Its Thursday February 13th AD 2020 This isThe Worldviewin 5 Minutesheard atwwwTheWorldviewcom Im Adam McManus AdamTheWorldviewcom

By Jonathan Clark

Hindu extremists beat Christians during church service

On January 19Hindu extremists in southern India attackeda group of worshipping Christians before filing a police report against the congregation and threatening them with death if they told about the attack

The intruders starting by taking pictures of the service and accusing the Christians of trying to carry out conversions When asked to leave the extremists started to attack and beat people including the children

Over the past six yearsmore than 1400 incidents of persecutionagainst Christians in India have been reported And over the past seven years the country has risen from 31st to 10th on the Open Doors 2020 World Watch List of worst nations for Christian persecution

In Matthew 511-12 Jesus said Blessed are you when they revile and persecute you and say all kinds of evil against you falsely for My sake Rejoice and be exceedingly glad for great isyour reward in heaven

45000 people infected with Coronavirus 1100 dead

On WednesdayChina reported the lowest numberof new coronavirus cases in two weeks

Beijings senior medical adviser forecasts the outbreak there will end by April but health authorities with the United Nations say it could go in any direction

So far thecoronavirus has infectedover 45000 people worldwide and killed over 1100

Brazilian president attended Christian conference shared testimony

Brazilian President Jair Bolsonaroattended The Send conferencein Brazil on February 8 along with 140000 other Christians

Over 200 evangelical leaders spoke at the event calling for prayer and action that the world will turn to Jesus

Bolsonaro was not formally invited to the event but he decided to attend and even addressed the crowd declaring that he believes in Jesus as his Savior and that Brazil belongs to God

Known as the Trump of the Tropics Bolsonaros motto is Brazil above everything God above all

Psalm 2228 says For the kingdomisthe LORDs and He rules over the nations

Sanders wins New Hampshire primary Buttigieg a close second

Sen Bernie Sanders just barelywon the US Democratic presidential primaryin New Hampshire on Tuesday while Sen Elizabeth Warren and former Vice President Joe Biden once front-runners trailed behind

Sanders won with 257 percent of the vote Pete Buttigieg came in second at 244 percent Senator Amy Klobuchar at 198 percent Elizabeth Warren at 92 percent and Joe Biden the so-called front-runner came in a disappointing 84 percent

Oklahoma bill revokes license of any doctor who kills unborn baby

Last week the Oklahoma House of Representativespassed a billto revoke the medical license of any doctor who kills a baby in the womb

The bill goes to the Senate now which is also controlled by Republicans Governor Kevin Stitt himself is Republican however former Republican Governor Mary Fallin vetoed a similar bill in 2016

Bill sponsor Republican Rep Jim Olsen said We are told the US Supreme Court is the supreme law of the land that we cannot protest its decision There is a court even higher than the Supreme Court There is the court of God Abortion is a violation of the law of God

Acts 529 says We ought to obey God rather than men

Florida senior citizen allowed to hold Bible studies again

First Liberty announced yesterdaythat they have won a settlement for Donna Dunbar a retired senior citizen in Florida who has been barred from her apartment communitys social room for holding Bible studies there

The settlement says Donna can continue to hold Bibles studies in the social room without special rules or restrictions The case bega...

Its Wednesday February 12th AD 2020 This isThe Worldviewin 5 Minutesheard atwwwTheWorldviewcom Im Adam McManus

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Radical Hindu nationalists falsely allege pastor broke idols

On Sunday February 9th members of a radical Hindu nationalist group attacked a small house church located in Indias northern state of Uttar Pradesh As a result of the attack the house churchs pastor and family were taken into police custody and questioned until 130 in the morning on February 10 reports International Christian Concern

According to Pastor Sanjay Raj Singh a group of 15 members of the Bajrang Dal broke into his private house as the Sunday worship service was ongoing The activists were carrying Hindu idols in their jackets and went on to drop the idols in Pastor Singhs home where they broke on the ground

Pastor Singh explained They started to film the broken idols that they dropped as evidence that I had destroyed the idols

Police confiscated Pastor Singhs car several Bibles and bags belonging to him

Dem Pres Candidate Abortion is tragedy Urged to drop out

While Democratic presidential candidate Andrew Yang made it abundantly clear that he is in favor of abortion and sees no role for the government in restricting the procedure at any stage of pregnancy he did acknowledge that its not something to celebrate because it is tragic reports FaithWirecom

YANG I think we have to get back to the point where no one is suggesting that we be celebrating an abortion at any point in the pregnancy There was a time in Democratic circles where we used to talk about it being something that you dont like to see but that should be within the freedoms of the woman and the mother to decide To me I think there is a really important tone to set on this I think that it should be typically up to the woman and her doctor The state should not be intervening all the way through pregnancy But its a tragedy to me if someone decides that they dont want to have a child

To her shame Dr Logan Levkoff tweeted It is time for Yang to drop out This take on abortion is completely disqualifying Using this type of language is part of the forced birth movement

11 US military bases quarantine possible coronavirus victims

Eleven military bases near major airports in the United States are setting up quarantine centers for possible coronavirus patients the Department of Defense said reports the Miami Herald

As of Friday more than 31400 people have been infected with the 2019 coronavirus worldwide More than 630 people have died from the virus almost all in China

You can find a list of the new quarantine centers in our transcript today at wwwTheWorldviewwcom

JB Pearl Harbor-Hickam Hawaii HNL

Great Lakes Training Center Navy Base Illinois ORD

Naval Air Station Joint Reserve Base Texas DFW

March ARB California LAX

Travis AFB California SFO

Dobbins ARB Georgia ATL

Fort Hamilton New York JFK

Naval Base Kitsap Washington SEA

Joint Base Anacostia Washington DC IAD

Joint Base McGuire-Dix-Lakehurst New Jersey EWR

Fort Custer Training Center Michigan DTW

The Department of Defense already has quarantine centers at Fort Carson in Colorado Travis Air Force Base and Marine Corps Air Station Miramar in California and Lackland Air Force Base in Texas

Utah might label pornography as being potentially addictive

A newly introduced proposal in Utah requires pornography to come with labels warning of addictive sexual behavior and low self-esteem reports the Christian Post

According to Republican state Rep Brady Brammer the proposed label on pornography circulated in the Beehive state warns of impairment of brain development emotional development and the ability to maintain intimate relationships reports theSal...

ItsTuesday February 11th AD 2020 This isThe Worldview in 5 Minutes heard at wwwTheWorldviewcom Im Adam McManus AdamTheWorldviewcom

By Kevin Swanson

Swiss voters Christians go to jail for homophobia

Christians will go to jail for three years now in Switzerland if convicted of the amorphous crime of homophobia or homophobic actions and words contained in text speech joking or social media reports

Also Christian business persons who refuse to support homosexual activities could also receive three years of prison time62 of Swiss voters voted to approved the new law by referendum over the weekend

The Lord Jesus warned that the time is coming that whoever kills you will think that he offers God service And He said These things they will do to you because they have not known the Father nor Me John 162-3

Wells Fargo pulls funds from Christian schools over homophobia

Wells Fargo Bank has become the second major bank to pull funds from the Florida Christian School voucher program reports the Christian Post

This follows a report fromthe Orlando Sentinel identifying 156 Christian School in the program that still hold to a biblical view on sexual sin In an interview with Family Research Councils Tony Perkins Republican Senator Marco Rubio said this

RUBIO Those schools are not going to abandon the Bible over a government program What you often see now in corporate America is they believe they can buy themselves into the good graces of broader society by just adhering to some pressure and bullying from radicals on the Left

You can hear Tony Perkins interview Senator Marco Rubio about the Wells Fargo decision in a special link in our transcript today at wwwTheWorldviewcom beginning at the 1143-minute mark

Lesbian leads the Michigan Episcopal church

The entire Michigan Diocese of the Episcopal Church will be led by a lesbian as of last SaturdayShe is the fourth openly homosexual bishop for US Episcopalians Formed in 1836the Diocese of Michigan has 78 local groups represented and 16000+ members

1 Samuel 4 presents a picture of the post-Christian church Then she named the child Ichabod saying The glory has departed from Israel because the ark of God had been captured and because of her father-in-law and her husband

New Jersey mandates curriculum celebrating sexual perversion

New Jersey is the latest state to join Illinois and California with a mandatory curriculum for K-12 schools celebrating sexual perversion

Alex Newman of The Freedom Project Media reports that in a dozen districts across the state government schools began testing a pilot curriculum this month

The goal is to infuse unnatural forms of sexual perversions into every subject

Trump budget Decrease in non-defense spending military increase

President Donald Trump has submitted his 2021 Fiscal Year budget representing another trillion dollar deficit amounting to about 5 of the Gross Domestic Product reports CNBC

Bill Clintons average deficit was 1 President George W Bushs average deficit was 3 of the GDP and President Barack Obamas average deficit was 44 of the GDP

With the 48 trillion budget proposal Trump proposes a 5 decrease on non-defense spending and increases for military NASA and veterans programs

The anti-Christian worldview and the irrelevance of the Oscars

The 92nd Academy Awards Ceremony came and went

The top picture went to a South Korean nihilistic film called Parasite The film has only taken in 36 million in the box office making it one of the most unpopular Academy Awards Best Pictures of all timeThe average box office intake for Academy Best Pictures in the last ten years was 68 million down from an average 191 million in the 1990s

MovieGuide explained that the award show was...

Its Monday February 10 AD 2020 This isThe Worldviewin 5 Minutesheard atwwwTheWorldviewcom Im Adam McManus

By Adam McManus adamTheWorldviewcom

Thai soldier kills 3 on military base 18 in shopping mall

On Saturday a Thai soldier dressed in tactical gear went on a mass shooting rampage with a machine gun at the Terminal 21 shopping mall in Korat Thailand killing 21 people in a bloody massacre reports the Daily Star

The soldier has been identified as Sergeant Major Jakrapanth Thomma and had live-streamed his sickening massacre on Facebook even complaining he was exhausted from shooting his victims saying Im tired now I cant move my finger anymore

He first killed his commander and two others at a military base before storming the mall Thomma also posted several chilling selfies of himself from the scene showing him wearing a military helmet and uniform One of those selfies was of him in front of a fire at the mall which he started by shooting at a gas tank which caused it to explode

Just hours before the attack the suspect also posted a number of rants on Facebook and warned that death is inevitable for everyone saying that he was seeking revenge adding Getting rich from corruption and taking advantage of other people do they think they can bring money with them to spend in hell

Psalm 3416 declares The face of the LORD is against evildoers to cut off the memory of them from the earth

Vice President Pence reacts to Pelosi ripping up Trumps speech

The day after House Speaker Nancy Pelosi ripped up President Trumps speech on national television just seconds after the President said God bless America Fox News Channels Ainsley Earhardt interviewed Vice President Mike Pence who was standing immediately next to Pelosi

EARHARDT Lets bring in Mike Pence our Vice President You were there You were standing right next to her What was your reaction Did you realize when she was ripping it up what she was doing

PENCE I didnt see her do it I found out just a few moments later and I think it was a new low I wasnt sure if she was ripping up the speech or ripping up the Constitution The contrast here was a president who spent an hour and a half making the speech about America And Nancy Pelosi in the final moments tried to make it about her And I think the American people see through it I think they see through the pettiness they see through the politics of all of it

And I think what they got last night was a speech that lifted up the country that celebrated the incredible progress that weve made in our economy rebuilding our military strengthening our courts And its one of the reasons why you see the momentum growing behind this president

Rather than taking responsibility for her inappropriate behavior in ripping up President Trumps speech Pelosi said that it was inappropriate for the Republicans to chant Four more years during the State of the Union address

PELOSI By the way a serious breach to start shouting for more years on the floor of the house totally inappropriate

President Trump fires two impeachment inquiry witnesses

Last Friday after his resounding acquittal in the Senate President Donald Trump fired two of the witnesses against him in the Democrat-controlled impeachment inquiry reports The Guardian Two heads rolled including Lt Col Alexander Vindman who served on the White Houses National Security Council and Gordon Sondland the Ambassador to the European Union

Republican Congressman Matt Gaetz of Florida appeared on Fox News Channel and indicated that President Trump was justified

GAETZ I think if you looked at Gordon Sondland no one really viewed him as central to the delivery of US policy I think well still be able to get by in the delivery of United States foreign policy absen...

Its Friday February 7th AD 2020 This isThe Worldviewin 5 Minutesheard atwwwTheWorldviewcom Im Adam McManus adamTheWorldviewcom

By Jonathan Clark

Boko Harams violence created 59311 Nigerian orphans

Nigerias Governor of the Borno state Babagana Umara Zulum has spoken out against the Nigerian federal government for refusing to hear the truth about Boko Haram the Muslim extremist groupZulum said Boko Haramhas created 59311 orphans and 59123 widows in their violent rampages

On Sunday an estimatedfive million people participated in a prayer walkacross 28 of Nigerias 36 states in response to a call from the Christian Association of Nigeria The march protested the beheading of Pastor Lawan Andimi chairman of a regional Christian Association of Nigeria chapter Boko Haram and other Muslim extremists killed over 1000 Christians in Nigeria last year alone

Psalm 144 asks Have all the workers of iniquity no knowledge who eat up my peopleasthey eat bread and do not call on the LORD

Trumps expanded travel ban

Last FridayPresident Donald Trump issued an expanded travel ban targeting immigrants from Nigeria and five other countries The list includes three Muslim-majority nations

The other countries are Myanmar Eritrea Kyrgyzstan Sudan and Tanzania

Former US Ambassador to Ukraine promoted homosexuality

Marie Yovanovitch the former US ambassador to Ukraine confirmed this week thatshe has retiredfrom the State Department This comes after the Trump administration recalled her from her post in Ukraine back in May 2019

In November Yovanovitch testified before the House Intelligence Committee in the impeachment inquiry against President Trump

It has also come out recently that an American evangelical pastor and dozens of Ukrainian Christian groups sent a letter to US Secretary of State Mike Pompeo in 2018reports BuzzFeed

In the letter Pastor Dale Armstrong and 39 conservative Christian groups called for Yovanovitch to be fired for supporting sexually perverted lifestyles and leading 60 US Embassy Kyiv officials in Ukraines annual Homosexual Pride march

Pompeo launches Intl Religious Freedom Alliance

On Wednesday Secretary of State Mike Pompeolaunched the first-ever International Religious Freedom Alliance

Joined by 27 countries Pompeo said the Alliance would push the issue of religious freedom forward around the world

Pompeo also stated Egregious perpetrators of religious persecution have long operated with impunity The Alliance will unify powerful nations and leverage their resources to stop bad actors and advocate for the persecuted the defenseless and the vulnerable

Trump at Prayer Breakfast God alone is the author of life

Yesterday President Trump addressed3500 people from 140 countries during the 68th annual National Prayer Breakfast in Washington DC commending Pompeos Religious Freedom Alliance and the importance of faith and prayer

TRUMP All of us here today reaffirm these timeless truths Faith keeps us freePrayer makes us strongAnd God alone is the author of life and the giver of grace

Trump acknowledged attacks on Christianity and committed to protecting Christians

TRUMP Religion in this country and religion all over the world certain religions in particular are under siegeWe wont let that happenWe are going to protect our religionsWe are going to protect Christianity

Paul wrote in 1 Timothy 21-2 I exhort first of all that supplications prayers intercessions and giving of thanks be made for all men for kings and all who are in authority that we may lead a quiet and peaceable life in all godliness and reverence

You can watch the entire 25-minute speech that President Trump delivered yesterday at the National Prayer Breakfast here

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Its Thursday February 6th AD 2020 This isThe Worldviewin 5 Minutesheard atwwwTheWorldViewcom Im Adam McManus adamTheWorldviewcom

By Jonathan Clark

Coronavirus has infected 24000 killed 490

Christians in China are responding to the deadly coronavirus outbreak that started in the Chinese city of Wuhan and has infected over 24000 people and killed at least 490

A pastor in Wuhanwrote a letteron January 23 asking for prayer as the critical situation is a test of their faith The pastor wrote We have a responsibility to pray for those in this city who are fearful and to bring to them the peace of Christ

Chinese Christians have also been passing out face masks and Gospel pamphlets and broadcasting sermons in their communities activities that would normally get them arrested

Chinese officials recently confiscatedsupplies sent by overseas Christians to serve local hospitals through local churches in China

Romans 835 37 Who shall separate us from the love of Christ Shall tribulation or distress or persecution or famine or nakedness or peril or sword Yet in all these things we are more than conquerors through Him who loved us

First American with coronavirus released in Washington state

The first US patient infectedwith the new China-based coronavirus has left the hospital and told the Associated Press on Monday that he is getting better

The 35-year-old man thanked the health care providers at Providence Regional Medical Center in Everett Washington after returning home

Despite cancellations over Christophobia Graham is undeterred

On Fridaytwo venues in the UKbecame the latest to cancel evangelistic events by Franklin Graham

Venues have accused Graham of preaching hate Graham is known for his opposition to homosexual behavior

Despite the setbacks Graham tweeted on Saturday Im looking forward to preaching the Gospel across the UK in late May and June Hundreds of churches are praying amp planning to be a part of these evangelistic outreaches People everywhere are searching for something to fill the void in their lives Jesus Christ is the answer

Romans 116 says For I am not ashamed of the gospel of Christfor it is the power of God to salvation for everyone who believes

US Senate acquits President Trump on both impeachment articles

The US Senate voted to acquitPresident Donald Trump on the two articles of impeachment presented by the Democratic House

Listen to Supreme Court Chief Justice John Roberts announce the vote on Article 1 on the abuse of power charge

ROBERTS The question is on the first article of impeachment Senators how say you Is the respondent Donald John Trump guilty or not guilty A roll call vote is required The clerk will call the roll

After the roll call vote was taken Chief Justice Roberts said this

ROBERTS Article one section three clause six of the Constitution regarding the vote required for conviction and impeachment provides that no person shall be convicted without the concurrence of two-thirds of members present this article of impeachment

48 senators have pronounced Donald John Trump President of the United States guilty as charged 52 senators have pronounced him not guilty as charged Two thirds of the Senators present not having pronounced him guilty the Senate judges that the respondent Donald John Trump President of the United States is not guilty as charged in the first article of impeachment

Then Chief Justice Roberts addressed the second article of impeachment on the obstruction of Congress charge

ROBERTS The question is on the second article of impeachment Senators how say you Is the respondent Donald John Trump guilty or not guilty The clerk will call the role

After the roll call had been taken on the second article of impeachment Chief Justice...

Its Wednesday February 5 AD 2020 This isThe Worldviewin 5 Minutesheard atwwwTheWorldviewcom Im Adam McManus

By Adam McManus adamtheworldviewcom

President Trump touts strong economy in State of Union address

In his third State of the Union address last night President Donald Trump highlighted the three keys to boosting the American economy

TRUMP slashing a record number of job-killing regulations enacting historic and record-setting tax cuts and fighting for fair and reciprocal trade agreements applause

Our agenda is relentlessly pro-worker pro-family pro-growth and most of all pro-American Were advancing with unbridled optimism and lifting our citizens of every race color religion and creed very very high

Since my election we have created 7 million new jobs 5 million more than government experts projected during the previous administration applause The unemployment rate is the lowest in over half a century And very incredibly the average unemployment rate under my administration is lower than any administration in the history of our country applause

If we hadnt reversed the failed economic policies of the previous administration the world would not now be witnessing this great economic success cheers The unemployment rate for African Americans Hispanic Americans and Asian Americans has reached the lowest levels in history applause

Read the entire transcript of President Trumps State of the Union speech here

During the State of the Union address President Trump also asked First Lady Melania to present conservative radio talk show host Rush Limbaugh with the Presidential Medal of Freedom a civilians highest honor Watch the video here

Homosexual Democrat leads the Iowa pack

Iowas Democratic caucuses were a mess The results were not revealed on Monday night because of a defective app which failed to tally the results properly Whether Iowa will ever be the first in the nation again is in serious questionreports the Des Moines Register

With 62 of the results reported by The Worldviews press time on Tuesday night Pete Buttigieg the faux-married homosexual Indiana mayor was in first place with 269 Senator Bernie Sanders the socialist from Vermont was in second place with 251

Senator Elizabeth Warren of Massachusetts was third at 183 Former Vice President Joe Biden the supposed frontrunner was in fourth place with 156 of the vote And Senator Amy Klobuchar of Minnesota brought up the rear with 126 support

Iowa Democrat stunned to learn Buttigieg is faux-married homosexual

One Iowa Democrat caucus goer was irate when she discovered that former South Bend Indiana Mayor Pete Buttigieg was not only a homosexual but married to his male lover Chasten reports Business Insider

Nikki van den Heever a caucus precinct captain for Buttigieg tried to dissuade the woman from recalling her card which she had already signed supporting Buttigieg

Listen to the conversation unfold

IOWA DEMOCRAT Are you saying that he has a same-sex partner Pete

VAN DEN HEEVER Yes

IOWA DEMOCRAT Are you kidding

VAN DER HEEVER Yes he is married to him

IOWA DEMOCRAT Then I dont want anybody like that in the White House So can I have my card back

VAN DEN HEEVER I dont know You signed it We could go ask The whole point of it is though hes a human being right Just like you and me and it shouldnt really matter

IOWA DEMOCRAT Well he better read the Bible

VAN DEN HEEVER He does and he says that God doesnt choose a political party because

IOWA DEMOCRAT Why does it say in the Bible that a man should marry a woman then

VAN DEN HEEVER Well I totally respect your viewpoint on this but I think that we were not around when the Bible was written...

ItsTuesday February 4th AD 2020 This isThe Worldview in 5 Minutes heard at wwwTheWorldviewcom Im Adam McManus adamtheworldviewcom

By Kevin Swanson

Wales outlaws spanking

The post-Christian government of Wales has passed a ban on spanking for Christian parents in that nation by an Assembly vote of 36 to 14 reports TheDaycouk The ban will take effect in 2022 following the Scotland ban that takes effect later this yearThis makes for the 58th nation to ban spanking following Sweden which first banned spanking in 1979

Four more countries legalized homosexual faux marriage

Meanwhile effective this year four more countries have legalized homosexual faux marriage They include Austria Taiwan Ecuador and Northern Ireland adding up to 30 countries since the post-Christian nation of the Netherlands adopted the policy in the year 2000

Proverbs 1120-21 reminds us Those who are of a perverse heart are an abomination to the Lord but the blameless in their ways are His delight Though they join forces the wicked will not go unpunished but the posterity of the righteous will be delivered

The countries that have legalized baby murder

Also in 2019 Northern Ireland Rwanda New South Wales Australia Angola and the Congo liberalized their abortion lawsSince 1994 an additional 50 countries have legalized abortion according to ReproductiveRightsorg

The killing of babies is still legal in all 50 US states although 10 stateshave passed what is known as the Heartbeat Bill which would only allow for the killing of a baby up to 6 weeks oldHowever the courts have thus far disallowed this restriction for the time being

Louisiana pastor wBiblical view on sexuality barred from preaching

The UK Premier Christian News reports that a Louisiana pastor has been barred from using a public facility for a conference in Edinburgh Scotland

The problem with himHe holds to a biblical position on certain sexual sinsPastor Larry Stockstill representingDestiny Ministries and Destiny Church Glasgow was scheduled to speak on pastoring in June of 2020

And thus far the Franklin Graham evangelistic tour in June has been cancelled at four venues in Newport Wales Liverpool Glasgow and Sheffield City Graham noted on his Facebook account that the rub has come where he has referred to homosexual behavior as sin

Airline drops Swiss chocolate producer over pro-life views

The Swiss chocolate producer Lderach is under intense fire according to news reports from LifeSiteNewscom and the German news outlet Observer

Swiss Airlines has announced they will quit handing out Laderach chocolates on their flights a practice that has continued for ten years

CEO Johannes Lderach and his father Jrg Lderach the Chairman of the Board of Directors have been the subject of media attacks for their opposition to child murder and support of traditional biblical marriage The chocolate company has 1000 employees working in 14 countries around the world

Rush Limbaugh announced he has advanced lung cancer

On his nationally syndicated radio program conservative radio talk show host Rush Limbaugh made a startling personal revelation yesterday

Listen

LIMBAUGH I cant help but feel that Im letting everybody down with this But the upshot is that I have been diagnosed with advanced lung cancer a diagnosis confirmed by two medical institutions back on January 20th I first realized something was wrong on my birthday weekend January 12th

Limbaugh took a brief moment to speak of his faith in God as he faces the future prospects of this disease

LIMBAUGH I told the staff today that I have a deeply personal relationship with God that I do not proselytize about but I do and I have been working that relationship tremendously which I do regularly anyway but Ive been focused on it inten...

Its Monday February 3 AD 2020 This isThe Worldviewin 5 Minutesheard atwwwTheWorldviewcom Im Adam McManus

By Adam McManus adamtheworldviewcom

Muslims hack 36 people to death in Democratic Republic of Congo

Suspected Islamist militants from the Allied Democratic Forces hacked to death 36 people including an Anglican pastor in overnight attacks on villages in the east of the Democratic Republic of Congo Africa reports the Christian Post

Launched in the mid-1990s by Ugandan Muslim rebels forced out of Uganda the Allied Democratic Forces has become the conflict-stricken Democratic Republic of Congos most active and violent rebel group over the past two years

Pastor Gilbert Kambale president of the Beni city civil society organization urged the international community to pray to God for deliverance saying Even as the night is long day will surely dawn

Muslims kill 10 in Burkina Faso West Africa

According to International Christian Concern Burkina Faso West Africa is a growing concern for Christians with a large increase of attacks on Christians in 2019 and now 2020 The attacks arent just directed at Christians but Christians are included in the attacks by Islamic militants Just recently Muslim radicals killed 10 people in an attack on a market Over half a million people have been driven from their homes by the attacks

The Worldview spoke to Nathan Johnson Africa Director for International Christian Concern about the effects of these attacks on Christians and other groups

JOHNSON The current population in Burkina Faso is about 20 percent Christian with the other 80 percent being Muslim But the attacks typically target two or three different groups one being government and military targets two being populated centers such as hotels or market places or shops or things like that and then the third is specific attacks on Christians Last year there were five or six instances where Christians were specifically targeted

Pray that God would empower the Christians in Burkina Faso Africa with boldness faith and courage as they continue to follow Jesus and seek protection from evildoers

Psalm 371-2 says Do not fret because of those who are evilor be enviousof those who do wrong For they shall soon be cut down like the grass and wither as the green herb

US prohibits Chinese from entering country over coronavirus

On Friday the United States declared a public health emergency and took drastic steps to significantly restrict entry into the country because of the coronavirus that hit China and has spread to other nations reports the Associated Press

President Donald Trump has signed an order that will temporarily bar foreign nationals other than immediate family of US citizens and permanent residents who have traveled in China within the last 14 days

The new restrictions which took effect at 5 pm EST on Sunday were announced by Health and Human Services Secretary Alex Azar who is coordinating the US response

US Senate votes against witnesses at impeachment trial

In a 51-49 vote on Friday the US Senate narrowly rejected motions to call new witnesses in President Donald Trumps impeachment trial paving the way for a final vote to acquit the president this week and shutting down a weeks-long Democratic effort to secure new witness testimony reports Politicocom

Republican Senators Lamar Alexander of Tennessee and Lisa Murkowski of Alaska who were not convinced that Trumps behavior rose to an impeachable offense voted against new witnesses

Senators Mitt Romney of Utah and Susan Collins of Maine were the only Republicans to vote with all Democrat Senators in favor of witnesses

Matt Schlapp the chairman of the American Conservative Union tweeted Friday evening that Romneys decision squashed any chance of him attending the Conservative Political Action...

Its Friday January 31st AD 2020 This isThe Worldviewin 5 Minutesheard atwwwTheWorldviewcom Im Adam McManus adamTheWorldviewcom

By Jonathan Clark

16 Nigerian Christians killed in January by Muslim militants

At least 16 Christians were killed this month in Plateau State Nigeriaby Muslim Fulani militantsreports International Christian Concern

The extremists carried out the attacks against three villages some of which have been attacked for years while the Nigerian government has done nothing to stop the attacks

The Fulani Muslim militants have used these kinds of attacks to take over grazing landsPlease pray for our persecuted brothers and sisters in Nigeria

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

Filipino Senator shares Christian testimony on Natl Bible Day

Filipino Senator and world champion boxer Manny Pacquiao shared his testimonyat the National Bible Day eventthis week

Pacquiao authored the law declaring the last Monday of January as National Bible Day in the Philippines One hundred thousand Bibles were printed for the event to be given away

At the event Pacquiao made these remarks

PACQUIAO The Bible is the only book we need to discover the foundational truth of how to know and walk with God

He also said We want to have that recognition of the role of the Bible in the community life family life and national life Read the Bible because it will lead you to all truth The Bible is the manual to life

2 Timothy 316-17 says All Scripture is given by inspiration of God and is profitable for doctrine for reproof for correction for instruction in righteousness that the man of God may be complete thoroughly equipped for every good work

Chinas coronavirus death rate 2 vs Ebola virus death rate 60

The World Health Organization declared the China-based coronavirusa global health emergency The coronavirus has now infected over 8200 people killing at least 171 people in China and has spread to 18 other countries

Currently the coronavirus death rate is about 2 percent That compares to the Ebola virus at about 65 percent and the H1N1 flu at about 002 percent

Dept of Ed official First Amendment protects religion from govt

Robert Eitel the senior counselor to US Secretary of Education Betsy DeVosaddressed the Council for Christian Colleges amp Universities Presidents Conferencein Washington DC on Wednesday

Eitel said The secretary is committed to respecting your convictions and free exercise of religious beliefs that our Constitution has protected In fact Secretary DeVos says the First Amendment doesnt exist to protect us from religion It exists to protect religion from the government

Eitel said a new rule set to go into effect in July will protect faith-based institutions from discrimination when applying for accreditation

Trump restores 350 million to TX program that says no to abortion

On January 22the Trump administration reversedan Obama-era decision restoring 350 million in federal funding to the Texas womens health program

Texas lost the funding seven years ago after refusing to fund abortion giant Planned Parenthood in the state Since that time until now the Texas womens health program has been funded through the state so that they would not fund abortions

Texas Republican Governor Greg Abbott celebrated the restoration of funding saying I am grateful to President Trump and his administration for approving this waiver and for his commitment to protecting the unborn while providing much-needed health resources to Texas women

Catholic sermon length 14 minutes vs Protestant length 39 minutes

A new Pew Research studyfound that 90 percent of US churchgoing adults are somewhat or very satisfied with the...