Its Thursday May 7th AD 2020 This isThe Worldviewin 5 Minutesheard atwwwTheWorldviewcom Im Adam McManus AdamTheWorldviewcom

By Jonathan Clark

Chinese Communists violently interrupted church service

On Sunday Chinese Communists violently interrupted a service at Xingguang Church in a private residence in Fujian province according to avideo released by China Aid

The officials dragged a Christian out of the meeting while beating those trying to block the entrance

Officials raided the church last month and threatened the pastor too but that hasnt stopped this allegedly illegal church from meeting

Acts 529 says We ought to obey God rather than men

China covered up severity of COVID-19

Anintelligence reportby the US Department of Homeland Security dated May 1 says that Chinese officials intentionally concealed the severity of the COVID-19 coronavirus pandemic back in January

And aresearch dossierby intelligence agencies of the US Canada UK Australia and New Zealand similarly accuse the Communist country of endangering the world by lying about the spread of the coronavirus making whistleblowers disappear and refusing to cooperate with the international medical community

Trumps Dept of Justice sides with VA church over social distancing

The US Department of Justicesided with a Virginia churchwhich held in-person services with social distancing on April 5

State officials handed down a criminal citation to the pastor of Lighthouse Fellowship Church in Chincoteague Island VA for holding the service with more than 10 people The pastor only had 16 people in a church sanctuary that could seat 293

Eric Dreiband the DOJs Assistant Attorney General for the Civil Rights Division stated For many people of faith exercising religion is essential especially during a crisis The Commonwealth of Virginia has offered no good reason for refusing to trust congregants who promise to use care in worship in the same way it trusts accountants lawyers and other workers to do the same

Romans 13 reminds us of what the purpose of civil government should be For rulers are not a terror to good works but to evil For he is Gods minister to you for good

Supreme Court holds session over teleconference

The US Supreme Court held their first argumentsover teleconferenceon Monday due to the coronavirus outbreak

Yesterday the court heard the case of the Little Sisters of the Poor who areback in courtto defend their right to not fund the murder of unborn babies

The Sisters have been in a legal battle for seven years to be exempted from the Obamacare contraceptive mandate

National Day of Prayer on-line this year

Today is the69th National Day of Prayer Normally people across America would join at tens of thousands of locations to pray for the country but due to the coronavirus outbreakprayer events will be held online

Praycomis hosting a prayer event today at 7 pm Eastern Standard Time which will include Vice President Mike Pence Secretary of State MikePompeo and Evangelist Franklin Graham among others

Isaiah 556 says Seek the LORDwhile He may be found call upon Him while He is near

Harvards anti-homeschooling conference cancelled

After Harvard Law School Professor Elizabeth Bartholet wrotean article asking that homeschooling be banned Harvard had planned on putting on an anti-homeschooling conferenceIn Gods providence the conferencehas apparently been canceled

The Worldviewspoke to Mike Donnelly of theHome School Legal Defense Associationabout the potential damaging effects of the article

DONNELLY I dont think most people agree with her but that doesnt necessarily mean that there arent some people that agree with her And her article is damagingI think its damaging more internationally...

ItsWednesday May 6th AD 2020 This isThe Worldview in 5 Minutes heard at wwwTheWorldviewcom Im Adam McManus

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Trumps new campaign message We will build the economy again

President Donald Trumps campaign is changing its message to refocus voters attention on what it predicts will be a rosy post-coronavirus world reports MSNcom

The Trump campaign is reupping the winning slogan of 2016 Make America Great Again

The new campaign message is that he can rebuild the economy better than presumptive Democratic nominee Joe Biden who the Trump camp argues co-piloted a sluggish rebound from the 2008 financial crisis

Listen to President Trumps key line in the ad

TRUMP We built the greatest economy the world has ever seen and were going to do it again

Supreme Court Justice Ginsburg hospitalized

Yesterday Supreme Court JusticeRuth Bader Ginsburgwas treated for a benign gallbladder condition at Johns Hopkins Hospital reports CBS News

Ginsburg plans to participate in oral arguments today

Homosexual NYC politician to Samaritans Purse Get out

While Samaritans Purse has treated 315 COVID-19 patients at its field hospital in Central Parkfor free since April 1st New York City Council Speaker Corey Johnson a homosexual demanded that the Christian charity leave the city overits biblical views on homosexuality reports the Christian Post

On Saturday Johnsontweeted It is time for Samaritans Purse to leave NYC This group led by the notoriously bigoted hate-spewing Franklin Graham came at a time when our city couldnt in good conscience turn away any offer of help That time has passed Their continued presence here is an affront to our values of inclusion and is painful for all New Yorkers who care deeply about the LGBTQ community

As Samaritans Purse faced criticism from the start over its views on marriage Franklin Graham who heads the organization has made it clear that they treat all patients and do not discriminate While staffare required to subscribe to a Christian Statement of FaithGraham stressed thatwe have never asked any of the millions of people we have served to subscribe to anything

Genesis 224 underscores that marriage was created for husband and wife A man leaves his father and mother and is united to his wife and they become one flesh

Is COVID-19 more or less deadly than the flu

On Mondays Worldview newscast we featured a Hawaiian protestor named Jack DeFeo who claimed that more people had died of the flu compared to COVID-19

The World Health Organization compared COVID-19 deaths to influenza deaths and found that the death rate for those with COVID-19 is 3 compared to the death rate for those with seasonal influenza at 01

However Dr Jay Bhattacharya a Stanford University Professor of Medicine took issue with the World Health Organization numbers on Tucker Carlson Live on the Fox News Channel at the 442-mark

According to the Washington Post in the past seven flu seasons going back to 2013 the number of deaths fluctuated between 3448 and 15620 deaths per year So far 71022 Americans have reportedly died of COVID-19 since January 2020

But the tricky part of the equation is that some deaths are being classified as COVID-19 deaths even when COVID-19 is not the underlying cause reports The DailySignal

Needless to say looking at the numbers is easier said than done

How God spared the life of a COVID-infected pastors wife

And finally on March 16 2020 when Pastor Leonard Himes rushed his 63-year-old wife Claudette to the Decatur Georgia hospital she was feverish confused and she thought she had the flu reports the Christian Post

He told Fox 5 that things unraveled quickly

CLAUDETTE I thought I just had the flu

She remembers almost nothing about t...

ItsTuesday May 5th AD 2020 This isThe Worldview in 5 Minutes heard at wwwTheWorldviewcom Im Adam McManusadamTheWorldviewcom

By Kevin Swanson

Common Core is now a proven failure

Six years after the implementation of Common Core the results are in

Test scores for American school children have declined an overall average of one-half percent per year for 8th grade students in math and reading according to a report from the Pioneer InstituteThe ten years prior to the implementation of Common Core 8th grade students were reportedly gaining 07 on the average per year

Pioneer Executive Director Jim Stergios said Nearly a decade after states adopted Common Core the empirical evidence makes it clear that these national standards have yielded underwhelming results for students The proponents of this expensive legally questionable policy initiative have much to answer for

Stergios concluded Its time for federal law to change to allow states as well as local school districts to try a broader range of approaches to reform With a more bottom-up approach more school systems will have the opportunity to choose curricula consistent with our international competitors and many decades of research on effective classroom teaching

But will the public school teach the beginning of knowledge Psalm 11110 says The fear of the LORD is the beginning of wisdom all those who practice it have a good understanding His praise endures forever

Homeschool Curriculum Summit 20 runs through this Friday

You can save time and moneyby learning from the time-tested biblically-based wisdom of 25 Christian curriculum creators through video interviews on how to find the right fit for each child and each family

The Homeschool Curriculum Summit 20 will help youevaluateyour curriculum options with a Christian worldview toidentifythe right fit for every student for every subject so you canhomeschool with confidence It runs today through Friday May 8th The curriculum includes math science language arts history and social studies

The economic devastation of COVID-19

Hong Kong has registered its steepest economic decline in recorded history

Its Gross Domestic Product sank an annualized 89 in the first quarterChina reported a 68 drop and Japan dropped 4 with an expected 22 drop in the second quarter by estimates published in the Nikkei Asian Review That would be the largest drop for the worlds third largest economy since World War II

Meanwhile Japans Prime Minister has extended the State of Emergency in that country to the end of May

And the US Congressional Budget Office is projecting a whopping 40 annualized GDP drop for our second quarter along with a 45 trillion federal deficit for this budget year ending in September

Isaiah 4420 reminds us that man cannot save himself He feeds on ashes a deluded heart has led him astray and he cannot deliver his soul or say Is there not a lie in my right hand

Americas new COVID-19 cases have flattened

By Gods mercies the COVID-19 new cases in the United States have flattened now for one month 31 days

And Italy and Spains new cases have been decreasing for almost six weeks

13 states have re-opened their economies

Thirteen states are reopening for business with varying degrees of soft launching this week

Those states include Alaska Arizona Arkansas Colorado Florida Kansas Minnesota Missouri Montana New Hampshire Ohio South Carolina Vermont and West Virginia

Kansas City Missouri officials seek to track Christians

Governmental overreach is hitting draconian levels in parts of the United States reports Liberty Counsel

Mat Staver the Chairman of the Christian legal rights group pointed out that the Kansas City Missouriofficials are now requiring every church to submit a list of...

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Muslims abducted Nigerian Christian couple during wedding

On April 12th Fulani Muslim militants abducted a Christian Nigerian couple and many of those who were attending their wedding in the town of Tegina Kabata reports Morningstar News

Hundreds of thousands of Christians have displaced throughout Nigeria due to the violence many of whom are subsistence farmers who need access to their land in order to provide even the most basic needs for their families such as food and clothing

Chinese smart glasses can detect temperatures of passersby

In these days of a worldwide pandemic a Chinese startup Rokid has developed wearable glasses that measure temperatures on the move reports The Mirror

Equipped with an infrared sensor and a camera the glasses allow the wearer to see peoples temperatures

NYC police officers prepared to arrest those not social distancing

This weekend the New York Police Department sent 1000 cops to all five boroughs as they enforce social distancing requirements throughout the city to stop the spread of COVID-19 reports the New York CBS affiliate

Listen to NYPD Police Chief Terence Monahan

MONAHAN Were past the point of warnings This is a dangerous situation Barbecues with large gatherings of people together organized sports events people hanging together trying to drink or something along those lines we will be breaking these up We will be actively involved

When the reporter inquired about whether the NYPD would make arrests Monahan didnt bat an eyelash

MONAHAN If they confront us if it becomes an incident yes we will I hope it never comes to that though People should understand just how dangerous a virus this is

Bill DeBlasio the Mayor of the Big Apple flexed his muscle with this remark

DeBLASIO Theres going to be a crackdown everywhere if we see gatherings

Hawaiian police arrest protestors objecting to COVID restrictions

Last Friday Honolulu police arrested three of the 200 protestors during a rally at the Hawaii State Capitol to protest local COVID-inspired government restrictions reports the Honolulu Star Advertiser

Jack DeFeo who was one of the protestors calling the restrictions an illegal lockdown explained why he attended the rally

DeFEO I object to seeing my country being destroyed from within Thats what infuriates me -- that our political leaders are not doing the same research that we as citizens are capable of

We all have access to the internet And the research that Ive been looking at is showing that this COVID-19 is less dangerous than the flu we had last year Why is nobody asking How many people died last year of the flu And you take those totals compare it to the totals we have now and its obvious that this COVID-19 is nowhere near as deadly as to cause the shutdown and destruction of our economy and our way of life Thats why Im here

Our political leaders have betrayed us They have betrayed their oath to their office And its disgusting that we allow them to get away with it They need to be prosecuted for violating our rights

In addition to the arrests five people were issued citations for violating emergency rules

Pro-abort judge mandates pro-life journalist pay 12 million

US District Court Judge William Orrick who has ties to Planned Parenthood has issued an order demanding that David Daleiden and a group of pro-life activists from the Center for Medical Progress who were behind a series of undercover videos taken at Planned Parenthood abortion mills and conferences are liable for more than 12 million in damages reports the Christian Post

God-haters target Christian US chaplain over John Piper book

The God...

Its Friday May 1st AD 2020 This isThe Worldviewin 5 Minutesheard atwwwTheWorldviewcom Im Adam McManus AdamTheWorldviewcom

By Jonathan Clark

URGENT Politely request N Korean ambassador to US to release Christian

Jang Moon Seok an ethnic Korean Chinese Christian recently spent his 2000th day in a North Korean prison after being kidnapped along the countrys border and sentenced to 15 years in prison just for telling North Koreans about Jesus

Jang ministered alongside Pastor Han Chung-Ryeol a Chinese man who discipled 1000 North Koreans before being killed by assassins working with the government in 2016

Voice of the Martyrs is callingon Christians to politely contact Kim Song North Koreas ambassador to the United Nations and politely ask for Jangs release You can find the contact information througha linkin our transcript today at theworldviewcom

United Kingdom legalized murder of unborn babies 52 years ago

Tuesday marked 52 years since the Abortion Act came into effect in the UK legalizing the murder of unborn babies in many cases and with tax-payer coverage

Since thenan estimated 94 million babieshave been killed in England Scotland and Wales Thats one death every three minutes

Proverbs 116 says For their feet run to evil and they make haste to shed blood

GOP Kentucky Attorney General vs Dem KY Gov over religious liberties

Kentucky Republican Attorney General Daniel Cameron filed a motionin federal court this week calling Democratic Governor Andy Beshears travel ban unconstitutional during the coronavirus outbreak response

Cameron also called on Beshear tostop targetingreligious groups like churches with stricter social distancing policies compared with secular organizations

During apress conference Cameron quoted Matthew 1820 and said he would defend religious liberty

CAMERON Matthew chapter 18 tells us that where two or more are gathered in My name there I am with them Corporate worship is essential and central to many faiths and finds a special place in the Constitution a place that we must defend

US Gross Domestic Product down by 48 in first quarter

The economic downturn from the response to the coronavirus outbreak is in full swing

US gross domestic productdecreased by 48 percentduring the first quarter of 2020 with economists expecting that the second-quarter Gross Domestic Product to fall even more signaling a recession

Trump Planned Parenthood not allowed to get bailout money

The Trump administration has ensured that the new Paycheck Protection Program will help small businesses during the coronavirus outbreak and will not fund Planned Parenthood

A senior administration officialtoldThe Daily Signal President Trump is committed to ensuring the Paycheck Protection Program money is used for saving jobs at small businesses not getting the government into the business of funding abortion

More governors re-open their economies

President Donald Trump announced Wednesday that the administrations guidelines for slowing the spread of COVID-19 arefading outas governors begin to reopen state economies

The guidelines which expired yesterday called on Americans to practice social distancing avoid large gatherings and work from home

US marriage rate lowest since 1867

TheUS marriage ratereached an all-time low of 65 new marriages per 1000 people in 2018 according to the latest data from the National Center for Health Statistics

Thats a 6 percent decrease from the last recorded rate and the lowest since the statistic started to be measured in 1867

Homeschool leaders will challenge Harvards attack on homeschooling today

Harvard Kennedy School is hosting a special Zoom meeting today at 2 pm Eastern Time Speakers will address the dishonest attacks on homeschooling that have b...

Its Thursday April 30th AD 2020 This isThe Worldviewin 5 Minutesheard atwwwTheWorldviewcom Im Adam McManus AdamTheWorldviewcom

By Jonathan Clark

Persecutors worldwide using pandemic to hurt Christians

The US Commission on International Religious Freedom released their2020 annual reportthis month requesting the State Department to add five countries as top religious freedom violators

These countries of particular concern already include Burma China Eritrea Iran North Korea Pakistan Saudi Arabia Tajikistan and Turkmenistan The recommended additions include India Nigeria Russia Syria and Vietnam

All of these countries make it onto theOpen Doors World Watch Listof worst nations for Christian persecution

USCIRF chairman Tony Perkinstold CBN Newsthat responses to the COVID-19 coronavirus pandemic have helped to expose persecution internationally and even in America

PERKINS When you look at what the pandemic has done it has kind of flushed out the persecutors because some have used this as a guise as a smokescreen as an excuse to display hostility toward religion

Matthew 510 says Blessedarethose who are persecuted for righteousness sake for theirs is the kingdom of heaven

Canada trampling upon religious liberties during coronavirus

The Canada-based Justice Centre for Constitutional Freedoms warned earlier this monththat Canadians rights including religious freedoms are being trampled on during the coronavirus response

In one case health officials banned a Resurrection Sunday drive-in service but later reversed their decision after being served a legal warning by the JCFF

The Justice Centre for Constitutional Freedoms is alsorepresenting an Ontario churchthat police say will be held accountable for having a drive-in service recently

Calls to reverse chemical abortions have risen

During the coronavirus outbreak a record number of mothers are calling abortion pill reversal hotlines to get help after having a chemical abortion

TheAbortion Pill Rescue Network reportsover 80 percent of callers have started the reversal process to save their babies and that 105 mothers started the process last month

Heartbeat International which runs the rescue network has also seen a 30-50 percent increase in calls for pro-life assistance during the pandemic

Jesus said in John 1010 The thief comes to steal and to kill and to destroy I have come that they may have life and that they may haveitmore abundantly

Minneapolis approves first-ever Muslim call to prayer over loudspeakers

City officials in Minneapolis Minnesotaapproved a noise permitfor the Muslim call to prayer to be blasted outside over loudspeakers five times a day throughout the Muslim month of Ramadan starting last Thursday and going through May 23

It is considered the first time a major US city approved of a public call to prayer to the false moon god known as Allah via a loudspeaker

Listen to the eerie first 23 seconds of the 3-minute call to prayer

audio of a portion of the prayer

AnEnglish translationof the Muslim call to prayer says Allah is the Greatest there is none worthy of worship but Allah Hurry to prayer hurry to salvation

The area of Minneapolis blasting the call to prayer lies in the district of controversial Democratic Rep Ilhan Omar

But 1 Timothy 25 says For there is one God and one Mediator between God and men the Man Christ Jesus

3 million people worldwide infected by COVID-19

Global COVID-19 cases surpassed three million this week with US cases surpassing one million

The death rate is likely to be much lower than previously thought since the number of infections does not include asymptomatic and unconfirmed casesreports Reuters

Italy and Spain are beginning to reopen after coronavirus lockdown...

Its Wednesday April 29th AD 2020 This isThe Worldviewin 5 Minutesheard atwwwTheWorldviewcom Im Adam McManus

By Adam McManus AdamTheWorldviewcom

Earthquake strikes New Zealand

A 56-magnitude earthquake in Southland New Zealand hit at 1052am on Monday reports The Daily Mail

Residents in Dunedin Queenstown and Invercargill were among thousands of Kiwis to report rattling

Half of US workers make more on unemployment

Roughly half of all US workers stand to earn more in unemployment benefits than they did at their jobs before the coronavirus pandemic shut down swaths of the US economya result of government relief that employers say is complicating plans to reopen businesses reports the Wall Street Journal

The package ofcoronavirus stimulus lawsCongress passed and President Trump signed in March included a 600 boost to weekly unemployment benefits through July 31 As that support is added to state benefits over the coming weeks the average weekly payment to a laid-off worker should rise to about 978 from the nearly 378 the Labor Department said was paid on average late last year

Attorney General Barr warns about overbearing stay-at-home orders

US Attorney General William Barr has threatened to take legal action against state officials who violate peoples civil rights by taking draconian measures to enforce stay-at-home orders reports the Christian Post

On Monday Barr sent atwo-page memoto federal prosecutors asking them to consider legal action against state and local governments that infringe upon citizens civil liberties

In addition he cautioned that even in times of emergency the First Amendment and federal law prohibit discrimination against religious institutions and religious believers

Louisiana pastor on house arrest after holding in-person services

Last week Pastor Tony Spell of Life Tabernacle Church in Baton Rouge Louisiana was placed on house arrest and fitted for a tracking device after refusing to suspend in-person worship services during the coronavirus pandemic reports FaithWirecom

In March Pastor Spell discussed his convictions on Dr Phils show

SPELL We feel that we are as an essential part of our community as the retail stores It is in persecution of the faith for us to be asked to close our doors whenever more people are being contacted in those Targets and Walmarts than are in my service We reach out we minister to people we feed people Were the last stable institution in this community today I guarantee that

We want to have the ability to exercise our First Amendment rights our freedoms that we hold dear -- that Congress can pass no laws prohibiting or forbidding us to gather and assemble That is a conviction of ours We dont force anybody to come to our services

Acts 529 says We must obey God rather than man

Pastor Spell cited ways that his church has practically helped the hurting

SPELL With the instability in my community today Ive ministered to two teenage girls African-American girls who have attempted suicide this week because their parents have lost their jobs their schools are closed they dont get their meals during the day These are troublesome times for them Were ministering to them Were not a part of the problem

Virginia church sues Governor over religious discrimination

A Virginia pastor who was served a summons for holding a service for 16 people on Palm Sunday and his church have fileda federal lawsuit against Democratic Governor Ralph Northam for issuing executive orders banning religious gatherings with more than 10 people saying it violated the Virginia Constitution reports the Christian Post

Liberty Counsel which is representing Pastor Kevin Wilson and Lighthouse Fellowship Church on Chincoteague Islandfiled thelawsuitlast Friday against Northam whose COVID O...

ItsTuesday April 28th AD 2020 This is The Worldview in 5 Minutes heard at wwwTheWorldviewcom Im Adam McManus AdamTheWorldviewcom

By Kevin Swanson

US percentage of deficit higher now than World War II

Proverbs 227 says The debtor is servant to the lender And the US federal deficit for 2020 is now estimated to have topped 43 trillion or 214 of the Gross Domestic Product

That exceeds the debt racked up in 1944 during World War II when the deficit reached 212 of the GDP

Worldwide economic recovery will be long-term

Reuters polled over 500 economists on the potential of world economic recovery and found 55 expect the recovery to look more like a U than a V meaning a long-term recovery

The economists pointed to the worst of the economic collapse occurring in the United States Canada Europe South Africa Thailand and Argentina

COVID-19 crushing the housing market

A new Gallup poll also found that Americans are more pessimistic on buying real estate since the poll was first taken in the 1970s

While existing home sales were down 85 in March over February it might be the perfect time to buy a home

Hong Kong arrests leading pro-democracy activists

Hong Kongs resistance to communism has hit the wall with the arrests of 15 pro-democracy activists on April 18th reports the South China Morning Post

Journalist and publisherJimmy Lai Chee-yingand others were arrested for organizing and participating in anti-communist marches on August 18 October 1 and October 20 of last year

The arrests prompted protests from the US State Department the Australian foreign minister the International Bar Association and the European Parliament

Coronavirus infections on the decline

Is the end of this COVID-19 monomania in sight

Washington State where the first major COVID-19 infection spread in the United States now reports a full 30-day decline on daily death reports

The state data shows a 30-day increase beginning onFebruary 22nd when the first infections and deaths were reported and a 33-day decrease of the death incident reports following March 25th

Then looking atthe country as a whole the United States would have reached its peak on daily death counts over the last weekend

New York City data indicates that the COVID-19 peak on daily death counts occurred on April 6th almost three weeks agoColorado indicated a peak on April 10th

New Yorks COVID-19 death rate per million residents is 10 times Colorados death rate and 100 times Utah South Dakota Montana Wyoming and Hawaiis death rate per million residents

31x as many US babies killed in womb than all US COVID deaths

Keep things in perspective

While 56000 Americans have died of the COVID-19 virus an estimated 216000 babies were killed by surgical abortions Plus 1500000 American children were killed by the use of the IUD conception control device

Let us always be watchful for the warnings that Jesus gave us in Matthew 2323 He saidWoe to you scribes and Pharisees hypocritesFor you pay tithe of mint and anise and cumin andhave neglected the weightiermattersof the law justice and mercy and faith These you ought to have done without leaving the others undoneBlind guides who strain out a gnat and swallow a camel

When govt shut down US churches Christians were surprised

How does one love their neighbor and honor the King while not allowing governments to infringe on freedoms This is a question many Christians have struggled with in the past two months over the COVID-19 pandemic

Thats the question Bill Jack of Worldview Academy will be addressing in a webinar covering The Loss of Liberty and How to Respond to this Pandemic

Mr Jack told The Worldview that Christians have all been responding in different ways to this crisis and he hopes ...

Its Monday April 27th AD 2020 This isThe Worldviewin 5 Minutesheard atwwwTheWorldviewcom Im Adam McManus

By Adam McManus AdamTheWorldviewcom

Persecution of Christians is not on lockdown

In the midst of the COVID-19 pandemic some governments are taking advantage of this crisis to tighten their grip on already vulnerable Christian communities or to deny them food aid Unfortunately persecution is not on lockdown This has left some Christians on the brink of starvation reports International Christian Concern

For example in one village alone 100 Christian families in Pakistan were denied food aid from the government Thats why International Christian Concern is stepping in to provide emergency food packages in three nations desperate for help India Pakistan and Country X unnamed for security reasons This is a crisis situation Please prayerfully consider giving if you are able through a special link in our transcript today at wwwTheWorldviewcom

1 John 317 says If anyone has material possessions and sees a brother or sister in need but has no pity on themhow can the love of God be in that person

Will a woman take over North Korea

North Koreas male-dominated Kim dynasty may be about to hand over the keys of the Hermit Kingdom to a woman reports the New York Post

With speculation that Kim Jong Un might have died or be in a vegetative state after having a stent implanted in his heart last month all eyes haveturned to his sisterand closest confidant Kim Yo Jong as his most likely successor

She shares her brothers secrecy penchant for lashing out against political adversaries and has a reputation for aggressively pushing North Korean propaganda

Trumps re-election bid in trouble over COVID-hobbled economy

President Trumps handling of the coronavirus outbreak the worsening economy and a cascade of ominous public and private polling have Republicans increasingly nervous that they are at risk of losing the presidency and the Senate if President Trump does not put the nation on a radically improved course reports the New York Times

The scale of the GOPs challenge has crystallized in the last week With 26 million Americans now havingfiled for unemployment benefits Mr Trumps standing in states that he carried in 2016 looks increasingly wobbly New surveys show him trailing significantly in battleground states like Michigan and Pennsylvania and he is even narrowly behind in must-win Florida

CDC triples coronavirus symptoms

The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention has tripled the number of coronavirus symptoms it lists on its website reports the Sacramento Bee

In addition to fever cough and shortness of breath the additionalsymptoms of COVID-19 include chills repeated shaking with chills muscle pain headache sore throat and new loss of taste or smell

Michigan Democrat Rep censured for thanking Trump

Michigan Democrat state Rep Karen Whitsett who recently survived a bout with coronavirus thanked President Donald Trump for recommending the anti-malaria drug hydroxychloroquine which she said saved her life reports Fox News

Sadly a group called the 13th Congressional District Democratic Party censured Rep Whitsett for daring to say something nice about the Republican President reports the Detroit Free-Press

WHITSETT I got the news that I will be censured by the 13th congressional district just for simply thanking the President of the United States for taking care of me and ensuring that I had the quality health care that I needed with hydroxychloroquine A simple thank you has gotten me censured Can you believe that I thought I have First Amendment rights but I guess I dont The Democratic Party is showing me that I dont

The gradual reopening of US economy will be bumpy

Georgia Oklahoma Alaska and South Carolina have alread...

Its Friday April 24th AD 2020 This isThe Worldviewin 5 Minutesheard atwwwTheWorldviewcom Im Adam McManus AdamTheWorldviewcom

By Jonathan Clark

Fast and pray for North Korean Christians on Tuesday April 28th

Christians around the world are remembering their brothers and sisters in Christ in North Korea nextTuesday April 28 by praying and fasting

The International Day of Prayer and Fastingcoincides with the first day of the 17th Annual North Korea Freedom Week

Suzanne Scholte chairman of theNorth Korea Freedom CoalitiontoldCBN News This regime is a personification of evil Kim Jong Un has set himself up as a god Hes taken the tenets of the Christian faith and the regime has perverted that to worship him as a deity

North Korea is ranked as the worst nation in the world for persecution of Christians according to Open Doors

Jesus said in Matthew 1721 However this kind does not go out except by prayer and fasting

COVID-closed Russian abortion mills saves 100000 babies

Nearly all the abortion mills in Moscow Russia are closed right now potentially saving the lives of 100000 babiesreports The Moscow Times

The closures come in response to the COVID-19 outbreak in Russia

Moscow with a population of 125 million people has over half of Russias 62773 coronavirus cases and 555 deaths

Kentucky church still holding drive-in church services

On Fire Christian Church in Louisville Kentucky willcontinue to hold drive-in serviceswith social distancing after reaching an agreement with the mayor who had previously banned such services but was overruled by a federal judge

Similarly afederal judge ruledon Saturday that churches in Kansas are exempt from the states executive order banning meetings of over 10 people The ruling came after several churches filed suit over being targeted for more onerous restrictions compared with other groups

Supreme Court looking at overturning Roe v Wade

Supreme Court Justices are taking aim at the infamous pro-abortionRoe v Wadedecision of 1973

In a recent ruling unrelated to abortionJustice Brett Kavanaugh wrotethat respecting legal precedent does not mean that judges should not overrule erroneous decisions and went on to citeRoe v Wadeas an example

In the same caseJustice Clarence Thomas referencedmultiple incorrect decisions by the Supreme Court includingRoe v Wadeand the pro-homosexualObergefell v Hodges

Trump celebrates wonders of Gods creation

On Wednesday President Donald Trump and First Lady Melania Trumpparticipated in planting a maple treeon the south lawn of the White House for the 50th anniversary of Earth Day

While lamenting the loss of life from the coronavirus outbreak Trump rejoiced in the beauty of springtime as a reminder of peace and the hope of renewal

TRUMP On this special occasion we are renewing our strong national commitment on conserving the wonders of Gods creation One of the most important ways we uphold this tradition is by protecting our priceless national parks and our public lands

Psalm 241 says Theearthisthe LORDs and all its fullness the world and those who dwell therein

Roger Stone My career will be guided by Jesus Christ

In February political consultant Roger Stone received a 40-month sentence after being convicted of lying to Congress witness tampering and obstructing the investigation into Russian interference in the 2016 election

Last week a federal judge denied Stone a new trial but the judge did lift a gag order on the long-time friend of President Trump and now he is speaking out

During the whole legal proceedings Stone says he has reaffirmed his faith in Christ like never before

Stonetold Real Clear Politicsthat he was raised Roman Catholic but was not serious about his faith until he met an...