By Adam McManus

United Nations urges Pakistan to ban forced conversions and marriages

On April 22^nd, a United Nations-appointed body urged Pakistan to intensify efforts to eradicate Islamic forced conversions and marriages, noting that young Christian girls consistently fall victim to Islamist coercion, reports MorningStarNews.org.

To prevent forced conversions and marriages, Pakistan was urged to raise the minimum age of marriage to 18 across all territories, criminalize forced religious conversion, and enforce laws related to human trafficking and sexual violence.

Isaiah 59:7 says, “Their feet run to evil. … They pursue evil schemes; acts of violence mark their ways.”

Hegseth to Democrat: “Your hatred for President Trump blinds you.”

War Secretary Pete Hegseth delivered a blistering rebuke to Democratic Rep. John Garamendi of California, slamming the congressman for labeling the conflict in Iran a “quagmire” during a heated exchange, reports the New York Post.

HEGSETH: “When I said reckless, feckless, and defeatist of congressional Democrats at the beginning that came after watching you say the same thing on CNN this morning: ‘a quagmire.’

“My generation served in a ‘quagmire’ in Iraq and Afghanistan. Years and years of nebulous missions and utopian nation-building that led us to nothing.

“The way you stain the troops when you tell them two months in, Congressman, you should know better. Shame on you! Calling this a quagmire two months in. The effort, what they’ve undertaken, the success on the battlefield that creates strategic opportunities. The courage of a president to confront a nuclear Iran. And you call it a quagmire, handing propaganda to our enemies.

“Shame on you for that statement and statements like that are reckless to our troops. Don’t say, ‘I support the troops.’ on one hand, and then, a two-month mission is a ‘quagmire.’ Who are you cheering for here? Who you pulling for?

“Our troops are doing incredible work. They’ve done incredible things for the entirety of this mission and achieved incredible battlefield successes. And you sit there, and go on TV for your click bait, about ‘quagmires.’ It undermines the mission.

“Your hatred for President Trump blinds you to the truth of the success of this mission and the historic stakes that the President is addressing which the American people support.”

GOP Congressman to pro-abort: “What’s your favorite form of abortion?”

On April 21^st, a judiciary hearing in the House of Representatives grew tense when Republican Congressman Brandon Gill of Texas pressed American University scholar Jessica Waters in graphic detail on which abortion procedure she would list as her favorite, reported FoxNews.

Listen.

GILL: “You’re an advocate for abortion, for abortion policy. What’s your favorite type of abortion?”

WATERS: “I am an advocate for patients having access to the full realm of reproductive health care.”

GILL: “But do you have a preferred method of abortion that you like?”

WATERS: “I do not.”

GILL: “Let me read through a couple different methods, and I want to get your take on how much you like these. The first type is called a suction abortion. This is when the cervix is dilated and a strong suction, 29 times the power of a household vacuum cleaner, tears the baby’s body apart and sucks it through the hose into a container. Do you prefer that method?”

WATERS: “I stand by my former testimony.”

GILL: “That sounds kind of gross, doesn’t it? It sounds pretty gruesome. Do you agree? It does to me.”

WATERS: “I stand by, um, how I answered your question fully and accurately.”

GILL: “Okay. What about this one? This one is called dilation and curettage. After dilation of the cervix, a sharp, looped knife is inserted into the uterus. The baby’s body is cut into pieces and extracted, often by suction. Do you prefer that method?”

WATERS: “What I believe we are here to talk about today is the [Freedom of Access to Clinic Entrances] Act. We are not here to talk about the legality of …”

GILL: “You’re a pro-abortion advocate. I’m asking if you prefer the dilation and curettage method.”

WATERS: “I am access to reproductive health care advocate.”

GILL: “You don’t want to talk about abortion itself. Why is that?”

WATERS: “I would prefer to talk about the reason that the committee called the hearing.”

GILL: “Is it because it’s uncomfortable to talk about? It should be uncomfortable.”

WATERS: “I would prefer, if you would let me finish my statement, to talk about Freedom of Access to Clinic Entrances Act, which is what I was asked to talk about.”

GILL: “We’re talking about what that access gets. How about this one? It’s called dilation and evacuation. Forceps are inserted into the uterus, grabbing and twisting the baby’s body to dismember him or her. If the head is too large, it must be crushed in order to remove it. Do you prefer that method?”

WATERS: “I would prefer to talk about the reason the hearing was called and the basis of my expert testimony.”

GILL: “It’s uncomfortable to hear this, isn’t it? I think it is because it’s barbaric and evil.”

WATERS:  “I would prefer to talk about the subject of the hearing.”

GILL: “This is the subject of the hearing. This is about protests outside of abortion clinics. I’m asking you about abortion.”

WATERS: “I stand by my prior testimony.”

GILL: “I wouldn’t want to talk about this either if I were you, because it is barbaric and evil.”

Proverbs 31:8 says, “Speak up for those who cannot speak for themselves.”

To thank Texas Republican Congressman Brandon Gill for his unapologetic description of the evil of abortion, send him a two-sentence thank you note to Rep. Brandon Gill, 600 Parker Square, Suite 205, Flower Mound, Texas 75028. Or call his D.C. office at (202) 225-7772.

Maine Governor, a liberal Republican, drops out of Senate race

And finally, liberal Republican Governor Janet Mills has suspended her candidacy for the U.S. Senate. She announced, “I very simply do not have the one thing that political campaigns unfortunately require today: the financial resources.”

A year ago, in the midst of the debate over men in women’s sports and locker rooms, President Trump predicted the political demise of Governor Mills, to her face, at the White House.

Listen.

TRUMP: “Two weeks ago, I signed an executive order banning men from playing in women’s sports. Many Democrats are fighting me on that. I hope you continue, because you’ll never win another race. The NCAA has complied immediately, by the way. That’s good. But I understand Maine … Is Maine here?  The governor of Maine? Are you not going to comply with it?”

MILLS: “I’m complying with state and federal laws.”

TRUMP: “We are the federal law. Well, you better do it. You better do it, because you’re not going to get any federal funding at all if you don’t.

“And by the way, your population, even though it’s somewhat liberal, although I did very well there, your population doesn’t want men playing in women’s sports. So, you better, you better comply, because otherwise you’re not getting any, any federal funding.

MILLS: “See you in court.”

TRUMP: “Good. I’ll see you in court. I look forward to that. That should be a real easy one. And enjoy your life after Governor, because I don’t think you’ll be in elected politics.”

That leaves Graham Platner, a controversial candidate, as the Democrat front runner in the upcoming June 9^th primary. He’s been endorsed by Senate leftists Bernie Sanders of Vermont, Elizabeth Warren of Massachusetts, Ruben Gallego of Arizona, and Martin Heinrich of New Mexico.

While GOP incumbent Senator Susan Collins of Maine has a Republican challenger in the June primary, she’s likely to win and then run for a sixth term in the November general election.

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By Jonathan Clark

Algerian authorities have shut down virtually all Protestant churches

Muslim authorities in Algeria, Africa have shut down nearly all Protestant churches in the country since January 2025.

The finding comes from a new report by the European Centre for Law and Justice. 

Algeria’s Christian community has been steadily growing since the 1990s. Most of these believers are evangelical Protestants. However, the North African country imposed restrictions on non-Muslim worship in 2006. And most Protestant churches lost their legal status in 2012.

These Christians now have little to no freedom of expression in the Muslim-majority nation. The report stated, “Any expression of Christian faith may be regarded as . . . an offence against the precepts of Islam, and may result in prosecution.” 

In Matthew 5:10, Jesus said, “Blessed are those who are persecuted for righteousness’ sake, for theirs is the kingdom of Heaven.”

Kenyan court rejects abortion as a “right”

A court of appeal in Kenya  ruled against abortion last Friday.

The court struck down a 2022 high court ruling that declared abortion was a constitutional right. 

However, the constitution of the East African nation states that every person has the right to life and that life begins at conception. Last week’s ruling affirmed that abortion is not a fundamental right. 

Calum Miller, a pro-life doctor and ethicist, wrote on X, “This is a HUGE win in one of Africa’s biggest legal cases ever.”

United Arab Emirates wants exporting oil independence

The United Arab Emirates, which borders Oman to the east and northeast, and Saudi Arabia to the southwest, is withdrawing from the Organization of the Petroleum Exporting Countries, or OPEC.

The major oil producer made the announcement Tuesday and plans to withdraw on May 1. OPEC has limited the United Arab Emirates’ oil production to about three million barrels per day. The Emirates wants to reach five million barrels a day by next year as global demand increases. 

OPEC is led by Saudi Arabia. The group used to control over half of the world’s oil production. Now, it controls less than a third of the production. The United States has become one of its biggest rivals in recent years.

King Charles III emphasizes Christian faith before Congress

Britain’s King Charles III addressed the U.S. Congress in Washington, D.C. on Tuesday.

It’s the first time a British monarch addressed Congress since Queen Elizabeth II did so in 1991.

King Charles emphasized international cooperation between the United States and the United Kingdom as well as the shared faith of the two nations.

Listen.

CHARLES: “Mr. Speaker, for many here, and for myself, the Christian faith is a firm anchor and daily inspiration that guides us, not only personally, (applause) guides us not only personally, but together as members of our community.”

“So, to the United States of America, on your 250th birthday, let our two countries re-dedicate ourselves to each other, in the selfless service of our peoples, and of all the peoples of the world. God bless the United States and God bless the United Kingdom.” (applause and cheers)

Psalm 33:12 reminds us, “Blessed is the nation whose God is the LORD, the people He has chosen as His own inheritance.” 

Supreme Court ruled in favor of Christian pregnancy centers

The U.S. Supreme Court ruled unanimously in favor of a group of Christian pregnancy centers yesterday. 

The ruling allows First Choice Women’s Resource Centers to challenge the state of New Jersey in federal court. State officials hit the pro-life group with an unconstitutional, coercive subpoena. 

Attorney Erin Hawley with Alliance Defending Freedom said, “In this resounding victory, the Supreme Court held to its long-standing precedent of recognizing that the Constitution protects First Choice, and its donors, from demands by a hostile state official to disclose donor identities and contact information.”   

Protestantism’s net gain in Latin America

And finally, Pew Research released a report on how religious switching has affected Protestants and Catholics.

Religious switching refers to when an adult identifies with a religion that is different from the one they were raised in. 

Catholicism has lost more people than it gained from religious switching in nearly all surveyed countries. People who leave Catholicism tend to become Protestant or religiously disaffiliated. 

Meanwhile, Protestantism has seen a net gain in about as many countries as it has seen a net loss. In particular, Protestantism has had a net gain in Latin America, which is comprised of 20 countries, primarily Mexico, Central America, the Caribbean, and South America.

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By Jonathan Clark and Timothy Reed

Egyptian Christian YouTuber faces 5 years hard labor

A Christian YouTuber in Egypt is facing five years of imprisonment and hard labor simply for sharing his faith online.

Augustinos Samaan regularly posts Christian videos to his channel which has over 100,000 subscribers. Officials charged him under the country’s blasphemy provision. The law criminalizes speech that is deemed offensive to Islam. 

Samaan appealed his sentence last week with the help of Alliance Defending Freedom International. Since August last year, authorities in Egypt have arrested dozens of people for online religious content. 

In Matthew 10:32, Jesus said, “Whoever confesses Me before men, him I will also confess before My Father who is in Heaven.”

Global military spending up

Global military spending reached a record $2.9 trillion dollars last year. That’s according to a new report from the Stockholm International Peace Research Institute.

Military spending rose 14 percent in Europe and eight percent in Asia and Oceania. Meanwhile, the United States spent 7.5 percent less on military expenditures. The U.S. remains one of the top three military spenders along with China and Russia. 

Experts note that many U.S. allies are spending more on their militaries following pressure from the Trump administration. 

Former FBI Director James Comey indicted over photo that threatened Trump

On April 28^th, the Justice Department secured an indictment charging former FBI Director James Comey with threatening the life of President Donald Trump by posting a photo of sea shells on Instagram that featured the numbers “86-47”, reports NBC News.

The two-count indictment alleges that a reasonable person would interpret the image of the shells, arranged to spell out “86 47,” as “a serious expression of an intent to do harm to the President of the United States.”  “Eighty-six” is a term used to mean “cancel” or “get rid of.” And, of course, “47” refers to the 47^th president of the United States.

While Comey deleted the post, saying it never occurred to him that it would be interpreted as being violent. In a subsequent Instagram post last May, Comey said that he assumed the shells he saw on a beach walk were “a political message” and comically claimed that he “didn’t realize some folks associate those numbers with violence,” adding that he opposed violence “of any kind.”

Todd Blanche, the acting U.S. Attorney General, spoke at a press conference yesterday.

BLANCHE: “The defendant, James Comey, knowingly and willfully transmitting in interstate commerce, a communication that contained a threat to kill the president of the United States. Both of these counts carry a maximum term of imprisonment of 10 years.”

War Department will no longer require flu shot

War Secretary Pete Hegseth announced that the military will no longer require the flu shot. 

Listen to Hegseth’s comment on the change of policy.

HEGSETH: “We’re seizing this moment to discard any absurd, overreaching mandates that only weaken our war-fighting capabilities. In this case, this includes the universal flu vaccine and the mandate behind it.

The notion that a flu vaccine must be mandatory for every service member, everywhere, in every circumstance, at all times, is just overly broad and not rational.

“Our new policy is simple. If you, an American warrior, entrusted to defend this nation, believe that the flu vaccine is in your best interest, then you are free to take it. You should. But we will not force you, because your body, your faith, and your convictions are not negotiable.” 

Proposed bill: No pension for Congressmen convicted of sex crimes

Republican Senator Josh Hawley of Missouri introduced a bill that would strip the federal pensions of Congress members who are convicted of a sex crime. 

Hawley’s bill, the “No Pensions for Congressional Predators Act,” comes on the heels of two high profile Congressional resignations over sexual allegations including Democrat Eric Swalwell and Republican Tony Gonzales of Texas.

Speaking on FOX News, Hawley referred to Swalwell as a driving reason behind his legislation.

HAWLEY: “This is why Congress needs to pass legislation. I’m introducing it today that would deny pensions to every member of Congress who is convicted of a sex offense. Right now, you could be convicted and still get your pension. The only thing the government ought to be paying for for people like Eric Swalwell is a jail cell.”

Two Louisiana bills threaten pro-life work

A pair of Louisiana bills are threatening pro-life work in the state. 

One bill, the Pregnancy Help Center Healthcare Licensing Act, seeks to require pregnancy centers to become licensed, a bill that may force these centers to have doctors or nurses, on site, at all times. 

A second bill could restrict the freedom of religion for pregnancy centers. 

Erica Inzina of Louisiana Right to Life is concerned about the bill. She said, “Some of the language and the tactics that we’re seeing are the same types of tactics that have been used in other ways to villainize pregnancy centers elsewhere in the country.”

Church attendance rising

And finally, church attendance is rising for the first time in decades, according to a new report from the Hartford Institute for Religion Research.

The median in-person weekly attendance at a house of worship is now 70 adults. That’s down from 137 adults in 2000. However, it’s significantly up from 45 adults during the COVID-19 pandemic.  

The study noted, “For the first time in decades, more congregations are stabilizing or growing rather than shrinking.”

Hebrews 10:24-25 says, “And let us consider one another in order to stir up love and good works, not forsaking the assembling of ourselves together, as is the manner of some, but exhorting one another, and so much the more as you see the Day approaching.”

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By Kevin Swanson and Timothy Reed

India: 12^th worst persecutor of Christians worldwide

India is the twelfth worst persecutor of Christians in the world on the Open Doors World Watch List.

It’s largely due to the shift brought about by the joint efforts of the Rashtriya Swayamsevak Sangh organization and the BJP political party in that country. But now, the RSS General Secretary  told the Hudson Institute last week, that this is a misconception.

However, the Religious Liberty Commission of the Evangelical Fellowship of India reports 747 incidents of vandalisms, beatings, false arrests, church burnings, and at least one murder in 2025. This follows a rash of anti-conversion laws brought on by the ruling political parties.

In November 2025, the U.S. Commission on International Religious Freedom issued a report recommending that India be placed on the list of Countries of Particular Concern. The report noted that since Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s Bharatiya Janata Party came into power 12 years ago. … India has “enforced policies that closely align with Hindutva ideology, [a political ideology establishing Hindu dominance which leads to] discriminating and disenfranchising members of India’s religious minority communities.”

British suicide bill failed to pass

Good news!

A controversial suicide bill has failed to pass the United Kingdom Parliament.

The Terminally Ill Adults (End of Life) Bill did not receive the support necessary to pass the House of Lords, even though it had passed the House of Commons last year. The proposed law would have granted a supposed “right” for those expected to die within six months to kill themselves. 

Proverbs 8:36 speaks of the wisdom of God in these words: “But he who sins against me wrongs his own soul; All those who hate me love death.”

Russia killed seven in two Ukrainian cities

Still no end in sight for Russia’s four-year war on Ukraine.

Russia continued to barrage the Ukrainian cities of Dnipro and Odessa over the weekend.  The BBC reports seven people were killed. 

Third assassination attempt on President Trump

A would-be assassin, Cole Tomas Allen, got very close to the President of the United States Saturday night.

Just the day before President Trump was scheduled to attend the White House Correspondents Dinner, Allen, a teacher and mechanical engineer, checked into the hotel armed with guns.  At 8:30pm ET, he approached the stairway leading up to the ballroom where the president was sitting, and fired shots at security, when he was taken down by the Secret Service, reports NBC News.  Authorities said an officer wearing a bullet-resistant vest was shot in the chest and is expected to recover.

Allen said, “I experience rage thinking about everything this administration has done.”  In 2024, according to the Federal Election Commission filings, Allen donated $25 to ActBlue with the memo “Earmarked for Harris for President,” noted JustTheNews.com.

The two other would-be assassins of President Trump include 20-year-old Thomas Crooks on July 13, 2024 in Butler, Pennsylvania, who was killed by the Secret Service at a campaign rally and 58-year-old Ryan Wesley Routh on September 15, 2024 at the Trump International Golf Club in West Palm Beach, Florida.  Routh was sentenced to life in prison without the possibility of parole.

Trump would-be assassin’s motive

Jeannine Pirro, United States Attorney for the District of Columbia, addressed Cole Tomas Allen’s motive.

PIRRO: “Make no mistake. This was an attempted assassination of the President of the United States, with the defendant making clear what his intent was. And that intent was to bring down as many of the high-ranking cabinet officials as he could.”

According to the New York Post, Allen was charged on Monday with trying to assassinate President Donald Trump — as officials revealed the Secret Service fired at him five times before taking him down.

Karoline Leavitt: Trump’s calm in chaos was “remarkable to witness”

On April 27^th, White House Press Secretary Karoline Leavitt shared her unique perspective on the latest assassination attempt.

LEAVITT: “I was seated next to President Trump and the First Lady when the shots were fired before Secret Service swiftly moved us to safety backstage.

“The President’s calm in the face of chaos while yet another individual was trying to take his life was really remarkable to witness. And it’s something I will never forget. President Trump is fearless because he loves this country. And he is willing to put his own life on the line to deliver on the promises that he made to the American public who elected him here into the highest office in the land. …

“We should not live in a country where such constant fear of political violence permeates our society every single day. Debating, peaceful protesting and voting are how we need to settle disagreements, not bullets.”

The would-be assassin’s connection to Christianity

Cole Tomas Allen’s father is reportedly an elder at Grace United Reformed Church in Torrance, California, affiliated with the United Reformed Churches of America.

Allen’s social media account listed his association with a Christian Fellowship group at CalTech.

And his published manifesto included a note of gratitude to “his family, both personal and church, for your love over these 31 years.”  

Plus, the manifesto included a convoluted sort of biblical apologetic for his actions.  The Wall Street Journal has also reported that Allen had coordinated a group meeting for “Bible study, prayer, food, and fellowship.”

America’s drought and its impact on cattle

The United States is still facing its most severe drought in recorded history, dating back into the 19th century.

About 90% of Oklahoma and Nebraska are feeling the brunt of our national drought. Half of Nebraska is under extreme conditions. And 99.97% of Kentucky is under drought conditions.

Colorado, Georgia, and Florida have also been hit hard.

The drought is impacting cattle availability. The Untired States cattle herd has diminished to its lowest numbers in history, dropping to 86.2 million this year. That’s down from 115 million cattle in 1981.  

Cattle availability has dropped from half a cow per person to a quarter of a cow per person this year.  That’s liable to go quite a bit lower this year, as a result of the drought across western states.

Deuteronomy 28:15, 18-19 encourages nations to obey God’s laws. It says,  “But it shall come to pass, if you do not obey the voice of the Lord your God, to observe carefully all His commandments and His statutes which I command you today, that all these curses will come upon you and overtake you: Cursed shall be the fruit of your body and the produce of your land, the increase of your cattle and the offspring of your flocks. Cursed shall you be when you come in, and cursed shall you be when you go out.”

African countries impacted by drought

In related news, other nations facing severe drought conditions, in six out of the last seven years, included Kenya, Ethiopia, Somalia, Niger, and Zimbabwe.

These areas of Africa are about to tip into severe famine and mass starvation.

Kenyan breaks 2-hour marathon record

And finally, a son of a Kenyan farmer has broken the 2-hour barrier for the marathon, for the first time in human history, reports the Associated Press.

Sabastian Sawe finished the London Marathon over the weekend in the record time of 1:59:30. That’s 65 seconds faster than the last official record set three years ago.  

Actually, another African from Ethiopia also broke the previous record, finishing 11 seconds behind Sawe.

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Preacher found dead in Russian prison

A blogger and preacher, known to the internet as Vegan Christ-Lover of God, died this month while in Russian custody. Khristolyub Bozhiy ran a blog and YouTube channel where he spoke about religion, veganism, and his advocacy of peace related to Russia’s ongoing war on Ukraine, reports International Christian Concern.

The 43-year-old blogger described himself as a Christian activist, pacifist, and preacher who spoke against Islam

Russian officials began their investigations in November 2023. In February 2025, a regional court sentenced Bozhiy to three years in a colony-settlement for offending Muslims, 

In early April, Bozhiy was moved to a pre-trial detention center and was immediately placed in an isolated cell.  Earlier this month, he reported, “I was given five days in solitary as soon as I arrived. Then another 15, for nothing at all.” 

On April 17th, Bozhiy’s father learned that his son had died, but was not told the cause of his death until he was summoned to collect his son’s body on April 20th. That day, when he arrived at the investigator’s office, he was told that his son had been found hanging in an isolated cell. Bozhiy’s relatives do not believe his death was a suicide.

In his final protest, Bozhiy held a sign that read, “Jesus commanded to love enemies, not to kill, for God is love. Murderers do not inherit the Kingdom of God.” 

Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu treated for prostate cancer

Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu has revealed that he recently underwent treatment for prostate cancer, and kept it quiet for fear that it would be used by Iran for propaganda, reports One America News.

He had three core messages to share with the public:

1. “Thank God, I am healthy.”
2. “I am in excellent physical condition.”
3. “I had a minor medical issue with my prostate that was completely treated. Thank God, it’s behind me.”

3 John 2:2 says, “Dear friend, I pray that you may enjoy good health and that all may go well with you, even as your soul is getting along well.”

9 in 10 British Evangelicals prepared to share faith with atheists

Only 2% of evangelical British Christians have faced ‘sanctions’ for talking about their Christian faith at work, while 4% feel they have missed out on the chance of a promotion or other better job opportunities because of their Christian faith, reports Evangelical Focus.

A survey commissioned by the Evangelical Alliance United Kingdom shows that most Evangelicals have a positive experience in their workplace.

Although one in ten say they have received criticism in the United Kingdom for talking about their Christian faith and just over two in ten are “hesitant to talk about my Christian faith”, 40% of believers say that their Christian faith has “positively helped me in my workplace.”

Almost 9 in 10 Evangelicals feel “equipped” to share their faith with atheists (86%) compared to 14% who do not. The response is virtually the same when asked about conversations with agnostics.

And two-thirds of Evangelical respondents feel prepared to discuss their faith with Muslims (67%) and 79% with Jews.

1 Peter 3:15 says, “Always be prepared to give an answer to everyone who asks you to give the reason for the hope that you have. But do this with gentleness and respect.”

Trump’s fiscal folly

On April 3rd, President Trump released his proposed Fiscal 2027 Budget. Strikingly, Trump proposed to increase defense spending by over 40% and cut non-defense discretionary spending by about 10%, reports Fortune Magazine.

Yet, even after slashing everything from environmental protection and scientific research to housing and small-business support, government spending will surge, the deficit will balloon, and the ratio of debt held by the public to the Gross Domestic Product will climb to peacetime highs and remain above 100%.

Overall, the Trump administration’s proposed budget is an extension of what has become, particularly during the last three administrations, fiscal folly.

Steve Hanke, a professor of applied economics at the Johns Hopkins University in Baltimore, Maryland, wrote, “A significant chunk of today’s government expenditures are financed by putting future generations in bondage and saddling them with the costs. This is irresponsible, inequitable, and immoral. Fiscal deficits are nothing more than deferred taxes that will be paid by those who aren’t even voting today, as well as many who are yet to be born.”

Public school allows profane anti-ICE protest, suspends pro-ICE student

On February 6, hundreds of students at Torrey Pines High School in San Diego, California peacefully staged a mid-school-day walkout to protest Immigration and Customs Enforcement. They held posters that read “ICE is KKK spelled differently” as well as others with profane language.

Yet, two weeks later, Torrey Pines High School suspended a student for posting pro-ICE flyers reading, “We love I.C.E. – Real Americans.” The school claimed the flyers, which caused no disruption at the school — and were displayed in a common area where other students have posted political material — nevertheless constituted “harassment” and “intimidation.” 

After intervention by the Foundation for Individual Rights and Expression, a California school district expunged its suspension of a high school junior for putting up a pro-ICE poster.

Senior Attorney Conor Fitzpatrick said, “School administrators can’t pick and choose which opinions students are allowed to express. Voicing an opinion which makes others upset is not ‘harassment’ or ‘intimidation,’ it is American democracy in action.”

Which U.S. president had 15 children?

And finally, in 1789, George Washington became the first president of the United States.

Since then, 44 other men have served as Commander-in-Chief, each leaving a political legacy to be analyzed and judged in the course of time. But their legacies are not only political — they’re also familial, reports HistoryFacts.

The number of children each president had is often overlooked, but on a personal level, few things could be more important. And in two cases, presidential children — John Quincy Adams and George W. Bush — went on to become presidents themselves, combining the familial with the political.   

Five presidents fathered no known biological children. In some cases, this was likely due to infertility caused by medical issues, such as the tuberculosis infection George Washington suffered before he was married. James Buchanan, meanwhile, remains the only U.S. president who never married. 

One president stands head and shoulders above the rest when it comes to procreating: John Tyler fathered 15 children across two marriages. Another notable figure is Thomas Jefferson, who had six children with his wife of 10 years, Martha Jefferson, and allegedly fathered six others with his slave named Sally Hemings.

The other presidents in the top five include: James A. Garfield, who had 7 children, Rutherford B. Hayes, who had 8 children, and William Henry Harrison, who had 10 children.

Psalm 127:3-5 says, “Children are a heritage from the Lord, offspring a reward from Him. Like arrows in the hands of a warrior are children born in one’s youth. Blessed is the man whose quiver is full of them.”

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Ugandan evangelist stabbed to death by Muslims

Suspected Muslim extremists, posing as taxi drivers on April 9th, killed a Christian evangelist in central Uganda, Africa shortly after he preached at a Gospel event, reports Morning Star News.

They beat and stabbed Alfred Kitenga at about 9:30 p.m. along the Northern Bypass in the Wakiso District, after he and his wife, Anna Grace, were returning home from preaching in Kampala, the Ugandan capital.

One local church leader said, “This is a painful loss for the body of Christ.”

In John 15:19, Jesus said, “If you were of the world, the world would love you as its own; but because you are not of the world, but I chose you out of the world, therefore the world hates you.”

Iran says first Strait of Hormuz toll revenues banked

Hamidreza Hajibabaei, the deputy speaker of Iran’s parliament, claimed that Iran, not the United States, was now making demands after the first revenues for newly implemented tolls on shipping through the Strait of Hormuz were deposited into Iran’s central bank, reports MSN.

During a public gathering in the western city of Kuhdasht, ABC News reported that he said, “We have control over this Strait. If the United States continues on its current course, no vessels will pass through the Strait of Hormuz. We are not engaged in negotiations — rather, we are making demands.”

The Strait of Hormuz, which serves as a vital waterway for trade along the Persian Gulf, is responsible for an estimated 20% of the world’s oil supply traveling through. The blockade has led to soaring gas prices in the United States as the price of oil surpassed $100 per barrel multiple times.

Trump orders U.S. Navy to shoot and kill any boat placing mines

On Thursday, President Donald Trump ordered the U.S. military to “shoot and kill” any boat caught putting mines in the Strait of Hormuz, as his administration ramps up mine-clearing efforts in the critical waterway, reports TheHill.com.

He added, “Additionally, our mine ‘sweepers’ are clearing the Strait right now. I am hereby ordering that activity to continue, but at a tripled-up level!”

Trump retrieves 10-year-old child from Cuba in transgender drama

The Trump administration took the unusual step this week of sending a government plane to Cuba to return a 10-year-old boy from Utah who is at the center of a complicated and contentious custody fight involving the child’s gender identity, reports NBC News.

The boy’s 42-year-old father, Mr. Ethington, who is pretending to be a woman himself, is accused of taking his son to Cuba without the permission from the biological mother, with whom he has shared custody. Federal and state authorities sought the return of the boy after a family member expressed concern that Mr. Ethington went to Havana, Cuba to get gender transition surgery for the boy.

Mr. Ethington was arrested along with his 32-year-old partner, Blue, and charged in the U.S. with international parental kidnapping.

The couple traveled with the boy to Canada, ostensibly for a camping trip in late March with Blue’s 3-year-old child. However, the two adults deviously turned off their phones, after telling the older child’s mother they’d arrived in Canada. Then, they flew from Vancouver to Mexico and then to Cuba on April 1.

Navy secretary fired after feud over Trump’s ‘Golden Fleet’ with Pentagon leaders

Secretary of the Navy John Phelan was fired on April 22nd after months of feuding with his Pentagon bosses, particularly over his handling of President Trump’s “Golden Fleet” shipbuilding initiative, reports the New York Post.

Tensions among Phelan, War Secretary Pete Hegseth and Deputy War Secretary Stephen Feinberg had been simmering for months.

According to one GOP source, Phelan’s leadership style was “incongruent” with Hegseth and Feinberg. The source said, “The administration really wanted to accelerate the shipbuilding program because of the president’s agenda … and the secretary seemed incapable of accomplishing those goals, and he wasn’t well-liked. When you combine incompetence with arrogance, it usually doesn’t end well.”

Deputy War Secretary Feinberg had been gradually diverting responsibility for the major project away from Phelan, the New York Times reported. 

Hung Cao, the Naval undersecretary, is now set to replace him.

Virginia voters gave 10 of 11 Congressional seats to Democrats

On Tuesday, the Virginia Democrat officials successfully convinced voters to narrowly approve a constitutionally questionable redistricting push to give 10 out of the 11 U.S. congressional seats to the Democrats, a change that one judge ruled to be unconstitutional, reports ABC News. The Democrats had previously held 6 Congressional seats in Virginia.

Florida’s possible redistricting could help ensure more GOP seats

In light of the Virginia election, the red state of Florida is now in the spotlight, reports JustTheNews.

In the Sunshine State, Republican Governor Ron DeSantis is spearheading an effort to redraw their state’s congressional districts before the midterm elections. That would help to ensure the Republicans could retain their majority in the House, and can fully implement President Trump’s agenda.

Another medical emergency uncovered at Colorado Planned Parenthood

Yet another medical emergency was spotted this month at a Colorado Planned Parenthood abortion mill with a checkered history on patient safety, reports LifeSiteNews.com.

Operation Rescue reported that an ambulance was spotted on April 10 arriving at the Fort Collins Planned Parenthood. The EMS radio dispatch revealed that a 19-year-old woman came in a day after her abortion complaining of chest pains. The EMS’ use of the code “Charlie Medical” indicated fears that the situation was potentially life-threatening.

Abortion mills across the country are regularly flagged for harming mothers through botched abortions, unsanitary tools and environments, and lack of regulatory protections such as requirements for staff to secure admitting privileges at nearby hospitals in the event of complications.

The birth of the “In God We Trust” motto

And finally, on April 22^nd,1864, the motto “In God We Trust,” which was conceived during the American Civil War, first appeared on American coinage.

By a joint resolution of Congress, it was adopted as our national motto in 1956, replacing the previous one: “Out of many, one.”

In 1814, Francis Scott Key wrote the Star Spangled Banner, including this seldom heard fourth verse, which references the importance of trusting God as a nation.

Listen.

“O thus be it ever when freemen shall stand
Between their lov’d home and the war’s desolation!
Blest with vict’ry and peace may the Heav’n rescued land
Praise the Power that hath made and preserv’d us a nation!
Then conquer we must, when our cause it is just,
And this be our motto – “In God is our trust,”
And the star-spangled banner in triumph shall wave
O’er the land of the free and the home of the brave”

(applause and cheers)

Psalm 33:12 says, “Blessed is the nation whose God is the LORD, the people He chose for His inheritance.”

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Egyptian Christian convert from Islam imprisoned

A Christian convert in Egypt faced a court hearing for his faith this week.

Said Abdelrazek previously converted from Islam to Christianity. He then tried to change his identity documents to reflect his conversion. That’s when authorities charged him with terrorism-related offenses. He is now an internationally recognized prisoner of conscience. 

Prisoners in such cases often face a lack of due process. International Christian Concern notes, “Abdelrazek’s situation reflects broader challenges facing religious minorities and converts in Egypt. While the country’s constitution nominally guarantees freedom of belief, converts from Islam often face severe social pressure, legal obstacles, and security scrutiny.”  

Israel celebrates sexual perversion in land of Sodom and Gomorrah

The government of Israel promoted an event to celebrate sexually perverted lifestyles in June.

Ironically, the event is being held at the Dead Sea. The region is traditionally associated with the biblical cities of Sodom and Gomorrah. 

A post from the official X account of Israel  said, “This June the Dead Sea becomes Pride Land, the biggest LBGTQ+ festival ever in the Middle East.”

Ezekiel 16:49-50 warns, “This was the iniquity of your sister Sodom: She and her daughter had pride, fullness of food, and abundance of idleness; neither did she strengthen the hand of the poor and needy. And they were haughty and committed abomination before Me; therefore I took them away as I saw fit.”

In light of the historical judgment of God upon Sodom and Gomorrah for the sins of sexual perversion, Israel should know better.

Judges 3:12 says, “Once again, the Israelites did evil in the LORD’s sight.” 

Tennessee declared June as Nuclear Family Month

Meanwhile, in the United States, Tennessee, by contrast, has declared June as Nuclear Family Month.

Republican Governor Bill Lee signed the resolution earlier this month after it passed the state’s House and Senate. 

The measure says, “The nuclear family, consisting of one husband, one wife, and any biological, adopted, or fostered children, is God’s design for familial structure and has been the bedrock of society since the creation of the world.”

325,000 foster children need a home

Robert F. Kennedy Jr., the Health and Human Services Secretary, testified before Congress last week about foster care.

Currently, there are two children for every available foster family. This is because the Biden administration was excluding many Christian families from the system for their beliefs. 

The Trump administration has worked to remove that policy. Since then, the number of foster children needing homes has dropped from 425,000 to 325,000.

Southern Poverty Law Center funneled $3 million to extremist groups

The U.S. Department of Justice announced an indictment against the Southern Poverty Law Center on Tuesday. 

Shockingly, the far-left group funneled over three million dollars to violent extremist groups including the Ku Klux Klan, the United Klans of America, Unite the Right, the National Alliance, the National Socialist Movement, and the American Nazi Party.

The Southern Poverty Law Center is known for smearing conservative and Christian organizations as “hate groups.”

Acting U.S. Attorney Kevin Davidson said, “Donors gave their money believing they were supporting the fight against violent extremism. As alleged, the [Southern Poverty Law Center] instead diverted a portion of those funds to benefit individuals and groups they claimed to oppose.”

Texas Tech ends all academic gender confusion programs

The Texas Tech University System announced this month it is ending all academic programs that endorse gender confusion.

A memo from the university system stated, “Instructors may not teach that gender identity is a fluid spectrum, endorse the existence of more than two genders, or decouple gender from biological sex as a factual or scientific baseline.”

The Texas Tech University System includes five member universities with over 64,000 students. 

President Trump participated in “America Reads the Bible”

And finally, the America Reads the Bible event began on Sunday at the Museum of the Bible in Washington, D.C.

Hundreds of political and religious leaders are participating in reading the entire Bible aloud over the course of this week. 

President Donald Trump also participated in the event. He read a portion of 2 Chronicles 7 from the Oval Office on Tuesday. 

Listen.

TRUMP: “The Lord appeared to Solomon by night and said to him: ‘I have heard your prayer and have chosen this place to Myself for a house of sacrifice. If My people, which are called by My name, shall humble themselves and pray and seek My face and turn from their wicked ways, then will I hear from heaven and will forgive their sin and will heal their land. …

“But if you turn away and forsake My statutes and My commandments which I have set before you, and shall go and serve other gods and worship them, then will I pluck them up from the roots out of My land which I have given them, and this house which I have sanctified for My name, will I cast out of My sight and will make it to be a proverb and a byword among nations.”

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By Jonathan Clark and Timothy Reed

British Christians get more culture pushback now

Christians in the United Kingdom report experiencing greater cultural pressures because of their faith.

While 88 percent of Evangelicals feel they can freely live out their faith in the country, a new survey by the Evangelical Alliance United Kingdom found that 48 percent believe it has become harder to practice their faith in public within the past five years. And 35 percent report experiencing non-criminal hostility for their faith in Christ. 

The survey noted, “For many evangelical Christians, the challenge is less about what the law says and more about how their conviction is perceived and received in an increasingly contested cultural landscape.”

British Parliament passed pro-abortion amendments

The Parliament of the United Kingdom passed pro-abortion amendments to the crime and policing bill last week.

The measure removes criminal liability from women who end the lives of their unborn babies. The bill also gives automatic pardons for women who previously committed such “self-abortions.”

Sir Edward Leigh, a conservative Member of Parliament, called this “a terrible indictment of our society that a human life can be taken when it is about to be born, at 39 weeks, and that there should be a free pardon in such a serious case.” 

Church in Wales approved blessing sexually perverted couples

The Church in Wales approved blessings for people living sexually perverted lifestyles last week.

Welsh Anglican leaders voted overwhelmingly in favor of the measure. It allows clergy to provide services of blessing for homosexual couples. This follows the denomination’s appointment last year of its first openly homosexual archbishop, Cherry Vann, who has a lesbian lover named Wendy Diamond, reported NBC News.

Matthew Firth with the Free Church of England said that evangelical Anglicans in Wales will be “devastated today by this departure from the faith and will be looking for biblical alternative episcopal oversight.”

Isaiah 5:20 says, “Woe to those who call evil good, and good evil; who put darkness for light, and light for darkness.”

Should Catholic school staff be required to affirm biblical marriage & sexuality?

In the United States, the U.S. Supreme Court announced it will hear another religious freedom case involving two Catholic schools in Colorado. 

The state excluded the schools from its preschool program for their religious beliefs. Specifically, the schools require staff to hold biblical views on marriage and sexuality. The schools have been challenging the decision since 2023.

Nick Reaves, with The Becket Fund for Religious Liberty, commented, “After three losses in religious freedom cases at the Supreme Court, Colorado should know better. The Supreme Court has repeatedly held that states cannot exclude families from government benefits because of their faith.”

Virginia Democrats asking voters to approve tortured congressional map

Virginia is asking voters to approve an outlandish Congressional map.

The state, which is narrowly controlled by the Democrat party, is seeking to redistrict Republicans out of five Congressional seats, giving the Democrat party ten seats, while the Republicans would retain only one. 

Conservatives across the state have stepped up to fight the proposal, and Republican Representative Jen Kiggans stated, “We have a lot of momentum on our side. And as the funding has come in, we’ve been able to do more educating, more outreach to voters.”

Polling shows the referendum as a tossup.

Most popular Easter Bible verse on YouVersion

The Bible app YouVersion reported its highest level of engagement ever on Resurrection Sunday earlier this month. 

The most popular verse during Easter season was Matthew 28:6. It says, “He is not here; He has risen, just as He said. Come and see the place where He lay.”

Bobby Gruenewald, founder and CEO of YouVersion, said, “Over the last several months, worldwide interest in the Bible has continued to increase. … Seeing people around the world encounter Scripture, many for the first time, is exactly why we do this.”

18-year-old Chick-fil-A employee finds & turns in $9,833 cash

And finally, a Chick-fil-A employee in North Carolina found and returned $9,833 in cash earlier this month. 

Eighteen-year-old Jaydon Cintron discovered two envelopes in the men’s restroom during his usual break on the Friday before Resurrection Sunday.

Kinston Police Chief Keith Goyette said many people would have taken the money and run with it. But Jaydon turned in the envelopes of cash. 

He credited his Christian faith for the responsible action. Listen to his interview with WITN.

CINTRON: “I just picked it up and I brought it to Human Resources.”

REPORTER: “The money was inside two envelopes when he found it. I asked him why he didn’t just keep the money for himself.”

CINTRON: “That’s not what Jesus would have done. That’s not what God would have wanted.”

REPORTER: “Cintron said his faith guides his thought process.”

CINTRON: “Money is useless without character.”

Proverbs 11:3 says, “The integrity of the upright guides them, but the unfaithful are destroyed by their duplicity.”

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By Kevin Swanson and Timothy Reed

Pope claims communion between Christians and Muslims

Pope Leo XIV visited Algeria, Africa last week, and celebrated what he called “communion between Christians and Muslims” and the “shared aspiration for dignity, love, justice, and peace” — whatever that is.

Leo made no mention of the forced closure of Protestant churches as well as laws criminalizing evangelism, the distribution of Bibles, and posting Christian messages online.

Out of the top ten countries in the world named for persecuting Christians, nine are Muslim-controlled nations.

Psalm 12:1-2 is the cry of God’s people in every age: “Help, Lord, for the godly man ceases!  For the faithful disappear from among the sons of men.   Everyone utters lies to his neighbor; they speak with flattering lips and a double heart.”

Japan’s major earthquake

On Monday, Japan was hit with a major 7.7 earthquake on the Richter scale located on the northeastern side of Honshu. That’s the biggest quake since 2015 to hit the island country.

Experts are warning of another bigger quake potentially striking within a week.

Fire on Borneo Island

A huge fire displaced thousands on the Malaysian island of Borneo, reports NBC News. Almost 1,000 homes were consumed in the fire. 

America’s drought today worse than Dust Bowl days of 1934

God’s hand is upon the United States.  

The National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration Drought Monitor is registering worse drought conditions in America today than the Dust Bowl days of the Great Depression in 1934 — and the worst conditions since the monitor began in 1895.

Over 60% of the 48 contiguous states are under moderate to exceptional drought conditions right now. That would include 97% of the Southeast, and 65% of the West.

Also, the Drought Monitor places the last ten years, running from 2017 to 2026, as equally as severe as the ten years running from 1932 to 1941. These will be the two worst drought periods in recorded history for this country.

In Leviticus 26:18-20, God warns of national droughts. He said, “If you do not obey Me, then I will punish you seven times more for your sins.

I will break the pride of your power; I will make your heavens like iron and your Earth like bronze. And your strength shall be spent in vain; for your land shall not yield its produce, nor shall the trees of the land yield their fruit.”

President Trump vs. Rep. Chip Roy on “no-warrant surveillance”

President Donald Trump has drawn criticism after expressing his support for the reauthorization of the Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Act 702, which gives the government power to spy on citizens, in what is known as “no-warrant surveillance.”

President Trump took to Truth Social, asking House Republicans to pass a “clean extension of FISA 702.”  Back in 2024, Trump wrote, “KILL FISA, IT WAS ILLEGALLY USED AGAINST ME, AND MANY OTHERS.”

Republican Congressman Chip Roy of Texas explained to Fox News why Americans should be wary of federal overreach.

Listen.

ROY: “As one of my colleagues, Michael Cloud, said the other day: ‘Never does the intelligence community ever walk into the room and say, ‘Hey guys, you know what? We have all this power to go look at a lot of stuff. You know, today we’re going to give some of it back.’

“That literally never happens. So, Congress, representing the people, has to say, ‘Hold on. We need to stand up for people, make sure they’re being protected.”

Democrats trying to impeach War Secretary Pete Hegseth

House Democrats are working to impeach War Secretary Pete Hegseth over his role in the Iran War, reports News Nation. 

The impeachment articles, crafted by Democratic Congresswoman Yassamin Ansari of Arizona, allege that the Secretary of War “broke his oath to the Constitution, put U.S. troops at grave risk through the unauthorized disclosure of classified information, and engaged in abuse of office and conduct beneath the dignity of his office.”

Eight Democrats are co-sponsoring the resolution, which is all but ensured to fail as Republicans control the House and Senate. 

60% of Americans: Abortion should be legal in most cases

Sixty percent of Americans now say abortion should be legal in most cases. That’s the latest revelation from Pew Research.

That’s up from 51% in 2015 — 10 years ago. Plus, 66% of younger Millennials, those between their  late 20s and early 30s, take this pro-abortion position compared to 57% of those over 65.  

Among the 50 U.S. states, only Arkansas was pro-life in that the majority wanted abortion illegal in most cases. Vermont, New Hampshire, and Massachusetts were the most pro-death states in America, according to this survey.

Nebraska’s new law on homeschooling

The State of Nebraska enacted a law, Bill 937, requiring a 14-day waiting period for public-school families who decide to homeschool their children.

The law also bans parents who have prior convictions involving sexual crimes from homeschooling their children, reports World Magazine.

Record-breaking stock market

U.S. stock market euphoria is setting records, reports MarketWatch.com.  

The Nasdaq Composite Index has jumped 18% in just 13 trading days — that’s the biggest winning streak since 1992.

Anniversary of Paul Revere’s famous midnight ride

And finally, this weekend marked the 251st anniversary of Paul Revere’s famous midnight ride and the battles of Lexington and Concord.

Revere, who undertook his night journey along with fellow patriots William Dawes and Samuel Prescott, warned American patriots on the night of April 18th that the British, under the leadership of General Thomas Gage, were on the march.

The next morning, April 19th, the “shot heard round the world” was fired on Lexington Green, and the first blood of the American Revolution was shed. The patriotic minutemen ultimately forced the British back into Boston in a running battle, securing the colonies their first victory.

The American Revolutionary War would last until 1783, when the American colonies finally won their independence. 

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Russia strikes Ukrainian Baptist church killing pastor at prayer meeting

Russia struck a Baptist church in the southeastern Ukrainian city of Zaporizhzhia during a prayer meeting, killing at least one person, a minister, and injuring at least eight others, reports The Christian Post.

The Embassy of Ukraine in the U.S. gave the casualty figures in a public statement issued while rescue workers were still on the scene, identifying the targeted building as The House of the Gospel Church, which had served the community for years, according to the Baptist Press. The embassy called the strike a deliberate attack on people of faith who had gathered peacefully to pray.

Promoters of a documentary series entitled “A Faith Under Siege” on Russia’s persecution of Christians, identified the man killed as Ruslan Utyuzh, a minister at the bombed church. Utyuzh is survived by his wife and two children.

Psalm 116:15 says, “Precious in the sight of the LORD is the death of His saints.”

Despite the attack, the congregation held services as normal the following morning with a large turnout, and 200 people came forward to be baptized.

Iran reverses course on reopening Strait of Hormuz

President Donald Trump said Iran “can’t blackmail us” after the country announced they were reimposing restrictions on the Strait of Hormuz on Saturday morning, reports Fox News.

He added, “We have very good conversations going on. It’s working out very well. They got a little cute, as they have been doing for 47 years, and nobody ever took them on. We took them on. They have no Navy. They have no Air Force. They have no leaders. They have no nothing. …  It is regime change.”

Despite Iran wanting to close the strait again, Trump said in the Oval Office that negotiations are “going actually along very well.” Trump also cited how oil tankers are now coming to U.S. ports to fuel up, including in Texas and Louisiana.

President Trump said, “We’re taking a tough stand. They’ve killed a lot of people. A lot of our people have been killed. A lot of your fellow soldiers have been killed over the years by Iran.” He cited how he ordered the strike that killed Qasem Soleimani, the commander of Iran’s elite Quds Force, in January 2020.

Trump described Soleimani as the “father of the roadside bomb.” He explained, “When you see soldiers with no legs, with no arms or face that’s been smashed, that was Soleimani, it was Iran that did that. So we have a much different view on it than other presidents. They’ve gotten away with murder for 47 years. They’re not getting away with it anymore.”

While Iran wants to keep enriched uranium, Trump won’t allow that

Iran had sought an agreement allowing them to “down-blend” their enriched uranium. According to Axios, “A top priority for the Trump administration is ensuring Iran can’t access the stockpile of nearly 4,400 pounds of enriched uranium buried in its underground nuclear facilities, in particular the 992 pounds enriched to 60% purity.”

The Center for Arms Control and Non-Proliferation noted that most commercial nuclear power plants use 3 to 5 percent enriched uranium compared to 90 percent enriched uranium for nuclear weapons.

Before the outbreak of the war, U.S. special envoy Steve Witkoff told Fox News that in March, Iranian negotiators boasted to him that they had enough enriched uranium to build 11 nuclear weapons.

He explained that the Iranian negotiators apparently said “they had the inalienable right to enrich all their nuclear fuel that they possessed. We, of course, responded that the president feels we have the inalienable right to stop you dead in your tracks.”

The Wall Street Journal reported that the U.S. blockade of the Strait of Hormuz initiated last Monday was costing Iran up to $435 million a day, including $276 million in lost exports. The blockade, coupled with weeks of air strikes from the U.S. and Israel, which devastated Iran’s steel and petrochemical facilities, has the country’s economy on the brink of collapse.

Homosexual “dads” mock their surrogate-born baby for crying “mama”

A homosexual male couple has triggered outrage across the internet after posting a video of themselves mocking their surrogate-born baby for crying “mama,” reports LifeSiteNews.com.

Country music singer and songwriter Shane McAnally, a homosexual, posted the video of his faux “husband” Michael Baum lying on a couch, playfully bouncing the baby on his stomach as he asks, “Who do you want, Dada or Pop?”

BAUM: “Who do you want Dada or Pop?”

BABY: “Mama, ma.”

BAUM: “Do you want Dada or Pop?”

BABY: (fusses)

BAUM: “Who do you want? Dada or Pop?”

BABY: “Mom.”

BAUM: ”Nope. Do you want dada? You want pop?

BABY: “Mom.”

BAUM: “No way, Jose. There is no mama.”

BABY: (starts crying)

BAUM: “So sorry. You have Dada and Pop.”

McANALLY: “Two choices.”

BABY: (cries more)

BAUM: “No Mama.”

Oddly enough, they posted that video on line. Officials with Surrogacy Concern, an organization that seeks to end the evils of surrogacy, wondered, “Who films their child crying and uploads it to the internet? And who subjects a child to their pathetic vanity like this? Babies need their birth mothers.”

And children’s rights activist Chris Elston, better known as “Billboard Chris,” wrote, “These men laugh as the baby cries and says ‘ma ma ma.’ They think it’s funny because ‘there is no mama,’ This baby was designed to never have a mother so that two men could satisfy their selfish desires. It’s impossible for a normal person to watch this without instinctual disgust.”

In Matthew 19:4-5, Jesus asked, ““Haven’t you read, that at the beginning the Creator ‘made them male and female,’ and said, ‘For this reason a man will leave his father and mother and be united to his wife, and the two will become one flesh’?”

Anniversary of death of Martin Luther’s aid who translated Bible

And finally, on April 20, 1558, Johannes Bugenhagen, the prominent Lutheran reformer and pastor who helped Martin Luther translate the Bible, died.

He said, ““The church is not a place but a people, gathered by the Word of God and sustained by faith.”

Bugenhagen also explained that “True worship is not found in outward ceremonies, but in a heart that trusts in God’s grace.”

The Lutheran reformer introduced the Protestant Reformation in the Duchy of Pomerania and Denmark in the 16th century. 

After the death of Luther in 1546, Bugenhagen kindly took care of Luther’s widow, Katharina von Bora, and Luther’s children.

Proverbs 21:21 says, “Whoever pursues righteousness and kindness will find life, righteousness, and honor.”

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Nigerian Government Convicts Nearly 400 on Terrorism Charges 

A federal high court in Abuja, Nigeria, has convicted 386 people on terrorism charges in one of the largest mass convictions in recent times. Those convicted were linked to Islamic State West Africa Province or to Boko Haram, a deadly terrorist group founded in northern Nigeria, reports International Christian Concern.

The convictions come as the Nigerian government faces significant pressure from the United States to curb terrorism within its borders and to more effectively protect vulnerable Christian communities caught up in the violence perpetrated by these Islamist terrorist groups.

Reports indicate that the Muslim terrorists convicted received sentences ranging from five years to life in prison. Authorities originally charged 508 individuals. Two were acquitted, eight were discharged, and 112 cases were adjourned.

Former Virginia Lt. Gov shot and killed wife & self in murder-suicide

A Virginia police chief delivered disturbing news at a press conference yesterday about a murder-suicide, reports NewsNation.

DAVIS: “Former Lieutenant Governor Justin Fairfax shot and killed his wife inside of their home and then shot and killed himself.”

Fairfax County Police Chief Kevin Davis said the husband and wife were found dead at their home in Annandale, Virginia, on Thursday.  Former Lt. Gov. Fairfax was recently served some paperwork associated with an upcoming divorce court proceeding which led to the incident. While they were separated they were still living in the same home.

Davis said the couple’s two teenage children were at the home when Fairfax shot his wife, Cerina, “several times” before running to a different part of the house and turning the gun on himself. The shooting took place shortly after midnight, and police said one son called 911. Both Fairfax and his wife were pronounced dead at the scene.

The police chief added, “Tragic for the children to lose both parents. Extra tragic for them to actually be in the home when it occurred.”

ABC’s Joy Behar: Jesus never claimed to be the Messiah

On April 14^th, Joy Behar, the self-professed agnostic on ABC’s talk show The View, asserted that Jesus never claimed to be the Messiah, reports The Christian Post.

BEHAR: “Jesus Himself did not run around saying, ‘I’m the Messiah. I’m the Messiah.’”

SARA HAINES: “That’s exactly what Jesus said!”

BEHAR: “No he did not. Jesus was more modest than that. Jesus was not narcissistic like this guy [Trump].”

HAINES: “When you are the Messiah, it’s not narcissism to say it!”

BEHAR: “Yes it is.”

In John 4:25-26, Jesus had a conversation with the Samaritan woman at the well. “The woman said, ‘I know that Messiah’ (called Christ) ‘is coming. When He comes, He will explain everything to us.’ Then Jesus declared, ‘I, the one speaking to you—I am He.’”

In John 16:15-17, Jesus asked His disciples, “‘But what about you? Who do you say I am?” Simon Peter answered, “You are the Messiah, the Son of the living God.” Jesus replied, “Blessed are you… for this was not revealed to you by flesh and blood, but by My Father in Heaven.’”

And in Mark 14:61-62, the high priest questioned Jesus and asked Him, “Are you the Messiah, the Son of the Blessed One?” Jesus replied, “I am. And you will see the Son of Man sitting at the right hand of the Mighty One.”

More U.S. young men attend church

More young men in America report that they attend church, or other houses of worship, at least monthly, according to a Gallup poll released Thursday, reports The Washington Post.

Forty percent of men, ages 18 to 29, attend religious services monthly or more often. That’s a seven percentage point increase from 2023, and the highest percentage who have reported doing so since 2013.

Pockets of young Americans, especially men, are joining faith communities and driving increased attendance at church and religious gatherings. Although women have historically been more religious than men, male and female attendance at houses of worship, for people under 30, is now statistically tied.

Martin Luther refused to recant on April 18, 1521

And finally, 505 years ago, on April 18^th, 1521, Martin Luther was called before Emperor Charles V at the Diet of Worms to recant his teaching which rejected the authority of the Catholic Church and underscored the authority of Scripture.

Luther uttered these immortal words that day that launched the Protestant Reformation, depicted here in the 2003 movie entitled “Luther.”

Listen.

LUTHER: “Unless I am convinced by Scripture and by plain reason, and not by popes and councils, who have so often contradicted themselves, my conscience is captive to the Word of God. To go against conscience is neither right nor safe. I cannot, and I will not, recant. Here I stand. I can do no other. God help me!”

Hebrews 4:12 says, “For the word of God is alive and active. Sharper than any double-edged sword, it penetrates even to dividing soul and spirit, joints and marrow; it judges the thoughts and attitudes of the heart.”

You can watch the movie “Luther” for free through a special link in our transcript today at www.TheWorldview.com.

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1 million Lebanese displaced by Middle East conflict

The recent war in the Middle East between the U.S., Israel, and Iran has displaced over one million people in Lebanon. 

Israel has bombed targets in Lebanon associated with Hezbollah, a Muslim militant group backed by Iran. 

Christians make up a third of Lebanon’s population. Sadly, Israel’s bombardments there have lead to the deaths of over 2,000 people, including Christians. 

Michel Constantin with the Catholic Near East Welfare Agency said, “Towns and villages in which Christians live in south Lebanon have also been violently attacked without any warning. Israel has bombed areas that have nothing to do with Hezbollah.”

United States brokers peace deal between Lebanon and Israel

The United States brokered peace talks between Lebanon and Israel in Washington, D.C. on Tuesday. It’s the first time the two countries have held diplomatic talks in decades. 

Lebanon and Israel agreed to work towards ending the influence of Hezbollah, the terrorist group.

Listen to comments from U.S. Secretary of State Marco Rubio.

RUBIO: “This is a historic opportunity. We understand we’re working against decades of history and complexities that have led us to this unique moment.

“Some of you are shouting questions about ceasefire. This is a lot more than just about that. This is about bringing a permanent end to 20 or 30 years of Hezbollah’s influence in this part of the world.”

Slow economic growth this year because of Middle East war

The International Monetary Fund expects global economic growth to slow this year due to the war in the Middle East. 

The conflict is driving up energy prices and disrupting shipping through the Strait of Hormuz. 

The International Monetary Fund projects global growth to slow to 3.1 percent this year. That’s down from its original forecast of 3.3 percent.  

70% of Americans think taxes too high

Yesterday was tax day in the United States.

A new Fox News Poll found a record 70 percent of voters think their taxes are too high. That’s up from 60 percent in 2025.

Also, 75 percent of people see government spending as wasteful. That’s up nearly 20 percentage points since 2025.

The average single worker in the U.S. sends just under a third of their income to the government. That’s according to a report by the Cato Institute. 

U.S. fertility rate down

The U.S. fertility rate fell to a new low last year, according to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. 

The general fertility rate in 2025 was 53.1 births per 1,000 females aged 15 to 44. That’s down one percent from the rate in 2024 and down 23 percent from 2007.

The fertility rate for women in their 20s has dropped significantly. Meanwhile, the rates for women in their 30s and early 40s is growing.  

Hegseth and Rubio will read the Bible aloud

Nearly 500 leaders from all spheres of influence are about to gather in Washington, D.C. to read the entire Bible aloud.

The Museum of the Bible is hosting its “America Reads the Bible” event from April 19 to 25. Participants will read Scripture for 12 hours each day.

Readers include Rev. Franklin Graham, Dr. Ben Carson, War Secretary Pete Hegseth, and Secretary of State Marco Rubio. Six governors and 20 members of Congress will also be reading the Bible aloud. 

The event’s website says, “In honor of the 250th birthday of the United States, America Reads the Bible serves as a spiritual celebration of our nation’s founding ideals and a call to rediscover the truth that still anchors us today.”

Nehemiah 9:3 says, “And they stood up in their place and read from the Book of the Law of the LORD their God for one-fourth of the day; and, for another fourth, they confessed and worshiped the LORD their God.”

Oklahoma principal risked life to stop school shooter

An Oklahoma high school principal risked his life to stop a school shooter last week.

The 20-year-old shooter opened fire inside the lobby of Pauls Valley High School last Tuesday afternoon. The principal, 60-year-old Kirk Moore, charged the shooter, tackling him to the ground. Another staff member helped disarm the gunman. 

Moore was the only person injured in the incident, suffering a shot to his leg. However, he is healthy and recovering after being hospitalized.

He wrote in a statement last Friday, “I am grateful that my instincts and training, as well as God’s hand, were available to me on Tuesday.”

John 15:13 says, “Greater love has no one than this, than to lay down one’s life for his friends.”

Today is the FINAL day to see “A Great Awakening” Christian film

And finally, as the United States approaches its 250th anniversary, the word “liberty” is resurfacing in cultural debates, but for Sight & Sound President Joshua Enck, it carries a deeper meaning, inspiring the ministry’s new film, “A Great Awakening,” reports The Christian Post.

“On the Liberty Bell, it quotes Leviticus 25:10 which says, ‘Proclaim liberty throughout all the land and to all the inhabitants thereof.’ Wnck, who also directed this film, said, “I want that liberty to ring out over this nation once again in the hearts of men and women.”

The film centers on the unlikely friendship between 18th-century evangelist George Whitefield and Founding Father Benjamin Franklin, a deist. 

Whitefield, widely regarded as one of the most influential preachers of the Great Awakening, traveled thousands of miles on horseback throughout the American colonies.  

Enck said, “It was the first shared experience across the colonies. Eighty percent of colonists didn’t just hear about Whitefield; they heard him preach. They were unified by something they could all believe in.”

Remarkably, he spoke 18,000 times to 10 million people in person. One scene depicted in the film shows Whitefield preaching in a coal field in Bristol, England, drawing miners from underground. He wrote in his diary that he saw white streaks down their blackened cheeks from tears.

The director explained, “They were a team. Franklin was the greatest promoter of the greatest event in American history. There were many preachers leading up to 1776, but there were none like Whitefield, and when you combined the power of his voice with Franklin’s ability to get the word out, it unified the colonies.”

According to Enck, before the political revolution came spiritual awakening. He noted, “Our tagline says it all: ‘Before the revolution, there was a revelation.’” 

In the film, Whitefield delivers a line that encapsulates Enck’s understanding of biblical liberty: “Blood will be shed for the liberty you’re talking about, but blood was already shed [by Jesus Christ] for the liberty.”

He added, “This film doesn’t shy away from the Gospel. We don’t soft-shoe anything.” Rather than portraying historical figures as flawless icons, the film highlights their humanity and need for a Savior.

Today is the final day that A Great Awakening is in the theaters.  Make it a priority for your family to see it. Bring some friends. Check out special links to watch the trailer and purchase tickets in our transcript today at www.TheWorldview.com.

The film’s website is www.AGreatAwakening.com. 

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British street preacher criminally investigated for Gospel proclamation

A pastor in Britain has suffered months of criminal investigation for street preaching.

Police arrested Pastor Dia Moodley for his Christian speech in Broadmead, Bristol last November. He faced arrest previously in 2024 for simply commenting on Islam and transgender ideology. 

Pastor Moodley is considering legal action against the police with the help of Alliance Defending Freedom International. He said, “I merely preached the Gospel to all people out of love for God and my neighbor. For the police to suggest I cannot do this in areas where Muslims are present sets a very dangerous precedent for free speech.”

Two European courts ruled against abortion mill buffer zones

European countries have tried to ban pro-lifers from helping pregnant women entering abortion mills.

However, Evangelical Focus reports two courts in Europe have now ruled against such so-called “buffer zones.” A court in Germany ruled that pro-lifers did not break the law by displaying religious images near an abortion mill. Similarly, a court in Vienna, Austria ruled that peaceful prayer near abortion mills cannot be banned. 

Besides these “buffer zone” laws, pro-lifers in Europe have also faced violent attacks in recent years for their peaceful demonstrations. 

Court awards arrested pro-life activist $1 million

In the United States, a Christian pro-life activist secured a one million dollar settlement against the Department of Justice last week.

Back in 2022, federal agents raided the house of Mark Houck, a volunteer with 40 Days for Life. Authorities arrested him at gunpoint in front of his family. This happened after he protected his young son from an angry abortion escort. 

With the help of 40 Days for Life Institute of Law & Justice, Mark challenged the actions taken by the DOJ under the Biden administration. 

Listen to comments from Shawn Carney, CEO of 40 Days for Life.

CARNEY: “Be not afraid. Go out. Peacefully pray to end abortion. This is a huge victory for free speech. It’s a huge victory for all Americans who want our right to speak our minds peacefully in a law abiding way, without fear of our own government.”

The early church prayed in Acts 4:29, “Now, Lord, look on their threats, and grant to Your servants that with all boldness they may speak Your word.”

Alabama public school students allowed religious education

Alabama recently authorized public school students to receive religious instruction during school hours. 

Republican Governor Kay Ivey signed the Alabama Released Time Credit Act into law last Wednesday. 

Alliance Defending Freedom commented, “Parents have the right and responsibility to guide the upbringing and education of their children. … [The law] respects parents’ educational decisions, allowing public school children to be briefly excused from school to receive free, off-campus religious instruction taught by private charitable organizations.”

2 million new Americans engaged with Bible

The American Bible Society released the first chapter of its 16th annual State of the Bible report last week.

The report documented the rise of people who are curious about the Bible, known as the “Movable Middle.” They now account for 28 percent of the population, an increase of nine million people since 2024. 

This segment of the population appears to have primarily come from those who were formerly disengaged with Scripture. And the disengaged have shrunk by five million adults over the last two years. 

Christian astronaut glorifies God upon Artemis II re-entry

Artemis II splashed down in the Pacific Ocean off the coast of California last Friday.

The four NASA astronauts on board completed a 10-day mission, flying around the moon and back to earth. Forty-nine-year-old Victor Glover was one of the astronauts on board. He gave glory to God after the successful mission. 

Listen.

GLOVER: “When this started on April 3rd, I wanted to thank God in public, and I want to thank God again. Because even bigger than my challenge of trying to describe what we went through — the gratitude of seeing what we saw, doing what we did, and being with who I was with — it’s too big to just be in just one body.”

Psalm 19:1 says, “The heavens declare the glory of God; and the firmament shows His handiwork.”

Adam McManus: “A Great Awakening is one of the best films I’ve seen in 10 years!”

And finally, on a personal note, I just came from having seen the Christian film A Great Awakening which documents the unique relationship between Benjamin Franklin, a deist, and English preacher George Whitefield. I was deeply moved by the film, and cried at a number of places.

If you’ve not yet seen it, get your tickets today, because it’s only in the movie theaters, across the nation, through tomorrow, Thursday, April 16.

It’s one of the best films I’ve seen in 10 years!

www.AGreatAwakening.com.  

Check out special links to watch the trailer and purchase tickets.

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Actor John Cleese speaks up against Nigerian Christian genocide

TruthNigeria’s verified civilian deaths for Easter weekend stands at 55 people — a terrible tragedy for the nation.

Nigeria remains, by far, the most deadly nation in the world for those who have received the Christian faith.

John Cleese, the well-known “Monty Python” comic actor, expressed concern about the massacres of Christians in Nigeria.  On the X platform, he wrote, “It looks rather as though Black Lives Don’t Matter.” Writing about [the Nigerian massacres], he said, “Could damage the image of the murderers who killed these poor people.”

Hungarian Prime Minister Viktor Orbán defeated

Hungarian Prime Minister Viktor Orbán suffered a massive defeat in the elections on Sunday night.

Orbán lost to opposition candidate Péter Magyar by a vote of 53% to 39%. Magyar’s party, the Respect and Freedom Party, is also on track to gain a supermajority in the Hungarian Parliament.  Magyar broke from Orban’s party after multiple scandals surfaced, one of which involved a coverup for a pedophile.

Daniel 2:21 speaks of the sovereignty of God over the nations. It says, “And He changes the times and the seasons; He removes kings and raises up kings; He gives wisdom to the wise and knowledge to those who have understanding.”

Earlier this year, Hungarian prosecutors indicted the mayor of Budapest for organizing a homosexual pride event last June, attended by over 100,000 people. Gergely Karácsony defied a ban imposed by Viktor Orban’s government.

United State to block Strait of Hormuz

The United States is set to blockade the Strait of Hormuz, reports NBC News.

This comes as an unsteady ceasefire has settled over the region and oil prices continue to rise. 

President Donald Trump told Fox News that the blockade would not affect talks with Iran.

TRUMP: “They haven’t left the bargaining table. I predict they come back and they give us everything we want. And I told my people, ‘I want everything. I don’t want 90% I don’t want 95%.’ I told them, ‘I want everything.’”

Vice President Vance: Iran better not build a nuclear weapon

Vice President J.D. Vance, who recently returned from peace talks in Islamabad, Pakistan, reaffirmed the United States’ commitment to making sure Iran does not acquire a nuclear weapon.

VANCE: “The simple fact is that we need to see an affirmative commitment that they will not seek a nuclear weapon, and they will not seek the tools that would enable them to quickly achieve a nuclear weapon.”

60% of Americans view Israel unfavorably now

American’s attitude towards the nation of Israel  is shifting.  

A recent Pew Research survey found that the percentage of Americans viewing Israel unfavorably has increased from 42% in 2022 to 60% most recently.  And that represents a 6% uptick from last year’s survey.

Now, 41% of Republicans and 80% of Democrats view Israel unfavorably. And 70% of U.S. adults under age 50 have an unfavorable view of Israel as well, according to the survey.

This may be due in part to the shrinkage of the white Evangelical base in America — dropping off from 23% to roughly 14% of the population since the year 2000. 

California gubernatorial candidate ends campaign over sexual misconduct

California gubernatorial candidate Eric Swalwell terminated his campaign after being accused of sexual misconduct by several women, reports The Western Journal.

Swalwell, who currently serves in the US House of Representatives, was pressured by fellow Democrats to leave the race, and also saw his own staffers quit. 

On X, Swalwell posted, “To my family, staff, friends, and supporters, I am deeply sorry for mistakes in judgment I’ve made in my past. I will fight the serious, false allegations that have been made — but that’s my fight, not a campaign’s.” 

He also said this in a video.

Listen.

SWALWELL: “I do not suggest to you in any way that I’m perfect or that I’m a saint. I have certainly made mistakes in judgment in my past, but those mistakes are between me and my wife. And to her, I apologize deeply for putting her in this position. I also apologize to you if in any way you have doubted your support for me, but I think you know who I am.”

However, last night, the alleged reprobate announced plans to resign from Congress altogether. 

In related news, liberal Republican Congressman Tony Gonzales of Texas, who sexually harassed at least two of his staffers, also announced he will resign, reports the San Antonio Express-News.

America’s housing market in trouble

The U.S. housing market suffered a bad month-on-month drop in sales of existing homes in March.  

This marks the longest bad run on housing sales in at least 25 years, going on four years now.

Americans spend 50% more time on phones today than 2022

Consumer Affairs reports that the average American checks their phones 205 times a day.

They are on their phones for four hours and 30 minutes a day, up 50% since 2022.

And this is new. Consumers are now using the Pet Phone to stay in touch with their pets, mind you, throughout the day, complete with two-way video calling and an Artificial Intelligence motion detector that gets the pet in touch with his owner.

“A Great Awakening” Christian film already seen by 500,000 Americans

And finally, George Whitefield set America aflame with righteousness in the 1740s. Charles Spurgeon wrote that “Whitefield stands unrivalled among preachers of the Gospel.  … No other man seems to have wielded such a mighty influence over so many hearts.”

Dr. Martin Lloyd Jones called him “the greatest English preacher of all time.”

These were days of Acts 4:31: “And when they had prayed, the place where they were assembled together was shaken; and they were all filled with the Holy Spirit, and they spoke the word of God with boldness.”

And now, Sight and Sound films production, A Great Awakening, has taken in $4.9 million at the U.S. box office.  The story of the great evangelist, George Whitefield, and his outreach to Benjamin Franklin, has now been seen by about 500,000 Americans.

Impressively, it has a 97% audience approval rating and a 69% approval rating from the Rotten Tomatoes Tomato-meter.  

The film is still showing in about 1,000 theaters across America this week. But get your tickets today, like the McManus Family did, since the last day in the theaters will be this Thursday, April 16^th.

Watch the trailer and get tickets through special links in our transcript today at www.TheWorldview.com.

www.AGreatAwakening.com

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Pakistani Muslim threatened to kill Christian woman for not converting

On Easter Sunday, in Muslim-majority Pakistan, police arrested a Muslim man accused of threatening to kill a Christian woman if she refused to convert to Islam and marry him, reports Morning Star News.

Imran Masih in the Sahiwal District, said his 20-year-old niece, Laiba Javed, received a handwritten note from Rehman Irfan on April 2nd demanding that she convert to Islam and marry him by April 15th. In the note, Irfan warned that he would have her killed if she refused.

Laiba, who works in Lahore, had returned to her ancestral village to celebrate Easter with relatives when she received the note.

Masih said, “Irfan, [the Muslim man] who is a former schoolmate of Laiba, came to our house with two armed accomplices when she was alone. He handed her a letter at gunpoint stating that he loved her and would go to any extent to marry her after converting her.”  Not exactly the typical romantic gesture.

Laiba immediately informed her family, who approached police. They booked him for issuing threats.

Not surprisingly, she has since left the village due to safety concerns, though they remain worried about her security.

According to a study by the Lahore-based Center for Social Justice, 515 cases of abduction and forced conversion involving minority women and girls were reported between 2021 and 2025. Hindu girls accounted for 69 percent or 353 cases, followed by Christian girls at 31 percent or 160 cases, while two cases involved Sikh victims.

Additionally, more than half of the victims were between 14 and 18 years old, and about 20 percent were under 14. Religiously speaking, 96% of the Pakistani population is Muslim.

Open Doors has documented that Pakistan is the eighth most oppressive country worldwide for Christians.

Hegseth: “Iran begged for this ceasefire”

On April 8^th, War Secretary Pete Hegseth said Operation Epic Fury was a resounding success.

HEGSETH: “Iran begged for this ceasefire, and we all know it. As the president ‘truthed’ this morning, ‘A big day for world peace.’

“Iran wants it to happen. They’ve had enough. Operation: Epic Fury was a historic and overwhelming victory on the battlefield, a capital ‘V’ military victory.”

Iran peace talks underway as Vance arrives in Pakistan

President Donald Trump said that talks with Iran have begun, adding that global oil shipping is finding alternatives to the Strait of Hormuz, reports NewsNation.com.

Trump predicted the strait would reopen in the “not too distant future.” He warned that if negotiations do not go well, the U.S. is prepared to “reset,” saying, “We’re ready to go.”

The negotiations between the United States and Iran in Islamabad, Pakistan, on ending the six-week conflict are the first face-to-face talks between the two nations since 1979.

Vice President J.D. Vance is leading the U.S. delegation, which also includes special Middle East envoy Steve Witkoff; Trump’s son-in-law Jared Kushner; and deputy national security adviser Dr. Andy Baker.

Franklin Graham compares Trump to Biblical Esther

On Good Friday, Rev. Franklin Graham prayed a powerful prayer at the White House as President Donald Trump stood behind him.

GRAHAM: “Father, You tell us in the book of Esther that the Persians, the Iranians, were wanting to kill every Jew — woman, child — and do it all in one day. But You raised up Esther to save the Jewish people, Father, we thank you.

“Today, the Iranians, the wicked regime of this government, wants to kill every Jew and destroy them with an atomic fire. But You have raised up President Trump. You’ve raised him up for such a time as this. And Father, we pray that You’ll give him victory.”

In Esther 4:14, Esther’s guardian Mordecai, concerned about the fate of the Jews in light of Haman’s threats, said, “For if you remain silent at this time, relief and deliverance for the Jews will arise from another place, but you and your father’s family will perish. And who knows but that you have come to your royal position for such a time as this?”

Franklin Graham concluded his prayer at the White House with these words.

GRAHAM: “Father, we pray for our military that you’d watch over and protect them. Father, we pray for the people of Iran who want freedom to be set free from these Islamic lunatics.

“Father, we thank you for Your Son, Jesus Christ, who came to this earth to take our sins, that He died and shed His blood on a cross for our sins, that He was buried. He took our sins to the grave, but You raised Him to life. Father, we thank You and we praise You, and we give You the glory. Father, protect President Trump. We pray this in Jesus’ name. Amen.”

Public school fully embraces Muslim Holidays, calls Easter ‘Spring break’

John Overton High School, a taxpayer-funded public school in Nashville, Tennessee, has drawn national outrage after the Nashville Banner newspaper published a feature story celebrating the school’s decision to fully embrace the Islamic holidays. 

Not only does the school provide a food-free zone during lunchtime for Muslim students who are fasting during Ramadan, but the Muslim kids have reserved space on campus to pray.  

In addition, Muslim students are also provided electronic hall passes so they can leave class for 15 minutes to pray, and teachers decorate their rooms with Muslim holiday decor.  For example, there’s a map of Kurdistan above one teacher’s desk and a box of prayer mats in the corner that students often borrow to pray at school. 

Plus, Overton High School’s cafeteria was decorated with gold and blue stars, moons, lanterns, and string lights, proclaiming, “Ramadan Mubarak” which means “Blessed Ramadan.”

At least two Tennessee congressmen are disturbed by the school’s coziness with the Islamic holidays. On the X platform, Republican Congressman Andy Ogles  wrote, “Meanwhile, Christians have seen every trace of their religion erased from American education.”

And Republican Congressman John Rose, who is running for the Republican nomination to be governor, said “Political correctness has overtaken common sense.” He noted that the school district merely referred to the Christian holy day of Good Friday as “Spring Holiday” on its official calendar.

Christian talk show host Todd Starnes asked, “I wonder if Overton High School celebrates the Jewish and Christian faiths with as much gusto as they do the Muslim faith? Do they erect a Nativity in the cafeteria during the 12 days of Christmas? Is there a banner proclaiming that Jesus is the reason for the season? I reached out to the school to find out if classrooms and hallways are decorated to celebrate the Christian holidays, but so far, there’s been no response.”

Starnes concluded, “And what’s especially peculiar is the silence from atheist groups like the Freedom From Religion Foundation and anti-Christian hate groups like the ACLU and Americans United For the Separation of Church and State. That crowd gets triggered by teachers handing out candy canes. But there’s not been a word of condemnation about a public school being turned into a taxpayer-funded mosque.”

In Exodus 20:3, God commanded, “You shall have no other gods before Me.”

Send a polite, 2-sentence letter of objection to Principal Kelby Garner, Overton High School, 4820 Franklin Pike, Nashville, TN 37220.

See “A Great Awakening” Christian film by this Thursday

And finally, if you have not yet seen the phenomenal Christian historical film entitled “A Great Awakening,” about the unlikely friendship between preacher George Whitefield and founding father Benjamin Franklin, get your tickets today.

It’s only in the theaters through this Thursday, April 16^th.

Watch the trailer through a special link in our transcript today at www.TheWorldview.com.

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Maunday Thursday Massacre: Muslims killed 43 Christians in Congo

On April 2nd, the Islamic Allied Democratic Forces killed dozens of Christians in Mambasa Territory located in the Democratic Republic of Congo, reports International Christian Concern.

The attack in the African nation occurred on Maundy Thursday, a day during Holy Week when Christians remember the Last Supper.

A religious freedom advocate, who wanted to remain anonymous for safety purposes, said, “The initial death toll of 43 may rise further; some victims were burned inside their homes, and others are still in the bush. The attackers surprised the population in their sleep. The victims were killed by gunfire, and several were beheaded with machetes. The images are unbearable.”

In Revelation 6:9-10, “When [Jesus] opened the fifth seal, I saw under the altar the souls of those who had been slain because of the Word of God and the testimony they had maintained. They called out in a loud voice, ‘How long, Sovereign Lord, holy and true, until You judge the inhabitants of the Earth and avenge our blood?’”

White House envoy to Netanyahu: Stop bombing Lebanon

Iran‘s new Supreme Leader issued a chilling message after Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu was scolded by U.S. President Donald Trump for nearly jeopardizing the shaky ceasefire.

On Wednesday, Prime Minister Netanyahu held a phone call between President Trump and White House envoy Steve Witkoff, according to Axios.

Witkoff reportedly told Netanyahu to “calm down” the strikes in Lebanon and open peace negotiations.

Amid Trump’s two-week ceasefire with Iran, Israel has continued to bombard urban population centers in Lebanon, including Beirut, killing and injuring civilians.

Trump’s request came as the United States prepares to meet with Iranian leaders in Pakistan to negotiate an end to the war.

Iran claims Lebanon was part of the ceasefire deal with the U.S. and is now threatening to abandon peace talks and keep the Strait of Hormuz closed unless Israel stops attacking its proxy, Hezbollah, in the region.

However, U.S. and Israeli diplomats deny that the ceasefire with the Iranian Islamic regime applies to Netanyahu’s ground offensive against Lebanon.

New evidence reveals deep pro-abortion bias at Biden’s DOJ

A nearly 60-page report from the Trump Department of Justice contains “evidence of collusion and unethical behavior” between the Biden-era DOJ and pro-abortion entities, including the National Abortion Federation, reports LifeSiteNews.com.

According to MS Now, formerly known as MSNBC, the draft says, “Upon assuming office, the Biden DOJ shattered the public’s trust by weaponizing the [Freedom of Access to Clinic Entrances Act of 1994] to advance a pro-abortion agenda, and the DOJ’s Civil Rights Division was at the forefront of this weaponization.”

Randall Terry, founder of Operation Rescue, who has seen the evidence on which the report was based, spoke to LifeSiteNews after the leak of the document.

Terry told LifeSite that he and Terrisa Bukovinac, founder of Progressive Anti-Abortion Uprising, were granted access to the unredacted records on March 4, 2026. Bukovinac and Terry met with Trump’s DOJ officials in Washington, D.C., because the documents reference Terry by name and Bukovinac’s organization.

Terry said the report contains clear evidence of unethical coordination between Biden lead prosecutor Sanjay Patel and pro-abortion groups, including the National Abortion Federation. At the same time, 70 attacks on pro-life pregnancy centers went largely uninvestigated and unprosecuted in the months after Roe v. Wade was overturned.

The Department of Justice documents include:

• an email in which Sanjay Patel was helping National Abortion Federation obtain a significant financial grant,
• Patel allegedly suggested ways to increase prison time for pro-lifers engaged in peaceful activities, to create fear among pro-life activists.

‘Gas & Glory’: Tenn church gives hundreds of commuters free gas

And finally, amid rapidly escalating gas prices worldwide, a Tennessee church recently pumped out free gasoline for hundreds of commuters, reports The Christian Post.

Overcoming Believers Church of Knoxville, which has a membership of 1,500 people, held its “Gas & Glory” event on Saturday at a local Thumbs Up Exxon station.

They blessed 400 drivers with $20 worth of free gas. Additionally, volunteers provided free T-shirts, candy for children, and invited drivers to join them for worship on Easter Sunday.

Karen Swint, a spokeswoman for the church, said, “People need to see us be the hands and feet of Jesus Christ. The Bible tells us to ‘Go and make disciples.’ I truly believe this is the best way to do [it]. We are to be doers of the Word, not only hearers or speakers.”

James 1:22 says, “But be doers of the word, and not hearers only.”

The “Gas & Glory” event comes at a time when gas prices worldwide have been sharply increasing amid the ongoing conflict between Iran and the United States and Israel, rising above $4.00 a gallon in the U.S.

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By Jonathan Clark

Nicaragua officials violated religious freedom 309 times in 2025

Last year, the government of Nicaragua imposed increasing restrictions on religious leaders. This is according to a new report from Christian Solidarity Worldwide. 

The report documented 309 violations of freedom of religion or belief in 2025. That’s up from 222 cases in 2024. Over 100 of the cases last year involved Protestant Christians. 

Anna Lee Stangl with Christian Solidarity Worldwide said, “While in some ways the regime has changed its strategies – releasing political prisoners into house arrest as opposed to forcing them into exile, for example – its primary goal remains the same: to control, co-opt or eliminate anyone it deems a threat to its authority and survival.”

But, in Matthew 16:18, Jesus said, “On this rock I will build My church, and the gates of Hell shall not prevail against it.”

Cuba pardoned 2,000 prisoners before Easter

The government of Cuba announced pardons for over 2,000 prisoners last week ahead of Resurrection Sunday. 

Those released included young people, women, and people over the age of 60. The pardons follow significant pressure from the administration of U.S. President Donald Trump.

This marks the fifth prisoner release by Cuba’s communist regime since 2011. The pardons have benefited over 10,000 people, including political prisoners and pastors. 

Mexico’s “Day of the Unborn Girl and Boy”

The Mexican state of Aguascalientes  designated March 25 as the “Day of the Unborn Girl and Boy.”

The central state is the first state in the country to establish such a day for promoting pro-family policies. 

At the federal level, Mexico has decriminalized the killing of unborn babies.  Some states have moved to protect babies while others support abortion. 

Texas court greenlights Christian evangelism near mosque

In the United States, a Texas court recently allowed Christians to continue evangelizing near a mosque.

The East Plano Islamic Center filed a lawsuit last October to silence Christians who were sharing their faith on public property nearby. However, the state court dismissed the lawsuit last month.

The law firm representing the Christians stated, “This lawsuit was an extraordinary demand … to ban missionaries from peacefully … preaching the Gospel. We are grateful that the Court recognized that such demands are a serious challenge to our country’s core values of free speech and freedom of religion.”

Regular church attenders most likely to be generous

Charitable giving among evangelical Protestants is stabilizing according to a new report from Infinity Concepts.

The report found 62 percent of Evangelicals gave to church last year. That’s down from 74 percent in 2020 but slightly up from 61 percent in 2024.

In terms of church attendance, those who attend weekly were the most likely to give to church.

2 Corinthians 9:7 says, “So let each one give as he purposes in his heart, not grudgingly or of necessity; for God loves a cheerful giver.”

Stock market up and oil prices down

The U.S. stock market surged and oil prices fell yesterday. This came after President Trump announced a ceasefire with Iran on Tuesday. 

The S&P 500 and Nasdaq stock market indexes were up by over two percent.

And the price of U.S. crude oil dropped by over 15% to about $95 per barrel. That’s down from $117 on Tuesday. Still, oil prices are up 65 percent compared to the start of the year. 

“A Great Awakening” Christian film in theaters thru April 16

And finally, the movie “A Great Awakening” opened in theaters on Good Friday. The historical Christian film hit number six at the box office.

Sight & Sound Films released the movie in honor of America’s 250th anniversary. The movie is based on the true story of the unlikely friendship between Reverend George Whitefield and founding father Benjamin Franklin.

Whitefield’s voice was so clear and robust that he was able to speak to thousands without amplification.  Franklin was a doubter.

FRANKLIN: “I am doubting Whitefield’s claim that he can be heard and understood by so many. Without evidence, I won’t believe it.”

WHITEFIELD: “Let us proclaim freedom to the captives. Whom the Son sets free is free indeed.”

WITNESS 1: “Have you ever heard a voice like that?”

WITNESS 2:  “A blast from Heaven.”

WHITEFIELD: “Benjamin Franklin.”

FRANKLIN:  “Reverend Whitefield. Partnering with me would guarantee the maximum benefit to your cause.”

WHITEFIELD: “A match made in Heaven.”

FRANKLIN: “Or just a deal made in a print shop.”

WHITEFIELD:  “You have promoted the greatest awakening these colonies have ever seen.”

Joshua Enck with Sight & Sound Ministries said, “As we approach America’s 250th anniversary, we’re honored to share this inspiring story of friendship, faith, and courage. It’s a timely reminder that the soul of a nation is shaped not just by laws, but by the convictions of its people.”

Watch the trailer at the website www.AGreatAwakening.com.

Since it’s only in the theaters for another 8 days, purchase your tickets today through a special link in our transcript at www.TheWorldview.com.  Invite your friends and extended family to join you.  The last day on the silver screen will be Thursday, April 16^th.

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Hindu nationalists attacked two pastors in India

Hindu nationalists attacked two pastors in India last week ahead of Resurrection Sunday.

The pastors were distributing Christian literature in a village in Karnataka State. The Hindu nationalists verbally abused the pastors before physically assaulting them and taking their literature. 

One of the pastors, aged 60, required emergency medical care after the attack. He told International Christian Concern, “We would have been killed if police had not intervened in time. The police eventually arrived at the scene, rescued us, and took us to the hospital for treatment.”

India’s new census

In other India-related news, the country began the world’s largest census last week.

The year-long census will collect information from the country’s 1.4 billion citizens. India conducted its last census back in 2011. Since then, the country surpassed China as the world’s most populated nation. 

For the first time in decades, India’s census will ask people what caste they belong to. The census already includes questions about religion. Religious freedom groups warn the government could use these data points to discriminate against religious minorities like Christians. 

55% of Russians do not attend church

The Russian research organization Levada Centre published a new survey on church attendance in the country. 

A record 55% of respondents said they do not attend religious services. That’s up 11 percentage points since last year.  The lack of church attendance was particularly common among men, young people, and students.

Only 16% of respondents said they attend services at least once a month. 

Trump announced 2-week suspension of Iran attack

At 5:32pm ET on April 7^th, President Donald Trump shared a major update on Truth Social about the war with Iran.

He wrote, “Based on conversations with [Pakistani] Prime Minister Shehbaz Sharif and [Pakistani] Field Marshal Asim Munir and wherein they requested that I hold off the destructive force being sent tonight to Iran, and subject to the Islamic Republic of Iran agreeing to the COMPLETE, IMMEDIATE, and SAFE OPENING of the Strait of Hormuz, I agree to suspend the bombing and attack of Iran for a period of two weeks.

“This will be a double-sided CEASEFIRE!  The reason for doing so is that we have already met and exceeded all military objectives, and are very far along with a definitive agreement concerning long-term PEACE with Iran, and PEACE in the Middle East.”

President Trump concluded with these words. “On behalf of the United States of America, as President, and also representing the countries of the Middle East, it is an honor to have this long-term problem close to resolution.”

Vice President Vance: “Very shortly, this war is going to conclude”

Vice President J.D. Vance, who was meeting with Hungarian Prime Minister Viktor Orbán in Hungary, said the war in Iran is coming to an end soon, reports Real Clear Politics.

Listen.

VANCE: “First of all, the United States has largely accomplished its military objectives. There are still some things that we’d like to do, for example, on Iranian ability to manufacture weapons that we’d like to do a little bit more work on militarily. But fundamentally, the military objectives of the United States have been completed.

“So, that means, as the President has said, very shortly, this war is going to conclude. And I think the nature of the conclusion is ultimately up to the Iranians.

“I think there really are two pathways. I’m oversimplifying this a little bit, but I think pathway one is where the Iranians decide they’re going to be a normal country. They’re not going to fund terrorism anymore. They’re going to be part of the world system of commerce and exchange, and that’s going to mean much better things for them economically. It’s going to mean better things for the peace and safety of the world. That’s option A. Okay?

“Option B is that the Iranians don’t come to [the] table and they stay committed to terrorism, to terrorizing their neighbors, not just Israel, but of course, their Arab neighbors too. Then, the economic situation in Iran is going to continue to be very, very bad, and frankly, it will probably get worse.”

California dropped prosecution of undercover pro-life videographer

In the United States, California finally dropped its prosecution of pro-lifer David Daleiden.

The undercover journalist is the president and founder of The Center for Medical Progress. In 2015, the group exposed Planned Parenthood’s illegal sale of baby body parts. 

Daleiden faced years of legal battles since then. He posted a statement on X last week, saying, “As promised, the final charge has been DISMISSED and the case completely expunged.”

Court: California must pay $4.5 million over gender confusion case

In other Golden State news, California must pay $4.5 million in a case involving its promotion of gender confusion in public schools.

The state passed a law in 2024 that prohibited schools from informing parents if their child identified with a sexually perverted lifestyle. 

On Monday, a U.S. District Court ruled in favor of teachers and parents who challenged the law.

Peter Breen with the Thomas More Society commented on the victory. He said, “California threw everything it had at this case. It lost at summary judgment, lost at the Supreme Court, and now Californians will foot the bill for their government officials’ refusal to respect the fundamental rights of families.”

Isaiah 10:1 says, “Woe to those who decree unrighteous decrees, who write misfortune, which they have prescribed.”

29% of Americans believe revival will happen within the year

A new survey from the Barna Group found a growing share of Americans believe a spiritual revival is coming.

Twenty-nine percent of U.S. adults believe a revival is likely to happen in the next 12 months. That number rose to 38 percent among Gen Z, those between the ages of 14 and 29. 

Top reasons respondents gave for why a revival might happen included prayer, younger generations turning to God, and the search for meaning and purpose. 

David Kinnaman, CEO of Barna, said, “The research doesn’t predict a revival. … Yet, it reveals something worth paying attention to: a large number of Americans believe one is possible—and for younger adults especially, that belief is being forged in some of the most difficult circumstances of their lives.”

Trump called Christ’s resurrection “the most glorious miracle in all of time!”

And finally, President Donald Trump delivered a message to Christians around the world over Easter weekend. In fact, he quoted John 3:16 in his message.

TRUMP: “This Holy Week, I’m proud to join with Christians across the country, and around the world, to celebrate the most glorious miracle in all of time: the resurrection of our Lord and Savior, Jesus Christ.

“In His life, Christ displayed true humility. In His death, He modeled true love. And in His resurrection from the tomb, He proved that even death itself will not silence those who place their trust in Almighty God. As it says in Gospel of John, ‘For God so loved the world that He gave His only Son for whoever believes in Him should not perish, but have eternal life.”

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Easter massacre in Nigeria

Easter weekend was one long, bloody massacre for Christians in Nigeria, reports TruthNigeria.com.

Heavily armed Fulani Muslim insurgents burned down three Christian communities in Nasarawa State. Sadly, the Nigerian government offered no protections for the Christians. 

The Muslim Fulani tore through the Benue State chanting “Allahu Akbar,” burning houses and killing 17 residents there.  Again, witnesses say the government offered no protection. On Sunday, 15 more Christian worshipers were killed in the Southern Kaduna State.

Please, pray for the heavily oppressed Nigerian Christians. 

Will Hungarian Prime Minister Viktor Orbán win re-election?

Hungarian Prime Minister Viktor Orbán may be on his way out.

The Prime Minister, who is a close friend to the Trump administration, and has held power for 16 years, is slumping in the polls. Opposition candidate Peter Magyar is garnering support among young Hungarians, and some polls have his Tisza Party at 50% support. Viktor Orbán has been known as a fierce nationalist over the years.

The elections will take place this Friday.  

Hungary drops in Freedom Index

Since Orban’s election to office in 2010, Hungary’s rating on the Heritage Foundation Freedom Index has witnessed a 7% drop. Plus, The Freedom House index registers a 30% loss in freedom for Hungary since 2010.

Freedom of the press has also lost ground. Reporters Without Borders puts Hunrgry at the 68th place in the world, down from 23rd place in 2010.

During the COVID years, spreading “false information” about the pandemic was made a crime, punishable by five years in prison. State control of private property increased during Orban’s administration from 11% to 16.5% of the Gross Domestic Product which is the total monetary value of all goods and services produced within the country’s borders in a year.

And homeschooling is practically banned in Hungary.

Orban’s government has held the ground on pro-family issues relating to abortion and LGBTQ sexual perversion indoctrination in schools.  

Pew Research reports that Hungary is in religious decline. Orban’s efforts to raise the birth rate have largely failed, with the 2025 birth rate dropping to 1.31. Only 17% of Hungarians attend religious services weekly or monthly, and only 16% of the population say they pray daily. That compares to 29% for the region of Eastern Europe. 

King Charles ignores Easter and celebrates Ramadan

The English monarch, King Charles III, broke tradition this year and neglected to include a message to Christians on the day that many churches celebrate the Resurrection of Christ.

Instead, on the Royal Family’s account, he opted to celebrate the Islamic holiday, Ramadan. King Charles wrote, “Wishing all Muslims in the U.K., the Commonwealth and around the world, a blessed and peaceful Ramadan.”

In Luke 9:26, Jesus said, “For whoever is ashamed of Me and of My words, of him will the Son of Man be ashamed when He comes in His glory and the glory of the Father and of the holy angels.”

President Trump fired Attorney General Pam Bondi

President Donald Trump fired Attorney General Pam Bondi on April 2^nd, reported NBC News. He has temporarily appointed Deputy Attorney General Todd Blanche to the position. 

In a post on Truth Social, President Trump wrote that Bondi “will be transitioning to a much-needed and important new job in the private sector, to be announced at a date in the near future.”

Bondi, a Trump loyalist, had taken heat for her handling of the Epstein Files. That’s the second of five female cabinet members to be removed in the last two months, following the dismissal of Kristi Noem as Department of Homeland Security Secretary.

Senator Rand Paul flirting with presidential run

Appearing on CBS’ Sunday Morning, Kentucky Republican Senator Rand Paul is floating a potential presidential bid in 2028. 

PAUL: “There used to really be a free market/libertarian wing of the party. And now there’s not much left. In fact, on many days, it’s me in the Senate, the only one left for free trade.

“But I think there still is a desire among business for it, and it may make the so-called libertarian vote, which might not be big enough to ever win anything, if you combine that with the Chamber of Commerce and the traditional business community, that doesn’t like protectionism, there may be a force out there for a different direction from the party, other than being continued to be led by populism.”

REPORTER: “There was recently a headline in the Washington Examiner: ‘Rand Paul sounds like he’s running for president.’”

PAUL: “Yeah, I don’t know yet. So, maybe they know something. I don’t know. We’re thinking about it, and I would say 50/50. We’ll make a decision after the election.”

Rand Paul has served in the Senate since 2011, and has recently battled President Donald Trump on certain issues. 

U.S. national debt soared to $39 trillion

The national debt continues to spike, sitting at well over $39 trillion. 

President Trump has officially requested a raise in the Pentagon budget to $1.5 trillion for the 2027 fiscal year budget, up from $1 trillion this year.

Artemis II surpasses human travel record

Artemis II continues its voyage on the first manned space flight beyond Earth’s orbit.

As of yesterday, the craft has surpassed the previous record of human travel in distance away from the Earth, set by Apollo 13. The crew reached 252,760 miles from Earth, surpassing the record by over 4,000 miles.

Artemis surveyed the dark side of the moon Monday afternoon, and should be on its way home today.   Captain Victor Glover of the Artemis II mission sent a special message from space on Easter Sunday, referencing the Bible and acknowledged the beauty of creation.

Listen.

GLOVER: “As we are so far from Earth, and looking at the beauty of creation, I think for me, one of the really important personal perspectives that I have up here is I can really see Earth as one thing. And you know, when I read the Bible, and I look at all of the amazing things that were done for us, who were created, you have this amazing place, this spaceship.

“You guys are talking to us because we’re in a spaceship really far from Earth.  But you’re on a spaceship called Earth that was created to give us a place to live in the universe, in the cosmos. Maybe the distance we are from you makes you think what we’re doing is special, but we’re the same distance from you.

“And I’m trying to tell you, just trust me, you are special. In all of this emptiness — this is a whole bunch of nothing, this thing we call the universe — you have this oasis, this beautiful place that we get to exist together.”

Second U.S. airman rescued in Iran proclaims, “God is good!”

Great news! The second American airman who was shot down in Iran on April 3rd was rescued over the weekend, reports Fox News.

The lost airman was recognized by his squadron by a cryptic message that came across in three words: “God is good!”

He was known by his buddies as a “religious man” and this message confirmed his whereabouts.

Though injured, he climbed a 7,000-foot mountain ridgeline, hid in a crevice, and waited for the rescue. Thankfully, nobody was injured in this in-and-out operation, conducted by the United State Central Intelligence Agency.

Psalm 141:8 says, “But my eyes are upon You, O GOD the Lord; In You I take refuge; Do not leave my soul destitute.”

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India further restricts funding of foreign non-governmental organizations

India’s Christian community complains that federal amendments to the law on foreign funding give the government excessive power over organizations tied to minority religions like Christianity, reports International Christian Concern.

They termed the amendments as “draconian” and “constitutionally suspect.”

The Foreign Contribution Regulation Act is the channel through which all non-governmental organizations involved in charitable works receive foreign funding in the country.

A key and contentious feature of the 2026 amendment is the creation of a “Designated Authority,” notified by the federal government, which will take provisional control of foreign contributions and assets in cases of cancellation, surrender, or cessation of registration. This control extends even to assets that are only partly funded through foreign contributions. The authority is empowered to supervise, manage, and maintain these assets.

Unbelievably, the Hindu nationalist Bharatiya Janata Party government, led by Prime Minister Narendra Modi, has, during the past decade, revoked or suspended the FCRA registrations of more than 20,000 organizations.

Fidel Castro’s daughter: It’s time for Cuban regime change

Alina Fernández Revuelta, daughter of former Cuban leader Fidel Castro, has strongly criticized the communist regime her father launched in 1959, stating that Cuba is overdue for a new government, reports The Epoch Times.

She fled Havana in 1993 at the age of 37 and settled in Miami, living a modest life much like that of other Cuban exiles.

Born in 1956, Revuelta grew up in post‑revolution Havana, as part of the privileged revolutionary elite. Yet from a young age, she became aware of the realities of communism and later emerged as one of the most outspoken critics of her father’s rule, which she described as oppressive.

In an exclusive interview with The Epoch Times, she said, “For me, it’s been time for a regime change since the late ‘80s. At the time Fidel Castro died, we were all thinking [his regime] had come to an end, because it was a very personalized and paternalist … narcissistic government. … But it survived.”

Revuelta is the daughter of Fidel Castro and Havana socialite Natalia Revuelta, who had an affair in the mid-1950s while both were married to other people. She grew up with her mother and stepfather, and did not learn that Castro was her biological father until age 10.

U.S. fighter jet shot down over Iran

On April 3^rd, a U.S. F-15 fighter jet was reportedly shot down over southern Iran, with Iranian state media claiming the regime downed the aircraft, reports One America News.

The incident prompted search and rescue missions for the aircraft’s two-person crew. Tehran’s state media shared images of debris from the crash on Friday.

According to Israeli officials, the United States dispatched search teams to the crash area, and so far, the teams have succeeded in rescuing one crew member, with the search for the second ongoing, reports The Epoch Times.

The semi-official Tasnim News Agency, citing an Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps statement, said U.S. forces were seen conducting a search operation in the area using Black Hawk helicopters and a C-130 Hercules aircraft.

The incident comes amid mounting tensions as Trump’s ultimatum for Iran to agree to a peace deal approaches an April 6 deadline, with talks showing little sign of progress.

Tennessee legislature passes bill to stop mail-order Abortion Kill Pill

The Tennessee General Assembly has passed legislation that would hold out-of-state distributors of Abortion Kill Pills accountable when the drugs are mailed into the state and result in the death of a preborn child, reports LifeNews.com.

The goal of the bill is to stop mail-order Abortion Kill Pills that are killing thousands of babies and undermining the pro-life law Tennessee approved to protect unborn children from abortions.

House Bill 5 creates a civil cause of action allowing certain family members, including the baby’s mother, to file a wrongful death lawsuit against those who send abortion-inducing drugs into Tennessee. It provides for statutory damages of at least $1 million, if the plaintiff proves by a preponderance of the evidence, that the drugs caused the death of her preborn child.

The bill, sponsored by GOP Rep. Gino Bulso, passed both the House and Senate and now heads to the desk of Tennessee Republican Governor Bill Lee for his signature. You can thank Rep. Bulso by calling (615) 741-6808 or sending him a one-sentence note to Rep. Gino Bulso, 425 Rep. John Lewis Way N. Suite 520, Cordell Hull Bldg., Nashville, TN 37243.

President Trump unapologetic about Christian message

In an address at the Oval Office on Good Friday, President Trump was unapologetic about the Christian message.

TRUMP: “On Good Friday, the Son of God was nailed to the cross, crucified, and He died for all of us. It was a day of darkness, but it wasn’t the end by any means. It was not the end.

“On Easter Sunday, the stone was rolled away and the grave was empty. Christians everywhere rejoiced, and we continue to rejoice. Easter is one of the incredible days. It was the miracle in all of history, the resurrection of Jesus Christ. It was one of the great, it was the great miracle, I guess, right? (clapping)

“With Christ, not one thing can separate humanity from the powers of God’s everlasting love.”

Romans 8:38-39 says, “For I am convinced that neither death nor life, neither angels nor demons, neither the present nor the future, nor any powers, neither height nor depth, nor anything else in all creation, will be able to separate us from the love of God that is in Christ Jesus our Lord.”

Martyrdoms of British Pilgrims Henry Barrow and John Greenwood

And finally, when Queen Mary I assumed the throne in England in 1553, she made the Catholic Church in England and Wales once again to be the state religion. In her bloody zealousness to imprison and execute Protestants, she became known as Bloody Mary, after whom a spicy drink with tomato juice and vodka is named today.

Early in 1586, Henry Barrow was converted to Christianity by a Puritan sermon in a church he had been walking past. Eighteen months later, he attempted to write a rebuttal of one of Robert Browne‘s separatist works, but instead was converted by it. Subsequently, Barrow became close friends with John Greenwood, a Separatist leader.

Barrow and Greenwood led the London Underground Church, the illegal Brownist congregation, which had met in inns and private houses since the late 1560s during Bloody Mary’s reign which ended in 1558. It began with 20 people and grew to 200. 

Archbishop of Canterbury John Whitgift of the Church of England and high-ranking state officials ordered the executions of Henry Barrow and John Greeenwood under the 1592 Seditious Sectaries Act which criminalized any Brit’s refusal to attend the Church of England. They were hung in London on April 6, 1593.

Matthew 10:28 says, “Do not be afraid of those who kill the body but cannot kill the soul. Rather, be afraid of the One who can destroy both soul and body in hell.”

William Bradford, Governor of the Plymouth Plantation in Massachusetts, cited that London underground church as the first that “professed and practiced the cause” of the Pilgrim Fathers.

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Pakistani Christian legislator’s bill would end forced conversions to Islam

On March 31^st, a Pakistani Christian lawmaker introduced a bill to criminalize forced religious conversions to Islam with penalties of up to five years in prison, reports Morning Star News.

Falbous Christopher submitted the Punjab Protection of the Rights of Religious Minorities Bill 2026 in a renewed attempt to address a long-standing human rights challenge affecting Pakistan’s religious minorities, particularly Christian and Hindu women and underage girls.

No doubt his bill was inspired by stories like Maira Shahbaz, a 14-year-old Christian girl, who was abducted and forced to convert to Islam and marry a Muslim man in April 2020.

Micah 6:8 urges us “to act justly, to love mercy, and to walk humbly with your God.”  Abduction of girls, forced conversion to Islam, and forced marriages are out of keeping with all three.

Trump: We’ll be free from Iranian wickedness and nuclear blackmail

On Wednesday night, President Donald Trump addressed the nation with an update on “Operation Epic Fury,” the United States war with Iran.

TRUMP: “We are on track to complete all of America’s military objectives shortly. We’re going to hit them extremely hard over the next two to three weeks. We’re going to bring them back to the stone ages, where they belong. In the meantime, discussions are ongoing.

“Regime change was not our goal. We never said regime change. But regime change has occurred because of all of their original leaders’ deaths. They’re all dead. The new group is less radical and much more reasonable.

“Yet, if during this period of time, no deal is made, we have our eyes on key targets. If there is no deal, we are going to hit each and every one of their electric-generating plants very hard and probably simultaneously. We have not hit their oil, even though that’s the easiest target of all, because it would not give them even a small chance of survival or rebuilding.

“They have no anti-aircraft equipment. Their radar is 100% annihilated. We are unstoppable as a military force. The nuclear sites that we obliterated with the B2 Bombers have been hit so hard that it would take months to get near the nuclear dust.

“We have all the cards. They have none. They were the bully of the Middle East, but they’re the bully no longer. Tonight, every American can look forward to a day when we are finally free from the wickedness of Iranian aggression and the specter of nuclear blackmail.”

War Secretary Hegseth quoted from imprecatory Psalms

On March 25^th, War Secretary Pete Hegseth quoted from the imprecatory Psalms and invoked divine wrath against the enemies of the United States during introductory remarks he made at the first monthly prayer service at the Pentagon since the outbreak of the war in Iran, reported The Christian Post.

Hegseth read from a military chaplain’s prayer used ahead of the January 3rd, 2026 operation to capture Venezuelan dictator Nicolás Maduro which he implied was equally relevant in the battle against the leadership of the Islamic Republic of Iran.

Listen.

HEGSETH: “Almighty God, who trains our hands for war and our fingers for battle, You who stirred the nations from the north against Babylon of old, making her land a desolation where none dwell: behold now the wicked, who rise against Your justice and the peace of the righteous.

“Snap the rod of the oppressor, frustrate the wicked plans of the ungodly. By the blast of Your anger, let the evil perish. Let their bulls go down to slaughter, for their day has come; the time of their punishment. Pour out Your wrath upon those who plot vain things and blow them away like chaff before the wind.”

Psalm 17:13 says, “Rise up, LORD, confront them, bring them down; with your sword. Rescue me from the wicked.”

Constitution expert predicts Supreme Court will affirm birthright citizenship

Appearing on The Human Events podcast, Mike Davis, the founder of the Article III Project, predicted that the U.S. Supreme Court appears likely to affirm “birthright citizenship” for illegal aliens. 

Listen.

DAVIS: “I worry this is a 7-2 case.”

JACK PROSOBIEC: “Wow!”

DAVIS: “I worry that the only two justices who will have the courage to follow the law here are Justice Clarence Thomas and Justice Sam Alito. I worry that the Chief Justice [John Roberts] and the three Trump justices [Neil Gorsuch, Brett Kavanaugh, and Amy Coney Barrett] will join the three leftists [Sonia Sotomayor, Elena Kagan, Ketanji Brown Jackson]  who will always vote against President Trump.

“The law is so crystal clear here. We the people, the sovereign citizens of America, get to decide who comes, who goes, get to decide who our fellow citizens are. We certainly did not give that away after the Civil War.

“The 14th Amendment, the birthright citizenship clause, was to correct an egregious wrong with the Dred Scott Supreme Court decision that held that the freed slaves are not citizens. We fixed that with the 14th Amendment. There is a Supreme Court case that has extended that to lawful and permanent residents of the United States.

“There is no way that the proponents of the 14th Amendment ever agreed to give birthright citizenship to illegal aliens!”

If the Supreme Court does affirm birthright citizenship for illegal aliens it would be a major blow to both President Donald Trump’s agenda and the Constitution.

President Trump, first president to hear oral arguments, walked out

Remarkably, President Trump heard the oral arguments in that birthright citizenship case in person, becoming the first sitting U.S. president ever to do so.

At 11:20am on Wednesday, President Trump expressed his fury in a one-sentence post on Truth Social. “We are the only Country in the World STUPID enough to allow “Birthright” Citizenship!”

The Western Journal reported that on the day he took office in January 2025, President Trump issued an executive order directing that only children born to parents “subject to the jurisdiction” of the United States are citizens, quoting from the Fourteenth Amendment.

NASA launches Artemis II to travel around the moon

And finally, on Wednesday night at 6:35pm Eastern, NASA launched the long-awaited Artemis II mission from Kennedy Space Center in Cape Canaveral, Florida.

Listen.

ANNOUNCER 1: “Here we go. 10-9-8-7 RS 25 engines lift 4-3-2-1. Booster ignition and lift off. The crew of Artemis II now bound for the moon. Humanity’s next great voyage begins.”

ANNOUNCER 2: “Good roll pitch.”

ANNOUNCER 3: “Houston now controlling the flight of Integrity on the Artemis II mission around the moon.”

The crew — NASA astronauts Reid Wiseman, Christina Koch and Victor Glover, as well as Canadian astronaut Jeremy Hansen — were the first people to launch toward the moon since the Apollo 17 mission in 1972, more than 50 years ago, reported NBC News.

However, they will not land on the lunar surface. Rather, the 10-day mission is designed as a step toward a landing in 2028, building a base on the moon, and eventually, toward NASA’s goal of establishing a long-term presence on the moon.

Living on the moon will involve inhabiting shielded, pressurized modules or underground lava tubes to protect against radiation, extreme temperatures, and toxic lunar dust.

Among other issues for those who colonize the moon:

• How would they get power?
• How would they breathe? and
• How would they get food?

Watch a live stream from the cockpit of Artemis II through a special link in our transcript today at www.TheWorldview.com.

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Nepalese Hindus dragged 3 Christians to police station for evangelism

Three Christians in Nepal, the country north of India, are facing persecution for simply sharing the Gospel last week.

A group of Hindus dragged the Christians to a police station in response to their evangelism. It is illegal to convert someone to another religion in the country. And Hindus increasingly target Christians who share their faith. 

One local believer told International Christian Concern, “In spite of the absence of any substantiated evidence, the police ordered an investigation. These actions make life difficult for these poor Christians.”

Presidential elections in Peru, Colombia, and Brazil

Millions of Latin Americans will vote in presidential elections this year in countries like Peru, Colombia, and Brazil. 

A survey from Pew Research found most adults in these countries see a role for religion in key aspects of public life. Protestants are a growing minority in Latin America. They express the strongest support for Christianity’s influence on their country’s leadership.

Even a sizable minority of the religiously unaffiliated in the region said the Bible should influence their country’s laws. 

Wisdom says in Proverbs 8:15, “By me, kings reign, and rulers decree justice.”

Supreme Court: Christian therapists allowed to help “homosexual” kids

On Tuesday, the United States Supreme Court struck down Colorado’s ban on so-called “conversion therapy”

The court ruled 8-1 that the ban violated the First Amendment rights of Christian therapist Kaley Chiles. Colorado passed the Minor Conversion Therapy Law in 2019. The measure prohibited therapists from using faith-based counseling to help kids who no longer want to identify with sexually perverted lifestyles. 

Listen to comments from Kaley in an interview with Fox News.

CHILES: “I am elated by the ruling, and I am very excited for the kids and their families, who have been simply seeking options in counseling, and now will get to do so.

“I also hope this ruling emboldens counselors because we will either do justice to our clients or we will let the government silence us into pretending that there is medical consensus on this issue.”

Kansas prohibits cities from forcing pro-life centers to promote abortion

The state of Kansas enacted a law to protect pro-life pregnancy centers last Friday. 

The Pregnancy Center Autonomy and Rights of Expression Act forbids state and local governments from forcing pregnancy centers to promote or participate in abortions.  

While Democrat Governor Laura Kelly initially vetoed the measure, the state’s legislature thankfully voted to override the veto — within hours.  To their credit, the Republican-controlled House voted 87-35 and the Republican-controlled Senate voted 30-9 to override the pro-abortion governor.

More Americans struggling economically

A new survey from Gallup found that 49% of U.S. workers report they are struggling in their lives compared to 46% who report they are thriving. 

Between 2009 and 2019, nearly 60% of Americans said they were thriving.

Most U.S. workers say it is a bad time to find a quality job. This was especially true for workers with a college degree or above. 

A majority of workers also said they were actively looking for a new job. This was especially true of younger generations. 

Barna: 40% of Protestant pastors see higher engagement from Gen Z

A new survey from the Barna Group found that younger generations are becoming more engaged with their church.

The study asked over 500 Protestant senior pastors about church engagement over the last year.

Over 40 percent of pastors reported higher engagement from Generation Z who are 14 to 29, and Millennials, who are 30 to 45.  A similar number reported higher engagement from young men. 

The study noted, “The story of the next generation and the church is still unfolding. But according to pastors across the country, signs of new engagement are beginning to appear.”

Samuel Morse, Christian inventor of Morse Code, died on this date

And finally, today is the anniversary of the death of Samuel Morse.  Does that last name ring a bell?

The American inventor died on April 2, 1872. Before becoming an inventor, Morse was known as a painter, even gaining admittance to the British Royal Academy of Arts. 

Later in life, he would make key contributions to the design and deployment of the telegraph system. He also co-developed the code that bears his name. Morse code would become the primary language for telegraphy and is still used to this day. 

Notably, Morse was a devout Christian who gave glory to God for his inventions.

Psalm 115:1 says, “Not to us, O LORD, not to us, but to Your name give glory, for the sake of Your steadfast love and Your faithfulness!” 

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By Jonathan Clark and Timothy Reed

Muslim Nigerians killed 53 people on Palm Sunday

Muslim gunmen in Nigeria killed 53 people in a predominantly Christian area on Palm Sunday, reports the Baptist Press.

The attackers arrived in a van, killing men, women, and children and wounding dozens more. 

A local Christian told Morning Star News, “We saw the terrorists coming down from their vehicle with guns. … Within seconds from alighting from their vehicle, we heard gunshots. They were shooting at anyone in sight. Many have been killed, and I feel so heartbroken.”

Daniel Okoh, president of the Christian Association of Nigeria, said, “Nigerians are tired of mourning. Nigerians are tired of statements. Nigerians want to see action. Those responsible for this atrocity must be found, arrested and made to face justice; swiftly and decisively. Anything less will only deepen the sense that life in our country is no longer protected.”

Please pray for our persecuted brothers and sisters in Christ in Nigeria. 

YouGov retracts British religious study

YouGov retracted it’s “Quiet Revival” study last week.

The 2024 study suggested a rise in church attendance in Britain, especially among young people. However, after an investigation, YouGov said the survey sample was faulty. 

The U.K.-based Bible Society commissioned the study. The organization noted, “YouGov’s error does not mean that all of the findings were wrong. It means that we cannot reliably support those findings on the basis of this survey.”

YouGov plans to conduct new research with the Bible Society on religiosity in the United Kingdom.

U.S. Army raises recruitment age to 42

The U.S. Army has raised its max recruitment age from 35 to 42. This comes as the United States has had trouble meeting its recruitment standards in recent years. 

Part of the reason for the change? American youth are not ready to fight in the military. 

ABC News reports that, “The Pentagon has estimated that only 23% of young Americans (between the ages of 17 and 24) are eligible to serve. Much of this is due to academic performance on the military’s SAT-style entrance test, obesity, and criminal records.”

Judge rules against Biden’s COVID-era censorship

U.S. District Judge Terry Doughty has ruled in favor of the State of Missouri in the Missouri vs. Biden free speech case. 

The case centered around the Biden administration’s censorship of free speech and silencing of opposition through Big Tech platforms.  

The judge ruled that the U.S. Surgeon General, the Centers for Disease Control, and the Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency are barred from threatening social media companies with retaliation for not censoring what they deem to be misinformation. 

Trump to Planned Parenthood: No more Title X grants!

The Trump administration announced this is the last year that Planned Parenthood will receive Title X grants from the federal government. 

White House spokesman Kush Desai told The Daily Wire, “The administration has issued the fifth and final year of Title X grants that were locked in place during the Biden presidency. … Title X funds cannot be used for abortions by law and … the Administration remains committed to realigning the Title X program with the President’s pro-life and pro-family agenda going forward.”

However, pro-life leaders are criticizing the administration for the additional year of funding to the abortion giant. 

NBA player cut for expressing Christian beliefs

A professional basketball team cut one of their players on Monday for expressing his Christian beliefs.

Jaden Ivey played in the NBA for the Chicago Bulls. He recently described Homosexual Pride Month as a celebration of unrighteousness. 

Listen.

IVEY: “The world can proclaim LGBTQ, right? They proclaim Pride Month and the NBA. They show it to the world. They say, ‘Come join us for Pride Month to celebrate unrighteousness.’”

The Chicago Bulls described Ivey’s conduct as “detrimental to the team.” 

Send a polite, yet firm 2-sentence letter of complaint. Coach Billy Donovan, Chicago Bulls, 1901 W. Madison Street, Chicago, IL 60612.

Isaiah 5:20 says, “Woe to those who call evil good, and good evil; who put darkness for light, and light for darkness.”

Basketball invented by Christian chaplain in 1891

And finally, men’s college basketball teams are competing for the national championship in the March Madness tournament. 

What many do not know about the popular sport is that it was invented by a Christian named James Naismith. 

He was a Christian chaplain and sports coach. Naismith invented basketball in 1891 while serving at the YMCA International Training School in Massachusetts. He started the sport in order to evangelize young men.  

Basketball spread as far as China by 1895 thanks to YMCA missionaries. 

Naismith said his goal was to “win men for the Master through the gym.”

In Matthew 4:19, Jesus said, “Follow Me, and I will make you fishers of men.” 

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By Kevin Swanson and Timothy Reed

Court awards Christian photographer $800,000 over discrimination

Christian photographer Chelsey Nelson has scored an $800,000 settlement from the city of Louisville, Kentucky. That comes after city officials tried to force her to photograph and promote homosexual weddings.

Bryan Neihart, Senior Counsel at Alliance Defending Freedom, worked on the case. His take is that “the government cannot force Americans to say things they don’t believe. For almost six years, Louisville officials tried to do just that by threatening to force Chelsey to promote views about marriage that violated her religious beliefs.”

Chelsey said she hoped people would see the reason she fought for her free speech, even if they don’t agree with her.

NELSON: “What I wish more of them would understand is that I’m actually fighting for their right to create consistent with their beliefs, even though it’s a separate worldview and belief system from my own.”

“My witness to my children is very important to me. I would hate for them to grow up and look back and see that their mom cowered on this issue because she feared man more than she fears God. So that was an incredible inspiration to me.”

2 Timothy 2:15 says, “Be diligent to present yourself approved to God, a worker who does not need to be ashamed, rightly dividing the Word of truth.”

Spain, Sweden, Netherlands, & Germany embrace abortion and perversion the most

The worst nations in the world for attitudes towards homosexuality and abortion are Spain, Sweden, Netherlands, and Germany.

Sweden was the worst nation on all morality indexes.

Nigeria, Kenya, and Indonesia maintained the highest moral conscience on moral issues, in this survey conducted by Pew Research.

Of the 25 nations surveyed, the United States was the only country where the majority of the people surveyed considered their own nation as morally evil. Canada topped off as the most self-righteous nation, with 92% considering their citizenry to be morally good. 

Trump shares Franklin Graham’s evangelistic message on Truth Social

U.S. President Donald Trump shared a letter on his Truth Social account on Sunday which had been sent to him by Evangelist Franklin Graham last October.

Without any additional comment from President Trump, the letter from Franklin Graham contained a powerful evangelistic message, reminding him, “The only One who can save us from hell is Jesus Christ. You cannot save yourself. … The only way to Heaven is through the shed blood of Jesus Christ. God requires of us to turn from our sins, and by faith, believe in our heart, that Jesus Came to Earth, died on the cross for our sins, was buried, and God raised Him to life on the third day.”

The letter closed with Romans 10:9: “If you confess with your mouth the Lord Jesus and believe in your heart that God has raised Him from the dead, you will be saved.” 

70% oppose sending Abortion Kill Pill in mail

A large percentage of Americans oppose the Abortion Kill Pill being shipped through the mail.

According to a new poll from CRC Research, 70% oppose abortion drugs being dispensed through the mail. Plus, nearly half of respondents say they would be less likely to support those who promoted the kill pills.

Marjorie Dannenfelser, President of Susan B. Anthony Pro-Life America, said, “Voters could not be speaking any more clearly on abortion drugs flooding the mail, driving up abortion rates and undermining protections for women and children. They recognize this is an urgent public health and safety crisis that demands a return to common sense, like in-person doctor visits that were required under the first Trump administration.”

Job 36:6 says, “He does not preserve the life of the wicked, but gives justice to the oppressed.”

Beef and oil prices are spiking

The price of beef is spiking as markets are volatile, oil prices remain high, and beef herds continue to diminish in the United States.

In January 2026, only 86.2 million head of cattle were reported in the United States, the lowest number since 1951. 

The war in Iran is also affecting the supply chain for fertilizer and oil, products the cattle industry relies upon heavily. 

“Project Hail Mary” movie acknowledges God’s providential control

The film Project Hail Mary has topped the worldwide box office for two weekend in a row now.

The Christian movie review organization, Movie Guide, touts the movie as “Christian” for its reference to a belief in God, and an acknowledgement of God’s providential control over what happens. The story is about a school teacher who saves the world.

Fox News called the film, starring Ryan Gosling, an anti-woke blockbuster. Megan Basham, Babylon Bee, and other conservative commentators gave the film a thumbs up.  

Rotten Tomatoes gives it a 95% critics score, and a 96% audience score. And some say this may be the film that saves Hollywood.  The film has netted $300 million in two weekends. It’s the top-grossing film of the year, thus far.

However, parents should be warned that Focus on the Family reveals that God’s name is used in vain 7 times, there are references to hooking up, and that the content is heavy for kids.

The movie is based on the book by the same name written by Andy Weir which has been featured on the New York Times’ best-seller list for 41 weeks in a row. He also wrote The Martian in 2011 which was adapted into the 2015 film of the same name starring Matt Damon and directed by Ridley Scott. 

Another country music crossover into pop

And finally, in pop media, country music is crossing over again onto the pop charts.

Ella Langley, a Southern Baptist girl, made it to #1 on both charts with “Choosin’ Texas.”

The trend picks up with Carrie Underwood and Taylor Swift’s big hits from the early 2000s.

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Nigerian archbishop to Trump:  “Give us weapons” to “eradicate” Islamic terrorists

Archbishop Ignatius Kaigama of Abuja, Nigeria called on the Trump administration to provide intelligence and weapons to the Nigerian government to help combat the brutal persecution of the country’s Christians at the hands of Islamic terrorists, reports LifeSiteNews.com.

During a March 20th press briefing hosted by Aid to the Church in Need as, Archbishop Kaigama praised Trump for being the first world leader to “clearly and unequivocally” declare that Nigerian Christians are being persecuted, reports EWTN.

The archbishop emphasized, however, that Trump’s remarks and his administration’s December bombing in Nigeria have only emboldened Islamist terror groups, such as Boko Haram, to carry out more attacks on Christians. He called on the 47th president to share intelligence with and provide weapons to the Nigerian government to help them put an end to the persecution for good.

Kaigama said, “I was glad when I heard Donald Trump say, ‘We are going to go to Nigeria; we are going to put an end to Boko Haram. At Christmas, we received a gift — a bomb that fell on Nigerian soil — and, truth be told, I could not say whether it did any good.

“That incident, coupled with Donald Trump’s words, has greatly inflamed the passions of the Islamists in that territory. The number of attacks, the number of kidnappings carried out by Boko Haram and other groups, has been rising ever since.”

Islamic persecution of Christians in Nigeria tied to sharia law

Persecution of Christians in Nigeria began to spike after 1999, when 12 northern states adopted Sharia law.

The rise of the terrorist group Boko Haram in 2009 marked a dramatic escalation in the attacks. Famously, the group kidnapped hundreds of schoolgirls in 2014; 87 of them are still listed as “missing.”

From 2009 to 2022, over 50,000 Christians were killed in the country. A 2024 report found that more than 8,000 Nigerian Christians were killed and thousands more were abducted in 2023 alone, making it the bloodiest year on record for Islamic attacks against Christians in the country.

Sportscaster Stephen Smith calls out hypocritical Democrats

Stephen A. Smith, the ESPN sportscaster, speaks the truth when he ventures into the political world. This time, he chastised Democrats for hypocritically complaining about President Donald Trump’s willingness to do something about the growing Iranian threat.

Listen.

SMITH: “You got a lot of nerve to be in the face of the American people saying for numerous administration, ‘Iran is a problem. They have to be dealt with.’  And then this man deals with them, and then all of a sudden, you complaining about him now. It doesn’t really make sense. It’s a lack of consistency.”

BILL CLINTON: “I am formally announcing my intention to cut off all trade and investment with Iran.”

GEORGE W. BUSH: “Our second goal is to prevent regimes that sponsored terror from threatening America or our friends and allies.  Iran aggressively pursues these weapons and exports terror while an unelected few repress the Iranian people’s hope for freedom.”

BARACK OBAMA: “I strongly believe that our national security interest now depends upon preventing Iran from obtaining a nuclear weapon.”

JOE BIDEN: “Well, I can say to you, Iran will never get a nuclear weapon on my watch, as they say.”

DONALD TRUMP:  “As President of the United States, I would never allow the world’s number one state sponsor of terror to obtain a nuclear weapon. I said that for a long time, and I didn’t.”

3,500 U.S. Troops arrive in Middle East as Iran war strikes intensify

More than 3,500 U.S. troops, including the U.S.S. Tripoli with about 2,500 Marines, arrived in the Middle East, officials announced Saturday, as strikes in the Iran war intensified, reports CBS News.

It’s the most updated of the amphibious warships, known as a “big deck,” which allows more room for F-35 Stealth Fighter Jets, Ospreys and other aircraft. The ship had previously been based in Japan when the order to deploy to the Middle East came almost two weeks ago.

Corey Lewandowski out at Department of Homeland Security

Corey Lewandowski, a special government employee who served as a top adviser to former Homeland Security Secretary Kristi Noem, no longer has a role with the DHS, reports NewsNation.com.

Last week, Democrats on the House Oversight Committee called for an investigation, saying that almost immediately after entering the agency, Lewandowski “exercised outsized influence over DHS far beyond what a special government employee is authorized to do.”

Lewandowski was the campaign manager for President Trump in 2016. Plus, according to the September 2021 report of conservative media outlet American Greatness, he had an extramarital affair with the married South Dakota governor Kristi Noem, for whom he had long been a political advisor.

Exodus 20:14 says, “You shall not commit adultery.”

War Secretary Pete Hegseth reforms Chaplain Corps

War Secretary Pete Hegseth says his latest reforms will allow the Chaplain Corps to fulfill its mission of being the spiritual backbone of America’s military, reports The Western Journal.

HEGSETH: “In previous administrations, our Chaplain Corps was infected by political correctness and secular humanism. The core functions of the Chaplain Corps were changed and watered down until they were viewed by many as nothing more than therapists. Faith and virtue were traded for self-help and self-care.

“The crucible of combat tests more than the body. It tests conviction, character and spirit. The military’s Chaplain Corps serves as spiritual and moral backbone of our nation’s armed forces. Chaplains help forge spiritual readiness across the force, and that matters because in combat, in crisis, and in loss, a war fighter needs more than a coping mechanism.

“They need truth, ‘big T’ truth. They need conviction. They need a shepherd. Spiritual health is equally important to a service member’s physical and emotional health.”

According to a War Department news release, the number of faith codes used in the service has been winnowed down to 31. In 2017, the Pentagon issued a list of 221 groups that qualified as a religious group. Oddly enough, the list included witches and atheists, according to Stars and Stripes.

Hegseth said, “It was impractical and unusable, and many codes were never used at all.” He noted that 82% of service members, who identify as being religious, used six of the codes.

The War Secretary added that the chaplains will display their religious insignia on their uniforms instead of their ranks. He said, “A chaplain is first and foremost a chaplain, and an officer second. This change is a visual representation of that fact.”

Christian stewardess gave her life for passengers on sinking ship

And finally, on March 30^th, 1899, the steamship Stella, carrying 147 passengers and 43 crew. struck some rocks in a fog while sailing to Guernsey, the second largest island in the Channel Islands in the English Channel.

Mary Rogers, a cheerful, kind, and hard-working stewardess, supervised the escape of a large number of women and relinquished her own life vest to the last of them and gave up her place in the lifeboat. Four lifeboats were successfully launched and one capsized.

Raising her hands to Heaven, Mary Rogers yelled, “Lord, have me!” as the ship sank beneath her within eight minutes.

John 15:13 says, “Greater love has no one than this: to lay down one’s life for one’s friends.” Or, in this case, absolute strangers.

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Finnish lawmaker convicted over speaking truth about homosexuality

In a narrow 3–2 decision, the Finnish Supreme Court has found parliamentarian Päivi Räsänen guilty of so-called “hate speech” for simply affirming a Biblical understanding of marriage and sexual ethics in a 20-year-old church pamphlet, reports LifeSiteNews.com.

Räsänen has been criminally convicted for publishing the 2004 pamphlet for her church, alongside Lutheran Bishop Juhana Pohjola. The conviction is for “making and keeping available to the public a text that insults a group.”

She said, “I am shocked and profoundly disappointed that the court has failed to recognize my basic human right to freedom of expression. I stand by the teachings of my Christian faith, and will continue to defend my [right] and every person’s right to share their convictions in the public square.”

The Finish Supreme Court has imposed criminal fines of several thousand Euros and ruled that the impugned statements must be “removed from public access and destroyed.”  

Päivi Räsänen has served as a member of the Finnish Parliament since 1995, and was Minister of the Interior from 2011-2015. She is a medical doctor, mother of five children, and has twelve grandchildren.

In a related development, the Finish Supreme Court unanimously acquitted Räsänen for her 2019 Bible verse tweet.

Canada’s House criminalizes quoting Bible

Religious expression is under attack in Canada as well.

The majority of Canadian Members of Parliament voted to pass a leftist bill that will criminalize the quotation of Bible verses on homosexual behavior and gender, reports LifeSiteNews.com.

Early Wednesday evening, in a 186–137 vote, they passed Bill C-9, which is misnamed the “Combatting Hate Act.” Members of Parliament from the Conservative Party, New Democratic Party, and the Green Party voted against the bill in a rare form of unity among the usually opposing parties.

The bill now heads to Canada’s rubber-stamp Senate for review.

David Cooke with the Campaign Life Coalition said, “With the passage of Bill C-9 in the [Canadian] House, Christians and pro-life advocates will almost certainly face an entirely new level of hostility, as the door swings open to actual persecution under a cloak of supposed legality.”

The 186 foolish Members of the Canadian Parliament who voted to criminalize citing Bible verses about sexual perversion would no doubt object to my citation of Leviticus 18:22. It says, “Do not have sexual relations with a man as one does with a woman; that is detestable.”

Trump postpones strikes on Iranian energy plants until April 6

On Thursday, President Donald Trump announced on Truth Social that the United States will extend the pause on strikes on Iranian energy plants by an additional 10 days, at the request of the Iranian government, reports CBS News.  

On Monday, the president announced a five-day pause on strikes on Iran’s energy infrastructure in order to negotiate with Iran. The president said he’s extending that pause to the evening of April 7 local time in Tehran. 

Trump to sign order to pay TSA agents

President Donald Trump plans to sign an order that will pay Transportation Security Administration agents, who have not received a check since the Department of Homeland Security entered a partial shutdown in mid-February, reports The Epoch Times.

In a March 26^th Truth Social post, he wrote, “I am going to sign an Order instructing the Secretary of Homeland Security, Markwayne Mullin, to immediately pay our TSA Agents in order to address this Emergency Situation, and to quickly stop the Democrat Chaos at the Airports.”

More than 3,120 TSA agents, who have not been paid in weeks, called in sick on Wednesday, which prompted long lines to continue at airports across the country.

Pennsylvania Democrats have egg on their faces

And finally, Pennsylvania House Democrats withdrew consideration of a resolution honoring March as “National Women’s Month” after a Republican lawmaker filed an amendment to include the physiological definition of “woman” in the text, report Fox News.

What was expected to be a quick, symbolic vote turned into a brief but telling floor moment.  Listen how the Republicans forced the question into the open and Democrats opted to shelve the resolution rather than define what a “woman” is in legislation — leading to an eruption of laughter on the House floor.

Democratic House Speaker Joanna McClinton was bringing a rapid-fire succession of bills up for consideration late in Tuesday’s session when she asked the clerk to introduce House Resolution 390.

McCLINTON: “The Chair recognizes the Majority Leader who calls up House Resolution on page eight of today’s House calendar. The clerk will read a summary of the resolution.”

CLERK: “A resolution recognizing the month of March 2026, as Women’s History Month in Pennsylvania, introduced by Representative Carol Hill-Evans.”

McCLINTON: “[Republican] Representative [Aaron] Bernstine offers A02716. Will the House agree to the amendment? On that question, the Chair recognizes the gentleman from Lawrence, maker of the amendment. Representative Bernstein.”

BERNSTINE: “Thank you, Madam Speaker. Madam Speaker, this amendment is very straightforward and clear. It defines what a woman actually is, because we do know what that is. Thank you.”

What happened next was stunning!  During 30 seconds of silence, Democrats quietly considered the fact that they had been painted into a corner. If they defined what a woman was in order for the proposed Women’s History Month to be considered, they would alienate their leftist base which has swallowed the woke transgender agenda — hook, line and sinker. Put bluntly, Democrats believe that a man, pretending to be a woman, is a woman!

There was movement at the dais. So, this is what House Majority Leader Joanna McClinton declared.

McCLINTON: “The resolution is temporarily over.”

(Republicans laugh out loud on the Pennsylvania House floor)

You can hear the Republicans laughing out loud at the utter foolishness of the hypocritical Democrats who want to look like they are championing women but oddly cannot even agree with the biological definition of what a woman is.

McClinton immediately turned to the clerk to read the next piece of legislation.

In an interview Wednesday, GOP Rep. Bernstine defended his amendment as a common sense measure, saying that defining a woman as having XX chromosomes should not be controversial. The Republican said, “They pulled [the Women’s History Month] because they were scared to define what a woman actually is.”

Jason Gottesman, spokesman for the House Republican Caucus, further told Fox News that “if Democrats want to celebrate what they refuse to define, it is clear they do not take this issue seriously.”

In Matthew 19:4, Jesus asked, “Haven’t you read, that at the beginning the Creator ‘made them male and female?’”

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Christian ministries to send millions of Bibles into Iran

Christian ministries are gearing up to send millions of Bibles into Iran. 

The country’s Islamic regime persecutes Christians for sharing their faith or even privately owning a Bible. However, Bible smuggling teams are praying for new doors to open despite the war.

Dirk Smith, Vice President at Eastern European Mission, spoke to CBN News. He compared this moment in Iran to the opportunity right before the Berlin Wall came down in 1989.

Listen.

SMITH: “Our prayer is that we’re prepared. We’re ready to go. And that was what happened when the wall came down in 89 the opportunity came, and when we pray, God will open those doors. That’s what happened when the wall came down with the Soviet Union, we were able to walk in and distribute hundreds of thousands  of Bibles.”

In Colossians 4:2-3, the Apostle Paul wrote, “Continue earnestly in prayer, being vigilant in it with thanksgiving; meanwhile praying also for us, that God would open to us a door for the word, to speak the mystery of Christ.”

Iran rejected peace deal with America

Iran rejected a peace plan from the United States yesterday to pause the war in the Middle East.

The conflict began nearly a month ago when the U.S. and Israel carried out strikes on the country. The Associated Press reports the death toll has reached over 1,500 people in Iran, over 1,000 in Lebanon, 16 in Israel, and 13 U.S. military members. 

The U.S. is sending more troops to the region in what could become a ground assault. 

U.S. Supreme Court rules for Mississippi street preacher

In the United States, the U.S. Supreme Court ruled in favor of a street preacher last Friday.

Gabriel Olivier is an evangelical Christian who desires to share his faith with others.

OLIVIER: “I was arrested outside of a concert amphitheater arena for preaching the Gospel on a public sidewalk.”

However, the City of Brandon, Mississippi passed an ordinance to effectively silence his evangelism. Sadly, lower courts sided with the city. He even faced arrest under the ordinance. 

The Supreme Court’s ruling now allows Olivier to go back to trial in the lower courts to challenge the city ordinance. 

He celebrated the ruling.

OLIVIER: “The Supreme Court has ruled unanimously, 9-0 in our favor. And I just wanted to say thank you to first and foremost, the Lord, for answering our prayers. I also thank you for First Liberty, for representing me, helping me along the way, and doing such a great job. Thank you to all those who support First Liberty with your donations. That is a wonderful contribution to help the case of religious freedom here in our nation.”

He added, “Now all people with deeply held Christian religious beliefs who are called to share the Good News can do so in the public arena.”

Psalm 119:46 says, “I will speak of Your testimonies also before kings, and will not be ashamed.”

Late-term abortionist Kermit Gosnell, who killed born babies, died

The infamous abortionist Kermit Gosnell  died at a hospital earlier this month, according to prison officials in Pennsylvania. He was 85.

Gosnell was serving three life sentences for killing three babies — after they were born alive. Shockingly, after complete delivery, Gosnell would jab scissors into the back of a baby’s neck and then cut the baby’s spinal cord. Gosnell called the killing of these children “snipping.”  Steven Massof, a former Gosnell employee, said the so-called “snipping” is really “like a beheading,” reported the Baptist Press.

Gosnell likely killed thousands of babies in this manner. Not surprisingly, his abortion mill became known as the “House of Horrors.”

Listen to a portion of the trailer to the 2018 movie called “Gosnell: The Trial of America’s Biggest Serial Killer.”

POLICEMAN 1: “Philadelphia Police Department: We have a search warrant.”

POLICEMAN 2: “What is that smell?”

POLICEMAN 3: “Man, you got to see this.”

DETECTIVE JAMES WOOD:  “I’ve never been in an abortion clinic before.

So far, we’ve found over 30 of them. [aborted babies in the abortion mill]. A healthy woman goes into a clinic, comes out dead, and there’s no police report?”

COURT OFFICIAL: “Prosecution has offered you a plea bargain, Dr Gosnell.”

GOSNELL: “Then I would have to admit I was guilty. I’m not guilty!”

PROESECUTOR: “When was the last time your division inspected Dr. Gosnell’s [abortion] clinic?”

INSPECTOR: “We had instructions, directly from [Republican] Governor [Tom] Ridge‘s office, not to inspect.”

NURSE LEXY McGUIRE: “Nothing that man did protects women or children. And you don’t have to be a pro-life activist to see that.”

DISTRICT ATTORNEY DAN MOLINARI: “Kermit Gosnell is perhaps the most prolific serial killer in American history. You better win!”

Watch the trailer for the movie “Gosnell.”

Proverbs 6:16-19 describes the seven things that God hates, including “hands that shed innocent blood.”

Maria Gallagher, executive director of the Pennsylvania Pro-Life Federation, told LifeNews, “We continue to grieve the loss of the babies and women who fell victim to Gosnell’s violent crime spree. And we hold out hope that the lessons learned from Gosnell’s reign of terror will not be forgotten.”

Democrats won special election in Florida

Democrats won a special election on Tuesday in South Florida.

Democrat Emily Gregory defeated Republican Jon Maples to win the state House District 87 seat. She won by only 800 votes or about two percentage points. 

The district is home to President Donald Trump’s Mar-a-Lago residence. 

The Associated Press reports, “Gregory’s victory is the latest example of how Democrats have flipped seats in a series of special elections that could be a sign of momentum in a midterm election year that will provide a political verdict on Trump’s second term.”

Christians are weak on abortion, marriage and family

And finally, Dr. George Barna released his latest report on the worldview of Americans.

Notably, the majority of U.S. adults—ranging from 68% to 82%—lack Biblical alignment in essential areas of worldview beliefs and behaviors. This is even more common among younger generations. 

The weakest worldview category for Americans, even committed Christians, is social issues such as marriage, family, and the sanctity of life.

Dr. Barna noted, “Very few adults presently own a biblical worldview. But the survey also shows that with some commitment and very focused mentoring, millions of Americans could certainly develop a Biblical worldview.”

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By Jonathan Clark and Timothy Reed

Canadian law prohibits Christian public officials from wearing crosses

The Supreme Court of Canada began hearings in a case involving religious freedom this week.

At issue is Quebec’s Bill 21. The secularist law bans public officials from displaying religious symbols. For example, it would bar judges from wearing crosses. The measure has been in place in the Canadian province since 2019 and has survived multiple challenges.  

Derek Ross, executive director of the Christian Legal Fellowship, said, “Bill 21 purports to be advancing religious neutrality, but it is promoting the exact opposite: a public square which is hostile, not neutral, toward religion. This is unacceptable.”

Canada euthanizes more humans than dogs in shelters

Euthanasia continues to skyrocket in Canada.

Tragically, more humans than dogs in shelters are being euthanized in the country, and it’s not even close. 

More than 5% of all deaths in the country are attributed to Medical Assistance in Dying. And it’s the fifth leading cause of death in Canada. Doctors regularly offer and push for euthanasia, even for those who are not terminally ill. 

Wesley Smith, writing for the National Review, reports that 16,000 Canadians were killed by euthanasia in 2025.   According to the Canadian Veterinary Journal, nearly 7,000 Canadian dogs in shelters are euthanized annually.

The New American reports that, “In Ontario alone, 219 people received Medical Assistance in Dying within a day of requesting it in 2023, with 30% dying the same day.”

Proverbs 8:35 speaks of wisdom: “For whoever finds me finds life, and obtains favor from the Lord; but he who sins against me wrongs his own soul; all those who hate me love death.”

Canadian young people are more open to Christianity

Here’s some good news from Canada. 

Young people there may be more open to religion, according to a new report supported by the Canadian Bible Society. 

Notably, the decline of religiosity among Canadians aged 18-34 appears to be stalling. Young adults are just as likely if not more likely to read a religious text or attend religious services compared to 2017.\

The study said, “This paper offers Canadian churches reason to believe there is some level of openness among young people to the Christian faith and church attendance.”

Maine ballot initiative would ban males from girls’ sports

In the United States, a Maine ballot initiative is seeking to ban males from competing in girls’ sports statewide, reports WBUR.

More than 80,000 citizens have signed the petition to keep males out of girls sports, and the effort has been endorsed by United States Senator Susan Collins and Maine’s former Governor Paul LePage, both of whom are Republican.

Leyland Streiff, the petitioner for Protect Girls Sports in Maine, told FOX News that the organization wanted to leave no margin for error in the petitioning process.

STREIFF: “We got 14,000 more than the threshold. The validation, though, is that we need over 67,000 validated signatures. We have already validated over 76,000.

“And that is indicative of, I think, how Maine thinks about this. Mainers are common sense people. They understand that males should not be in female spaces. And I think that this is indicative of how the vote will go in November.

Anniversary of Patrick Henry’s “Give Me Liberty or Give Me Death” speech

And finally, this week is the anniversary of when Patrick Henry delivered his famous “Give Me Liberty or Give Me Death” speech.

The American statesman and Founding Father delivered the speech at St. John’s Church in Richmond, Virginia on March 23, 1775.

Listen to the conclusion of Patrick Henry’s speech in this re-enactment on the 240^th anniversary.

PATRICK: “It is now already too late to retire from the contest. There is no retreat but in submission and slavery! Our chains are forged! Their clanking may be heard on the plains of Boston! The war is inevitable—and let it come! I repeat it, sir, let it come.”

VIRGINIA DELEGATE: “Mr. Henry, we speak for peace, sir!”

HENRY: “It is in vain, sir, to extenuate the matter. Gentlemen may cry, peace, peace—but there is no peace. The war is actually begun! The next gale that sweeps from the north will bring to our ears the clash of resounding arms! Our brethren are already in the field! Why stand we here idle?

“What is it that they wish? What would they have? Is life so dear, or peace so sweet, as to be purchased at the price of chains and slavery?

“Forbid it, Almighty God! I know not what course others may take; but as for me, give me liberty or give me death!”

(Read the whole transcript).

Patrick Henry’s powerful oration is credited with swinging Virginia’s convention in support of committing troops in the War for Independence from the British Empire. 

Notable delegates who were present at the convention included future U.S. presidents George Washington and Thomas Jefferson.

What is less known about Henry’s speech is that he gave it shortly after the tragic death of his wife, Sarah. However, from his position of grief, God used Henry in a pivotal moment in the history of America’s development.

In 2 Corinthians 12:10, The Apostle Paul wrote, “For the sake of Christ, then, I am content with weaknesses, insults, hardships, persecutions, and calamities. For when I am weak, then I am strong.”

Get the book entitled Give Me Liberty: The Uncompromising Statesmanship of Patrick Henry.

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By Kevin Swanson and Timothy Reed

Nigerian Muslims chained 14-year-old Christian girl to tree for 138 days

Radical Muslims are killing Nigerian Christians at a rate of 32 people per day, or 12,000 per year, according to the most recent data.

About the same average number are being kidnapped. The stories are the most brutal in recorded history.  

Truth Nigeria tells of a 14-year-old Christian girl named Eunice who was cruelly chained in the forest for 138 days, beaten daily, and starved.  She witnessed captives murdered and raped. Eunice’s mother, Martha, was also held by the criminal group.

She told TruthNigeria, “Whenever we tried to pray, they beat us harder and shouted that there is no Christian God.” This was one of 50 taped interviews.

Tragically, the Nigerian government has registered zero interest in these criminal activities. The young woman and her mother are still being treated in a Kaduna hospital, unable to be discharged and unable to pay the bill.

Truth Nigeria reports that “Eunice’s frame is skeletal — collar bones jutting, arms wasted, eyes sunken into a gaunt face. Martha, [her mother,] is equally ravaged: cheeks hollowed; body stripped of flesh by five months of starvation. Neither can eat a full meal without vomiting. Neither can walk unassisted.”

Pray for the poor, persecuted saints in Nigeria, Africa.

According to Open Doors, Nigeria is the seventh most dangerous country worldwide for Christians.

Argentina’s economy is thriving and inflation rate is going down

Argentina’s economy saw another 4.4% bump last year.

Since Javier Milei’s election to the presidency in 2022, the economy has soared by 9%.

Impressively, Argentina’s inflation rate dropped to 31% — the lowest in eight years. 

China’s economy is steaming ahead, leaving America & Japan behind

China has edged itself into a top position in the world economy.

For example, Chinese automakers have trounced Japan, producing nearly 27 million vehicles in global sales last year compared to Japan’s sale of 25 million vehicles.  By way of background, Japan had held the top place since the year 2000.  

If measured by purchasing power, China’s economy is now 50% larger than the U.S. economy. Indeed, China passed the U.S. economy in 2016.

British pro-lifer awarded Pennsylvania Freedom Medal

British pro-lifer Isabel Vaughan-Spruce was awarded the Pennsylvania Freedom Medal by Republican State Senator Doug Mastriano.

Spruce has faced persecution for her pro-life beliefs in the United Kingdom, and was arrested multiple times for silently praying near abortion mills. 

Mastriano wrote on X, “She wasn’t shouting. She wasn’t blocking anyone. She wasn’t holding signs. She was simply praying quietly in her mind.”

Vaughan-Spruce responded, “This is a huge honor and such a kind and thoughtful gesture. Thank you to all those who recognize, uphold, and defend true liberty!” 

Colossians 4:2-3 says, “Continue earnestly in prayer, being vigilant in it with thanksgiving; meanwhile praying also for us, that God would open to us a door for the word, to speak the mystery of Christ, for which I am also in chains.”

America’s debt soars to $39 trillion

Here in America, since the U.S. Congress lifted the debt ceiling last July — the U.S. Treasury debt has increased by another $2.8 trillion.  America’s debt now stands at $39 trillion!

The U.S. debt-to-GDP ratio increased more in the fourth quarter of 2025. It now stands at a whopping 123%. That ratio has doubled since 2008.

It took 200 years for America to achieve its first $1 trillion in debt back in 1981.  Unbelievably, the Trump administration has racked up another $2.8 trillion in just the last nine months.

Liberty Univ. wants right to fire employees who reject Biblical standard

Last week, Liberty University presented oral arguments at the U.S. Fourth Circuit Court of Appeals in Zinski v. Liberty University, arguing for the right of a Christian college to hold to its biblical standards on employment decisions. The case involves a male employee who attempted to appear as a female while in the employment of the university.

Liberty Counsel attorney Matt Staver said, the case is “fundamentally about whether religious institutions can maintain their identity and mission in their employment decisions,” and whether a Christian university “has the right to employ individuals whose beliefs and conduct align with its doctrinal teachings.” 

The outcome of this case has the potential to establish whether religious institutions retain autonomy over their missions through employment decisions based on doctrinal standards. Federal employment law operates universally across all non-ministerial positions, regardless of an institution’s religious beliefs.

Actor Chuck Norris, who committed his life to Christ, died

And finally, actor, martial arts pro, and conservative Christian commentator  Chuck Norris, passed away on March 19^th.

He confessed to living a dissolute lifestyle in the 1980s, when he said he had wandered from the faith. Chuck shared his Christian profession on the program “Praise the Lord” in 2004.

Listen.

NORRIS: “Unfortunately, in periods of my life, I did drift from the Lord, but the Lord never drifted from me. He stayed with me the whole time.”

INTERVIEWER: “Amen.”

NORRIS: “Yes. And I just praised God for that. And actually, when I met my beautiful wife here, you know, I was kind of living the Hollywood lifestyle.

“One morning, I visited with her, and she went in there, and she was reading the Bible. And I go, ‘What are you doing?’ She says, ‘I read the Bible every morning.’ I said, ‘Really?’ She says, ‘Why don’t you sit down here and read it with me?’ And that was the beginning of me coming back to the Lord.”

INTERVIEWER: “Amen!”

Chuck had five children and 13 grandchildren. He was 86 years old.

Hebrews 9:27-28 says, “Just as it is appointed for man to die once, and after that comes judgment, so Christ, having been offered once to bear the sins of many, will appear a second time, not to deal with sin but to save those who are eagerly waiting for Him.”

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By Adam McManus

Chicago street preachers targeted for arrest

According to a new lawsuit from the American Center for Law and Justice, Chicago recently detained three Christian street preachers — all of whom were “wrongfully arrested for nothing more than sharing the Gospel in public,” reports the Western Journal.

The legal advocacy group said in a March 14th press release that street preacher Brett Raio was arrested and charged for sharing the gospel in Millennium Park.  Although his case was dismissed before trial — with the ACLJ showing video evidence that exonerated him — his two friends were soon arrested at the same spot.

Beyond getting slapped with baseless charges, the three friends were held in jail for more than seven hours. The ACLJ said, “It is a deliberate effort to silence religious expression.”

Chicago law “only requires permits for amplification” that is too loud.  But, according to the ACLJ, police are simply arresting any preacher who uses amplification at all.

The Christian legal group asserted, “This has all the markings of unconstitutional targeting of preachers, displaying an unlawful anti-Christian animus.”

Matthew 5:10 states, “Blessed are those who are persecuted for righteousness’ sake, for theirs is the kingdom of Heaven.”

Trump’s Dept. of Homeland Security pick passes thanks to Democrat

Last Thursday, a key Senate committee voted 8-7 to advance President Donald Trump’s nominee to be the next secretary of the Department of Homeland Security, reported NBC News.

The vote in the Senate Homeland Security Committee sends Republican Senator Markwayne Mullin of Oklahoma to the full Senate for consideration one day after a contentious confirmation hearing.

The committee is divided between eight Republicans and seven Democrats. Republican Senator Rand Paul of Kentucky, who chairs the committee, voted against Mullin after taking him to task for “anger issues” at his hearing one day earlier.

Democratic Senator John Fetterman of Pennsylvania broke with other Democrats to vote for Mullin, ensuring that he advanced to the Senate floor, where he needs 51 votes for confirmation.

On March 5^th, the president fired Kristi Noem as Secretary of the Department of Homeland Security.

Stephen Miller: Democrats oppose voter I.D. because they want to cheat

Democrats continue to oppose the S.A.V.E. America Act which would require voter I.D. in all 50 states.

Listen to Senate Minority Leader Chuck Schumer of New York.

SCHUMER: “The core of the bill is handing the voter rolls over to DHS, putting them through an algorithm that knocks, supposedly knocks out illegal immigrants from voting.”

In an interview with Stephen Miller, the White House Deputy Chief of Staff, on Fox News Channel, Sean Hannity said this.

HANNITY: “Seventy-one percent of Democrats believe [in] proof of citizenship, voter ID, so we can have election integrity and confidence in results. They, [the Democrats], don’t want it. Why?”

MILLER: “Well, we know why they don’t want to, Sean, is because they want to cheat. That is the bottom of this whole entire thing.

“When you have overwhelming super majorities of all races, all political parties, all ages, all demographics, all political ideologies of the voting public, who want voter ID, who want proof of citizenship, but you have the elected Democrat Party, the Democrat officials, in the House, in the Senate, at the state level, fighting, with every ounce of strength they have, to block voter ID, to block proof of citizenship, there is one and only one reason. And that is to enable cheating.”

Miller revealed that the hostility of Democratic politicians to fair elections is even more demonstrable than that.

MILLER: “Here’s something, Sean, that your audience may not know. At the beginning of this administration, we asked every state, red and blue, to share with us their voter rolls, so that we could scrub it against the DHS file of illegal aliens to remove illegal aliens from their voter rolls.

“Every blue state refused. California refused. Minnesota refused. New York refused.

“In fact, they sued us to stop us from removing illegal aliens from the voter rolls, removing non-citizens from the voter rolls.

“That’s not just the only thing. They don’t want to get dead people off the rolls. They don’t want to get felons off the rolls. They don’t want to get out-of-state voters off the rolls. They don’t want to get double and triple voters out of the count because they want the fraud.”

Proverbs 10:9 says, “Whoever walks in integrity walks securely, but he who makes his ways crooked will be found out.”

Republicans could lose mid-term elections on economy

Pollster Scott Rasmussen warned last Wednesday that if economic confidence remains at its current levels, the Republican Party may be on track for a shellacking in November’s midterm elections, reports the Western Journal.

Rasmussen, widely considered Republican-leaning, said that the GOP would lose control of both chambers of Congress if voters’ pessimism about their personal finances does not improve, adding that “the window is rapidly closing” for mitigation.

The pollster also emphasized that much of this low economic confidence is due to how President Donald Trump’s war in Iran is causing fuel prices to skyrocket.

Former FBI Director Robert Mueller died at 81

Last Friday night, former FBI Director Robert Mueller died at the age of 81, reports NewsNation.com.

According to the Associated Press, he led the FBI for 12 years, serving under Presidents George W. Bush and Barack Obama.

Mueller later served as Special Counsel for the Department of Justice, investigating alleged ties between Russia and President Trump’s 2016 campaign.

His 448‑page report, released in April 2019, did not find President Trump guilty of anything which is why President Trump always said …

TRUMP: “This is a pure and simple witch hunt.”

Mueller’s family told The New York Times he had been diagnosed with Parkinson’s disease in 2021.

Elon Musk offers to pay TSA salaries as Democrat shutdown continues

And finally, Tech billionaire Elon Musk is offering to personally cover the salaries of TSA workers as the Democrat-driven shutdown of the Department of Homeland Security drags on and punishes everyday Americans, reports Big League Politics.

The partial shutdown, triggered by Senate Democrats on February 14, has now stretched beyond a month as the minority party pushes sweeping immigration demands that would effectively cripple deportations of illegal aliens. Despite U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement and U.S. Customs and Border Protection already being funded through 2029, Democrats chose to defund broader DHS operations, throwing critical agencies into disarray.

The fallout has been immediate and severe.

More than 400 TSA agents have already quit. Hundreds more are scrambling to find second jobs just to survive as paychecks stop coming. Meanwhile, roughly 50,000 TSA officers—classified as “essential”—are still showing up to work every day without pay, forced to wait on backpay while politicians play games in Washington.

The result? Massive airport delays, growing security concerns, and frustration boiling over nationwide.

Enter Elon Musk.

Taking to X on Saturday, Musk made a headline-grabbing offer.

He wrote, “I would like to offer to pay the salaries of TSA personnel during this funding impasse that is negatively affecting the lives of so many Americans at airports throughout the country.”

And, according to the New York Times, President Trump issued a threat to deploy ICE agents in an apparent attempt to force Democrats to approve a new budget for the Department of Homeland Security.

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Communist Cuban officials detain 16-year-old protestor

Protests in Morón, Cuba, erupted the night of March 13 and lasted through the next day in response to a week of blackouts and shortages of medical and food supplies, reports International Christian Concern.

Protestors ransacked and set fire to the Cuban Communist Party’s headquarters. Among those arrested on March 16 were Evangelical Pastor Elier Ávila and his son, Jonathan. Though the pastor is now free, his 16-year-old son is still behind bars. While his son was accused of participating in the vandalism, some suggest that Cuban officials painted many of the law-abiding protestors of criminal mischief.

Anna Stangl, the Director of Advocacy for Christian Solidarity Worldwide, said, “The detention of a 16-year-old child, with a serious medical condition, simply because he attempted to exercise his freedom of expression, is unconscionable.  

“Despite the gravity of the situation on the island–with rampant hunger, scarcity of medicine, outbreaks of disease, and the failure of the power grid, the answer of President Miguel Canel, and the Cuban Communist Party, is to round up and imprison those who dare to call for change.” 

Please send a 2-3 sentence letter to Ambassador Lianys Rivera urging Cuba to release Pastor Elier Ávila’s son, Jonathan. Invite your children to send a letter as well. The address at the Cuban Embassy is 2630 16th Street NW, Washington, DC 20009.

Trump’s snappy rely to Japanese reporter

During a meeting with Japanese Prime Minister Sanae Takaichi on Thursday, U.S. President Donald Trump was bold in his response to a provocative question from a Japanese reporter, according to Real Clear Politics.

Listen.

REPORTER: “Japan and U.S. are very good friends. But one question: Why didn’t you tell U.S. allies in Europe and Asia, like Japan, about the war before attacking Iran? So, we are very confused about, we Japanese citizens.”

TRUMP: “One thing, you don’t want to signal too much, you know? When we go in, we went in very hard, and we didn’t tell anybody about it because we wanted surprise. Who knows better about surprise than Japan? Okay? Why didn’t you tell me about Pearl Harbor? (laughter) Okay? Right?

“No, you believe in surprise, I think much more so than us. We had to surprise them, and we did. And because of that surprise, we knocked out, in the first two days, we probably knocked out 50 percent of what we and much more than we anticipated doing. So, if I go and tell everybody about it, there’s no longer a surprise, right?”

Joseph Duggar arrested for sexually abusing a minor

Joseph Duggar, from the reality TV show “19 Kids and Counting,” was arrested Wednesday on allegations of sexually abusing a minor during a family vacation in Panama City Beach, Florida, reports NewsNation.com.

The married 31-year-old former reality star, who has three children of his own, was charged with lewd and lascivious conduct with a minor and molestation of a victim less than 12 years old.

His arrest occurred years after his 38-year-old brother, Josh Duggar,  was convicted of child pornography charges.

Officials say the victim identified Joseph Duggar as the abuser, saying he repeatedly asked her to sit on his lap. She said these incidents would allegedly progress into Joseph Duggar covering her with a blanket and touching her inappropriately.

The victim reportedly stated that Joseph Duggar apologized for his actions, and the incidents stopped. Officials say the victim’s father confronted him on Tuesday, and Joseph confessed his sins to both the father and detectives in Tonitown, Arkansas.

In Matthew 18:6, Jesus said, “But whoever causes one of these little ones who believe in Me to stumble, it would be better for him to have a great millstone fastened around his neck and to be drowned in the depth of the sea.”

Late-term abortionist, who died, had no regrets

Susan Robinson, one of America’s most infamous late-term abortionists, died earlier this month, less than a year after being diagnosed with cancer, according to an Instagram post made by her fellow abortionist Shelly Sella.

She wrote, “Susan was my friend and colleague in third trimester abortion …, both in Wichita and Albuquerque. Susan was drawn to abortion … by her sense of justice, which never wavered. … Together, we helped create a model of abortion.”

LifeSiteNews.com reports that Shelly Sella emphasized that Susan Robinson had “no regrets” and that she was “very pleased about the whole business” before she died.

Jonathon Van Maren wrote, “Reading the news about Robinson, my mind was immediately drawn to two videos I had seen her in. The first was After Tiller, a 2013 documentary featuring four late-term abortionists, which I reviewed over a decade ago. It struck me that two of the featured abortionists – Susan Robinson and Leroy Carhart – are now dead, while Warren Hern and Shelly Sella are retired.”

The second was the video footage published by David Daleiden of the Center for Medical Progress in his bombshell undercover investigation exposing the abortion industry and the trafficking of baby body parts.

At one point, the late Susan Robinson tells Daleiden, “The fetus is a tough little object, and taking it apart … is very difficult,” Robinson tells Daleiden at one point. “I mean, taking it apart on day one is very difficult.” Later: “You go in there, and you go, ‘Am I getting the uterus, or the fetus? Oh good, fetus. [Robinson made a stabbing sound] What have I got? Nothing. Let’s try again.’”

Van Maren concludes, “Translated: It is hard work to dismember and crush a baby. This was Robinson’s sense of justice.”

Micah 6:8 says, “[God] has shown you, O mortal, what is good. And what does the Lord require of you? To act justly and to love mercy and to walk humbly with your God.”

Actor Chuck Norris hospitalized

And finally, Chuck Norris, the 86-year-old actor and martial arts icon, has been hospitalized in Hawaii following a medical emergency, reports NewsNation.com.

The incident occurred on Wednesday on the island of Kauai, though the nature of the emergency has not been disclosed. The hospitalization appeared to be sudden.

As recently as Wednesday of this week, Norris was on the phone with a friend while training on the island, cracking jokes, and showing no signs of distress.

Norris had been actively training in Kauai in the days before the emergency. A black belt in karate, taekwondo, tang soo do and Brazilian jiu-jitsu, Norris posted a video on his birthday, March 10, showing him sparring with a trainer.

NORRIS: “I don’t age. I level up.”

The caption read, “I’m 86 today! Nothing like some playful action on a sunny day to make you feel young. I’m grateful for another year, good health, and the chance to keep doing what I love.”

Though largely retired from acting in recent years, Norris has remained active on screen. He had a cameo in “Hawaii Five-0” in 2020 and a lead role in the 2024 sci-fi action film “Agent Recon.”

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By Jonathan Clark

Chine Communists continue to harass the church

China’s National People’s Congress passed the innocuously named “Law on Promoting Ethnic Unity and Progress” last week. 

The new law requires the enforcement of a strong sense of Chinese identity across society. This would continue China’s suppression of religious and ethnic minorities. It would also affect social organizations and churches. 

International Christian Concern noted, “Christian home churches are an attempt to escape government scrutiny, but even they are often raided and their members arrested on charges of working against the interests of the state.”

China is ranked 17th on the Open Doors’ World Watch List of the most oppressive countries to be a Christian. 

Trump postpones trip to meet with Chinese President

China will have to reschedule a meeting with the United States as the war in Iran continues.

U.S. President Donald Trump said Tuesday he will postpone his trip to Beijing. The trip was scheduled for the end of the month.

President Trump and Chinese President Xi Jinping plan to discuss trade tariffs. The trade war between the two countries has been on pause since last October. 

Commenting on the postponement, President Trump said, “Because of the [Iran] war, I want to be here. I have to be here.”

Israel killed Iran’s top security official on Monday

Israel killed Iran’s top security official, Ali Larijani, in a strike on Monday.

Larijani was likely running the country since U.S. and Israeli strikes killed Iran’s supreme leader last month. The recent war has lasted nearly three weeks so far.

President Trump told reporters yesterday that America’s involvement in the war may be ending soon. 

Listen.

TRUMP: “We’re not ready to leave yet, but we’ll be leaving in the near future. We’ll be leaving in pretty much the very near future. But, right now, they’ve been decimated from every standpoint. We’ve had great support from countries in the Middle East. Great support. But we’ve had essentially no support from NATO.”

Paul Ehrlich, father of population control, died

Paul Ehrlich, known as the father of population control, died last Friday at the age of 93.

The biology professor and population scientist wrote the 1968 book, The Population Bomb. Ehrlich falsely claimed population growth would cause widespread starvation. He promoted the murder of unborn babies and mass sterilization to stem the alleged tide of overpopulation. 

His work inspired governments and organizations to push contraception, abortion, and sterilization on the world. 

Hebrews 9:27 says, “It is appointed for man to die once, and after that comes judgment.”

Scotland Parliament votes against legalized assisted suicide

Scotland’s Parliament voted Tuesday against a bill to legalize assisted suicide.

The vote ends two years of national debate on the issue.

Alisdair Hungerford-Morgan, Chief Executive of Right To Life UK, said, “This is a great victory for the most vulnerable in our society. They deserve protection and care, not a pathway to suicide. If this legislation had passed, countless vulnerable people would have been pressured or coerced into ending their lives.” 

Moody Bible victorious in religious liberty case

In the United States, a Christian college won its religious freedom case against the Chicago Board of Education.

Previously, the city’s public schools blocked The Moody Bible Institute of Chicago from participating in its student-teaching program. The college could only participate if it compromised its Christian hiring practices. The public schools backed down after the lawsuit. 

Jeremiah Galus with Alliance Defending Freedom commented, “We’re hopeful other public officials will take note that they can’t inject themselves illegally and unconstitutionally into a religious non-profit’s hiring practices.”

YouVersion: No AI chatbots to answer theological questions

And finally, a leading digital Bible platform is not implementing artificial intelligence chatbots for answering theological questions.

The YouVersion Bible platform has over one billion downloads around the world. 

YouVersion CEO Bobby Gruenewald told Christian Daily International that AI models are inaccurate. He said, “The best model with the best performance, with the most popular versions of the Bible that are most indexed, misquotes Scripture at least 15% of the time. Some of them as much as 60% of the time.”

Unlike chatbots, God’s Word is always accurate. Psalm 12:6 says, “The words of the LORD are pure words, like silver tried in a furnace of Earth, purified seven times.”

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By Jonathan Clark and Timothy Reed

Swedish Christian family guilty of “religious extremism” for going to church

The European Court of Human Rights refused to hear an appeal of a Swedish Christian family in a case involving parental rights and religious freedom.

Back in 2022, officials in Sweden separated Daniel and Bianca Samson from their two eldest daughters. The state found no evidence of abuse but accused the family of “religious extremism” for simply attending church three times a week.

Morales Sancho, Legal Counsel for Alliance Defending Freedom International, stated, “The element of religious discrimination is also unmistakable in this case. The state labeled the family as religious extremists solely because of their active practice of their Christian faith.”

Psalm 14:4 asks, “Have all the workers of iniquity no knowledge, who eat up My people as they eat bread, and do not call on the LORD?”

Swedish population embraces sexual perversion

Sadly, people in Sweden are the most likely to view homosexuality as morally acceptable in a recent Pew Research survey.

The study surveyed 30,000 people across 25 countries.

People in European countries were also among the most likely to be morally accepting of homosexuality, abortion, and divorce.  

Christianity’s decline in England

People in Britain are worried about the decline of Christianity in the nation.

A study by Whitestone Insight found that 52% of Brits believe that drifting from their Christian roots is bad for future generations. Fifty-eight percent also said that Christianity plays a beneficial role in public life. 

This comes as Christian identification has declined. Only 44% of adults in Britain identified as Christian last year, down from 54% in 2018.

Carrie Prejean, who objected to Zionism, was fired by Trump’s religious liberty commissionIn the United States, a member of the U.S. President’s Religious Liberty Commission, Carrie Prejean Boller, was removed from her position after she registered opposition to Zionism last month. 

A recent convert to Catholicism, Boller challenged the tenets of Zionism, claiming they were incompatible with her faith. She also sent a letter to President Donald Trump after her removal, explaining her misgivings.

She appeared on the podcast of LifeSiteNews.com editor John-Henry Western.

BOLLER: “I know there’s three Catholics that are thinking about running for president in 2028 so I don’t think now is the time to really dismiss Catholics, fire Catholics, remove Catholics, simply because I’m standing up for my Catholic faith.

“So, I’m hopeful that he’s going to make the right decision. Otherwise, this religious liberty commission should be completely shut down. If I don’t have my religious freedom on a Religious Freedom Commission, it’s not a religious freedom commission.”

Christian workplaces thrive

Employees in Christian-led workplaces report high levels of engagement in their work according to a new report. 

The State of the Christian Workplace 2026 report released new data on 40,000 employees in over 400 Christian organizations in the U.S.

Sixty-one percent of employees in Christian-led workplaces reported being engaged in their work. These engagement levels are nearly twice that of the U.S. workforce overall. 

Jay Bransford, President & CEO of Best Christian Workplaces, noted, “Engaged employees bring energy, enthusiasm, commitment, and passion that directly fuel Kingdom impact.”

Colossians 3:23-24 says, “Whatever you do, do it heartily, as to the Lord and not to men, knowing that from the Lord you will receive the reward of the inheritance; for you serve the Lord Christ.”

U.S. federal workforce shrunk by 10.3%

Pew Research reports that the U.S. federal workforce shrank by 10.3 percent in 2025. 

Nearly 350,000 people quit, retired, were laid off, or otherwise left the federal government last year. That’s an 80 percent increase compared to 2024.

Agencies with the most job cuts included the U.S. Agency for International Development, the National Endowments for the Arts and the Humanities, and the Education Department.

18-year-old rescues brother from axe-wielding man

And finally, an 18-year-old is thanking God after protecting his brother from an ax-wielding man in Florida over the weekend. 

Fox News reports Leodan Pino and his 16-year-old brother were closing up a car wash in Ocala. That’s when the suspect approached while yelling and threatening.  Pino told the man he had to leave. The man refused and pulled out an ax. 

Thankfully, Pino is a military recruit and trained in mixed martial arts. He proceeded to execute a take down and subdued the suspect until police arrived. 

Listen to his comments afterward. 

PINO: “I’m very thankful that God gave me the opportunity and gave me the strength to be able to control that situation. Very thankful that I was the one closing with my brother and no one else was. Because I’m not too sure if any of my co-workers would have done the same thing as I would have.”

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By Kevin Swanson and Timothy Reed

Cuba is on verge of collapse

Cuba, a communist country in the Western Hemisphere, is on the verge of collapse.

Oil shipments to the island nation stopped three months ago and the nation’s electric grid gave out over the weekend.

Plus, the country’s Gross Domestic Product, the total monetary value of all goods and services produced within a country’s borders, slipped another 5% last year.  According to the United Nation’s Economic Commission for Latin America and the Caribbean, communist Cuba has the worst GDP/capita in Latin America — barely reaching $1,000 per year.

The worst economies in Latin America are communist Venezuela, communist Nicaragua, communist Cuba, and Haiti. 

Cuba is ripest nation for spiritual revival

Despite the economic doom and gloom, Cuba appears to be the ripest for spiritual revival of any nation in the world today.  

The Baptists have reported a 40-fold increase in the number of churches since 1990.  One estimate puts the total number of Cuban believers at two million. That’s about 20% of the population — higher than membership in the communist party for the country.

In Matthew 16:18, Jesus promised that “He would build His church, and the gates of Hades shall not prevail against it.”

47% of Americans oppose the U.S.-Iranian war

Americans continue to have mixed opinions about the Iran conflict.

New polling averages, from Real Clear Politics, found that 44% of Americans support the war, while 47% oppose the fight. 

Similarly, a Quinnipiac poll found that only 40% of Americans favor the war, with 53% in opposition.

A whopping 74% of Americans are opposed to sending ground troops into the war, something the Trump administration has not ruled out. 

Court allows naked men in women’s spa

The 9th Circuit Court of Appeals has let stand a lower court ruling requiring a private spa, intended for women, to allow naked men to frequent the premises.

The Washington State spa owners insisted this policy would be contrary to their Christian beliefs.  Thus far, at least five judges have filed dissents on the decision.

19% of employees at U.S. companies are foreign workers

American corporations are hiring foreign workers like never before, recent numbers indicate

19.2% of their employees are foreign workers, up from 12% twenty years ago.  Another 10% of the U.S. workforce is also provided for by digital offshoring by organizations like Upwork. That makes almost a third of the U.S. workforce now provided for by foreigners.

Pastor: If you’re a Christian, don’t live in sin with someone

Megachurch pastor Josh Howerton of LakePointe Church in Dallas, Texas, challenged Christian couples to stop living in sin.

HOWERTON: “The Bible is going to say things about marriage, sexuality and divorce that are very controversial to the world. My response to that is: ‘To who?’ Because what the world says about marriage is controversial to Heaven. I would rather Heaven be pleased and the world say we’re controversial than be applauded by the world and controversial before Heaven.”

Pastor Howerton concluded his sermon with this challenge.

HOWERTON: “You’re living with somebody that’s not your spouse. You’re sleeping with somebody that’s not your spouse. Or you’ve actually already started a family and had kids with somebody that’s not your spouse.

“And you, right now, are coming under the loving conviction of the Holy Spirit that you need to honor God, bend your knee to Jesus, put a ring on it, and enter into a covenant with a person that you’re already acting like you’re in a covenant with.

“What I want you to know is we want to help you do that, because we got a little thing at Lakepoint. We say, ‘The only time we look down on people is to give them a hand up.’

“So, here’s what we want to do. We got a whole team of pastors. We are ready to have a mass wedding ceremony. I’m 100% serious. We got people. We’re gonna walk with you, counsel you, help you, and then we’re gonna get you married. We’re gonna throw a big party.

“And guess what? Your church family is not going to be doing. These people aren’t going to be judging you. They’re going to be cheering you on as you step forward into obedience to Jesus Christ.”

Remarkably, following the sermon, 52 couples came forward and were married at the church a couple of weeks later.

Isaiah 1:18 says, “Come now, and let us reason together, says the LORD. ‘Though your sins are like scarlet, they shall be as white as snow; Though they are red like crimson, they shall be as wool.’”

Tennessee bill to abolish abortion died in committee

A bill before the Tennessee State legislature that would have fully banned abortion was killed in the legislature’s Health Subcommittee last week, reports the Nashville Banner.

The bill would have criminalized abortion and given equal protection to the unborn under the law. However, the measure was actively opposed by both pro-abortion and pro-life groups, who argued the law was too strict. 

Bradley Pierce, president of the Foundation to Abolish Abortion, stated, “I don’t think it’s merciful to tell women that they’re allowed to murder their children. To those who say that having a blanket exemption for women is merciful, do you apply that to any other area of law?” 

Similar bills have been introduced, both in Democratic and Republican states, and thus far, none have passed. 

Proverbs 24:11 admonishes us to “Deliver those who are drawn toward death, and hold back those stumbling to the slaughter.”

Christian apologist shares Christ on popular podcast

Apologist Wes Huff clearly explained the Gospel of Jesus Christ to entrepreneur Steven Bartlett on Bartlett’s “Diary of a CEO” podcast — among the top podcasts in the world. In fact, 3 million people listen per episode.

BARTLETT: “If I sin in my life, do I go to hell?”

HUFF:  “Here’s the thing: everybody is going to hell. Everybody. The Bible is very clear. All good people go to Heaven, but Jesus said, ‘No one is good but God alone.’ So, if all good people go to Heaven, and no one is good but God alone, only God is in Heaven.”

BARTLETT: “Mmm.”

HUFF:  “So, Christianity says you’re not going to be able to do, feel or think good enough. Compared to God, you’re always going to fall short. Be perfect as your Father in Heaven is perfect, is what Scripture says. That’s an impossible standard.

“The message of the Bible, the reason why it’s called the Gospel, the Good News, is because of the bad news. The bad news is you’re dead in your sins and trespasses and you can’t save yourself. Jesus, as the second Person of the Trinity, steps off of His throne in eternity, comes into humanity, and He pays the penalty of the sin that you deserve.”

Romans 3:23 gives us the bad news. “For all have sinned and fall short of the glory of God.” And Romans 5:8 gives us the Good News. “But God demonstrates His own love for us in this: While we were still sinners, Christ died for us.”

Oscars awarded to foul-mouthed, immoral R-rated movies

And finally, the 98th Academy Award ceremonies awarded more R-rated movies with top prizes again this year.

One Battle After Another, starring Leonardo DiCaprio and Sean Penn, took the Best Picture award — a film celebrating revolution, killing ICE agents, and murdering pro-life legislators.  It played with moral ambiguity and satire, while encouraging revolutionary activity in society. Sadly, the film, which features the most obscene word 135 times and the Lord’s name used in vain 20 times, garnered six Oscars.

Another R-rated movie, Sinners, collected four more Oscars. The film glorified demonism, African animism, murderers, adulterers, and hoodoo witches, while condemning Christianity for its alleged legalism and white oppression. Sinners features the Lord’s name taken in vain 11 times.

I John 2:15-17 says, “Do not love the world or anything in the world. If anyone loves the world, love for the Father is not in them. For everything in the world—the lust of the flesh, the lust of the eyes, and the pride of life—comes not from the Father, but from the world.  The world and its desires pass away, but whoever does the will of God lives forever.”

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By Adam McManus

400 Christians murdered in Congo in one year

Christians are being attacked, murdered, and abducted in the Democratic Republic of the Congo every week, and the violence appears to be worse than ever, reports International Christian Concern.

Between July 1, 2024 and July 1, 2025, the Institute for International Religious Freedom reported that nearly 400 Christians were murdered in the African nation of Congo. And this is only a fraction of the total violence being perpetrated.

Rebel militias have gained vast influence over the Christian-majority nation due to extremist Islamist ideologies, years-long civil wars, and political upheaval.

According to Open Doors, Congo is the 29^th most oppressive country worldwide for Christians.

The persecuted Christians in Congo are no doubt praying Psalm 91 which says, “I will say of the Lord, ‘He is my refuge and my fortress, my God, in whom I trust.’ Surely, He will save you from the fowler’s snare and from the deadly pestilence. … You will not fear the terror of night, nor the arrow that flies by day. … A thousand may fall at your side, ten thousand at your right hand, but it will not come near you. You will only observe with your eyes and see the punishment of the wicked.” (verses 2,3,5, 7-8)

Missile strikes U.S. Embassy in Iraq

A missile has struck a helipad inside the U.S. Embassy in Baghdad, Iraq as President Donald Trump’s war on Iran heads into its third week, reports The Daily Mail.

Plumes of smoke were seen above the U.S. embassy in the Iraqi capital. The missile landed within the embassy’s boundaries.

Pentagon sending assault ship & 2,500 Marines toward Iran

The Pentagon is deploying the U.S.S. Tripoli and 2,500 Marines to the Middle East after President Trump vowed Friday to unleash “unparalleled firepower,” reports the New York Post.

On Friday morning, War Secretary Pete Hegseth gave this overview.

HEGSETH: “With every passing hour, we know, and we know they know, that the military capabilities of their evil regime are crumbling. They can barely communicate, let alone coordinate. They’re confused, and we know it.  Our response? We will keep pressing. We will keep pushing, keep advancing. No quarter, no mercy for our enemies.”

Iran’s blocking Strait of Hormuz leading to global oil price spike

The deployment of the amphibious assault ship comes as the American military admits it’s currently unable to break Iranian influence over the vital Strait of Hormuz as global oil prices spike. 

The Strait of Hormuz is located between the Persian Gulf and the Gulf of Oman. It provides the only sea passage from the Persian Gulf to the open ocean and is one of the world’s most strategically important choke points.

The expected two-week voyage from East Asia matches Energy Secretary Chris Wright’s prediction of reopening the crucial waterway “by the end of the month.”

Secretary Hegseth was perturbed by a CNN report that Iran’s stranglehold of the Strait of Hormuz was a surprise.

HEGSETH: “More fake news from CNN. Reports that the ‘Trump administration underestimated the Iran war’s impact on the Strait of Hormuz.’

“Patently ridiculous, of course! For decades, Iran has threatened shipping in the Strait of Hormuz. This is always what they do: Hold the Strait hostage. CNN doesn’t think we thought of that. It’s a fundamentally unserious report.”

Idaho House urges Supreme Court to invalidate homosexual “marriage”

The Idaho House of Representatives has voted to reject the Supreme Court’s 2015 ruling in Obergefell v. Hodges and urged the justices to reconsider the decision legalizing homosexual marriage nationwide, reports the Herzog Foundation.

Lawmakers approved House Joint Memorial 17 last Tuesday in a 44-26 vote. All Democrats voted against the measure, and a small number of Republicans joined them. The resolution now heads to the Idaho Senate.

The memorial states the Legislature “rejects the Obergefell decision” and “calls upon the Supreme Court of the United States to reverse Obergefell and restore the natural definition of marriage.”

Supporters say the 2015 ruling overrode the authority of states and ignored the will of voters who had already defined marriage in state law.

The resolution says Obergefell “is at odds with the Constitution of the United States and the principles upon which the United States is established.” It also says the ruling “arbitrarily and unjustly” cast aside the historic understanding of marriage, which “has been recognized as the union of one man and one woman for more than 2,000 years.”

Idaho Republican State Rep. Tony Wisniewski sponsored the memorial. He said supporters oppose “the debasing of the term of marriage to that of something that is abhorrent to many of us.”

The memorial also points to Idaho voters’ earlier decision on the issue. In 2006, 63% of voters approved Amendment 2, which added language to the state Constitution defining marriage as the union of one man and one woman.

Supporters argue the Supreme Court brushed aside that vote when it issued the Obergefell ruling.

The resolution also states the decision “may have been illegitimately adjudicated” because two justices in the majority, Ruth Bader Ginsburg and Elena Kagan, had previously officiated homosexual weddings and did not recuse themselves.

The memorial now moves to the Idaho Senate. The governor does not play a role because joint memorials do not require a signature.

“Educated for Liberty” film urges Christian parents to wake up

And finally, the rise of government-controlled schools and secular education has produced a decline of moral and academic excellence, which has led to a loss of liberty, reports The Providence Foundation.

Schools have become progressively dangerous. Some of the most negative influences that young Americans can face today are found in public schools.

Exposure to drugs, assault, rape, and murder are becoming more and more common. Radical transgender and homosexual ideology is promoted in classrooms, and reinforced by biological males having access to girls’ restrooms and being allowed to compete in girls’ sports.

Well, there’s a new Christian documentary out entitled Educated for Liberty. It urges Christian parents to pull their kids out of public schools and homeschool them or place them in private Christian schools instead.

DAVID BARTON: “If you can’t think biblically, then what you have is a bunch of secular-thinking people who attend church which will never change a community in the right direction.”

RHONDA THOMAS: “We’re not, as a church, raising up parents that understand their responsibility in the education of their children.”

CAROL SWAIN: “Sunday School is fine. It’s good. Vacation Bible School: Fine and good, but it’s not enough.”

CAROLE ADAMS: “Education is discipleship — one way or another. Discipling our children in a secularized society, or it’s discipling them to Christ.”

CASEY GORDON: “How could you possibly segregate the concept of education from the duty and responsibility of the Christian faith, and that they should be trained in the Christian faith and in a Christian way?”

ALEX NEWMAN: “For hundreds of years in this country, the Bible was the essential book. It was the foundation of everything. And yet, here we are where it’s actually controversial that we should have the Bible in education. It’s truly astounding.”

MRS. SAM SORBO: “Give your children the Bible, and you give them an understanding of God, which is education. Then the world will become clear to them, and they’ll be world changers.”

Proverbs 22:6 says, “Train up a child in the way he should go: and when he is old, he will not depart from it.”

Watch the film, Educated for Liberty, for free through a special link in our transcript today at www.TheWorldview.com.

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By Adam McManus

Why some Iranians dance during war

Why are some Iranians dancing while war is unfolding in their country?

For more than 47 years, the Islamic regime ruling Iran has governed through fear, oppression, and bloodshed, reports International Christian Concern. The hands of this regime are stained with the blood of thousands of Iranian and American citizens. It has been one of the world’s leading sponsors of terrorism, spreading violence far beyond Iran’s borders.

At home, it has relentlessly persecuted Christians — executing some, imprisoning many, and forcing countless others into exile. Believers have been torn from their families, their homes, and their homeland, scattered across the world simply because they chose to follow Jesus Christ.

When some Iranians celebrate or dance these days, it is not because they love war. It is because they have lived for decades under a darkness that few outside the country can fully comprehend. For many Iranians, these moments carry the fragile hope that the long night of oppression may finally be nearing its end. And freedom might be dawning once again.

Congress hopes to Safeguard Women from Chemical Abortion

On Wednesday, Republican Senator Josh Hawley of Missouri took to the podium in the Senate Judiciary hearing room to deliver a clear message: the abortion pill Mifepristone is not just risky — it’s “inherently dangerous.” And it’s up to Congress to regulate it, reports The Washington Stand.

At a press conference, the Missouri senator unveiled his new legislation, the Safeguarding Women from Chemical Abortion Act. This bill seeks to strip Mifepristone — the drug responsible for the majority of U.S. abortions — of its longstanding approval from the Food and Drug Administration.

According to recent data from the Guttmacher Institute, chemical abortions made up 63% of all abortions in 2023, with the trend only accelerating in the years since.

Senator Hawley didn’t hold back, blasting the FDA for letting mail-order shipments flood the country, wiping out state-level protections for the unborn and leaving women to face severe complications.

HAWLEY: “In 11% of cases, women who take the drug, Mifepristone for use in an abortion experience a serious adverse health event. Now, that’s the technical term. What it means, in practice, is internal infections, sepsis, hemorrhaging, a trip to the emergency room, a life-threatening condition. In 11% of cases!”

Hawley added, “It is time for Congress to do something about this racket, And it is a racket. It is time for Congress to ban the use of Mifepristone for abortion, and it is time for Congress to give the victims — the survivors — … the right to recover.”

He framed the fight as a double victory: shielding vulnerable women from what many see as a profit-driven chemical experiment and protecting unborn life when the courts and agencies will not.

Call your Congressman today and urge him or her to vote for The Safeguarding Women from Chemical Abortion Act. The number is 202-224-3121. That’s 202-224-3121. You can call and get a live operator 24 hours a day, 7 days a week and simply leave a message.

The manufacturers and distributors of this heinous Abortion Kill Pill are well described in Isaiah 59:7. “Their feet rush into sin; they are swift to shed innocent blood. They pursue evil schemes; acts of violence mark their ways.”

Armed man rammed truck into Michigan synagogue

On Thursday, authorities say a man, armed with a rifle, rammed his truck into Temple Israel in West Bloomfield, Michigan, before the vehicle caught fire, prompting an active shooter response, reports NewsNation.

Oakland County Sheriff Michael Bouchard said the synagogue’s security team engaged the suspect with gunfire after he breached the building and drove down a hallway.

The suspect was later found dead. His body was badly burned.

BOUCHARD: “No kids, this is the important thing, no kids or no staff was injured whatsoever. One of the lead security people was hit by the car and was taken to the hospital for treatment. That individual should be okay.”

The sheriff said the suspect appears to have been the only person in the vehicle.

CNN host makes humiliating on-air correction after getting NYC terror attack story wrong

During a “Stop the Islamic Takeover of New York City” rally on Saturday, two men were arrested for throwing improvised explosive devices at anti-Islam protesters. Authorities later discovered these men were inspired by the Islamic State terrorist group.

The incident took place outside Gracie Mansion, the official residence of New York Democratic Mayor Zohran Mamdani.

However, CNN’s Abby Phillip, host of “NewsNight,” claimed on Tuesday that the men were not targeting the crowd, but the mayor, a Muslim himself, reports The Western Journal.

PHILLIP: “Two Republicans say Muslims don’t belong here after an attempted terror attack on New York Mayor Zohran Mamdami.”

Samuel Short wrote, “The intent was obvious as CNN and Phillip would love to blame anyone who criticizes Islam as a violent terrorist. Oh, the irony.”

On Wednesday morning, Phillip published a correction on the social media platform X. She also issued a correction on air Wednesday night.

PHILIP: “This morning I issued a correction first thing in the morning, on X, for a mistake that I made in last night’s show. But I also wanted to do so on air as well.

“I incorrectly said that the bombs that were thrown by ISIS-inspired suspects in New York over the weekend were directed at Mayor Mamdani. They were not. I failed to catch and correct that mistake in real time, and I take full responsibility for that.”

Former Southern Baptist Convention President entered hospice

Former Southern Baptist Convention President Steve Gaines, age 68, has entered hospice care, over two years after he was diagnosed with kidney cancer, reports The Christian Post.

Bellevue Baptist Church Pastor Ben Mandrell, who replaced Gaines as lead pastor of the Cordova, Tennessee-based megachurch last year, wrote a letter to the congregation earlier this week explaining the situation.

He wrote, “Steve has faithfully served the Lord and shepherded so many people through the years. He’s been a great pastor, mentor and friend. Let’s honor him and his family by lifting them up before the Lord.”

Butler Bill, which prohibited teaching evolution, signed into law

And finally, on this day, March 13, 1925, Tennessee Governor Austin Peay signed the “Butler Bill” which prohibited the teaching of the false theory of macro evolution in public schools.

The law was introduced by Tennessee House of  Representatives member John Washington Butler, for whom the law was named.

The law was challenged and upheld later that year in a famous trial in Dayton, Tennessee called the Scopes Trial which involved a raucous confrontation between prosecution attorney and Christian leader, William Jennings Bryan, and prominent defense attorney and religious agnostic, Clarence Darrow.

On parental rights, Bryan said, “The parents have a right to say that no teacher, paid by their money, shall rob their children of faith in God.”

On the nature of evolution, Bryan said, “The first objection to Darwinism is that it is only a guess and was never anything more. It is millions of guesses strung together.”

And, on his Christian worldview, Bryan said, “I would rather begin with God and reason down than begin with a piece of dirt and reason up.”

Sadly, William Jennings Bryan died five days after the Scopes Trial concluded.

The Butler Law was not repealed until 1967.

Genesis 1:1 declares, “In the beginning, God created the heavens and the Earth.”

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By Jonathan Clark

Nepal’s new government less likely to feature Hindu nationalists

Christians in Nepal are cautiously hopeful after recent elections in the Asian country located north of India and which features the Himalayan Mountains including Mount Everest.

Youth-led protests toppled the government last year. The new government is poised to feature less Hindu-nationalist parties. Hindu extremists drive most persecution of Christians in Nepal. 

One pastor in the country told International Christian Concern, “The [election] results are unexpected. Though the outcome is confusing, we remain hopeful, especially as there appears to be a decline in the influence of pro-Hindu nationalist parties.” 

Franklin Graham preached to 90,000 in Lima, Peru

Evangelist Franklin Graham shared the Gospel of Christ with over 90,000 people in Lima, Peru over the weekend. 

Listen.

GRAHAM: “The Bible says, ‘All we, like sheep, have gone astray. Each has turned to his own way.’ But man has a problem. That problem is called sin.

“Sin is a barrier. It’s a wall between you and God, and sin has to be atoned, and the only way is through the shed blood of Jesus, Christ on the cross.

“Without Jesus, you have no hope. You cannot save yourself, only the blood of Jesus.

“You have a choice tonight.  Jesus said, ‘I’ll never leave you nor forsake you.’ Will you come to Him tonight?”

Thousands responded to the message during the evangelical event. Peru is a predominantly Catholic country. However, the number of Evangelicals has been growing rapidly in the South American country in recent years. 

Chile is first country to eliminate leprosy in the Americas

Chile recently became the first country in the Americas to officially eliminate leprosy. 

The World Health Organization and the Pan American Health Organization verified the achievement. Chile has not reported any locally acquired cases of the disease for over 30 years. 

The World Health Organization noted, “Leprosy, also known as Hansen disease … primarily affects the skin, peripheral nerves, upper respiratory tract mucosa, and eyes. If untreated, it can lead to permanent nerve damage, disabilities, and social stigma.”

U.S. and Ecuador team up to kick drug cartels out

The United States and Ecuador launched joint military operations against drug cartels in the South American country last week. 

Over a dozen other Latin American countries also plan to cooperate with the U.S. military against drug smuggling operations.

U.S. Secretary of War Pete Hegseth addressed these countries during the Shield of Americas Summit in Florida on Saturday.

Listen. 

HEGSETH: “We don’t have to live with communities flooded with drugs or violence or cartels and gangs. We can seal our border, and we have to for our citizens.

“We share a hemisphere and geography. We share cultures, Western Christian civilization. We share these things together. We have to have the courage to defend it. We have a Commander-in-Chief in our country who’s set that compass heading.”

New poll: Don’t need to believe in God to be moral

Pew Research reports fewer people around the world believe it’s necessary to believe in God to be moral.

A majority of adults in the United States, Canada, and Europe say it’s not necessary to believe in God to be moral and have good values. People in Asia, the Middle East, Africa, and Latin America are much more likely to say belief in God is necessary for morality. 

In the U.S., 31% of adults say it’s necessary to believe in God to be moral. That’s down from 42% in 2014.

Wyoming passes Heartbeat bill

Wyoming became the latest state to enact a fetal heartbeat law.

Republican Governor Mark Gordon signed the Human Heartbeat Act into law on Monday. This makes Wyoming the fifth state to ban abortions on babies at about six weeks of pregnancy.  If a heartbeat is detected, the baby must be protected.

Liberty Counsel noted, “The ‘Human Heartbeat Act’ bans abortions after a heartbeat can be detected. However, it does include exceptions for medical emergencies when the mother’s life is in danger, or her health is at risk of serious impairment. The law does not include exceptions for rape or incest.”

John Newton, former slave ship captain, wrote “Amazing Grace”

And finally, this week is the anniversary of John Newton’s conversion. 

Newton was a captain of slave ships in his early life. While at sea, a severe storm brought him to his spiritual senses. This led to his conversion on March 10, 1748.

Newton went on to marry, become a pastor, and work to end the slave trade. Newton is well known for his hymns. Each week he would write a hymn to a familiar tune. Of his hundreds of hymns, he is especially remembered for “Glorious Things of Thee Are Spoken,” “How Sweet the Name of Jesus Sounds!” and “Amazing Grace.”

WINTLEY PHIPPS:

“Amazing grace, how sweet the sound
that saved a wretch like me!
I once was lost, but now I’m found,
was blind, but now I see.”

That was sung by Wintley Phipps.

Newton wrote his own epitaph for his tombstone which says, “Once an infidel … was by the rich mercy of our Lord and Saviour Jesus Christ preserved, restored, pardoned and appointed to preach the faith he had long labored to destroy.”

Reminds me of the Apostle Paul.

Ephesians 2:8 says, “For by grace you have been saved through faith. And this is not your own doing; it is the gift of God.” 

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By Jonathan Clark and Timothy Reed

Growing anti-Christian violence in Europe

Experts warned of growing anti-Christian violence and legal pressure in Europe during a recent session of the United Nations Humans Rights Council.

Christians in Europe faced nearly 800 hate crimes and over 2,000 violent incidents in 2024.

The Observatory on Intolerance and Discrimination Against Christians in Europe documents such cases. Anja Tang, executive director of the observatory, told The Christian Post, “Several European governments have targeted individuals through criminal procedures for peacefully expressing their religious beliefs.”

8 Americans and 13 Israelis have died in Iranian conflict

The death toll for American military personnel has reached eight since the beginning of the Iran conflict. 

A U.S. soldier, whose name is yet to be released, died from wounds sustained in Iran’s March 1st attack on an American base in Saudi Arabia, and a national guardsman died from a medical emergency in Kuwait on March 6th.

Six soldiers were also killed by an Iranian drone strike in Kuwait, and their remains were transported back to the United States and honored. 

Additionally, Israel has recorded 13 deaths since the outbreak of the war, and several have been killed in Gulf States friendly to the United States and Israel.

In Psalm 43:1, the psalmist says, “Judge me, O God, and plead my cause against an ungodly nation: O deliver me from the deceitful and unjust man.”

Trump to Iran: Stop blocking oil tankers or else!

U.S. President Donald Trump threatened Monday to escalate the war with Iran if the country blocks oil tanker traffic from the Middle East. 

In response, oil prices fell by 15% yesterday. During the war with Iran, prices have increased to levels not seen since 2022.

These oil prices have affected the price of gasoline at the pump in America. The AAA national average for gas reached $3.54 per gallon yesterday. That’s up nearly fifty cents from a year ago. 

Christians are not safe in New York City

Two men linked with ISIS attempted a bomb attack on a right-wing protest in New York City over the weekend. 

Thankfully, police were able to intercept the devices, and no one was injured.

New York City Council Member Joann Ariola spoke with Newsmax host Todd Starnes in a recent interview.  She offered a chilling answer to Starnes’ direct question.

STARNES: “Are the Christian and Jewish citizens of New York City safe tonight?”

ARIOLA:  “They’re not safe. No one is safe, because finally, our mayor [Zohran Mamdami], has recognized that these are radical Muslim Islamic ISIS driven terrorists, and they are in our midst.

“We can thank the Biden and Obama administration for these cells being allowed to cross into our borders and be in our city and many cities across the United States of America.”

DOJ to Missouri: Don’t worry about mailed Abortion Kill Pills

Sadly, the Trump administration is not siding with states that are challenging the distribution of abortion drugs.

The U.S. Department of Justice recently moved to dismiss a case brought by Missouri against Mifepristone, the mail-order Abortion Kill Pill.

Marjorie Dannenfelser, president of Susan B. Anthony Pro-Life America, told LifeNews, “The pro-life movement has very simple demands. There should be no place on the market for drugs meant to poison and kill innocent human beings – but at the very least, this administration can and should take them out of the mail.”

Proverbs 24:11 says, “Deliver those who are drawn toward death, and hold back those stumbling to the slaughter.”

Entertainment merger gives Ellison family a major stake

The Paramount Skydance Corporation is set to acquire  Warner Bros. Discovery for $110 billion after Netflix withdrew its offer.

The merger continues consolidating power in the hands of the Ellison family, who now own a major stake in the American media and entertainment industry.

Currently, CNN is a division of Warner Bros. Discovery and known for its left-wing bent. Paramount CEO David Ellison is on good terms with President Trump. Ellison has promised significant changes to CNN if he becomes the owner. 

Former Christian firefighter gets compensation over religious discrimination

And finally, a former volunteer chaplain with the Austin, Texas Fire Department recently won his case over religious discrimination.

Andrew Fox served with the city’s fire chaplaincy program for eight years. Everything was fine until he shared his religious views on a personal blog.

FOX: “I wrote that men and women are biologically different, and that men should not compete on women’s sports teams. When city officials demanded that I recant and apologize for the harm my blog post allegedly caused, I explained that my intent was to foster discussion, not to cause offense. What I could not do was renounce my beliefs or apologize for my faith.”

In response, Texas officials fired him. Alliance Defending Freedom helped him secure a favorable settlement with the city.

Hal Frampton with Alliance Defending Freedom said, “This vindication of Dr. Fox’s constitutionally-protected free speech should give hope to all those who wish to share their voice freely.”

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By Kevin Swanson and Timothy Reed

Afghan Christian women are getting raped

Open Doors has released a video interview on YouTube of an Afghan Christian woman who tells the real story of what the Taliban is doing to the few Christians remaining in Afghanistan. 

Shockingly, Christian women are being raped.  Anybody caught speaking to Christians may be killed.  In fact, a butcher who sold meat to Christians was killed. And the woman’s brother-in-law was killed for his faith.

In addition, Christians who have fled Afghanistan into Pakistan and Iran now face the threat of deportation back into Afghanistan because the Taliban government has soured relationships with its neighboring countries.

China, Russia and America all spending more on military

The world is arming up.

China hiked its 2026 defense budget to $275 billion — a 10.4% increase year on year. This follows  7% increases over the previous two years —- making for a 25% increase in three years.

Meantime, Russia has increase its military budget four-fold since the early 2020s, according to a report from the Center for European Policy Analysis.

And the U.S. military budget has seen a 5% increase over the last three years. The latest number for the 2026 defense program is $839 billion. 

Iran’s nuclear capability inspiring American nuclear-proof bunker sales

Fox News reports that Iran has 1,014 pounds of 60%-enriched uranium. That’s enough to make 11 nuclear bombs. And it’s an increase from 881 pounds of enriched uranium last year, and 194 pounds in 2023.

The Telegraph also reports an increase in nuclear-proof bunkers sales here in America. One manufacturer claims his customer base includes two senior-level Trump cabinet members, as well as Mark Zuckerburg of Facebook and Instagram and other elites.  Monthly sales for Atlas Survival Shelters reportedly have bumped up 25-fold this year.

Homosexual Australian Education official blasted homeschooling

The Australian government may be coming for homeschoolers. 

Australia’s Assistant Minister for International Education, Julian Hill, a self-avowed homosexual, blasted homeschooling, claiming it threatened “social cohesion.”  

Hill stated, “There are reports of quite extreme or conservative curricula being used which gives cause for pause and reflection if this trend continues. What is being taught to these kids? Are they mixing with broader society?”

Threats and restrictions against homeschoolers are on the rise both in the United States and abroad. However, homeschooling continues to grow worldwide, and by leaps and bounds in Australia. 

Deuteronomy 6:4-7 says, “Hear, O Israel: The Lord our God, the Lord is one.  You shall love the Lord your God with all your heart and with all your soul and with all your might. And these words that I command you today shall be on your heart. You shall teach them diligently to your children, and shall talk of them when you sit in your house, and when you walk by the way, and when you lie down, and when you rise.”

New Jersey and Hawaii aiming for homeschoolers

The American Left has got homeschooling in its sights as well.

New Jersey lawmakers are pushing bills that would add registration, annual notice, evaluations, record keeping, and even yearly “health and wellness” meetings with school officials for homeschool families.  

And Hawaiian lawmakers are considering bills that would require homeschool students to take state tests in person at public schools.

Trump urged Congress to pass the Safeguard American Voter Eligibility Act

President Donald Trump is refusing to sign any bills that reach his desk until the Safeguard American Voter Eligibility Act, or SAVE Act, passes the Senate.

He stressed the need for its passage in his February 24^th State of the Union address.

Listen.

TRUMP: “I’m asking you to approve the Save America Act to stop illegal aliens and others who are unpermitted persons, from voting in our sacred American elections. The cheating is rampant in our elections. It’s rampant. It’s very simple: All voters must show voter ID.”

Though the SAVE Act works to ensure the safety of American elections, it faces a filibuster by Democrats in the Senate, requiring a 60-vote majority to pass.

Call both of your U.S. Senators at 202-224-3121 to vote for the Safeguard American Voter Eligibility Act or SAVE Act. You can call that number 24 hours a day, 7 days a week. 202-224-3121.

Jesse Jackson vowed to go further than Karl Marz

As The Worldview reported on February 27^th, the scandalized Baptist pastor, the Reverend Jesse Jackson, has died.

Former presidents Bill Clinton, Barack Obama, and Joe Biden attended his funeral over the weekend.

Jackson’s political career was stymied when he admitted to an extramarital affair and a child born out of wedlock in the early 2000s. The lapsed preacher told the New Yorker Magazine that his adultery was “in the big ledger of sins, a relatively minor offense”, not requiring any leave-taking from ministry.  

Jackson was an admirer of Karl Marx, visited Marx’s grave, and committed himself to advocating for the redistribution of wealth. Worse yet, he said he wanted to “go beyond” where Marx had stopped.

Let’s watch out. The Scriptures warn of teachers “having eyes full of adultery and that cannot cease from sin, enticing unstable souls. … These are wells without water, clouds carried by a tempest, for whom is reserved the blackness of darkness forever.” (2 Peter 2:14,17)

57% of Americans never attend church

Religious affiliation continues to decline in the United States.

According to the latest Gallup polling, a record-breaking 24% of Americans identify with no particular religion, up from 8% in 2005.  

Roman Catholic affiliation has also reached its lowest level at 20%. And Protestant affiliation is down to 44%, from a high of 70% in the 1950s. Only 31% of Americans attend church almost weekly now, down from 43% twenty years ago.

Sadly, 57% never attend church. That’s the highest level recorded in recent history.

In addition, only 47% of Americans consider religion as “very important,” down from 52% in 2016 and 70% in 1965. 

Gallup’s senior editor Megan Brenan explained, “Younger adults are both less likely to identify with a religion and less likely to attend services, reshaping the nation’s religious landscape as they constitute a growing share of the population.”

Louisiana Governor eager for Ten Commandments to post in classrooms

And finally, Louisiana Republican Governor Jeff Landry  is urging Louisiana schools to display the Ten Commandments in classrooms. 

The state passed a law in 2024 that required all classrooms to post a copy of the Ten Commandments, but the law had been blocked by the courts until last month. 

In comments on Washington Watch with Tony Perkins, Governor Landry said schools have no reason to delay any longer.

LANDRY: “It’s time for them to go ahead and implement the law. These posters have been donated and have been distributed to our schools. They have no reason not to be able to post them. They don’t have to worry about any litigation or legal recourse. The Attorney General will handle any of those types of issues that may come about.”

In Deuteronomy 11:18, God said, “Fix these words of Mine in your hearts and minds; tie them as symbols on your hands and bind them on your foreheads.”

And that’s The Worldview on this Tuesday, March 10th, in the year of our Lord 2026. Follow us on X or subscribe for free by Spotify, Amazon Music, or by iTunes or email to our unique Christian newscast at www.TheWorldview.com.  Plus, you can get the Generations app through Google Play or The App Store. I’m Adam McManus (Adam@TheWorldview.com). Seize the day for Jesus Christ.

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Russian forces destroyed 450 Ukrainian Baptist churches

According to a report published earlier this year by Mission Eurasia, a parachurch ministry dedicated to equipping churches in and around Ukraine, Russian forces have damaged or destroyed at least 737 religious buildings since the start of the full-scale invasion in 2022.

Of the 737 buildings affected, about 450 were Baptist churches. Baptists, while the largest Evangelical population in Ukraine, represent only 1 percent to 2 percent of the overall population, revealing that Russian forces are deliberately targeting Baptists in their violent campaign across Ukraine.

In 1 John 3:13, Jesus said, “Do not be surprised, my brothers and sisters, if the world hates you.”

Hegseth says US has ‘iron-clad will’ in Iran war

War Secretary Pete Hegseth told reporters on Thursday the United States will continue its attacks on Iran for as long as necessary, saying “We are in it to win it!”, reports NewsNation.

Listen.

HEGSETH: “Iran is hoping that we cannot sustain this, which is a really bad miscalculation. There’s no shortage of American will here.

“We remember and honor our fallen those six that we will soon Welcome at Dover, who gave everything for their country in this mission. We remember them, but we remember them by rededicating ourselves even more fervently to this mission.

“Our commitment to our mission objectives only increases as our advantages continue to increase. We’ve got no shortage of munitions. Our stockpiles of defensive and offensive weapons allow us to sustain this campaign as long as we need to.”

Secretary Hegseth contrasted the focused mission in Iran with other previously politically correct wars.

HEGSETH: “The dumb, politically correct wars of the past were the opposite of what we’re doing here. They had vague objectives with restrictive, minimalist rules of engagement. No more. Our authorities, through the President and myself, are maxed out. Our will is iron clad. We are built for this fight, and we are in it to win it.”

Rep. Donalds holds Governor Walz accountable for Somali fraud

On March 4^th, Republican Congressman Byron Donalds of Florida asked Democratic Minnesota Governor Tim Walz some tough questions about allegations of fraud tied to the Somali community in Minnesota during a House Oversight Committee hearing, reports ZeroHedge.com.

DONALDS: “Was your office notified of these fraud allegations?”

WALZ: “Not me.”

DONALDS: “Specifically, we have it under sworn testimony in the Oversight Committee that your former chief of staff was notified directly by these various commissioners about the fraud in Minnesota.”

WALZ: “Could be correct.”

DONALDS: “So, are you saying that your chief of staff didn’t notify you?”

WALZ: “I’m saying I don’t recall whether he did at that time or not, but we took action. So, I’m assuming, when we put our budgets together, based on that, we put a package together for that legislative session.”

DONALDS: “Let’s talk about budgets, Governor Walz. Feeding Our Future went from $307,000 in 2018 to $199 million in 2021. Are you aware of this increase in budgetary costs from Feeding Our Future?”

WALZ: “Not specifically, but I know it increased during the pandemic.”

DONALDS: “The Housing Stabilization Services went from $27 million in 2021 to $105 million in 2024. Are you aware of this increase, Governor Walz?”

WALZ: “Not specifically, but I know it increased.”

DONALDS: “Autism Centers went from $24 million in 2019 to $342 million in 2024. Are you aware of that?”

WALZ: “Not specifically again. But yes, we know the budget increased.”

DONALDS: “Integrated Community Supports went from $4.6 million in 2021 to $170 million in 2024. Are you aware of that?”

WALZ: “Again, not specifically on the numbers, but it’s the budget.”

DONALDS: “Governor Walz, you have to submit a budget to your legislature every single year, like every governor has to do. If you’re not aware of these increases, what was your office doing?”

WALZ: “Everyone is balanced. My budget is about $72 billion. It involves 23 agencies.”

DONALDS: “Florida’s budget is $115 billion, sir. But what were you doing if you’re seeing program increases like this amid allegations of fraud in your state?”

Shockingly, $9 billion of taxpayer money was stolen in Minnesota which had been intended for marginalized communities.

Planned Parenthood offers Botox injections to supplement abortion income

There’s a new wrinkle in Planned Parenthood’s ever-changing post-Dobbs business plan: The abortion giant has begun offering Botox treatments as a much-needed additional source of income, reports LifeSiteNews.com.

Planned Parenthood is in desperate need of new revenue streams after President Donald Trump’s One Big Beautiful Bill blocked it from receiving federal Medicaid reimbursements.   

As a result, Planned Parenthood Mar Monte — the group’s largest affiliate spanning Northern California and Nevada — has been forced to scramble to plug an estimated $100 million revenue gap, according to a report by The Wall Street Journal.  

What is unsaid in the Wall Street Journal puff piece is that Planned Parenthood in Northern California and Nevada needs to generate money in new ways in order to subsidize aborting preborn children.

Missouri’s Personhood bill protects babies from conception

Speaking of abortion, Missouri Republican State Senator Mike Moon introduced a resolution which would recognize the personhood of each child in the womb.

The bill defines the term “person,” under the Missouri state constitution, as including every human being with a unique DNA code regardless of age, including every in utero human child at every stage of biological development from the moment of conception until birth. 

Whether you live in Missouri or not, call State Senator Moon’s office at 573-751-1480 to thank him for sponsoring the Personhood resolution.

Legendary pop star Neil Sedaka died

And finally, Neil Sedaka, the Juilliard-trained pop music icon who sold millions of records worldwide and wrote or co-wrote over 1,000 songs, died on February 27^th at the age of 86. 

According to Parade, Neil Sedaka’s most popular songs include chart-toppers like  “Oh! Carol,” a 1959 song about his high school sweetheart, Carole King, who is 84 today.

“Darling, there will never be another.
Cause I love you so.
Don’t ever leave me.
Say you’ll never go.
I will love you, for my sweetheart
No matter what you do.
Oh Carol, so in love with you.”

“Breakin’ Up is Hard to Do”

“Comma-comma down,
Dooby-doo, down-down
Breakin’ up is hard to do.
Don’t take your love away from me.
Don’t you leave my heart in misery.
If you go, then I’ll be blue
Cause breakin’ up is hard to do.”

and “Laughter in the Rain.”

“Strolling along country roads with my baby
It starts to rain, it begins to pour.
Without an umbrella, we’re soaked to the skin.
I feel a shiver run up my spine.
I feel the warmth of her hand in mine.

“Ooh, I hear laughter in the rain,
Walking hand in hand with the one I love.
Ooh, how I love the rainy days
And the happy way I feel inside”

In the days following Sedaka’s death, streams of his songs jumped by at least 500 percent. For example, there were 514,000 streams of “Laughter in the Rain.”

In his 1982 autobiography, Laughter in the Rain, Sedaka remembered himself as “a Jewish mama’s boy” – a resounding understatement that did not reflect how completely Eleanor dominated his life until his mid-20s, reports The Guardian.

During his first wave of success, between 1958 and 1963, he handed over five-figure royalty checks, which she cashed and kept, allowing him a $1,000 monthly stipend. Later, when Sedaka discovered that his mother, who had appointed herself his manager, had spent most of his money, he fired her and she attempted suicide.

Neil married his wife, Leba, in 1962 with whom he had a son and daughter.  The fact that their marriage lasted six decades is rare in the entertainment industry.

Matthew 19:6 says, “Therefore, what God has joined together, let no one separate.”

During the pandemic, Sedaka played 150 mini-concerts on his Facebook page from his home.

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Iran’s new Ayatollah vows to ‘shed Trump’s blood’ 

An Iranian ayatollah called for the “shedding” of President Donald Trump’s blood in a chilling revenge statement broadcast on Iranian state television on Thursday, reports The Express.

Ayatollah Javadi Amoli – one of Iran’s most senior Islamic clerics – declared that the nation was “on the verge of a great test” and urged “the shedding of Zionist blood, the shedding of Trump’s blood” on state television.

Exiled Iranian Prince commends Trump for bombing Iran

By contrast, in an interview on CBS’ 60 Minutes, Prince Reza Pahlavi, the eldest son of the deposed last Shah of Iran, a leader of the opposition to the Iranian Islamic Republic, commended President Donald Trump for bombing the Iranian military sites.

PAHLAVI: “My message to President Trump is that I’m here to echo and join millions of my compatriots inside and outside of Iran to thank him for having the courage to do what is not easy, but intervene. He will go down in the annals of Iranian history as the most celebrated foreign leader that changed the ball game and changed the world as a result.”

Pahlavi, who has lived in exile 47 years, is the most prominent figure in the opposition to the government of the Islamic Republic of Iran.

(Watch 60 Minutes Overtime for more of the interview)

Former homosexual acquitted for describing Christian conversion

In what is viewed as an important international victory for freedom of speech and religion, Matthew Grech, a singer and former X-Factor contestant who has been prosecuted in Maltese courts for three long years for having spoken out publicly about leaving homosexuality, was acquitted Thursday morning, reports LifeSiteNews.com.

He was joyous outside the courthouse.

GRECH: “I’m standing with my friends and colleagues here at the Maltese courts, and I want to tell you guys that we won. The court has decided in our favor and has pronounced me and the co-accused as innocent.

“It is a big day. I’m very thankful that the Maltese courts decided for freedom of speech. The Maltese courts decided for freedom of religion and has announced that I had every right to share my Christian views around sexuality and gender, and to mention organizations that are helping Christians to live consistently with their belief system.”

Matthew Grech cited 1 Corinthians 6:9-11.

“The Bible says in the book of Corinthians some of you were homosexuals, adulterers, you name it, but you were washed, sanctified, justified in the name of Lord Jesus. This is the good news. This is the Gospel. It offers hope, change and transformation.”

Trump fires DHS Secretary Kristi Noem

TRUMP: “You’re fired!”

On Thursday, after a painful couple of days of testimony before Congress, Kristi Noem, the Secretary of Homeland Security, was fired by President Donald Trump, reports ABC News.

In addition to the expected attacks from Democratic Senators on DHS, Republican Senator John Kennedy of Louisiana asked Secretary Noem pointed questions about whether President Trump signed off on her decision to authorize $220 million on Homeland Security ads which prominently featured her.

Listen.

NOEM: “I have a policy in place that I review contracts. My deputy chiefs have the ability to review anything under $5 million. Above that, I evaluate and look at.”

KENNEDY: “Okay, and you do that, I understand, to try to curb waste and abuse of taxpayer money. Is that right?”

NOEM: “Yes, sir. In fact, it’s been extremely effective.”

KENNEDY: “How do you square that concern for waste, which I share, with the fact that you have spent $220 million running television advertisements that feature you prominently?”

NOEM: “Sir, the president tasked me with getting the message out to the country, and to other countries where we were seeing the invasion come from, with putting commercials out that told them that if they were in this country illegally, that they needed to leave, or we would detain them and remove them, and they’d not get the chance to come back to America the right way. That has been extremely effective.”

(crosstalk)

KENNEDY:  “The president asked you to run these advertisements. Is that right?”

NOEM: “We had that conversation, yes, before I was put in this position and sworn in and confirmed, and since then as well.”

KENNEDY: “Okay. You’re testifying that President Trump approved this ahead of time. Is that my understanding?”

NOEM: “We had conversations about making sure that we were telling people across …”

KENNEDY: “No, ma’am, I’m asking you, sorry to interrupt, but the President approved ahead of time you spending $220 million running TV ads across the country in which you are featured prominently?”

NOWEM: “Yes, sir, we went through the legal processes. worked with [Office of Management and Budget].”

KENNEDY: “Did the president know you were going to do this?

NOEM: “Yes.”

KENNEDY: “He did?”

NOEM: “Yes.”

KENNEDY: “Okay.”

In response, President Trump told Reuters, “I never knew anything about it.” RedState.com speculates that the exchange between GOP Senator Kennedy and Kristi Noem was her undoing.

Shortly after his comments to Reuters, Trump posted to Truth Social ​that Noem would be replaced. The president said he was “pleased to announce that the Highly Respected United States Senator from the Great State of Oklahoma, Markwayne Mullin, will become the United States Secretary of Homeland Security, effective March 31, 2026.”

This marks the first Cabinet secretary Trump has fired in his second term.

Anniversary of Christian martyrdom of 22-year-old Perpetua

And finally, the church remembers the martyrdom of Perpetua, a 22-year-old Christian noblewoman in Carthage, North Africa on March 7^th A.D. 203.

She was executed alongside Felicity, a pregnant slave woman imprisoned with her, to cruelly celebrate the birthday of Caesar Geta, the son of emperor Septimius Severus. 

Simply because they were Christians, they were flogged, attacked by hungry leopards, and finally beheaded.

Listen to this excerpt from a 30-minute animated video in The Torchlighter Series.

PRISON CARETAKER: “As prison caretaker doing duty in the stench-filled underground cells, I’ve gotten a glimpse of many a prisoner’s own faith or lack of it.

MAN: “Please no. I don’t want to die.”

PRISON CARETAKER: “I don’t judge them. I too would fear the mauling beasts and death. But what I saw today in a young woman and her companions, such courage I have never seen before.”

Joshua 1:9 says, “Be strong and courageous. Do not be afraid; do not be discouraged, for the Lord your God will be with you wherever you go.”

You can get the animated Perpetua Story DVD through a special link in our transcript today at www.TheWorldview.com.

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9 Nigerian Muslims on trial for killing 200 Christians

Nine Fulani Muslim herdsmen are on trial in Nigeria for participating in the massacre of over 200 Christians in the country last year.

Christian Daily International reports this is a rare case of prosecution against the Fulani herdsmen.

The prosecution comes as the United States is calling on the country to combat Christian persecution. The U.S. is considering a bilateral agreement with Nigeria to protect Christian communities there and eliminate jihadist terror. 

Psalm 7:9 says, “Oh, let the wickedness of the wicked come to an end, but establish the just; for the righteous God tests the hearts and minds.” 

Nigerian Anglicans reject the homosexual agenda of Church of England

Speaking of Nigeria, the Global Anglican Future Conference is meeting this week in the West African country. 

The movement of conservative Anglican churches, mainly in Africa and Asia, supports Biblical sexuality. The group has effectively broken off from the Anglican Communion led by the Church of England.  Sarah Mullally is set to become the first female archbishop of Canterbury in the Church of England. Sadly, she supports blessings for homosexual couples. 

The Global Anglican Future Conference now plans on appointing its own leader who will represent Biblical values. The conservative group says it represents 85 percent of the world’s practicing Anglicans.

Christian teacher vindicated for refusing to say inaccurate pronouns

In the United States, an Indiana school district agreed to pay $650,000 in a religious freedom lawsuit.

Brownsburg Community School Corporation forced John Kluge, a Christian music teacher, to resign for not using biologically incorrect pronouns. 

David Cortman with Alliance Defending Freedom commented on the case. He said, “After almost five and a half years, common sense has prevailed at Brownsburg. … Schools should learn that refusing to accommodate religious employees can be illegal and expensive.”

Red state families having more babies than blue state families

The Institute for Family Studies reports that the women in red states are birthing more babies than those in blue states since the COVID-19 pandemic.

The 20 states that voted Democrat in 2024 saw a decline in people in their 20s and kids under 10 compared to 2019. Meanwhile, Republican-leaning states often had cheaper housing and tended to attract parents with young kids.

States like Idaho, South Carolina, Florida, and Tennessee saw a 10% increase in married families with young children over the last five years. States like California, New York, and Illinois saw a decline in such families. 

Trump cut federal workforce by 12%

The federal government’s civilian workforce shrunk by over 380,000 people during the first year of President Donald Trump’s second term.  

That’s a 12% workforce reduction between September 2024 and January 2026. The U.S. Office of Personnel Management reported the numbers yesterday.

Scott Kupor, the director of the agency, said, “This effort ensures taxpayer dollars support a workforce that delivers efficient, responsive and high-quality services.”

Mortgage rate fell to 5.98%

Mortgage rates fell below six percent for the first time in years.

The average 30-year fixed mortgage rate fell to 5.98 percent last week. It has not been that low since September 2022. Recent rates peaked at 7.8 percent in October 2023.

Mortgage rates have been coming down slowly since the Federal Reserve began cutting its benchmark interest rate last year. 

Only 4% of American adults have Biblical worldview

And finally, Dr. George Barna released his latest survey on Biblical worldview.

Sadly, only four percent of U.S. adults have a Biblical worldview. That’s unchanged compare to 2023 and down from 12 percent in 1994. Most Americans, over eight in ten, may believe some Biblical principles but often think and live in ways that conflict with the Bible.

Also, only two percent of young adults have a Biblical worldview. The survey noted, “Despite the increased attention given to faith matters after the Charlie Kirk murder, and the growth in church attendance and individuals purchasing Bibles immediately after that incident, there is no hint of improvement when it comes to Biblical worldview.”

However, Dr. Barna wrote, “We reached a low point—4%— in 2023. The fact that we have not plumbed new depths since then hopefully suggests that we have bottomed out and are in line to experience positive growth in biblical thought and action.”

Romans 12:2 says, “Do not be conformed to this world, but be transformed by the renewing of your mind, that you may prove the good and acceptable and perfect will of God.”

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Pray for the Middle East

Please pray for Christians in the Middle East as tensions rise in the region.

Christian communities, like those in Iran, are especially vulnerable during times of escalating violence.

Regina Lynch with Aid to the Church in Need warned, “The longing for freedom and dignity among peoples in the region is legitimate. But the price of renewed war could be extremely high. Civilians always suffer most, and Christians are often among the most defenseless.” 

U.S.-Iranian conflict might last four weeks

U.S. President Donald Trump recently said the conflict with Iran may continue over the next four weeks.

The United States and Israel carried out sweeping airstrikes against the country over the weekend. The American death toll in the conflict reached six troops as of Monday. 

The U.S. State Department is urging Americans to leave over a dozen countries in the Middle East. Those include Iran, Iraq, Jordan, Lebanon, and Israel.  

Supreme Court rules against radical transgender policy

The U.S. Supreme Court ruled against California’s pro-transgender school policy on Monday.

The policy allowed public school officials to keep the gender confusion of students from their parents. Worse than that, school officials even helped students “transition” without their parents knowledge. 

Paul Jonna, Special Counsel at Thomas More Society, commented, “The Court’s landmark . . . vindication of religious liberty . . . [sets] an historic precedent that will dismantle secret gender transition policies across the country.”

The State of the Unborn: GOP should not leave fight to states

The pro-life movement is continuing strong, but not without its challenges. That’s according to Susan B. Anthony Pro-Life America President Marjorie Dannenfelser in her “State of the Unborn” address. 

Listen to her thoughts on why the fight for life must continue.

DANNENFELSER: “Now consider the great battles the pro-life movement has won after over a half a century of struggle:  electing a pro-life president, confirming the Supreme Court justices who would reverse Roe v Wade with the Dobbs decision, and restore the right to uphold the 14th Amendment’s equal protection promise in the law. 

“The handcuffs are off. We are free to protect the human rights of people. We live in a fresh moment filled with hope for our children, and yet, there are now more abortions than before Dobbs — at least 1.1 million a year. 

“More than 60% of those deaths are caused by abortion drugs, and that’s more than fentanyl, cocaine and heroin related deaths combined. Abortion is the number one cause of death in the United States of America.”

Dannenfelser went on to challenge the Republican Party. She said, “The current GOP strategy of leaving this issue to the states clearly does not work. Twenty pro-life states can’t even enforce their laws because of mail-order abortion drugs.”

Proverbs 31:9 says, “Open your mouth, judge righteously, and plead the cause of the poor and needy.”

Trump’s Transportation Dept: No illegals allowed commercial licenses

Transportation Secretary Sean Duffy is imposing new rules in order for truckers to obtain a Commercial Driver’s License.

This comes as the Trump administration continues to fight illegal immigration, including within the trucking industry, where illegal drivers have killed a number of Americans.

Duffy laid out his expectations for U.S. commercial drivers.

DUFFY: “This is not politics that we’re playing here. We can have a debate about whether Joe Biden had an open border or Donald Trump shut down and secured the border. That’s a different debate.

“The debate really is, ‘Do you want well-trained, well-qualified drivers behind the wheel of a big rig driving on American roads?’ It’s very simple. I think the answer is: Every single American, no matter what your political stripes are, doesn’t are, that’s exactly what you want.

“That’s what you would expect from the federal government and the state government. To a greater extent, I think we need our states to say, ‘Listen, we can be good partners.’”

Truckers will now be required to take their Commercial Driver’s License test in English. Plus, many states have worked hard with the federal government to take reckless truck drivers off the roads.

YouVersion Bible app sees high engagement in Kenya, Nigeria, & South Africa

And finally, the Bible app YouVersion launched its latest regional hub in Kenya last week. 

The Bible app is seeing strong growth across countries in Africa. Kenya, Nigeria, and South Africa rank among the top countries for daily Bible engagement, not just in Africa but also the world. 

YouVersion CEO and founder Bobby Gruenewald told Christian Daily International, “Some people have predicted that Africa would become the center of global Christianity. From what we’re seeing, I think it already is.”

Isaiah 11:9 says, “The earth shall be full of the knowledge of the LORD as the waters cover the sea.”

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Taliban back in control in Afghanistan

After 20 years of U.S. conflict in Afghanistan, the Taliban is back in control.

Here’s the latest. The Associated Press reports that the new Afghan penal code allows husbands to beat their wives, criminalizes criticism of the nation’s leadership, and bans education for women beyond primary school. 

And the Afghan-Pakistani War is heating up.

According to recent numbers from Afghan Information Minister Attaullah Tarar, 415 soldiers with the Taliban have died and 580 have been injured.

Republicans support and Democrats oppose Iranian attack

Here in the United States, there’s a sharp partisan divide with Americans concerning the latest war with Iran.  

An Ipsos/Reuters survey finds that 55% of Republican voters are in favor of the U.S. attack on Iran. Only 13% opposed it. And 7% of Democrats support the attack while 74% oppose. 

Thus far, as of Monday — the casualties racking up in the war include 555 Iranian deaths, 31 Lebanese deaths, 10 Israeli deaths, and 4 American deaths. 

Time on Doomsday Clock

Ever heard of The Doomsday Clock? 

Sponsored by the Bulletin of Atomic Scientists, it warns the public about how close we are to destroying our world with dangerous technologies of our own making. It is a metaphor, a reminder, of the perils we must address if we are to survive on the planet.

As of January 2026, the Doomsday Clock was moved to T-minus 85 seconds.  That’s down from 17 minutes in 1992, and 5 minutes in 2012.  

China, Russia, and France’s place in the nuclear arms race

Recent estimates put China’s spending on its nuclear arsenal at $12.5 to $14 billion for 2024 and 2025. The communist country is outspending every nation except the United States.

News reports point to Russia’s development of a nuclear weapon to be detonated in space.

And, just yesterday, French President Emmanuel Macron announced plans to increase the size of the French nuclear arsenal, as the second nuclear arms race progresses.

Psalm 46:8-9 instructs us to “Come, behold the works of the Lord, Who has made desolations in the Earth. He makes wars cease to the end of the Earth; He breaks the bow and cuts the spear in two; He burns the chariot in the fire.”

Evidence that a Mexican cartel bribed Mexican politicians

Mexico’s El Universal newspaper carried pictures of the ledgers found in the cabin of the late drug lord Nemesio Cervantes, known as “El Mencho.”

The ledgers included references to Mexico’s Attorney General’s Office as well as members of military and state agencies.  

Mexican journalists have explained that the Jalisco New Generation Cartel has bankrolled political campaigns of Mexico’s ruling party members in the National Regeneration Movement in exchange for relative immunity,  reports Breitbart.

War Secretary Hegseth ends cooperation with woke Ivy League schools

As The Worldview reported last month, Secretary of War Pete Hegseth cut ties between Harvard and the Pentagon, discontinuing military-sponsored and funding of graduate-level education programs. 

Now, the War Department has announced no more cooperation with the rest of Ivy League schools.

Secretary Hegseth explained the reason for this.

HEGSETH: “Our senior service colleges have always been expected to act in the interest of this principle, to transform our senior war fighters into strategic thinkers, capable of mastering the complexities of modern warfare, and leading our joint force to victory at every echelon. Unfortunately, this sacred trust has been broken in this military’s professional military education system.

“For decades, the Ivy League, and similar institutions, have gorged themselves on a trust fund of American taxpayer dollars, only to become factories of anti-American resentment and military disdain. They’ve taken our best and brightest, the men and women who pledged their lives to this nation, and subjected them to a curriculum of contempt.

“They’ve replaced the study of victory and pragmatic realism with the promotion of ‘wokeness’ and weakness, they’ve traded true intellectual rigor for radical dogma, sacrificing free expression for the suffocating confines of leftist ideology.”

As of last week, the Pentagon has also reached an agreement with Scouting America (including the Boy Scouts and Girl Scouts), to move away from what they call “diversity initiatives” and woke policies.

Trust in U.S. government at 17%

Among Americans, trust in the federal government has hit its lowest levels in seven decades — now at 17%.

That’s down from 77% in 1964, according to Pew Research’s latest numbers.

Oregon Democrats block bill to protect babies who survive abortions

Oregon Democrats blocked a bill that would have given babies a chance to survive after a failed abortion.

House Bill 4087, or the Born-Alive Infants Protection Act, mandated that infants who survived a botched abortion be afforded the “same degree of professional skill, care and diligence … that a reasonably diligent and conscientious health care practitioner would render to any other child born alive at the same gestational age.”

Oregon Right To Life Executive Director Lois Anderson  laid out the inhumanity of the state’s abortion law.

ANDERSON: “Later abortions are currently legal in Oregon. There are no restrictions, no protections for unborn babies up until birth. And even if they survive an abortion procedure, they are not protected and required to be given medical treatment.

“We know, from not only polling, but anecdotal information, and all of these candidates and discussing with Oregonians, that they would support this kind of legislation.”

Micah 6:8 reminds us to “to do justly, and to love mercy, and to walk humbly with thy God.”

“I Can Only Imagine 2” movie lands #3 at the Box Office

And finally, “I Can Only Imagine 2,” hit movie theaters this past weekend.

The sequel focuses on the Christian band MercyMe and its famous “Even If” song, which lead singer Bart Millard said was written during a tough period in his life.  

“I know You’re able and I know You can
Save through the fire with Your mighty hand
But even if You don’t
My hope is You alone
I know the sorrow, and I know the hurt
Would all go away if You’d just say the word
But even if You don’t
My hope is You alone”

In 2014, Bart Millard and his wife learned that their young son, Sam, had been diagnosed with Type 1 diabetes, a chronic and life-threatening autoimmune disease. Sam’s blood sugar levels were dangerously high, and he was hospitalized. Doctors warned that managing the disease would be lifelong and complex.

For Bart, who had spent years singing about faith and trust in God, the situation shook him deeply. He later admitted that he struggled emotionally and spiritually. The crisis forced him to confront hard questions about faith in the face of suffering — especially when prayers do not bring immediate healing.

Listen to comments he made to CBN.

MILLARD: “These two songs in particular, “Imagine” and “Even If,” were written out of some difficult seasons of my life. Not all songs are written that way, but my therapy is working issues out through my songs. The ones that mean the most to me have come out of some pretty painful places and been therapeutic for me.”

The idea for the song “Even If” came from Daniel 3:16-18. It says, “Shadrach, Meshach and Abednego replied to King Nebuchadnezzar, ‘We do not need to defend ourselves before you in this matter.  If we are thrown into the blazing furnace, the God we serve is able to deliver us from it, and He will deliver us from your Majesty’s hand. But even if He does not, we want you to know, your Majesty, that we will not serve your gods or worship the image of gold you have set up.’”

“I Can Only Imagine 2” was #3 at the box office, grossing around $8 million.

Watch the trailer and get your tickets at the website  www.ICanOnlyImagine.com.

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U.S. State Dept shedding the light of freedom for Europe

The U.S. State Department is on the verge of launching an online portal to fight European censorship.

The site, Freedom.gov, will allow Europeans to access content that has been banned by the European Union. 

The Times reported, “This includes criticism of the Online Safety Act in the UK and the European Union’s Digital Services Act, which force platforms to remove illegal content and harmful speech or face steep fines.”

One official at the State Department added, “Digital freedom is a priority for the State Department, and that includes the proliferation of privacy and censorship-circumvention technologies like Virtual Private Networks.” 

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United States and Israel bombed Iran

The long-simmering threat of conflict between Washington, Jerusalem and Tehran erupted Saturday morning as the United States and Israel launched sweeping airstrikes against Iran, reports NBC News.

The launch of “Operation Epic Fury” followed months of heated rhetoric and repeated warnings from President Trump about military intervention in Iran.

U.S. and partner forces struck multiple targets, including Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps command and control facilities, Iranian air defense capabilities, missile and drone launch sites, and military airfields.

Not only was Iranian Supreme Leader Ali Khamenei killed, but so was his top security adviser, his chief military secretary, the Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps commander, the Defense Minister, the Head of Iranian military intelligence, and former Iranian President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad, reports Axios and Israel National News.

Trump: We will destroy Iran’s “wicked, radical dictatorship”

In an 8-minute address to America, President Donald Trump explained why he believed the attack on Iran was necessary.

TRUMP: “Our objective is to defend the American people by eliminating imminent threats from the Iranian regime. For 47 years, the Iranian regime has chanted ‘Death to America’ and waged an unending campaign of bloodshed and mass murder targeting the United States, our troops, and the innocent people in many, many countries.”

The president laid out the litany of Iranian attacks from the 1979 U.S. Embassy Hostage Crisis in which dozens of Americans were taken hostage for 444 days and the 1983 bombing of the U.S. Marine barracks in Beirut that killed 241 soldiers to the attack on the U.S.S. Cole in 2000, the killing of U.S. soldiers in Iraq, and the Iranian-funded attack on Israel through Hamas on October 7, 2023.

TRUMP: “For these reasons, the United States military is undertaking a massive and ongoing operation to prevent this very wicked, radical dictatorship from threatening America and our core national security interests. We are going to destroy their missiles and raze their missile industry to the ground. It will be totally obliterated. We’re going to annihilate their navy. We’re going to ensure that the region’s terrorist proxies can no longer destabilize the region or the world.”

Isaiah 10:1-2 says, “Woe to those who make unjust laws, to those who issue oppressive decrees, to deprive the poor of their rights and withhold justice from the oppressed of my people, making widows their prey and robbing the fatherless.”

President Trump expressed concern for the safety of U.S. soldiers.

TRUMP: “The lives of courageous American heroes may be lost and we may have casualties. That often happens in war. We pray for every service member as they selflessly risk their lives to ensure that Americans, and our children, will never be threatened by a nuclear-armed Iran. We ask God to protect all of our heroes in harm’s way. And we trust that with His help, the men and women of the armed forces will prevail.”

Sadly, three U.S. service members have been killed in action, as part of the Trump administration’s “Operation Epic Fury,” reports NewsNation.com.

Iranians celebrating in the streets

Anti-regime protesters in southern Iran tore down a statue of Ayatollah Ali Khamenei in celebration of his death on Saturday, reports The Telegraph.

In Tehran, loud cheers echoed from rooftops and through the streets.   Listen.

(audio of Iranians celebrating)

Celebratory music played, car horns honked and fireworks were set off in parts of the capital at around 11pm local time.

They were joined by Iranians across the world who celebrated the Supreme Leader’s downfall after he was killed in a barrage of US and Israeli missile strikes early on Saturday morning.

Senator Ted Cruz: Bombing Iran is “single most important decision of [Trump’s] presidency”

Appearing on CBS’ Face the Nation, Republican Senator Ted Cruz of Texas applauded President Trump’s decision to bomb Iran.

CRUZ: “President Trump’s decision to launch this decisive action against Iran is the single most important decision of his presidency. He is taking this action because the government of Iran is a profound and malign influence.

“They have been the leading state sponsor of terrorism for 47 years. They have, over that time, killed nearly 1,000 Americans. They provide more than 90% of the funding for Hamas. They provide more than 90% of the funding for Hezbollah, the Iranian Ayatollah, was, until yesterday, actively trying to murder the President of the United States, Donald J Trump.”

Senator Lindsey Graham: “The mothership of terrorism is about to go down!”

Appearing on Fox & Friends, Republican Senator Lindsey Graham of South Carolina was grateful the American people re-elected President Trump in 2024.

GRAHAM: “My feeling today is that I’m very glad that President Trump won and Kamala Harris lost. Unfortunately, the modern Democratic Party is pathetic in the face of evil.

“The difference between Donald Trump and our Democratic colleagues, he’s common sense. He understands the world. He’s of the mindset that the Ayatollah is Hitler in a robe, wearing a turban; that he’s not capable of changing his ways.

“Donald Trump does not get us entangled in forever wars, but he sure stands up to the bad guys, and he makes us safer. This is the most consequential decision any President has made since 1979.”

Senator Graham predicted a major re-set in the Middle East because of “Operation Epic Fury.”

GRAHAM: “If the regime falls, I think Saudi Arabia, the keeper of the holy mosque and Mecca and Medina, the center of Islam, will go back to the table to try to do peace with Israel. We were close before, before October the seventh. October the seventh was designed to stop normalization between Saudi Arabia and Israel.

“I think when this regime collapses, we’ll be back at the table of normalization. If Saudi Arabia recognizes Israel it will be the biggest change in 1,000 years in the history of the MidEast. If this regime falls — Hamas, Hezbollah, and the Houthis terrorist network supported by Iran — will collapse, slowly but surely.

“The mothership of terrorism is about to go down. There’s a new dawn coming in the Mideast.”

Mass shooting in Austin leaves 3 dead and 14 wounded

Three people are dead and 14 have been injured after a mass shooting at a popular bar along West Sixth Street in downtown Austin, Texas during the early morning hours of Sunday, March 1, reports the San Antonio Express-News.

The shooting took place at Buford’s, a popular bar along the West Sixth Street entertainment strip.

Anniversary of John Wesley’s death

And finally, John Wesley, the English evangelist, who was a principal leader of a revival movement within the Church of England known as Methodism, died at the age of 87 on this day, March 2^nd in 1791.

Wesley placed his faith in Christ on May 24, 1738.

Referring to our Savior Jesus Christ, Luke wrote in Acts 4:12, “Salvation is found in no one else, for there is no other name under heaven given to mankind by which we must be saved.”

In his early ministry years, Wesley was barred from preaching in many parish churches and the Methodists were persecuted.

Under Wesley’s direction, Methodists became leaders in many social issues of the day, including the abolition of slavery.

He became known for the Wesley Covenant Prayer.

It says,

“I am no longer my own, but Thine.

Put me to what Thou wilt, rank me with whom Thou wilt.

Put me to doing, put me to suffering.

Let me be employed for Thee or laid aside for Thee,

exalted for Thee or brought low for Thee.

Let me be full, let me be empty.

Let me have all things, let me have nothing.

I freely and heartily yield all things to Thy pleasure and disposal.

And now, O glorious and blessed God, Father, Son and Holy Spirit,

Thou art mine, and I am Thine.

So be it.

And the covenant which I have made on Earth,

let it be ratified in Heaven.

Amen.”

Wesley wrote hymns including “O For A Thousand Tongues To Sing.”

“O for a thousand tongues to sing
my great Redeemer’s praise,
the glories of my God and King,
the triumphs of His grace!

My gracious Master and my God,
assist me to proclaim,
to spread thro’ all the Earth abroad
the honors of Thy name.”

John Wesley became widely respected, and by the end of his life, was described as “the best-loved man in England.”

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Islamic State’s ‘new phase’ in Syria as U.S. military withdraws

Within the last week, the Islamic State terror group has launched an unusual series of attacks in Syria, part of what it calls a “new phase of operations” against the 11-month-old Syrian government, reports International Christian Concern.

Simultaneously, the United States is actively withdrawing from bases in the area.

Fighting between Syrian government forces and U.S.-allied Kurdish forces has weakened the resistance faced by the Islamic State.  The terrorist group has been relatively inactive in and around Syria since its territorial defeat in 2019, instead shifting its focus to Africa.

Syrian President Ahmed Hussein al-Sharaa was previously a member of the Islamic State and is an avowed jihadist. While he’s made bold public statements about his interest in peace and tolerance, forces associated with his government have repeatedly committed or allowed mass tragedies to take place.

CNN: No clear Democratic presidential frontrunner

CNN data analyst Harry Enten revealed that two years away from the 2028 Democratic presidential primary season, the party’s prospects look dim, reports The Western Journal.

Listen.

ENTEN: “This is just a downright clown car at this point on the Democratic side. I mean, just take a look here: Top choices for the 2028 Dem. pres. nominee. You have a leader, but it’s not really a clear leader. It’s within the margin of error. You have [Gavin] Newsom at 19%, then you have former Vice President Kamala Harris at 18% — quite a weak number for her, given that, of course, she was the nominee the last time around. Pete Buttigieg, who, of course, has run before: 13%.  [Rep.] Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez [of New York] at 12%.

“This is just a total clown car. It is a total mess. There is no clear front runner at this particular point on the Democratic side. This is very unusual for the Democratic side to not have a clear front runner.

“At this point in 2020, when there was no incumbent, it was Joe Biden who was there, Hillary Clinton in both ‘08 and ‘16 and Al Gore in both 2000 and 2004 at this point were at least at 25%.”

Picture leaked of Hillary Clinton in Epstein file inquiry

Chaos erupted inside Hillary Clinton‘s Jeffrey Epstein deposition on Thursday after a Republican lawmaker took a photograph of her during the private session, reports the Daily Mail. 

Republican Congresswoman Lauren Boebert of Colorado snapped a picture of Hillary at the deposition, then leaked it to conservative influencer Benny Johnson who offered his thoughts.

JOHNSON: “Lauren Bobert sent me this photo and told me I could publish it just to show everyone that Hillary Clinton is testifying. It’s not a big deal. This is what Hillary Clinton looks like. But her entire team lost their minds over this and started screeching about this. There’s nothing wrong with posting this photo. The Clintons themselves are the ones who demanded that there be media inside of the room. They wanted this all be live streamed on TV.  So, what’s wrong with this? They’re just looking for an excuse to get out of this testimony. That’s what’s actually going on.”

Hillary’s lawyers asked that the proceedings be halted after the photograph began circulating on social media. Johnson spoke to Hillary’s motive and claimed she had already lied in a press statement she released ahead of her testimony.

JOHNSON: “She’s already lied, by the way. She said that she didn’t know Jeffrey Epstein, but that’s not true. Not only did her husband, of course, have Jeffrey Epstein at the White House a million times, fly on his plane a million times, but Jeffrey Epstein’s own emails show that he knew her multiple times.

“In Jeffrey Epstein’s emails, he talks about what Hillary Clinton looks like up close. He talks about meetings with Hillary Clinton. All these people are emailing Jeffrey Epstein saying, ‘Hey, man, we know that you know Hillary Clinton. Can you get me a meeting with her?’ So, this seems like an obvious lie. And this is what they’re trying to distract from because I posted a photo?”

The former secretary of state was deposed at the Chappaqua Performing Arts Center near the Clintons’ home in Westchester County, New York, while Bill Clinton will testify today. 

Indiana: Christian adoptive families & agencies can affirm Biblical ethic

On Wednesday, Indiana Republican Governor Mike Braun signed HB 1389, a bill that ensures families and Christian adoption and foster care groups that want to provide loving homes for kids are not pushed out because of their religious or moral beliefs, reports Alliance Defending Freedom.

Greg Chafuen, Senior Counsel for the Christian legal rights group, said, “Every child deserves a loving home that can provide them stability and opportunities to grow. The sad reality is that the government in some states has discriminated against people of faith, allowing vulnerable children to suffer. Thankfully, Indiana has taken critical steps to prioritize the well-being of kids.”

The anti-God forces reject the truth of Genesis 2:24 which says, “A man leaves his father and mother and is united to his wife, and they become one flesh.”

How the late Jesse Jackson flip-flopped on abortion

And finally, Rev. Jesse Jackson, who met his Creator on February 17^th at the age of 84, was a civil rights activist and two-time presidential candidate in 1984 and 1988.

Before he sold out to the abortion lobby in his aspiration to be Commander-in-Chief, LifeNews columnist Raimundo Rojas explained that Jackson “spoke with rare moral clarity about the child in the womb.”

In a March 22,1973 interview, just two months after Roe v. Wade, Jackson told Jet magazine, “Abortion is genocide. Anything growing is living. … If you got the thrill to set the baby in motion, and you don’t have the will to protect it, you’re dishonest.”

That same year Jackson said, “Abortion is too nice a word for something cold, like murder,” according to the New York Times.

In a column he wrote for National Right to Life News in January 1977, Jackson compared abortion to the old defenses of slavery. He warned that “the name has changed, but the game remains the same” when society strips the baby of protection. He spoke of new life with reverence, insisting, “It takes three to make a baby: a man, a woman, and the Holy Spirit.”

Then ambition met party power.

As Jesse Jackson moved toward a presidential run inside a Democratic Party that increasingly demanded loyalty to abortion, his public stance began to soften. By 1984, he described himself as “for freedom of choice, not pro-abortion,” and said that while he held a pro-life view, he did not want to “force” it on others through law.

By 1988, he argued that “it is not right to impose private, religious and moral positions on public policy,”  according to the Washington Post.

Raimundo Rojas of LifeNews concluded, “The man who once called abortion genocide now treated his convictions as a private matter. Nothing in science or reason justified that turn. What changed was the political cost of speaking on behalf of the child.

“His life holds a lesson for every believer and every political leader. You cannot keep your deepest convictions in one box and your public positions in another. Do not trade moral clarity for political convenience. Do not let party loyalty silence your conscience.”

Isaiah 5:20 says, “Woe to those who call evil good and good evil.”

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Russian-Ukrainian war in its fifth year

The war between Russia and Ukraine entered its fifth year this week.

International Christian Concern reports religious communities in the Russian-occupied areas of Ukraine continue to face harassment and violence. Protestant churches are especially targeted with intimidation, raids, and closures.

The European Evangelical Alliance is calling on Christians to pray for their brothers and sisters caught in the conflict. The organization noted, “Churches continue to serve courageously. Acts of compassion and solidarity are widespread. Stories of protection, provision, and spiritual awakening remind believers that God remains present and active even in the darkest times.”

Romans 8:28 reminds us, “We know that all things work together for good to those who love God, to those who are the called according to His purpose.”

1.8 million casualties in Russian-Ukrainian war

After four years of fighting, Russia and Ukraine have experienced an estimated 1.8 million casualties. That includes people killed, wounded, and missing. 

U.S. President Donald Trump continues to broker peace talks between the two countries even as the war drags on. 

Ukrainian representatives plan to meet with U.S. envoys in Geneva, Switzerland today. This is ahead of a potential trilateral meeting between the U.S., Russia, and Ukraine next week. 

U.S. Secretary of State Marco Rubio recently wrote on X, “President Trump wants a solution that ends the bloodshed once and for all.”

European Commission fines X $140 million

Speaking of X, the company is challenging a $140 million fine imposed by the European Commission. 

The commission is using the European Union’s Digital Services Act to impose censorship on American tech companies.

Jeremy Tedesco with Alliance Defending Freedom stated, “The platforms the Digital Services Act targets … are the modern public square. They are where Americans debate politics, share their faith, and hold the powerful accountable. … The EU Commission is targeting X for a simple reason: X is committed to free speech, and the Commission demands censorship.”

El Mencho’s Mexican cartel extorted and harassed pastors

As The Worldview reported on Tuesday, Mexico’s military forces killed the drug cartel leader, Nemesio Cervantes,  known as “El Mencho” on Sunday. He was the most wanted person in Mexico and one of the most wanted people in the United States. 

The cartel he led was known for terrorizing not only businesses but also church leaders in Mexico. Pastors faced intimidation, extortion, harassment, and threats at the hands of the cartel. 

Trump affirmed “one nation under God”

In the United States, President Donald Trump delivered his 2026 State of the Union Address to a joint session of Congress on Tuesday. 

The speech lasted for an hour and 48 minutes, the longest State of the Union Address in modern tracking. 

At one point, he asked a question.

TRUMP: “One of the great things about the State of the Union is how it gives Americans the chance to see clearly what their representatives really believe. So tonight, I’m inviting every legislator to join with my administration in reaffirming a fundamental principle.

“If you agree with this statement, then stand up and show your support. ‘The first duty of the American government is to protect American citizens, not illegal aliens.’” (Republicans applauded)

Not surprisingly, all the Republicans stood and all the Democrats remained seated, revealing the stark contrast between the two major parties.

Throughout his speech, the president mentioned the upcoming 250th anniversary of the founding of the United States. He acknowledged the hand of Providence in our country’s destiny and celebrated recent renewal in religious interest among young people.

Listen.

TRUMP: “I’m very proud to say that during my time in office, both the first four years, and in particular this last year, there has been a tremendous renewal in religion, faith, Christianity and belief in God.

“This is especially true among young people, and a big part of that had to do with my great friend, Charlie Kirk, a great guy, a great man.”

(You can watch the State of the Union here.)

Singer Johnny Cash remembered for faith in Christ

And finally, today marks the birthday of Johnny Cash. The iconic American singer was born on February 26, 1932. 

He rose to fame in the music scene in the 1950s before coming to Christ later in the 1970s. He became known as the “Man in Black” for his all-black stage suits. 

After his conversion, Cash would use his music to share the Gospel, often performing at Billy Graham Crusades. 

Cash remains one the best-selling music artists of all time. He was inducted into the Country Music, Rock and Roll, and Gospel Music Halls of Fame. 

One of his last recorded songs was called “I Came to Believe.” Listen to the chorus.

“I came to believe in a Power much higher than I.

I came to believe that I needed help to get by.

In childlike faith, I gave in and gave Him a try.

And I came to believe in a Power much higher than I.”

Proverbs 3:5-6 says, “Trust in the LORD with all your heart, and lean not on your own understanding. In all your ways acknowledge Him, and He shall direct your paths.”

Pick up a copy of Greg Laurie’s biography entitled, Johnny Cash: The Redemption of an American Icon.  And watch the Christian movie by the same name. 

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Yemen authorities arrested 20 Christians

Authorities in Yemen, a country in the Middle East bordering Saudi Arabia to the north, have arrested at least 20 Christians in recent months.

For simply professing Christ, these believers can face torture and even death. The Islamic country is located in the south of the Arabian peninsula. It is illegal for Christians to publicly display or share their faith there. 

International Christian Concern notes, “The arrests in Yemen paradoxically confirm what missionaries and human rights observers have long suspected: despite being one of the most dangerous places on Earth to be a Christian, Yemen hosts a growing indigenous church.”

According to Open Doors, Yemen is the third most oppressive country worldwide for Christians.

In Matthew 16:18, Jesus said, “On this rock I will build My church, and the gates of Hell shall not prevail against it.”

Christian Canadian fined $750,000 for opposing gender confusion

The British Columbia Human Rights Tribunal fined a Canadian Christian $750,000 last week for opposing gender confusion.

Barry Neufield is a former Board of Education trustee for the district of Chilliwack. He posted on social media that there are only two sexes, and he opposed transgender ideology in the schools.

Neufield wrote on Facebook that the widespread embrace of such ideology has “demonized people of faith who believe that God created humans male and female: In the Image of God.”

Judge fined Maryland school district for promoting sexual perversion

In the United States, a federal judge fined Maryland’s largest school district $1.5 million last week for promoting sexual perversity.

Parents sued Montgomery County Public Schools for not allowing them to opt their children out of storybooks featuring such perversity.

Eric Baxter with The Becket Fund for Religious Liberty commented, “Public schools nationwide are on notice: running roughshod over parental rights and religious freedom isn’t just illegal—it’s costly.”

Louisiana allowed to display 10 Commandments in classrooms

Louisiana can now enforce its law for every public school classroom to display the Ten Commandments. 

The 5th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals issued the ruling last week in favor of the displays. The ruling stated, “There can be no doubt that the Ten Commandments bear immense religious significance. … But they also ‘have historical significance as one of the foundations of our legal system.’”

Deuteronomy 6:7 and 9 says this of God’s commandments: “You shall teach them diligently to your children, and shall talk of them when you sit in your house, when you walk by the way, when you lie down, and when you rise up. … You shall write them on the doorposts of your house and on your gates.”

Vermont foster families allowed to affirm Biblical view

The state of Vermont will no longer require families to abandon their religious beliefs in order to be foster families.

The new policy comes thanks to the litigation of Alliance Defending Freedom. The issue began after Vermont revoked the licenses of two Christian families for opposing gender confusion. 

The Christian legal rights group’s Senior Counsel, Johannes Delphonse, said, “This is an incredible victory for children in Vermont’s foster-care system.”

Conservative Methodist denomination hits 7,000 churches worldwide

The Global Methodist Church recently announced it reached 7,000 churches worldwide. 

The denomination launched in 2022 after years of internal conflict within the United Methodist Church over human sexuality. Many theologically conservative churches left the mainline denomination since then.

The Global Methodist Church posted on Facebook, “This moment reminds us that growth isn’t just measured in numbers — it’s found in repentance, renewal, and lives being transformed by Jesus Christ.”

U.S. economy growing slower than expected

U.S. economic growth was slower than expected during the fourth quarter of 2025.

The U.S. Bureau of Economic Analysis reported real gross domestic product increased at an annual rate of 1.4 percent last quarter. That’s down from 4.4 percent during the third quarter and much lower than expectations. 

Government spending was down during the fourth quarter because of the record-length shutdown. 

Chicago man saved baby out of frigid Lake Michigan

And finally, a Chicago man saved an eight-month-old baby from the frigid 35-degree waters of Lake Michigan last Wednesday. 

Block Club Chicago reports 30-year-old Lio Cundiff was taking a walk along the lake at Belmont Harbor. That’s when he heard a woman scream. Gusting winds had sent her stroller with her baby into the lake. 

Cundiff can’t swim. But he dove in to save the baby anyways. He wasn’t sure how long he could keep her above water, but thankfully other bystanders stepped in and helped. 

He said, “If she’s going down, I’m going down with her. I couldn’t live with myself if that baby hadn’t made it. … If it wasn’t for everyone being alert and helping, I don’t know what would’ve happened. I’m very thankful.”

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Early Rain Covenant Church Hit Again

China Aid reports of more communist persecution of the Early Rain Covenant Church in Chengdu, China.  

Pastor Wang Yi is entering his seventh year in prison — of a nine-year sentence.  

But now, elder Li Yingqiang and his wife have been arrested for their commitment to Christ. His wife was released on bail, and encouraged friends on social media that “God’s arrangements are always good.”

Multiple churches in North America, and an organization in Australia, have designated the ninth of each month as a “Day of Fasting and Prayer for the Persecuted Church in China.” 

Mexican National Guardsmen killed the most wanted cartel leader in the country

Mexico is in turmoil this week, after Mexican National Guardsmen killed the most wanted cartel leader in the country, Nemesio Cervantes, a criminal known as “El Mencho.”

So far, 34 drug cartel members are dead. Sadly, another 25 federal troops were killed in the ongoing conflict.

European immigration numbers down

Immigration numbers have dropped sharply in Europe.

Britain records only 200,000 immigrants in 2025, down from 900,000 in 2023. 

Eurostat’s Migration and Asylum report indicates a 13% drop in asylum applicants to European Union countries in 2024. That’s the first drop since 2020.  And October 2025 numbers indicate a 28% drop compared with October 2024.

European Parliament refused to affirm only women can get pregnant

The Parliament of the European Union voted 340-141 to artificially redefine the definition of what a woman is. The Parliament also refused to affirm the biological fact “that only women can become pregnant.”

German Parliament member Tomasz Froelich blasted the new guidance. He said, “This isn’t about courtesy or pronouns. It’s about law, language, and the destruction of biological clarity in public policy.”

The new law opens the continent up to “the full recognition of trans women as women,” directly opposing God’s created gender roles.

In Matthew 19:4, Jesus asked, “Have you not read, that He which made them at the beginning made them male and female?”

Reform UK lacked traction; Will Restore Britain thrive?

As The Worldview reported on February 19^th, Britain has a new populist political party called the Restore Britain party.

The previous nationalist party, Reform UK, gained 14% of the vote in the 2024 election, but only holds eight seats which is a little over 1% of the seats in parliament.

Back in 2002, the UK populist parties had only 2% of the national vote.

More debt and more inflation for the U.S.

In President Donald Trump’s first year in office in his second term, the US Debt to Gross Domestic Product ratio spiked to 122%. That’s the highest since Joe Biden’s first year in office during the COVID spend-a-thon.  

Today’s U.S. federal debt stands at $38.7 trillion — exactly double what it was 10 years ago during the first Trump term, and quadruple the size of the debt 18 years ago during the 2008 recession.  

Also in economic news, despite all the political noise and hand waving coming out of Washington, inflation is up in the U.S.

The core Personal Consumption Expenditures inflation index is up to 3% — back up to where it was two years ago.   The GDP inflator reached 3.7%, the worst it’s been in three years.

And yet, the average 30-year mortgage rate has dropped to 6%, That’s the lowest it’s been in two and a half years.

Deuteronomy 15:6 ties in here. It says, “For the LORD your God will bless you just as He promised you; you shall lend to many nations, but you shall not borrow; you shall reign over many nations, but they shall not reign over you.”

Kansas legislature overturns veto on transgender Law

KANSAS LEADER: “The motion prevails and the bill passes.” (Gavel comes down)

And with that announcement, the Kansas Legislature, dominated by Republicans, voted to overturn Democratic Governor Laura Kelly’s veto on a bill that banned men, including men pretending to be women, from entering women’s spaces.

The Kansas House voted 87-37 and the Kansas Senate voted 31-9 to overturn the veto. 

Republican Kansas State Senator Virgil Peck, Jr. spoke from the Senate floor.

PECK: “I’m amazed that we’re not hearing from more of those who are, if you will, feminists standing up for young ladies.”

The bill allows for criminal charges to be brought against biological men who intrude on women’s bathrooms and locker rooms, and holds to the birth gender or biological definition of male and female.

118,000 applications submitted for tax-funded school vouchers

Texas parents have submitted 118,000 applications since Texas Freedom Education Accounts opened up on February 4th.

The Houston public school district is looking at closing down 12 of its schools for the next school year, reports The Chronicle. The Texas Homeschool Coalition estimates there are 500,000 homeschooled students in the state. Add to that 422,000 children enrolled in Texas charter schools, and another 279,000 children enrolled in Texas private schools.

That adds up to 1,200,000 Texas students not attending public school, representing 21% of school-aged children in Texas.

Study reveals cancer linked to COVID-19 shot

A new scientific study has linked the rise in certain types of cancer to the mRNA COVID-19 shots.