Its Wednesday March 24th AD 2021 This isThe Worldviewin 5 Minutesheard atwwwTheWorldviewcom Im Adam McManus AdamTheWorldviewcom
By Jonathan Clark
Pakistan changes Christians life sentence to death sentence
Pakistans Lahore High Courtupdateda Christians lifetime jail sentence toa death sentence this month
Police arrested Sajjad Masih in 2011 on charges of blasphemy against Islam
A judge sentenced Masih to life in prison in 2013 Now he faces death
Last year at least seven Christiansreceiveddeath sentences on similar charges Blasphemy charges are often used to target religious minorities in the country
Pakistan is the fifth worst nation in the world for the persecution of Christians according to Open Doors World Watch List
Spain legalizes euthanasia
Last week Spain became the fourth European country tolegalizeeuthanasia and assisted suicide The law goes into effect in June and was three years in the making
Unbelievably Spains Prime Minister Pedro Sanchez tweeted Today we are a more human fairer and freer country
But Proverbs 1210 says The tender mercies of the wicked arecruel
People from 17 countries rising up against COVID Tyranny
Last Saturday tens of thousands of peoplemarchedin 17 countries across the world to protest COVID-19 restrictions
Protestors participated from countries including Canada the US Uruguay Argentina Ireland Britain Norway the Netherlands France Belgium Germany Italy Croatia Serbia Ukraine Japan and Australia
The marchers demonstrated against lockdowns mask mandates and mandatory vaccinations
COVID shutdowns hurt global middle class
A Pew Researchstudyfound COVID-19 shutdowns curbed the growth of the global middle class and dramatically increased poverty last year
The report found that 54 million people fell out of the global middle class and over 130 million people became poor The poor class is defined as those who live on less than 2 per day
South Asia and Sub-Saharan Africa experienced the greatest increases in poverty
The global poverty rate has been indeclineover the last century But economic disruptions last year increased the poverty rate to over 10 percent reversing 20 years of consecutive poverty decline
Christian baker Jack Phillips back in court again
Jack Phillips the Colorado Christian baker isbackin court again to defend his religious liberty People living sexually perverted lifestyles have targeted Phillips for nearly a decade for his Christian beliefs
The Christian baker went on trial on Monday for refusing to bake a cake to celebrate gender confusion
Phillips won a previous case before the US Supreme Court over his refusal to bake a cake for a faux homosexual wedding
Psalm 144 asks Have all the workers of iniquity no knowledge who eat up My people as they eat bread and do not call on the LORD
Arizona Senates detailed audit of 2 million 2020 ballots
The Republican-controlled Arizona Senateannounceda detailed audit of over two million ballots cast in Maricopa County for the 2020 presidential election
The audit will include testing voting machines scanning ballots performing a full hand count and checking for Information Technology breaches
More US Christians believe churches should fully open
A Pew Research studyfoundmore and more US churchgoers believe they can safely return to in-person worship services
Twenty-six percent of Christians think their church should be open as normal up from 13 eight months ago The amount of believers who attended religious services in person in the last month increased to 42 And 39 of Christians plan to attend Easter services in person this year
Evangelical Protestants were the most likely demographic to say they attended in-person services recently at 53
Spectacular Milky Way pic...