It’s Good Friday, April 18th, A.D. 2025. This is The Worldview in 5 Minutes heard on 125 radio stations and at www.TheWorldview.com. I’m Adam McManus. (Adam@TheWorldview.com)
By Adam McManus and Jonathan Clark
Chinese Communists sentence Christians for Bible distribution
Chinese Communists gave nine Christians prison sentences and large fines for re-selling and distributing Bibles in Hohhot, Inner Mongolia located in North China, reports International Christian Concern.
On April 10th, the religious freedom magazine Bitter Winter reported their prison sentences were four years long and their fines ranged from $68 to more than $136,000.
The sentences stem from charges and arrests in 2021, where the Christians bought legally published Bibles in Nanjing but ended up re-selling and distributing them at much lower prices as they wanted to share God’s Word as a means of evangelism.
These Chinese Christians will be inspired by 2 Corinthians 4:16-17. It says, “Therefore, we do not lose heart. Though outwardly we are wasting away, yet inwardly we are being renewed day by day. For our light and momentary troubles are achieving for us an eternal glory that far outweighs them all.”
Salvadoran President: Deported man will not be sent back to US
When Salvadoran President Nayib Bukele came to the White House on April 14th, CNN host Kaitlan Collins asked a question about an illegal alien El Salvadoran man from Maryland, named Kilmar Abrego Garcia, who had been deported back to his country on March 15th.
TRUMP: “Let’s hear the question from this very low rated anchor.”
COLLINS: “Do you plan to return him?”
To be clear, Garcia was arrested in Baltimore, Maryland on March 12 by Immigration and Customs Enforcement agents.
Attorney General Pam Bondi explained that he is a member of MS-13, a gang, which Trump has now designated a terrorist organization.
BONDI: “In 2019, two courts, an immigration court and an appellate immigration court, ruled that he was a member of MS-13 and he was illegally in our country.”
In response to Kaitlan Collins’ question, Salvadoran President Bukele laughed, reports The Epoch Times.
BUKELE: “The question is preposterous. How could I smuggle a terrorist to the United States? I don’t have the power to return him to the United States.”
Later, outside the White House, Stephen Miller, Trump’s Deputy Chief of Staff, schooled reporters who seem to be more concerned with illegal alien MS-13 gang members than they are with the laws of our country.
MILLER: “A judge has said he must be deported from the country. He has no right to remain here any longer. He must be removed from the country. So, his only options are to be deported to his home country or another country. That’s it. There’s no other option. He doesn’t get to stay here. He doesn’t get to live here. He has no future here. He has no right to be here. He’s an illegal alien.
“So, when you keep saying ‘return’ because you’ve been spun up by the Open Borders advocates, you all seem to be operating under the illusion that he would be able to come to United States and just continue to live here illegally. That’s not an option available to him. His only choices in life are to live in El Salvador or to live in another country. That’s it. There’s no other option, legally or otherwise, because he came to our country illegally. Do you understand that?”
Trump administration examines negative impacts over “transgendering”
The Trump administration ordered the National Institutes of Health to study the effects of so-called “gender transitioning.”
A leaked memo indicates the agency must investigate the “chemical and surgical mutilation” of children and adults.
In particular, the Trump administration wants to identify negative impacts on physical and mental health caused by such practices. The investigation will also look into “regret and detransition” by people who have pretended to be the opposite sex.
Trump hosted an Easter prayer service
On Wednesday night, President Donald Trump hosted an Easter prayer service dinner at the White House, reports The Associated Press.
He affirmed the ministry, death and resurrection of Jesus Christ.
Listen.
TRUMP: “Nearly 2,000 years ago, during the sacred week, the living Son of God entered Jerusalem in triumph. Soon after, the Savior of mankind, who brought truth and light into the world, was betrayed, arrested and tried, beaten and nailed to a cross and crucified.
“For our sake, He gave up His life and, as the very great Reverend Billy Graham once said, ‘God proved His love on the cross. When Christ hung and bled and died, it was God saying to the world, ‘I love you.’
“The death and resurrection of Jesus are the essence of the Christian faith. Whether rich or poor, healthy or sick, young or old, or in times of peace or war, Christians everywhere find solace and hope in the knowledge that Christ died for them and that they could be united with Him in Heaven. And that’s what we want. That’s what we all want.”
Luke 24:6 says, “He is not here; He has risen! Remember how He told you, while He was still with you in Galilee.”
2 killed, 6 wounded at Florida State University shooting
On Thursday, two people were killed at Florida State University in Tallahassee and six others were wounded by Phoenix Ikner, a 20-year-old political science major, as he opened fire from an orange Hummer. The son of a Leon County Sheriff’s deputy, he used his mother’s handgun in the campus rampage, reports the Miami Herald.
Appearing on Fox News Channel, FSU student Owen Girard described what he witnessed.
GIRARD: “Sounded like a jackhammer, of these repetitive beats going on in the distance. Thought it was construction. Next thing you know, you have all of these students running at you, yelling that there’s a shooter, so you just drop everything and run. That was our experience. We ran. We hid on the outskirts of campus.”
Florida State University President Rick McCullough spoke at the press conference.
McCULLOUGH: “This is a tragic day for Florida State University. We are absolutely heartbroken by the violence that occurred on our campus earlier today. Two have died. Five other innocents are being treated for their injuries. We’re working to support the victims, their families, and everyone affected by this traumatic event.”
Texas school choice passes the state House
Texas lawmakers are one step closer to approving a $1 billion private school voucher program hours after passing a bill to allocate $7.7 billion in funding for public schools, reports The Christian Post.
The voucher proposal, known as Senate Bill 2, passed the Texas House of Representatives on Thursday by a largely party-line vote of 85-63, in which all Democrats and two Republicans voted against it.
Illinois bill hostile to homeschooling dies for now
And finally, an Illinois bill, hostile to homeschoolers as well as private schools, missed a procedural deadline in April, reported Capitol News Illinois. If it became law, homeschoolers could face penalties for not filling out government paperwork.
However, the bill’s main sponsor, Democratic State Rep. Terra Howard, has requested an extension to keep it on life support.
On March 19th, 8,000 homeschooling parents and kids traveled to the Illinois state capitol where they packed the committee room and extended into the hallways and the Capitol Rotunda, reports HSLDA.
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