It’s Monday, April 29th, A.D. 2024. This is The Worldview in 5 Minutes heard at www.TheWorldview.com. I’m Adam McManus. (Adam@TheWorldview.com)
By Adam McManus
Nigerian Muslims kill 3 Christians in Benue State
Fulani Muslim herdsmen killed three Christians last week in Benue State, Nigeria, reports Morning Star News.
Alfred Omakwu, a local city councilman, said the herdsmen killed one Christian on April 20th in Otukpo County, after killing two other believers on April 18th in the Entepka District.
Andrew Mamedu, country director of Action Aid, an international humanitarian organization, said that the incessant attacks on Christians in Benue State, Nigeria have displaced 1.4 million people.
He said, “With what is happening in Benue state, people may not have villages to retire to when they grow old. If we fail to act now, I am afraid that by 2030 we would have lost a generation, and it may take 50 years to recover from it.”
According to Open Doors, Nigeria is the sixth most dangerous country worldwide in which to be a Christian.
Stabbed Orthodox bishop denounces Australian censorship
Assyrian Orthodox Bishop Mar Emmanuel, who was stabbed whle preaching on April 15th in Sydney Australia by a 15-year-old Muslim young man who yelled “Allah Akbar,” has joined his voice with Elon Musk in demanding that the video of the attack be kept online, reports LifeSiteNews.com.
On April 22, an Australian federal court ordered X, formerly Twitter, to remove all posts that contained the viral video of the Islamic attack on the Orthodox bishop, granting the request of Australia eSafety Commissioner Julie Inman Grant, who had demanded that the video be taken down worldwide. On Wednesday, the injunction against showing the video was extended by Justice Geoffrey Kennett until May 10 when a final hearing will be held to determine whether the content can be prohibited permanently worldwide.
Musk has taken issue with the injunction, although following it temporarily.
According to the tech giant, the Australian regulator had demanded that X “globally withhold these posts or face a daily fine of $785,000.”
On Tuesday, Musk addressed the overreach of the Australian government and claims that the video was somehow “misinformation.”
He said, “The Australian people want the truth. X is the only one standing up for their rights. Our concern is that if ANY country is allowed to censor content for ALL countries, which is what the Australian ‘eSafety Commissar’ is demanding, then what is to stop any country from controlling the entire internet? We have already censored the content in question for Australia, pending legal appeal, and it is stored only on servers in the USA.”
Rumble CEO Chris Pavlovski said he “stands united” with Musk and X in the fight against the Australian censorship of the video.
Biden poked fun at Trump
Appearing at the White House Correspondents’ Dinner at the Washington Hilton on Saturday, President Joe Biden addressed his age and made Donald Trump, his Republican presidential opponent, the target of a number of his jokes, reports CNN.
BIDEN: “The 2024 election is in full swing. And yes, age is an issue. I’m a grown man running against the six-year-old.
“I really feel great. I’m campaigning all over the country, Pennsylvania, Georgia, North Carolina. I’ve always done well in the original 13 colonies.
“Age is the only thing we have in common. My Vice President actually endorses me.” (cheers)
Saturday Night Live comedian roasted Biden and media
Colin Jost, the co-host of “Weekend Update” on NBC’s Saturday Night Live and the headliner for the event, took aim at President Biden in a couple of his jokes.
JOST: “I was excited to be up here on stage with President Biden tonight, mostly to see if I could figure out where Obama was pulling the strings from. (laughter)
“I have to admit it’s not easy following President Biden. I mean, it’s not always easy following what he’s saying, like. (laughter)
“My Weekend Update co-anchor, Michael Che, was going to join me here tonight. But, in solidarity with President Biden, I decided to lose all my Black support.” (laughs and jeers)
And Jost made fun of the White House correspondents, most of whom seem more committed to liberal ideology than a balanced pursuit of the truth.
JOST: “Like many of you here tonight, I pretend to do news on TV.” (laughter and jeers)
Pro-Life Democrat runs ‘graphic’ abortion ad during ‘Today’ show
Last Wednesday, a pro-life Democrat running for president aired an eye-opening ad on national television exposing NBC’s “Today” show viewers to the horrors of late-term abortion.
Terrisa Bukovinac, president and founder of Progressive Anti-Abortion Uprising, confirmed Wednesday via X that her ad, which included disturbing footage of late-term aborted infants, aired on NBC, reaching seven million people.
(You can see it for yourself through a special link in our transcript today at www.TheWorldview.com.)
Listen to the audio.
BUKOVINAC: “I’m a secular progressive activist. Last year, I recovered the remains of these five babies from an all-term abortion center in Washington, DC. These are the faces of a genocide supported by Joe Biden and my own Democratic Party.
“We can provide for the working class and resist this extremism. I am challenging you to never vote for a pro-choice Democrat again. I’m Terrisa Bukovinac, pro-life Democrat running for President of the United States. And I approved this message.”
Psalm 127:3 says, “Children are a heritage from the LORD, offspring a reward from Him.”
Bukovanic, a self-described atheist, told The Christian Post that she never intended to win the Democratic presidential nomination. Rather, she launched her long-shot bid so she would have a platform to expose the evils of abortion to her fellow liberals.
Comedian Russell Brand got baptized
And finally, actor and comedian Russell Brand announced on April 26th that he planned to get baptized as a Christian on April 29th, reports Fox News Digital.
BRAND: “This Sunday, I’m taking the plunge. I’m getting baptized, an opportunity to leave the past behind and be reborn in Christ’s name, like it says in Galatians.
“I know a lot of people are sort of cynical about the increasing interest in Christianity, and the return to God. But, to me, it’s obvious. As meaning deteriorates in the modern world, as our value systems and institutions crumble, all of us become increasingly aware that there is this eerily familiar awakening and beckoning figure that we’ve all known all of our lives. … For me, it’s very exciting.”
Galatians 3:26 says, “So, in Christ Jesus, you are all children of God through faith.”
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