The WorldView in 5 Minutes
Voiced by veteran talk show host Adam McManus and written by radio-host and pastor Kevin Swanson and a team of other staff writers, The World View in 5 Minutes is a round-up of the daily news from a Biblical perspective. And, perhaps most uniquely, you will often hear applicable Scriptures paired with the stories themselves. It’s part Paul Harvey, part R.C. Sproul. You’ll get hooked to the most definitively Christian overview of the news including politics, pop culture, the church, and tracing God’s sovereign hand in the affairs of man.
Trump will rebuild and reopen Alcatraz off San Francisco coast, HHS denounces trans treatments , India launched air strikes on Pakistan
It’s Thursday, May 8th, A.D. 2025. This is The Worldview in 5 Minutes heard on 125 radio stations and at www.TheWorldview.com. I’m Adam McManus. (Adam@TheWorldview.com)
By Jonathan Clark
Iran continues to imprison Christian pastor and wife
Authorities in Iran continue to hold a pastor’s wife, 56-year-old Lida Alexani, in solitary confinement after arresting the pastor, reports Article 18.
Iranian-Armenian pastor Joseph Shahbazian was arrested in February and sent to the infamous Evin Prison in Tehran. He has faced prison time before for participating in a house church and collect...
Only 66% of Americans identify as Christian today, Supreme Court allows Trump’s ban on transgender soldiers, Thousands joined Ireland’s March for Life
It’s Wednesday, May 7th, A.D. 2025. This is The Worldview in 5 Minutes heard on 125 radio stations and at www.TheWorldview.com. I’m Adam McManus. (Adam@TheWorldview.com)
By Jonathan Clark
Ugandan Muslims stabbed evangelist after winning Muslims to Christ
Islamists killed a Christian evangelist in Uganda last month after he led several Muslims to Christ.
Thirty-eight-year-old David Washume spent three days preaching in eastern Uganda. Many people responded, including some Muslims. Shortly afterward on April 3, masked men stabbed David to death.
One person who heard his preaching before he...
Disney pushes homosexual scene in “Star Wars Andor”, Warren Buffet gave $8.4 billion to fund abortion, Australia lurches left like Canada
It’s Tuesday, May 6th, A.D. 2025. This is The Worldview in 5 Minutes heard on 125 radio stations and at www.TheWorldview.com. I’m Adam McManus. (Adam@TheWorldview.com)
By Kevin Swanson
Chinese Communists intensifying regulation of churches
Christian Daily Korea reports that communist China intensified its regulation of Christian churches effective May 1st.
The additional regulations will place controls on missions, Christian education, fundraising, and religious activities over the internet.
Specifically, many South Korean missionaries have already been expelled or denied visas under China’s increasingly aggressive crackdown since 2017. ...
Texas Gov. signs $1 billion school choice program, Angry parent blasts school board over daughter’s gender transition, Chinese-American expert: Get tougher on China
It’s Monday, May 5th, A.D. 2025. This is The Worldview in 5 Minutes heard on 125 radio stations and at www.TheWorldview.com. I’m Adam McManus. (Adam@TheWorldview.com)
By Adam McManus
18-wheeler truck plowed in Easter parade, killing 6, injuring 18
A government-appointed committee determined that the Muslim driver of an 18-wheeler truck that plowed into an Easter parade on Sunday, April 21, in the town of Billiri in Gombe State, Nigeria, intentionally struck the Christians as they celebrated Christ’s resurrection.
The committee also found that of the 36 people struck in the attack, six die...
Companies bolt from Homosexual Pride Month; Mike Waltz out as National Security Adviser; Jewish author David Horowitz, defender of Christians, has died
It’s Friday, May 2nd, A.D. 2025. This is The Worldview in 5 Minutes heard on 125 radio stations and at www.TheWorldview.com. I’m Adam McManus. (Adam@TheWorldview.com)
By Adam McManus
Pakistan’s record 344 blasphemy cases against Islam
A human rights watchdog group chronicled a record 344 new so-called “blasphemy” cases in the 96 percent-Muslim country of Pakistan in 2024, highlighting increased abuse of the country’s condemned blasphemy laws, reports Morning Star News. The top three categories include “hurting of religious sentiments,” “desecration of the Quran,” and “disrespecting [their false prophet] Muhammad.”
Of the 344 new blasphemy ca...
Capitol Hill’s Bible Reading Marathon, Police attacked Christians in India, 47% of Germans are religiously unaffiliated
It’s Thursday, May 1st, A.D. 2025. This is The Worldview in 5 Minutes heard on 125 radio stations and at www.TheWorldview.com. I’m Adam McManus. (Adam@TheWorldview.com)
By Jonathan Clark
Police attacked Christians in India
The All India Christian Council called out officials in Odisha State, India last week for violence against Christians.
The council found that police assaulted tribal Christians, attacking women, children, and priests back in March.
International Christian Concern reported a particularly disturbing event. “A 62-year-old woman who had buried her husband just hours earlier wa...
Religiously unaffiliated in U.S. at 22% now, Nigerian Muslims killed 7 Christians, Tennessee doctors and nurses not forced to do abortions
It’s Wednesday, April 30th, A.D. 2025. This is The Worldview in 5 Minutes heard on 125 radio stations and at www.TheWorldview.com. I’m Adam McManus. (Adam@TheWorldview.com)
By Jonathan Clark
Nigerian Muslims killed 7 Christians
Boko Haram terrorists attacked a Christian community in northeast Nigeria on Monday.
The Muslim militants killed seven Christians, injured many more, and destroyed homes and church buildings.
One local believer told Morning Star News, “Kwaple village in Chibok Local Government Area is under attack from Boko Haram terrorists. Please pray for God’s intervention.”...
Canadian liberal remains Prime Minister, Trump’s first 100 days: Southern border secure, economy faltering, Russia cozies up with North Korea
It’s Tuesday, April 29th, A.D. 2025. This is The Worldview in 5 Minutes heard on 125 radio stations and at www.TheWorldview.com. I’m Adam McManus. (Adam@TheWorldview.com)
By Kevin Swanson
Canadians elect liberal Prime Minister Mark Carney to full term
Canada’s Liberal Party won Monday’s national election with voters giving Mark Carney, a full term as prime minister, according to the national broadcaster CBC/Radio Canada. They chose a seasoned economist and policymaker to guide their country through turbulent times, reports The Epoch Times.
The full results should be ava...
Jay Leno, whose wife has advanced dementia, honors marital vows; 250,000 attended Pope Francis’ funeral; Jeffrey Epstein victim Virginia Giuffre dies by suicide
It’s Monday, April 28th, A.D. 2025. This is The Worldview in 5 Minutes heard on 125 radio stations and at www.TheWorldview.com. I’m Adam McManus. (Adam@TheWorldview.com)
By Adam McManus
Indonesian Church closed the day before Easter
The joyful atmosphere of the Easter weekend celebration at the Ecumenical Christian Communion congregation in Java, Indonesia, turned sorrowful when local government officials sealed the prayer house building on Saturday, April 19, one day before Easter, reports International Christian Concern.
The sealing occurred only one day after the congregation held a Good Friday processio...
Max Lucado got a tattoo, Massive Russian strike on Ukraine’s capital, How “In God We Trust” became American motto
It’s Friday, April 25th, A.D. 2025. This is The Worldview in 5 Minutes heard on 125 radio stations and at www.TheWorldview.com. I’m Adam McManus. (Adam@TheWorldview.com)
By Adam McManus
Nigerian Muslims have killed 170 Christians during Lent and Easter
Nigerian Muslims killed 170 Christians during the Lenten season and on Easter Sunday in Nigeria’s Middle Belt region, reports International Christian Concern.
In Benue State, 72 Christians were confirmed dead following a series of deadly attacks by suspected Fulani Muslim militants between April 18 and April 20. They struck multiple villages in Ukum and Logo Co...
Notorious abortionist closes Colorado abortion mill, U.S. military presence in Syria cut in half, 18.6 million engaged with YouVersion Bible on Resurrection Sunday
It’s Thursday, April 24th, A.D. 2025. This is The Worldview in 5 Minutes heard on 125 radio stations and at www.TheWorldview.com. I’m Adam McManus. (Adam@TheWorldview.com)
By Jonathan Clark
India Supreme Court heard appeal about anti-conversion laws
India’s Supreme Court heard an appeal last week against anti-conversion laws in the country.
The advocacy group Citizens for Justice and Peace has filed petitions against such laws since 2020.
Twelve out of India’s 28 states have anti-conversion laws.
International Christian Concern warns of a “pattern of abuse by Hindu rad...
Nigerian Muslims have killed 20,000 Christians since 2015, Supreme Court likely to support parental opt-out right, Secretary of State Rubio cuts staff by 15%
It’s Wednesday, April 23rd, A.D. 2025. This is The Worldview in 5 Minutes heard on 125 radio stations and at www.TheWorldview.com. I’m Adam McManus. (Adam@TheWorldview.com)
By Jonathan Clark
Nigerian Muslims have killed 20,000 Christians since 2015
Nigerian Muslims have killed over 20,000 Christians since 2015, according to a report by the International Society for Civil Liberties and Rule of Law.
The report accuses various jihadist groups of targeting Christian communities in the southeast part of the African nation. The group also blames local government leaders for doing nothing about the violence.
The...
Pat Boone is back, Pope Francis died, King Charles references Islam in Easter message
It’s Tuesday, April 22nd, A.D. 2025. This is The Worldview in 5 Minutes heard on 125 radio stations and at www.TheWorldview.com. I’m Adam McManus. (Adam@TheWorldview.com)
By Kevin Swanson
Pope Francis, who affirmed homosexual ideology, has died
Hebrews 9:27 says, “It is appointed once for man to die, and after that the judgment.” The Roman Catholic Pope Francis died Monday of a stroke and heart failure, reports The Epoch Times. He was 88 years old.
Francis was not shy to enter into international politics. The pope had recently stated that the Trump ad...
Supreme Court blocks deportation of illegal Venezuelans, New law criminalizes praying with someone about gender & sexuality identity, Texas House greenlights $210 million to support pregnant women
It’s Monday, April 21st, A.D. 2025. This is The Worldview in 5 Minutes heard on 125 radio stations and at www.TheWorldview.com. I’m Adam McManus. (Adam@TheWorldview.com)
By Adam McManus
New law criminalizes praying with someone about gender, sexuality identity
On April 4, the Australian state of New South Wales began enforcing a new law criminalizing anti-conversion therapy, which now includes praying with someone about their gender or sexual identity and even encouraging abstinence for homosexual Christians, reports International Christian Concern.
On the website “Anti-Discrimination New South Wales,” a government body that admi...
2 killed, 6 wounded at Florida State Univ. shooting; IL bill hostile to homeschooling dies; Chinese Communists sentence Christians for Bible distribution
It’s Good Friday, April 18th, A.D. 2025. This is The Worldview in 5 Minutes heard on 125 radio stations and at www.TheWorldview.com. I’m Adam McManus. (Adam@TheWorldview.com)
By Adam McManus and Jonathan Clark
Chinese Communists sentence Christians for Bible distribution
Chinese Communists gave nine Christians prison sentences and large fines for re-selling and distributing Bibles in Hohhot, Inner Mongolia located in North China, reports International Christian Concern.
On April 10th, the religious freedom magazine Bitter Winter reported their prison sentences were four years long and their fines ranged from $68...
South African police rescue kidnapped missionary, Australian judge protects boy from being “transitioned,” 27% of American adults say God does not exist
It’s Thursday, April 17th, A.D. 2025. This is The Worldview in 5 Minutes heard on 125 radio stations and at www.TheWorldview.com. I’m Adam McManus. (Adam@TheWorldview.com)
By Jonathan Clark
South African police rescue kidnapped missionary
Praise God! Police in South Africa rescued a U.S. missionary from his kidnappers on Monday.
Pastor Josh Sullivan, age 34, was preaching at Fellowship Baptist Church in South Africa’s Eastern Cape province last Thursday. That’s when four masked gunmen broke into the church, dragged him out of the pulpit, and took him hostage i...
Archeologists unearthed first Christian hymn captured in new film, Trump freezes $2.2 billion from Harvard over antisemitism, Hungary bans events that celebrate sexual perversion
It’s Wednesday, April 16th, A.D. 2025. This is The Worldview in 5 Minutes heard on 125 radio stations and at www.TheWorldview.com. I’m Adam McManus. (Adam@TheWorldview.com)
By Jonathan Clark
Christian lawyer highlights persecution of Christians in Egypt
A lawyer with Alliance Defending Freedom International visited Egypt recently to highlight the persecution of Christians there.
The country is about 10% Christian. That’s the largest Christian minority in the Middle East and North Africa. However, believers often face persecution from the Muslim majority. Christians suffer employment discrimination, false accusations of blasphemy ag...
Trump’s powerful Christian message during Holy Week, United Kingdom bill would curtail home schooling, Nicaraguan government cancels Resurrection celebrations
It’s Tuesday, April 15th, A.D. 2025. This is The Worldview in 5 Minutes heard on 125 radio stations and at www.TheWorldview.com. I’m Adam McManus. (Adam@TheWorldview.com)
By Kevin Swanson
Nicaraguan government cancels Resurrection celebrations
The Nicaraguan government is cancelling Resurrection week celebrations, and replacing them with their own events, reports International Christian Concern.
Exiled Nicaraguan leader Felix Maradiaga explains that “The model that Sandinistas want to implement is very similar to that of China.” The government “has a long history of trying to create a parallel church [and] of wanting to t...
U.S. missionary abducted at gunpoint, White House Press Secretary prays to Jesus before briefing, China raises duties on US goods to 125%
It’s Monday, April 14th, A.D. 2025. This is The Worldview in 5 Minutes heard on 125 radio stations and at www.TheWorldview.com. I’m Adam McManus. (Adam@TheWorldview.com)
By Adam McManus
U.S. missionary abducted at gunpoint while preaching in South Africa
Josh Sullivan, a U.S. Baptist missionary, was kidnapped at gunpoint as he preached Thursday evening at Fellowship Baptist Church in Motherwell, South Africa, reports International Christian Concern.
According to police, four masked gunmen entered the church late last night during a prayer meeting with about 30 attendees. The assailan...
What Trump thought during Butler assassination attempt, 60 Christians slain in Nigerian genocide, Texas whistleblower testifies about horrors of ‘transitioning’ children
It’s Friday, April 11th, A.D. 2025. This is The Worldview in 5 Minutes heard on 125 radio stations and at www.TheWorldview.com. I’m Adam McManus. (Adam@TheWorldview.com)
By Adam McManus
60 Christians slain in Nigerian genocide
On April 2nd and 3rd, Fulani Muslim terrorists killed more than 60 Christians in Plateau State, Nigeria in what the governor called a “genocide,” reports The Christian Post.
Maren Aradong, a community leader, said the attacks were carried out against seven Christian communities in Bokkos County, including Hurti village, where more than 40 Christians were slain.
He to...
Trump’s 90-day pause on tariffs except China, Lowe’s closes on Resurrection Sunday, Sharp rise in persecution of Christians in Pakistan
It’s Thursday, April 10th, A.D. 2025. This is The Worldview in 5 Minutes heard on 125 radio stations and at www.TheWorldview.com. I’m Adam McManus. (Adam@TheWorldview.com)
By Jonathan Clark
Sharp rise in persecution of Christians in Pakistan
A new report from Human Rights Focus Pakistan documented a sharp rise in victimization rates against religious minorities in Pakistan during the first three months of this year.
Religious minorities, including Christians, faced more attacks, murders, blasphemy charges, abductions, forced conversions, and forced marriages.
Jeff King, president of International Christian Co...
Trump win: Supreme Court blocks rehiring fired workers, Planned Parenthood closes 3 MI abortion mills, Space flight around Earth’s poles
It’s Wednesday, April 9th, A.D. 2025. This is The Worldview in 5 Minutes heard on 125 radio stations and at www.TheWorldview.com. I’m Adam McManus. (Adam@TheWorldview.com)
By Jonathan Clark and Adam McManus
Ugandan Muslim husband kills newly converted Christian wife
A Muslim man in Uganda stabbed his wife to death after she converted to Christianity last month.
Forty-one-year-old Nasiimu Mirembe was the mother of six children. She put her faith in Christ on March 21st after hearing the Gospel from a friend. On March 23rd, she attended a church s...
Horrific Muslim persecution of Christians in Africa, U.S.-China tariff war heats up, 22 million watched “House of David” finale
It’s Tuesday, April 8th, A.D. 2025. This is The Worldview in 5 Minutes heard on 125 radio stations and at www.TheWorldview.com. I’m Adam McManus. (Adam@TheWorldview.com)
By Kevin Swanson
Horrific Muslim persecution of Christians in Sub-Saharan Africa
The Gatestone Institute’s International Policy Center has released its report on the persecution of Christians in Africa.
The report claims that the West is ignoring the carnage playing out in Sub-Sahara Africa, and that Muslim “Jihadists are murdering, raping, torturing, kidnapping, enslaving, and, in some instances, burning people alive — across Africa, and now in...
Pro-Life activist assaulted during street interview, China moves to formally ban missionary activity, Democratic Rep. mocks wheelchair-bound governor
It’s Monday, April 7th, A.D. 2025. This is The Worldview in 5 Minutes heard on 125 radio stations and at www.TheWorldview.com. I’m Adam McManus. (Adam@TheWorldview.com)
By Adam McManus
China moves to formally ban missionary activity
New regulations released this week by the Chinese Communist Party impose severe restrictions on missionary activity in the country, reports International Christian Concern.
The regulations, which take effect May 1, prohibit foreigners from preaching, sharing their faith, or establishing religious organizations without official government approval.
Justifying these regulations, Chinese state media claimed...
Trump’s ban on trans troops halted, Dem. Sen. Cory Booker’s record filibuster, “AngelEye Camera” lets parents of premature babies check-in
It’s Friday, April 4th, A.D. 2025. This is The Worldview in 5 Minutes heard on 125 radio stations and at www.TheWorldview.com. I’m Adam McManus. (Adam@TheWorldview.com)
By Adam McManus
Chinese Communists sentence pastor to 5-year prison sentence
The Chinese Communists have sentenced Pastor Wan Changchun of Living Stone Reformed House Church to a five-year prison sentence, reports International Christian Concern. The church is located in the city of Bengbu in the Anhui Province in Eastern China,
As reported by Bitter Winter Magazine, Pastor Changchun was arrested in April 2023 for alle...
Wyoming no longer requires homeschoolers to get gov’t approval, Taiwan’s Christians pray ’round the clock, 46 physical attacks on Christians in Israel last year
It’s Thursday, April 3rd, A.D. 2025. This is The Worldview in 5 Minutes heard on 125 radio stations and at www.TheWorldview.com. I’m Adam McManus. (Adam@TheWorldview.com)
By Jonathan Clark
46 physical attacks on Christians in Israel last year
Attacks on Christians in Israel increased last year according to a report from the Rossing Center for Education and Dialogue.
Christians in Israel suffered 111 attacks in 2024, including 46 physical attacks. The report noted, “The most common form of physical harassment is spitting—a long-standing issue that has escalated from subtle incidents to openly aggress...
Creator of Morse code gave glory to God, Trump vs. Planned Parenthood, Mississippi on track to end state income tax
It’s Wednesday, April 2nd, A.D. 2025. This is The Worldview in 5 Minutes heard on 125 radio stations and at www.TheWorldview.com. I’m Adam McManus. (Adam@TheWorldview.com)
By Jonathan Clark
Nigerian Muslims killed 11 Christians last Thursday
Last Thursday, suspected Fulani Muslim militants killed 11 Christians during a raid on a Christian farming community in central Nigeria.
A local resident told International Christian Concern, “In the late evening, armed militants surprised us with their assault. We lost 11 valued lives, including a pregnant woman.”
Amnesty International Nigeria commented, “The inaction of authorities...
Disney’s woke “Snow White” bombing at box office; Myanmar earthquake death toll tops 2,000; U.S. deployed B-2 Bombers, two air craft carriers to Middle East
It’s Tuesday, April 1st, A.D. 2025. This is The Worldview in 5 Minutes heard on 125 radio stations and at www.TheWorldview.com. I’m Adam McManus. (Adam@TheWorldview.com)
By Kevin Swanson
Myanmar earthquake death toll tops 2,000
The death count resulting from a major earthquake centered in Myanmar has topped 2,000, reports The Guardian.
The quake which registered 7.7 on the Richter scale, affected the areas of Mandalay and Sagaing. (Look at a shake map of Myanmar that shows the areas most affected by the earthquake.)
Rescue efforts in the area of Sagaing h...
Appeals court rules DOGE can continue operating at USAID, 2,000 young people in Illinois Pro-Life March, Hummingbird chicks observed pretending to be caterpillars to avoid being eaten
It’s Monday, March 31st, A.D. 2025. This is The Worldview in 5 Minutes heard on 125 radio stations and at www.TheWorldview.com. I’m Adam McManus. (Adam@TheWorldview.com)
By Adam McManus
Christian pastor’s body found after he described recent death threats
Pastor Praveen Pagadala, a renowned Christian evangelist and apologist, has been found dead under suspicious circumstances in the south Indian state of Andhra Pradesh, weeks after expressing concerns for his safety, reports The Christian Post.
The 46-year-old pastor, who is survived by his wife and two young children, was travel...
Three survivors of Alaskan plane crash rescued; Muslim militants kill 9 in Congo, Africa; King Charles hospitalized from cancer treatment side effects
It’s Friday, March 28th, A.D. 2025. This is The Worldview in 5 Minutes heard on 125 radio stations and at www.TheWorldview.com. I’m Adam McManus. (Adam@TheWorldview.com)
By Adam McManus
Muslim militants kill 9 in Congo, Africa
Muslim militants from the Allied Democratic Forces, a terrorist group, launched a brutal assault in North Kivu, Congo, Africa on March 8th, killing at least nine people, reports International Christian Concern.
The attack began at dawn, catching villagers by surprise. Armed with guns and machetes, the Muslims targeted the farming community, swiftly overpowering the res...
Only 16% of Christians believe in Trinity, 10,000 Dutch killed by euthanasia, Trump’s signs Executive Order on Election Integrity
It’s Thursday, March 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. (Adam@TheWorldview.com)
By Jonathan Clark
Afghanistan, India, Nigeria, and Vietnam deny religious liberty
The United States Commission on International Religious Freedom released its annual report on Tuesday.
The report advises the U.S. State Department to designate certain countries as Countries of Particular Concern for severe religious freedom violations. The commission recommended countries like Burma, China, North Korea, and Russia to remain on the list. It fu...
