Eric Metaxas compares German church with U.S. church, 11 Reps. and 2 Senators are sexual perverts, Muslims bombed Congo church service, killing 17 and injuring 39

It’s Wednesday, January 18th, A.D. 2023. This is The Worldview in 5 Minutes heard at www.TheWorldview.com. I’m Adam McManus. (Adam@TheWorldview.com)

By Jonathan Clark

Muslims bombed Congo church service, killing 17 and injuring 39

bomb went off on Sunday during a church service at an Evangelical church in the Eastern Democratic Republic of Congo, Africa.

Forces allied with the Islamic State took responsibility for the attack which killed at least 17 people and wounded 39 more.

Churches in the central African nation face extreme pressure from Islamic groups. Militants are known to raid villages, destroy church buildings, and kill hundreds of Christians.

Last week, Voice of the Martyrs added the Congo to its list of most dangerous countries for Christians in its 2023 Global Prayer Guide.

China’s bleak economic future because of previous one-child policy

China’s population officially dropped for the first time since 1961, according to new figures released yesterday.

Compared to 2021, the number of people in the country dropped by 850,000 last year, and over a million fewer babies were born. China’s death rate was up to 7.37 deaths per 1,000 people, the highest it’s been since the Cultural Revolution in 1974.

The effects of China’s former one-child policy and 400 million aborted babies are expected to continue such population decline. The fast-aging population also indicates a bleak economic outlook for China.

Proverbs 1:31 says of those who reject the fear of God, “they shall eat the fruit of their way, and have their fill of their own devices.”

British teacher’s union targets Christian math teacher

The U.K.’s Teaching Regulation Agency is seeking to remove a Christian math teacher from his profession.

In 2017, the Cherwell School in Oxford dismissed Joshua Sutcliffe for allegedly “misgendering” a student. In other words, the teacher referred to the student by their biological sex.

The school took further offense at Sutcliffe’s opposition to faux homosexual marriage.

The Evangelical teacher was also running a voluntary Bible club attended by over one hundred students which Cherwell shut down.

Sutcliffe told Christian Concern the school publicly shamed him for his actions.

SUTCLIFFE: “I’ve been sat in detention now for six days. And it’s like solitude. It’s like I’m being publicly shamed.  I’m seeing my students that I see every day. I’m thinking, ‘Well, what am I supposed to do? I’ve been asked to sit here. I listened to the instructions of the head. What am I supposed to do?’ I’m just sat in the office.”

11 Reps. and 2 Senators in U.S. Congress are homosexual or bisexual

new study by the Pew Research Center found the 118th U.S. Congress has a record number of members who openly identify with sexually perverted lifestyles.

Two senators and 11 House representatives now say they are “lesbian, gay, or bisexual” up from only one Congress member nearly forty years ago.

Eleven of the openly homosexual members are Democrat; two are Independent, and one is Republican.

64th city declares itself Sanctuary City foe the Unborn

Last Thursday, the City Council of Little River-Academy in Texas unanimously approved a Sanctuary City for the Unborn ordinance. It’s the 64th city in the nation to do so.

The ordinance bans abortions and abortion drugs within city limits. The measure also prohibits killing unborn babies that are residents of the city regardless of where the abortion would take place.

Texas abortions have dropped by 99%

Meanwhile, abortions in the Lone Star State have dropped by 99% since the overturning of Roe v. Wade on June 24, 2022.

New Texas health data show the state had 2,596 abortions in June, 68 in July, and only three in August.

Inflation eased up slightly

The U.S. government reports inflation eased up slightly last month.

December’s Consumer Price Index decreased to 6.5% compared with a year before. It marks the sixth straight month of inflation decline.

The falling cost of gasoline made up the largest decline in the price index.

U.S. cancer deaths down 33%

new study from the American Cancer Society found that cancer deaths in the U.S. are down 33% over the last 30 years.

The study estimated this has meant 3.8 million fewer deaths.

Cancer mortality rates peaked in the 1990s. Since then, the rates have been coming down with better cancer detection and treatment.

McManus interview of Eric Metaxas on Letter to the American Church

On today’s edition of Generations Radio, I guest host for Kevin Swanson to interview Eric Metaxas, the author of a new book entitled Letter to the American Church.

Listen to his comparison between the German church in the Nazi era and the American church today.

METAXAS: “The parallels are astonishing! And it’s why I had to write this book because I said, ‘Knowing what I know, having written the book on Bonhoeffer, being familiar with what happened in Germany in the 30s, I see such clear parallels with the American church today.’ I said, ‘I’ve absolutely got to write this book.

“First of all, you have a Christian nation that is secure in its cultural Christianity, that cannot even begin to imagine the evil that lies ahead, and is therefore absolutely slow in seeing what is happening, and where the silence of the church is leading. In other words, the German church could see bad things, but they thought, ‘You know what? It’s not our role to speak up. We’re not supposed to be political, Romans 13.’

“They had all exactly the same excuses that American Christian leaders have today in being quiet and saying that ‘that’s not our lane.’  What followed, because of their silence, is one of the most unimaginable horrors in history!”

Take a listen to the whole interview at Generations.org/radio.

40 Indiana prisoners came to Christ and got baptized

And finally, a sheriff’s department in Indiana celebrated the baptisms of over 40 incarcerated men and women at the end of last year.

A post from the Decatur County Sheriff’s Department said, “Chaplain Dave Burnett . . . baptized nearly 40 men and women after a personal, public profession of Jesus Christ in their lives. Over the past four years, nearly 300 men and women have given their lives to Jesus Christ while incarcerated at the Decatur County Detention Center. All glory to GOD!”

Jesus said in Luke 15:17, “I tell you, there will be more joy in Heaven over one sinner who repents than over ninety-nine righteous persons who need no repentance.”

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And that’s The Worldview in 5 Minutes on this Wednesday, January 18th in the year of our Lord 2023. Subscribe by iTunes or email to our unique Christian newscast at www.TheWorldview.com. Or 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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