe that Jesus died and rose again, and so we believe that God will bring with Jesus those who have fallen asleep in Him.’”

Phil said, “When I die, don’t cry. Sing. Dance. But don’t cry when I die.  When I die, you say, ‘He made it!’”

His son and daughter-in-law spoke of the lives who “have been impacted by his life saved by grace, his bold faith, and by his desire to tell everyone who would listen the Good News of Jesus.”

Listen to Phil share his love of evangelism in this excerpt from his Unashamed podcast.

PHIL: “It’s been the most exciting one thing I've ever done in my life.”

WILLIE: “What?”

PHIL: “To see people go from lost to saved.”

WILLIE:  “Oh, that's right!”

PHIL: “It's the most exciting thing I've ever done in my life is being a part of that. The guy that ordered the duck call. That's all he wanted was a duck call. And in the midst of that, he cursed God. ‘G.D. this and G.D. that.’  Before we hung up, he said, ‘You got my duck call coming?’ I said, ‘Yeah, I got it coming.’

“I said, ‘By the way, why do you keep cursing the only One that could save you from death?’ It was silence.  He said, ‘Hey, send me my duck call.’  (Dial tone. He hung up).

“Well, about 10 minutes went by and the phone rang. He said, ‘Hey, it's me again. You know what? I never thought about that.’ I said, ‘Well, you're cursing Him. Unless He can get you out of here alive, I don't know no one else that could. You know what you ought to do. You ought to come over here and I'll tell you about the One you're cursing. You may change your mind.’

He said, ‘I might do that.’ I said, ‘Well, you ought to.’  Well a week goes by, knock on the door, he steps in the door, and he said, ‘I'm the one that was cursing God. And you told me you're going to show me why I shouldn't.’

“So, I told him about Jesus. He was converted. About 15 or 20 years later, I ran into him, and he was one of the leaders at that church where I was speaking. So, you never know.”

The Duck Dynasty reality program aired on A&E between 2012 and 2017. At its peak, the reality program reached 10 million viewers.  Sadly, the network pulled the program after Phil Robertson referred to homosexual behavior as “sinful.” 

Watch the trailer for the movie about Phil called The Blind and rent the movie itself here.

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Armenian Christian details abuses in Iranian prison

Hakop Gochumyan, an Armenian Christian arrested in Iran in 2023 for his Christian faith, recently sent a letter to Christian Solidarity Worldwide detailing abuses he’s endured while imprisoned, reports International Christian Concern. 

In the letter, published on May 9, Gochumyan explained that Iranian authorities have “subjected [him] to psychological violence” and threatened to take his life and the lives of his family. 

Mervyn Thomas, president and founder of Christian Solidarity Worldwide, called for “Gochumiyan’s immediate and unconditional release” and rallied the “international community … to hold Iranian authorities to account” for their human rights abuses. 

Gochumyan was detained just outside of Tehran, in Pardis, in August 2023 and sentenced to 10 years in prison in February 2024. His charges include “engaging in deviant proselytizing activity that contradicts the sacred law of Islam” by allegedly associating with “a network of evangelical Christianity.” 

The couple, along with their two children, were in Iran to visit family and, while attending a dinner at a friend’s house, police arrived, and arrested them. Allegedly, Gochumyan possessed copies of Farsi-language New Testaments, which are banned in Iran, and had attended several churches during his visit. 

Spreading the Gospel of Christ to non-Christians is illegal in Iran. Additionally, possessing Bibles written in Farsi, the nation’s official language, isn’t allowed as it could draw a non-Christian to Jesus. Christian conversion is something the Iranian regime strongly discourages and attempts to dissuade, often through psychological manipulation, overt intimidation, physical abuse, and imprisonment. 

However, the light of Christ continues to shine in the region and cannot be extinguished.

In John 8:12, Jesus said, “I am the light of the world. Whoever follows Me will not walk in darkness, but will have the light of life.”

Trump vows a 25% tariff on iPhones if made in China or India

President Donald Trump vowed to enact “at least” a 25% tariff on iPhones that are not manufactured and built in the United States — in a sharp warning to Apple CEO Tim Cook, reports One America News.

Apple currently manufactures the majority of its iPhones in China, and does not have a domestic smartphone production supply chain.  Apple announced a move to India in an effort to “diversify its supply chain and reduce reliance on China.”

But Trump wants the iPhones built here in America.

Judge overturns Biden rule forcing employers to allow time off for abortions

A federal judge in Louisiana has struck down regulations that would have forced most U.S. employers to provide pregnant workers with time off to kill their babies by abortion, reports LifeNews.com.

Issued Wednesday by U.S. District Judge David Joseph, the ruling invalidated a provision of the Equal Employment Opportunity Commission’s regulations under the Pregnant Workers Fairness Act, which had been pushed during the Biden administration.

Initially, the Pregnant Workers Fairness Act, which passed with bipartisan support in December 2022, was designed to ensure that employers, with 15 or more employees, provide reasonable accommodations for pregnant workers, such as time off for medical appointments or relief from heavy lifting.

However, the Biden administration, to its shame, twisted the initial intent of the law to classify abortion as a “related medical condition” to pregnancy and childbirth. That forced pro-life employers to facilitate the termination of unborn lives against their moral and religious convictions.

Alaskan volcano could blow

Located 80 miles from Anchorage, Alaska, Mount Spurr is about to blow, reports the Alaska Volcano Observatory. The last time it blew was 1992.

If you're picturing massive lava flows, think again, explains Canadian Broadcasting Corporation.  The biggest threat will actually be the ash which could reach as high as 50,000 feet into the sky, according to DailyGalaxy.com.   

Volcanic ash could blanket Anchorage. If the eruption happens during daylight, the ash cloud could block out the sun for hours, plunging the area into total darkness. Ash is dangerous to breathe. It damages cars and machinery and can disrupt daily life.  

And then there's air travel. Ash could rise high into the atmosphere, and the tiny glass-like particles, can reharden inside jet engines, posing a serious threat.

Since Alaska's airspace is a major route for Trans Pacific flights, this eruption could affect a lot more people than just those in Anchorage, including flights from Toronto to Seoul or Hong Kong to Memphis.

Psalm 95:4-5 reminds us that God, Who created Mount Spurr, is in control. “In His hand are the depths of the Earth, and the mountain peaks belong to Him. The sea is His, for He made it, and His hands formed the dry land.”

Tapper confessed: Conservative media was right about Biden’s decline

And finally, in an intriguing interview with Megyn Kelly, CNN’s Jake Tapper confessed that “conservative media was right” about Biden’s dramatic mental decline. Tapper’s new book is entitled, Original Sin: President Biden's Decline, Its Cover-Up, and His Disastrous Choice to Run Again.

Listen.

KELLY: “Leading up to the debate which you anchored, that June 27 debate, 2024 there was a ton of news leading into that debate in that month. We looked back at your coverage and found that you ignored the freeze up that he had at the Juneteenth Celebration. You ignored what happened at the G7 when he, [Biden], wandered off and Giorgia Meloni, Prime Minister of Italy, had to go find him."

TAPPER: “Megyn,”

KELLY: “You ignored the freeze up at the George Clooney L.A. fundraiser. You didn't cover it. You only covered it after the debate, after George Clooney wrote his op-ed. Your network at every turn was telling us those were, ‘cheap fakes.’  And you're not combating that narrative. CNN was actively misleading us on what our very eyes were showing us. That's the truth. That's the record.”

TAPPER: “I will acknowledge that after I was named co-moderator of the [presidential] debate, I tried to make sure that my coverage was fairly vanilla, both about Trump and about Biden, because I just wanted to get to the debate. I remember that moment, the glitch at the immigration event, and not getting much attention outside of conservative media at all.

“Alex and I are here to say the conservative media was right and conservative media was correct. There should be a lot of soul searching, not just among me, but among the legacy media to begin with, all of us, for how this was covered or not covered sufficiently. 100%. I mean, I'm not here to defend coverage that I've already acknowledged I wish I could do differently.”

Prior to the release of this book, CNN’s Jake Tapper, in his refusal to tell the truth about Biden’s mental decline, did not heed the commandment found in Exodus 20:16. It says, “You shall not bear false witness.”

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Nigerian Muslims killed 23 farmers and fishermen

On May 15th, armed fighters from a terrorist group, called the Islamic State West Africa Province, killed 23 farmers and fishermen in Nigeria’s Borno State, reports International Christian Concern.

The victims, mostly bean farmers from Gwoza, had traveled to the area to work on land under insurgent control.

Eighteen other people were abducted during the attack, and their whereabouts remain unknown.

More German youth believe in personal God than their elders

The Youth in Germany study shows that 31% of 14 to 29-year-olds believe in a personal God, compared to 25% of 30 to 49-year-olds, and 24% of 50 to 69-year-olds, reports Evangelical Focus.

2 Israeli Embassy officials murdered in Washington, D.C.

Two staff members of the Israeli Embassy in Washington D.C. — a young couple on the verge of becoming engaged — were fatally shot Wednesday evening at 9:15pm while leaving a Young Diplomats Reception on humanitarian aid, hosted by the American Jewish Committee at the Capital Jewish Museum.

Paige Siegel was an attendee that night.

SIEGEL: “The event ends around nine o'clock, and at 9:07 I hear a first batch of gunshots go off, like, right outside. And this was an event that you had to register in advance for. You had to check in with your ID. You had to get wanded. There was security. The first round of gunshots go off. And I was like, those were gunshots.”

Elias Rodriguez, age 31, of Chicago shouted “Free Palestine” as he was led away after his arrest, according to charging documents.  

According to the New York Post, Rodriguez posted “Death to Israel” and “Death to America” as well as praise for the health care CEO killer Luigi Mangione.

Israeli Foreign Minister Gideon Sa’ar identified the victims as Yaron Lischinsky and Sarah Milgrim.

Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu addressed the tragedy.

NETANYAHU: “Yaron had just bought an engagement ring for Sarah. He was planning to give it to her in Jerusalem next week. They were planning to start a new and happy life together. Well, that tragically did not happen.

“Yaron and Sarah weren't the victims of a random crime. The terrorist who cruelly gunned them down did so for one reason and one reason alone. He wanted to kill Jews. And as he was taken away, he chanted, ‘Free, Palestine!’ This is exactly the same chant we heard on October 7th.

“On that day, thousands of terrorists stormed into Israel from Gaza. They beheaded men, they raped women, they burned babies alive, they butchered 1,200 innocent people, and took 251 innocent people hostage to the dungeons of Gaza.

“A short time afterwards, Chancellor [Olaf] Scholz of Germany visited Israel, and after he saw the horrors, he said to me, ‘These Hamas terrorists are exactly like the Nazis!’ He was right.”

Yaron was not only eager to propose to Sarah next week, but was excited to return to Israel to be with his family for the Jewish holiday of Shavuot.

Ron Prosor, a teacher at Israel’s Reichman University, described Yaron this way. “He was a Christian, a true lover of Israel, served in the [Israel Defense Forces], and chose to dedicate his life to the State of Israel and the Zionist cause.”

Siegel, one of the young Israelis at the event, expressed anxiety.

SIEGEL: “I don't know how, how Jewish people can be protected in America right now. I mean, this is just crazy. There were security guards all over the building. What else can we do to protect ourselves?”

Jeanine Pirro, the interim U.S. attorney for the District of Columbia, said, “Violence against anyone based on their religion is an act of cowardice. It is not an act of a hero. Antisemitism will not be tolerated, especially in the nation’s capital.”

Department of Government Efficiency saved $170 billion

The Department of Government Efficiency has saved the American people $170 billion by cutting waste, abuse, and fraud.

That’s a savings per taxpayer of $1,055.90.

House DEFUNDED Planned Parenthood by a single vote

And finally, just before 7:00am on Thursday, May 22nd, the House passed the budget bill with a 10-year ban on funding Planned Parenthood, 215-214, with one member voting present. Now this bill heads to the Senate, reports LifeNews.com.

In light of the fact that Planned Parenthood killed 402,230 baby boys and girls last year with $792 million of taxpayer money, that’s extraordinary!

Leading up to that vote, the U.S. House Rules Committee convened a hearing, working tirelessly to finish negotiations on amendments to the budget bill. This hearing continued for more than 21 hours straight!

High-ranking Democrats, who were not even on the committee, were paraded through the committee hearing, one by one, to propose amendments to the funding bill. Some of these members included Democrat Minority Leader Hakeem Jeffries, Democrat House Whip Katherine Clark, and even former House Speaker Nancy Pelosi.

One of the top issues Democrats pressed for hours was increasing welfare with no work requirements — and continued funding for Planned Parenthood, reports Liberty Council Action.

Minority Leader Jeffries claimed that this was “the largest cut to health care in American history.” Newsflash — killing children is not “health care.”

Isaiah 59:7 describes the Democrats’ perspective on life in the womb to a “t.” “Their feet rush into sin; they are swift to shed innocent blood. They pursue evil schemes; acts of violence mark their ways.”

This passage of the bill in the House is a huge victory​! We must ​keep up the intensity to pass this bill in the Senate. Call your two Senators at 202-224-3121 today. This battle to defund Planned Parenthood has been lost previously in the Senate or in reconciliation the House and Senate versions afterwards. Sadly, the Senate has strong advocates for Planned Parenthood.

On May 22nd, House Speaker Mike Johnson vowed, “We’re going to get it [to Trump’s desk] by Independence Day, July 4th!”

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By Jonathan Clark

Pakistani Muslim man abducted, forcibly converted, and “married” Christian teen

A Christian 15-year-old girl in Pakistan reunited with her parents yesterday after being abducted five months ago.

A 29-year-old Muslim man, Muhammad Anees, kidnapped her with four other men from her aunt’s home, forcibly converted her to Islam, and married her. The girl suffered abuse for months and is now pregnant. 

Attorney Hanif Hameed told Morning Star News, “This is a clear case of false conversion and fake marriage to cover the crime of abduction and rape.”

Sadly, such cases are increasing in the South Asian country. Pakistan is ranked eighth on the Open Doors’ World Watch List of nations where it is most difficult to be a Christian. 

Billy Graham Association to host evangelism meeting in Germany

The Billy Graham Evangelistic Association is hosting the largest meeting on evangelism in 25 years in Berlin, Germany later this month.

It’s the same location that Rev. Billy Graham held the first World Congress on Evangelism in 1966.

Evangelist Franklin Graham is focusing the upcoming event on the church in Europe. Listen to his comments to CBN News.

GRAHAM: “We want to ignite a fire in Europe to where there's an excitement for evangelism and the churches are willing to be bold and not ashamed of the Gospel.

“We've got Ukrainian churches coming. We have churches coming from Russia. You know, some say, ‘These countries are at war.’  Yes, they are, but the Gospel is more powerful than any of that stuff.”

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.”

Trump announces “Golden Dome” missile defense system

U.S. President Donald Trump announced plans for a $175 billion missile defense system on Tuesday.

U.S. Space Force General Michael Guetlein is leading the project, known as the “Golden Dome.” 

Trump said the system should be completed in about three years.

Defunding Planned Parenthood remains in Trump's budget bill

A handful of conservative Republicans, who hesitated to support Trump’s “big, beautiful bill,” appear ready to support the massive package after a furious pressure campaign from President Trump and Speaker Mike Johnson, reports The Hill.

After meeting with Trump at the White House on Wednesday afternoon, and then huddling together afterward on Capitol Hill, the members of the conservative Freedom Caucus emerged to say they’re on the cusp of supporting the package — if a laundry list of changes promised by the White House is reflected in the final proposal.

Their newfound enthusiasm appears to stem from assurances Trump and Johnson made during the White House meeting, including a promise from the president to issue more executive orders addressing some of the spending concerns the conservatives couldn’t secure in the legislation, and expanding the rollback of green energy tax credits enacted in the Democrats’ 2022 Inflation Reduction Act. 

The bill seeks to deliver on Trump’s key campaign promises, including making permanent Trump’s 2017 tax cuts and eliminating taxes on tips. 

And, thanks in part to the calls of Worldview listeners, the defunding of Planned Parenthood remains in the bill.

Court: Florida should require parental consent for a minor’s abortion

Last Friday, a federal appeals court ruled against a Florida law that allows minors to get abortions without parental consent.

A three-judge panel of the U.S. Fifth District Court of Appeals ruled that the law was unconstitutional and violated parental rights.

The decision stated, “Whatever asserted constitutional abortion rights may have justified Florida’s [law] in the past unequivocally have been repudiated by both the U.S. Supreme Court and the Florida Supreme Court.”

Married, employed, church-attending people happier

Harvard University recently published their Global Flourishing Study which surveyed 200,000 people across 22 countries over the past five years.

The study found people experienced higher levels of wellbeing when married, employed, and attending religious services.

Professor Tyler VanderWeele led the research. He noted, “Religious service attendance was one of the factors most consistently associated with present or subsequent wellbeing, across countries and across outcomes.”

Anniversary of First Council of Nicaea

And finally, this month marks the anniversary of the First Council of Nicaea, 1,700 years ago.

In May A.D. 325, about 300 Christian leaders convened in the city of Nicaea, located in modern-day Turkey. 

The council dealt with the doctrine of the Trinity. In particular, the church at the time had to refute the heresy of Arianism, which denied that Jesus is fully and eternally divine. 

The council went on to affirm the Trinity and Christ as fully God in the Nicene Creed. It is recited by churches worldwide to this day. 

The creed affirms there is “one Lord Jesus Christ, the only-begotten Son of God, begotten of the Father before all worlds; God of God, Light of Light, very God of very God; begotten, not made, being of one substance with the Father, by Whom all things were made.”

John 1:1 and 4 says, “In the beginning was the Word, and the Word was with God, and the Word was God. ... In Him was life, and the life was the light of men.”

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British national Muslim fighters committed war crimes

A recent report from the U.K. parliament found that hundreds of Islamic fighters have returned to England without facing prosecution.

British nationals joined the Islamic State in Iraq and Syria between 2014 and 2019. The group targeted religious minorities and committed many war crimes. Since then, over 400 Islamic State fighters have returned to the U.K. However, the country’s government has not prosecuted any of them for international crimes.

Christians have faced high levels of persecution from Islamic fighters in Iraq and Syria. Both countries are ranked on the Open Doors’ World Watch List of nations where it is most dangerous to be a Christian. 

Ecclesiastes 8:11-12 says, “Because the sentence against an evil work is not executed speedily, therefore the heart of the sons of men is fully set in them to do evil. Though a sinner does evil a hundred times, and his days are prolonged, yet I surely know that it will be well with those who fear God, who fear before Him.”

Trump to Putin: “When are we going to end this bloodbath?”

U.S. President Donald Trump spoke with Russian President Vladimir Putin about the war in Ukraine on Monday.

Trump said Russia and Ukraine would immediately start negotiations toward a ceasefire. He noted that the new Roman Catholic pope, Leo XIV, has offered to host the talks at the Vatican.

President Trump warned that the United States would back out of the situation if both sides can’t reach an agreement.

Listen.

TRUMP: “I said, ‘When are we going to end this Vladimir?’ I've known him for a long time now. I said, ‘When are we going to end this blood bath?’ It's a blood bath. I think it'd be great to have it at the Vatican. There's tremendous bitterness, anger, and I think maybe that could help some of that anger.”

Trump dropped $37 million fine against Christian University

The Trump administration dropped a $37 million fine against the largest Christian university in America

Initially, Biden’s Department of Education leveled the fine against Grand Canyon University.

Brian Mueller, the president of the university, said, “The facts clearly support our contention that we were wrongly accused of misleading our Doctoral students and we appreciate the recognition that those accusations were without merit.”

Ellen Keast, an Education Department spokeswoman, noted, “Unlike the previous administration, we will not persecute and prosecute colleges and universities based on their religious affiliation.”

FDA discouraging young, healthy Americans from getting COVID shot

On Tuesday, the U.S. Food and Drug Administration announced new rules for its approval of COVID-19 shots.

The FDA said it will require more research before approving yearly COVID-19 boosters for young, healthy Americans. 

The shots will still be approved for adults over 65 and for people with health problems that put them at higher risk.

FDA officials noted, “The FDA will approve vaccines for high-risk persons and, at the same time, demand robust, gold-standard data on persons at low risk.”

Man kills self, injured 4 outside in vitro clinic

On Saturday, a car bomb was detonated outside an in vitro fertilization clinic called the American Reproductive Center in Los Angeles. 

The blast killed 25-year-old suspect Guy Edward Bartkus and injured four other people. The in vitro fertilization facility was damaged, but the embryos stored inside were saved.

Bartkus reportedly left behind a manifesto on a website. In it, he said he wanted to start “a war against pro-lifers” and “begin the process of sterilizing this planet of the disease of life.”

Urge 19 Republican Congressmen to DEFUND Planned Parenthood

Today, the House Rules Committee will have a hearing and vote on President Trump’s “big, beautiful bill” to determine what budget items go to the House floor. If even a single amendment is added, the momentum we’ve built to stop funding Planned Parenthood and Big Abortion could vanish, reports Liberty Counsel Action.

Three moderate House Republicans are carrying the water for Planned Parenthood and pushing House leaders to continue funding the Murder Giant. Those three pro-abortion Republican Representatives include Mike Lawler (R-NY), Jen Kiggans (R-VA), and Brian Fitzpatrick (R-PA). These members are exerting significant pressure on House leadership to give up defunding Planned Parenthood and Big Abortion.

There are 19 key Republicans in leadership who need to hear from us. I’ve listed them in our transcript today along with a 3-sentence message you could read when you call today at www.TheWorldview.com.  Do not hesitate to leave a voicemail. Call as many of them as you can as early as you can!

Email me at [email protected] to let me know how many Congressmen you and your family members called.

SAMPLE CALL: “I am calling to urge Representative _______ to defund Planned Parenthood. Nearly 60 percent of Americans oppose tax-funded abortion.  If a majority oppose it, then Congress should not fund it. Thank you!”

Kay Arthur, who showed how to study the Bible, died at 91

And finally, Kay Arthur, the beloved co-founder of Precept Ministries International and a pioneering advocate for inductive Bible study, died yesterday in Chattanooga, Tennessee, according to the Roys Report. She was 91.

In an announcement on the Precept website, her ministry said,  Kay “will be remembered for her love for the Lord, His Word, and His people.”

A prolific author, Arthur wrote more than 100 books and Bible studies over her lifetime including her bestseller, Lord, Teach Me to Study the Bible in 28 Days. 

ARTHUR: “People need to discover truth for themselves because God promises in His word that He has given us everything that pertains, not only to life, but also to godliness, so that we might be fitted for every good work, so that nothing can come our way and throw us.

“God is doing a work in their lives because the only text that they are looking at is the Bible, which is alive and powerful and sharper than any two-edged sword. It's a discerner of the thoughts and intents of the heart. It is a light unto our path. It's the very Word by which we live. It's the Sword by which we stand against the enemy."

She often said, “When you know what God says, what He means, and how to put His truths into practice, you will be equipped for every circumstance of life.”

Through Precept’s inductive Bible study method—teaching believers to observe, interpret, and apply Scripture—Arthur equipped millions around the world to study the Bible for themselves.  Indeed, the ministry was heard in 150 countries in 70 different languages.

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By Kevin Swanson

Fulani Muslim killed 15 unarmed Nigerian Christians

On Saturday, May 17th, armed Fulani Muslim militia opened fire on Agatu Christians in Benue State, Nigeria, killing 15 unarmed men.

Throughout that North Central region, the Fulani have also killed 159 Christian residents over the last 40 days, according to TruthNigeria.com.  

Pray for Christians in Nigeria, suffering the most severe violence in the world today.

Romania turns left after election interference

On Sunday, Romania has taken the centrist-left position with the election of a new president named Nicușor Dan.

Dan is supportive of Romania’s participation in the European Union, and has made moves to approve the homosexual/transgender movement in his country.

The more conservative candidate, George-Nicolae Simion, lost the election in a vote of 54% to 46%.

Romania is the second largest Eastern European country by population.  The mainstream media is interpreting this election as an international rejection of the Trump agenda. 

The back story is that Călin Georgescu, the conservative in the first round of the Romanian presidential election last December, garnered the most votes among the six presidential candidates at that time. After his opponents claimed that Russia had influenced the election through TikTok accounts, Romanian government officials detained Georgescu, canceled that election, and re-set it for May 18th.  Tens of thousands of Romanians protested in the streets back in March.

At the time, Elon Musk said, “They just arrested the person who won the most votes in the Romanian presidential election. This is messed up.”

Most and least benevolent countries

The least benevolent countries are Afghanistan, Yemen, Egypt, Jordan, and Morocco. 

Biden announces advanced prostate cancer

Former President Joe Biden has been diagnosed with an "aggressive form" of prostate cancer that has spread to his bones, reports CBS News.

On Sunday, President Trump posted on social media that he and First Lady Melania Trump are "saddened to hear about Joe Biden's recent medical diagnosis."

Appearing on MSNBC’s “Morning Joe” on Monday, former Obama health advisor Dr. Zeke Emanuel said the cancer is so advanced, he has had it for many years.

SCARBOROUGH: “Doesn't it take some time for prostate cancer to develop to a point where it would spread to the bones?”

EMANUEL: “He's had this for many years, maybe even a decade, growing there and spreading.”

Dr. Emanuel explained how serious Biden’s prostate cancer truly is.

EMANUEL: “That Gleason score, that score is from 2 up to 10, and he's at a 9. That means that the cancer doesn't look normal. It looks very abnormal.”

Appearing on Fox News with Jesse Waters, talk show host Hugh Hewitt was incredulous.

HEWITT: “This is the fourth time, in a little over 100 years, that a Democratic president -- Woodrow Wilson, FDR, John F. Kennedy and now Joe Biden, have hidden crucial details about their health as Commander-in-Chief from the American people. Ronald Reagan did not do that.

“And it just astonishes me that in a free republic, we have to worry about our leaders telling us whether they're healthy or not.”

Supremes allows Trump to revoke protection for thousands of illegal Venezuelans

On Monday, the U.S. Supreme Court issued a ruling allowing the Trump administration to deport 350,000 Venezuelans who are presently living in the U.S. on what they call a “humanitarian parole,” reports NBC News.

Christian camp sues over foolish transgender mandates

The Colorado Department of Early Childhood has refused to grant the camp a religious exemption concerning its transgender policies. This would require the camp to allow boys, pretending to be girls, to sleep, shower, and dress with female campers.

The camp has sued the state, with representation from Alliance Defending Freedom. The camp disciples 2,500 to 3,000 students each year with the mission to “win souls to Jesus Christ through the spreading of the Gospel.” 

Camp Idrahaje has complied with all regulations until this year when the Colorado government officials released new gender identity rules that became effective on February 14, 2025.

96% of atheists embrace homosexual/transgender agenda

The most likely group in America to support the homosexual/transgender agenda are atheists with 96% professing support.  By contrast, 70% of white Evangelical Protestants oppose the lifestyle.

Mother loses right to disciple daughter

Liberty Counsel is defending a mother in the state of Maine who has lost the right to guide the religious upbringing of her 11-year-old girl in a custody case.  This includes taking her daughter to Calvary Chapel services on Sunday.  

A state district judge has ruled against the mother, citing “The ‘fear mongering,’ paranoia, and anxiety taught by Calvary Chapel has, more likely than not, already had an impact on [the daughter’s] childhood development.”  

Expert testimony concluded that Calvary Chapel is a cult, the church’s pastor a “charismatic” speaker, who spoke “authoritatively” in his messages, and that he asserted his messages were objective truth.  

Liberty Counsel is appealing the case to the Maine Supreme Court.

Housing prices sag

Since June 2022, housing prices are sagging in some metro areas around the U.S. — 22.8% in the Austin market, 9.9% in the Phoenix market, 9.2% in the San Francisco market, 9.1% in the San Antonio Market, 7.3% in the Denver market, and 6.7% in the Dallas Market.

The Consumer Price Index has also risen about 10% over that period of time.

Moody’s downgraded America’s financial rating

Moody’s has downgraded the U.S. as a long-term issuer of bonds by one notch, ending a perfect rating for America over the last 108 years.  No longer does the U.S, government get a Aaa rating, the highest level available. Now, it’s an Aa1.

Moody’s noted that the downgrade "reflects the increase over more than a decade in government debt and interest payment ratios to levels that are significantly higher than similarly rated sovereigns.”

The rating organization added that: “Successive U.S. administrations and Congress have failed to agree on measures to reverse the trend of large annual fiscal deficits and growing interest costs.”  

Another independent rating service, named Fitch, downgraded the United States in 2023. 

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By Adam McManus

Catholic man brutally beaten to death

On May 12th, Muslims in Pakistan, including a former police officer, tortured a Catholic laborer to death over an accusation he had stolen a cell phone, reports Morning Star News.

Riyasat Masih from the Punjab Province, said that his 35-year-old brother, Kashif Masih, worked on the agricultural property of former police inspector Malik Irfan for the last three years.

Before the Catholic man succumbed to his injuries, he revealed that the former police inspector ordered his seven accomplices to beat him till he confessed. Tragically, they tortured him with wooden clubs and iron bars, hitting him indiscriminately all over his body. Most brutally, they even hammered several steel nails into his legs.

Riyasat, a surviving brother, said, “I cannot express the pain when I saw my younger brother’s body. The bruise marks showed the brutality he had suffered at the hands of his influential employer and his goons.”

Please pray that justice would be done and these Pakistani Muslims are held accountable.

Exodus 20:13 says, “You shall not murder.”

Mexican sailing ship crashed into Brooklyn Bridge

Mexican sailors were seen dangling from a navy ship’s main mast moments after the ship smashed into the Brooklyn Bridge, reports The Daily Mail.

The sailors had been standing atop the Cuauhtémoc's 150-foot masts in the lead up to the ship striking the iconic structure on Saturday as part of a traditional greeting. 

The massive Navy vessel, reportedly carrying nearly 300 passengers, hit the New York City bridge, triggering a colossal rescue response and leaving two dead and dozens more severely injured.  

In multiple eyewitness videos, the towering masts are seen snapping and partially collapsing as they crash into the bridge's deck. Sailors perched high above are thrown into chaos, with some seen clinging to the shattered beams high up in the air.

It was not clear how the ship’s captain had not realized that the 150-foot height of the ship was taller than the bridge’s deck which was 127 feet above the water.

Urge your Congressman to vote to defund Planned Parenthood

In its 2023-2024 annual report, Planned Parenthood revealed that it killed more U.S. babies than ever before, ​t​aking the lives of 402,230​ boys and girls in the womb. ​

Even the New York Times and NPR are now acknowledging that Planned Parenthood is harmful and abusing taxpayer dollars. A grisly New York Times story from February 2025 features atrocious conditions at Planned Parenthood like botched abortions and leaking sewage. Shockingly, 5 women have died because of Planned Parenthood when they sought abortions. 

Worse yet, American taxpayers were forced to fund $792 MILLION of this murderous mayhem – an increase of $100 million from the year before.

With a GOP trifecta in Washington, it's time American taxpayers defunded Big Abortion!

Thankfully, President Trump is committed to ending taxpayer-funded abortion. 

It is the president’s hope that his “big, beautiful bill” being debated in the House reconciliation process will defund Planned Parenthood. The challenge is that pro-lifers need every House Republican to pass the bill.

After the bill failed to get out of the Budget Committee on Friday morning, May 16th in a 16-21 vote because some Republicans, like Rep. Chip Roy of Texas, didn't think it cut enough money from other sectors of the budget, House Majority Leader Steve Scalise claimed that the House WILL defund Planned Parenthood in a bill that would (a) get out of the Budget Committee and (b) pass the House in a floor vote this week, reports LifeNews.com.

Call your Representative at 202-224-3121 and urge him or her to defund Planned Parenthood.  That’s 202-224-3121. You can make that call any time of the day or night.  Please email me at [email protected] to let me know you made this important call.

Proverbs 24:11 says, “Rescue those being led away to death; hold back those staggering toward slaughter"

Colorado transgender law tramples parental rights

And finally, for weeks, the Colorado legislature has been debating whether or not to pass HB25-1312, the so-called “Protections for Transgender Individuals” act.  The state is especially hostile to a parent who is guilty of so-called “deadnaming” or “misgendering” their child.

“Deadnaming” is calling a person, pretending to be the opposite sex, by their given birth name. And “misgendering” is when someone refers to the transgender person with pronouns which reflect their actual biological sex instead of the one they are pretending to be.

This law, which sadly received majority votes in the Colorado House and Senate in early May, was just signed into law on Friday, May 16th by Colorado Democratic Governor Jared Polis, a homosexual who is in a faux marriage with his so-called husband.  Now, the courts have been empowered to literally remove children from their parents who do not affirm their child’s gender confusion, especially in child custody cases.

To his credit, Republican Colorado State Representative Jarvis Caldwell offered an amendment to HR 25-1312 that said public schools had to have parental consent to allow a student to change his or her name in school. Sadly, it was defeated. 

Listen to his passionate plea on May 6th.

CALDWELL: “I ran an amendment that said you have to have parental consent to change your name in school if you are a child, and that amendment was defeated. Now let me be clear to the members in here.

“In my family, names have a meaning. There's a tradition there. I named my children. Who are any of you to tell me that my child can go to school and change their name without my even knowledge? Who are any of you to say that?

“I gave them their names. I was there when they were born. I was there when they said their first words and took their first steps. I was there on their first day of school. I will be there on their last day of school. I will be there when they have children of their own, and they name their children. And God willing, my children will be by my side as I lay on my deathbed and take my last breaths on this Earth. Not a single person in this room will be.

“Stop putting yourselves, the government, between us parents and our children. We are sick and tired of it. It's not about hating trans people. It's about putting yourselves in between us and our kids. That's why we have fought this bill.

“We received thousands of emails, thousands of phone calls, not because thousands of people around Colorado hate trans people. It's because they're sick of the bills we're passing infringing on their rights. This perhaps may be the most egregious we've seen so far. That's why we feel this way. It is not about hate. It is about love, the love I have for my kids.”

May the Lord raise up more Jarvis Caldwells, true Christian statesmen, to represent Biblical values in our legislatures.

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By Adam McManus

Nigerian Muslims kill 2 Christian teachers

Boko Haram Muslim terrorists recently targeted Christians traveling near a Nigerian army base along the deadly Damboa–Maiduguri highway, reports International Christian Concern.

On May 12th, two Christian teachers were killed and several others were injured when their vehicle struck an improvised explosive device allegedly planted by the Islamic terror group. Blessing Luka and Gideon Bitterleaf were both devoted Christian educators with the Damboa Local Education Authority.

Pray that these Muslim murderers will be held accountable.

Genesis 9:6 says, "Whoever sheds human blood, by humans shall their blood be shed; for in the image of God has God made mankind."

More children in United Kingdom have gender dysphoria

Soaring numbers of children in England and Wales are waiting for specialist gender care from the National Health Service -- as youngsters of any age are now eligible for referral after the health service “caved to the pressure” of transgender activists to remove age limits, reports The Daily Mail and World Magazine.

Average waiting times have grown to more than two years for a confused child to get a first appointment at a specialist health service clinic, with 157 of those aged under ten. There were 6,225 confused kids on the national waiting list at the end of March. That’s up 12 per cent from the same point a year earlier.

Young children believed to have gender dysphoria are generally given counselling and therapy with their family, but thankfully no longer prescribed hormone treatments. 

Indeed, Britain’s National Health Service has moved away from a “medical model” in favor of a “holistic” approach to children's gender care, as per recommendations from the Cass Review. Puberty blockers are no longer prescribed to children for the treatment of gender dysphoria, after a ban last year was made permanent in December.

Former FBI Director calls for Trump’s assassination

Former FBI Director James Comey is facing massive backlash after he posted a photo on his Instagram page calling for the assassination of President Donald Trump, reports Christian Talk show host Todd Starnes.

An image of seashells that had been arranged on the beach to spell “86 47” was posted on Comey’s personal Instagram account. The number “86” is code for killing someone. And, of course, “47” refers to the fact that Donald Trump is the 47th president of the United States.

Comey wrote, “Cool shell formation on my beach walk.”

Homeland Security Secretary Kristi Noem tweeted, “Disgraced former FBI Director James Comey just called for the assassination of President Trump. [the Department of Homeland Security] and Secret Service is investigating this threat and will respond appropriately.”

And Republican Senator Tommy Tuberville of Alabama tweeted, “This is a direct THREAT against President Trump, who has already survived two assassination attempts. BEYOND despicable. James Comey MUST face consequences.”

RFK Jr. agrees to examine the dangers of Abortion Kill Pill

A recent study by the Ethics and Public Policy Center on the Abortion Kill Pill, mifepristone, showed that 11% of women experience adverse effects serious enough to send them to the Emergency Room. That’s 22 times higher than what the Food and Drug Administration claims.  

Appearing before the Senate Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions Committee on May 15th, Health and Human Services Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr. agreed to a comprehensive review and relabeling of Mifepristone in response to a pointed question from Republican Senator Josh Hawley of Missouri, reports The Guardian.

Listen.

HAWLEY: “There's been a major study by the Ethics and Public Policy Center of 865,727 prescribed cases of mifepristone abortions, chemical abortions, between 2017 and 2023. This data shows the biggest study on mifepristone done, I think, ever, and it showed that nearly 11% of women experience very serious adverse health effects to include sepsis, hemorrhaging, infection, of course, emergency room visits. That rate is 22 times higher than the FDA’s current label which says it's just 0.5 the incidence of serious adverse health events.

“So, my question to you is this: You previously testified at the committee that you would do a top-to-bottom review of mifepristone. Do you continue to stand by that? And don't you think that this new data shows the need to do a review is, in fact, very pressing?”

KENNEDY: “It's alarming, and clearly it indicates that, at very least, the label should be changed. I've asked Marty Makary, who's the director of FDA, to do a complete review and to report back.”

HAWLEY: “Good!”

South Carolina Supreme Court affirms Heartbeat Law

The South Carolina Supreme Court ruled that the state may enforce its heartbeat-based abortion ban, rejecting an argument by Planned Parenthood to weaken the law, reports LifeSiteNews.com.

Enacted in 2023, the law effectively bans most abortions after about six weeks gestation.

South Carolina Republican Governor Henry McMaster told the Daily Wire, “Time and time again, we have defended the right to life in South Carolina, and time and time again, we have prevailed. Today’s ruling is another clear and decisive victory that will ensure the lives of countless unborn children remain protected and that South Carolina continues to lead the charge in defending the sanctity of life.”

Psalm 127:3 says, "Children are a heritage from the Lord, the fruit of the womb a reward."

Christian band under fire by atheists and superintendent

And finally, a popular Christian band is under fire from atheists along with Davidson County Schools in North Carolina, reports Blue Ridge Broadcasting.

The 3 Heath Brothers band had been invited to host an anti-bullying event at Hasty Elementary School. Their performance included a number of songs that mentioned God. Afterwards, they gave the kids a devotional pamphlet that included Bible verses.

The Freedom From Religion Foundation was enraged over the performance and accused the school of being a recruiting ground for Christianity.

The God-hating attorney, Madeline Ziegler, wrote, “The district cannot allow non-school persons to treat schools as a recruiting ground for their religious mission.  Public schools are not an appropriate place for outside adults to convince students to convert to Christianity.”

Sadly, the School Superintendent Gregg Slate was just as horrified with the Christian band and wrote a lengthy letter of apology to the atheists. But then, the school district went a step further. They had the audacity to demand that the 3 Heath Brothers remove video of the event from their social media pages. A bizarre request indeed.

School officials claim they were duped. But Nicholas Heath of the 3 Heath Brothers denied that there was any proselytizing or worship service at the event.

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By Jonathan Clark

1,518 executions worldwide in 2024

A report from Amnesty International found there were 1,518 executions around the world last year. That’s up 32 percent from 2023.

Nations with the most documented executions include Iran, Saudi Arabia, and Iraq. 

These numbers do not include executions in China, North Korea, and Vietnam. China is considered to be the world’s leading executioner, with potentially thousands of executions last year.

All of these countries are ranked on the Open Doors’ World Watch List of nations where it is most difficult to be a Christian. 

British city council no longer bans street preachers

A local government district in England has backed down from banning street preachers.

Back in March, Rushmoor Borough Council sought to criminalize street preaching, praying for people, singing, or handing out Bibles.

Local churches, supported by the Christian Legal Centre, opposed the plan. Thankfully, the council backed down. 

Jamie Broadey, a local evangelist, said, “Since we found out about the injunction and asked for prayer, we have been contacted by Christians from across the UK. The issue is uniting preachers and Christians and we are prepared to challenge this as far as need be to prevent the Gospel being criminalized.”

Acts 5:29 says, “But Peter and the other apostles answered and said: ‘We ought to obey God rather than men.’”

$1.2 trillion economic package with Qatar

United States President Donald Trump is visiting countries in the Middle East this week.

Yesterday, he signed an agreement with Qatar that would generate an economic exchange worth at least $1.2 trillion. This includes an historic sale of Boeing aircraft and GE Aerospace engines to Qatar Airways worth $96 billion. 

Trump budget insists on work requirements for Medicaid

This week, Republicans in the U.S. House of Representatives unveiled the “big, beautiful bill,” as the president calls it, to advance Trump’s agenda. 

The bill includes tax breaks, spending cuts, and border security. 

Notably, the measure would cut $900 billion from Medicaid spending. It would also require many people to prove they are working, volunteering, or pursuing education to be eligible for Medicaid.

Listen to comments by House Speaker Mike Johnson.

JOHNSON: “We are protecting Medicaid for the people who need and deserve it. This program is an essential lifeline for our most vulnerable Americans: pregnant women, single mothers, low income seniors, the disabled. That's who Medicaid is intended to be for, and that's who we're protecting while we're eliminating fraud, waste and abuse to improve Medicaid.

“These are reforms to restore and preserve the system so that it doesn't collapse on itself. That means ensuring illegal aliens don't get coverage meant for Americans in need. It means implementing work requirements to ensure that adults who can work, but refuse to, cannot keep cheating the system. We're going to continue to call this out.”

Trump’s bill defunds Planned Parenthood

The “big, beautiful bill” from Republicans also paves the way for defunding Planned Parenthood.

The legislation would bar federal funds from going to prohibited entities that perform abortions in many cases.

The measure would also cut taxpayer funding for transgender surgeries for minors. 

U.S. drug overdose deaths down

Drug overdose deaths in the United States declined last year.

The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention reports 80,000 people died from overdoses in 2024. That’s down 27 percent from 2023. It’s the largest drop in overdose deaths on record.

However, overdose deaths are still higher now than they were before the COVID-19 pandemic. 

Inflation down and egg prices down

Annual inflation was lower than expected last month.

The consumer price index rose 0.2 percent in April. That put the 12-month inflation rate at 2.3 percent. Inflation is now the lowest it’s been since 2021.

Notably, egg prices fell by over 12 percent. However, they’re still up about 50 percent compared to a year ago.

Worldwide Bible engagement update

And finally, the American Bible Society released the second chapter of its State of the Bible USA 2025 report. 

The chapter looks at Bible engagement around the world. 

People are most actively engaged and committed to the Bible in areas that are majority Christian like Latin America and Sub-Saharan Africa. 

Interestingly, people are the most receptive to new ideas and other religions in Muslim-majority areas like North Africa, the Middle East, and Central Asia. 

The greatest indifference to the Bible is found in the secular west and certain majority-Christian areas like the U.S., Western Europe, Russia, and Eastern Europe. 

Of countries in the secular West, the U.S. had the highest rates of Bible usage and church attendance. 

Isaiah 45:22 says, “Look to Me, and be saved, all you ends of the Earth! For I am God, and there is no other.”

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By Jonathan Clark

80% of Cuban churches are not legal

Evangelical Focus reports the Alliance of Christians in Cuba met recently to highlight religious freedom violations in the country. 

The alliance noted that over 80% of churches in Cuba are unable to have legal status. Churches face confiscation of property and pastors face obstacles just to visit people in hospitals or nursing homes. Religious leaders in the country suffered nearly 1,000 repressive acts last year. 

Cuba is ranked 26th on the Open Doors’ World Watch List of nations where it is most difficult to be a Christian. 

British Evangelical church attendance up

The United Kingdom Evangelical Alliance released its Changing Church 2025 survey.

The study found Evangelical churches experienced an average of 13% increase in attendance between 2020 and 2025.

Also, churches have documented twice as many people expressing interest in the Christian faith as well as making first time commitments to Jesus compared to 2021.

In Matthew 11:28, Jesus said, “Come to Me, all you who labor and are heavy laden, and I will give you rest.”

United Kingdom closes its borders

Speaking of the United Kingdom, the nation’s prime minister, Keir Starmer, announced Monday that Britain would be ending its open borders experiment.

Listen to comments he made at a press conference.

STARMER: “Nations depend on rules. … Now in a diverse nation like ours, and I celebrate that, these rules become even more important. Without them, we risk becoming an island of strangers, not a nation that walks forward together. … So yes, I believe in this. I believe we need to reduce immigration significantly.”

Starmer said he would raise English language requirements and the skills threshold for people entering the U.K.

Saudi Arabia invests $600 billion in America

President Donald Trump, who visited Saudi Arabia in person yesterday, announced that our ally will be investing $600 billion in the United States.

This includes a $142 billion deal for the U.S. to sell weapons to Saudi Arabia. Trump made the announcement during a visit to the Middle East.

TRUMP: “We've seen wealth that just poured and is pouring back into America. Apple is investing $500 billion, Nvidia is investing $500 billion, [Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Company] is investing $200 billion and, with this trip, we're adding over $1 trillion more, in terms of investment into our country, and buying our products.”

During his trip, Trump also announced he would be lifting sanctions on Syria to “give them a chance at greatness.” 

Planned Parenthood gives transgender drugs available to minors

Live Action released an undercover investigation recently, showing how easy it is for minors to get transgender drugs through Planned Parenthood.

An undercover operative, posing as a 16-year-old, was offered such drugs by 30 facilities.

Lila Rose, the founder and president of Live Action, wrote on X, “Planned Parenthood is prescribing cross sex hormones for minors — same-day prescriptions via virtual appointments. … Defund Planned Parenthood now!”

Proverbs 12:10 says, “The tender mercies of the wicked are cruel.”

Tennessee ensures teachers & students can use accurate pronouns

Tennessee Republican Governor Bill Lee  signed House Bill 1270 into law last Friday. The measure takes on gender ideology in public schools. 

Teachers and students cannot be forced to use biologically inaccurate pronouns that violate their beliefs.

Matt Sharp, Senior Counsel at Alliance Defending Freedom, said, “In no world is it acceptable for the government to discipline students or force good educators or other public servants out of a job all for the sake of promoting gender ideology. With this legislation, Tennessee is rightfully stepping into the gap to protect freedom of speech and conscience.”

Tariffs brought in $16 billion to U.S. Treasury

U.S. tariff revenues reached all-time highs last month.

Customs duties brought in $16.3 billion in April, up from $8.75 billion in March. Overall, tariff receipts are up 18% this year compared to last year.

This comes after Trump instituted a 10% tariff on all U.S. imports last month.

115-year-old woman is oldest person alive

And finally, Guinness World Records reports a woman from the U.K. is now the oldest woman alive as well as the oldest person alive.

Ethel Caterham lives in Surrey, England. She is 115 years old. She became the world’s oldest living person after Inah Canabarro Lucas from Brazil died at the age of 116 last month. 

Ethel lived an adventurous life while looking out for others, especially children. She outlived her husband and two daughters. She now has three granddaughters and five great-grandchildren.

Commenting on her longevity, she once told the Salisbury Journal, “Say yes to every opportunity because you never know what it will lead to. Have a positive mental attitude and have everything in moderation.”

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