It’s Monday, March 10th, A.D. 2025. This is The Worldview in 5 Minutes heard on 125 radio stations and at www.TheWorldview.com. I’m Adam McManus. (Adam@TheWorldview.com)
By Adam McManus
Police arrest Christians in India for evangelism
On February 23rd, police arrested nine Christians in two locations in the northern state of Uttar Pradesh, India for holding Sunday prayer meetings, which Hindu groups alleged were intended to convert Hindus, reports ChurchinChains.
Five Christians, including a pastor, were arrested in Sitapur district, where a case was registered following a complaint by Anuj Bhadauria, the district coordinator of a Hindu nationalist organization named Bajrang Dal. Plus, four others, including a pastor, were arrested in Raebareli district.
In each case, the Christians had gathered for regular Sunday prayers in a home when a Hindu mob barged in and alleged that they were defaming the Hindu religion, and its deities, and offering inducements to convert people. Police seized Bibles and other religious materials as evidence of conversion activities.
Over one hundred Christians are reportedly being held in different jails across Uttar Pradesh state, with 35 jailed so far in 2025. Christians make up less than one percent of the 200 million people who live in the state there in India.
The Uttar Pradesh Prohibition of Unlawful Conversion of Religion Act 2021, a strict anti-conversion law, was amended last year to include harsher punishments including life imprisonment for religious conversion activities.
Many Indian Christians find solace in Joshua 1:9 which 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.”
Trump’s pro-America speech wins accolades
Last Tuesday night, President Donald Trump addressed a joint session of Congress. (Read the transcript here)
TRUMP: “America is back! (applause) Six weeks ago, I stood beneath the dome of this Capitol and proclaimed the dawn of the golden age of America.”
CBS News polled Americans and discovered that 91% said the 47th president actually discussed issues that were important to them, and 74% said the address was entertaining.
Overall, a total of 71% said the speech was inspiring.
Trump used humor to address the border and wasteful spending
No doubt, Trump’s description of his policies was indeed entertaining. Listen to what he had to say about the border.
TRUMP: “The media, and our friends in the Democrat Party, kept saying we needed new legislation. We must have legislation to secure the border, but it turned out that all we really needed — was a new president.” (cheers)
He was equally entertaining as he described the waste that the Department of Government Efficiency has identified under the leadership of Elon Musk.
TRUMP: “Just listen to some of the appalling waste we have already identified.
- “$22 billion from HHS to provide free housing and cars for illegal aliens.
- $45 million for Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion scholarships in Burma.
- $40 million to improve the social and economic inclusion of sedentary migrants. Nobody knows what that is. (laughter)
- $8 million to promote LGBTQI+ in the African nation of Lesotho, which nobody has ever heard of. (laughter)
- $8 million for making mice transgender. (laughter) This is real. …
“Under the Trump administration, all of these scams have been found out and exposed and swiftly terminated by a group of very intelligent, mostly young people, headed up by Elon [Musk]. And we appreciate it. We found hundreds of billions of dollars of fraud.” (applause)
Post-abortive women have higher suicide rate
In a new topic-blind study, 2,829 American women, between ages 41 and 45, were surveyed about their reproductive health and suicide attempts, reports LifeNews.com.
Authored by Elliot Institute Director David Reardon and published in The Journal of Psychosomatic Obstetrics & Gynecology, the study found that women who had abortions or natural pregnancy loss were twice as likely to attempt to end their lives.
The research sought to discern whether post-abortive suicide attempts are “entirely incidental and most likely fully explained by pre-existing mental illness,” as some have claimed, or directly related to the loss of life in the womb. To garner unbiased results, the respondents were completely in the dark as to what the purpose of the research was.
Among women with a history of abortion, 35% of them had attempted suicide. Even women who did not have abortions, but lost their babies due to miscarriages or problematic pregnancies, had suicide attempt rates of roughly 30%. Notably, the research found that women who were coerced into having abortions had the highest rates of suicide at 46% of whom tried to end their own lives.
Only 13% of women who had successful deliveries with no abortions, no miscarriages, no problems within the pregnancies were found to have made suicide attempts — the lowest rates among all surveyed women.
Trump DOJ ends Biden lawsuit to force Idaho to allow ‘emergency’ abortions
The Trump administration has ended a Biden-era attempt to force Idaho pro-life doctors to participate in so-called “emergency” abortions, but a federal judge is still attempting to delay the law’s enforcement, reports LifeSiteNews.com.
Idaho’s Defense of Life Act bans all abortions except those deemed “necessary to prevent the death of the pregnant woman.”
On Wednesday, Susan B. Anthony Pro-Life America reported that the new Justice Department under President Donald Trump has moved to drop the case, ending the federal government’s efforts to invalidate the Idaho Defense of Life Act.
Actor Chris Pratt: “I care enough about Jesus to take a stand!”
And finally, Chris Pratt has built a career on playing heroes — from the lovable goofball Andy Dwyer on “Parks and Recreation” to Marvel’s Star-Lord, he’s won over audiences with his humor and charm. But his greatest mission, said the “Guardians of the Galaxy” star, is far bigger than Hollywood, reports The Christian Post.
After having listened to the entire Bible, Leah Klett asked Pratt which Scripture has had the most profound impact on his life.
PRATT: “Matthew 5:14. Being a light in this world, a city on a hill cannot be hidden. I’m being called to be that city on the hill at this moment in my life. I feel like you take a risk. I think being in the entertainment world, being vocal about anything that’s divisive, religion is divisive. I do care enough about Jesus to take a stand, even if it cost me. If it costs me everything, I don’t care. It’s worth it to me, because this is what I’m called to do, is where my heart is.
“I’m a father of four. I want to raise my children up with an understanding that their dad was unashamed of his faith in Jesus, and with a profound understanding of the power of prayer and the grace and the love and the joy that can come from a relationship with Jesus. That’s something that’s really important to me. You don’t hear that a lot from people in entertainment, but it’s who I am. A city on a hill cannot be hidden. So, get back to Matthew 5:14.”
Now there’s a Hollywood star whose knee bends to his Savior Jesus Christ.
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