It’s Wednesday, April 23rd, 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 Jonathan Clark

Nigerian Muslims have killed 20,000 Christians since 2015

Nigerian Muslims have killed over 20,000 Christians since 2015, according to a report by the International Society for Civil Liberties and Rule of Law.

The report accuses various jihadist groups of targeting Christian communities in the southeast part of the African nation. The group also blames local government leaders for doing nothing about the violence.

The report called on the United States to reinstate Nigeria on its list of Countries of Particular Concern and to classify Fulani Muslim jihadist herdsmen as an Entity of Particular Concern. 

Nigeria is ranked seventh on the Open Doors’ World Watch List of nations where it is most difficult to be a Christian.    

Psalm 144:4-5 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? They are in great fear, for God is with the generation of the righteous.”

Worldwide economic outlook looks more dim

The International Monetary Fund released its latest World Economic Outlook yesterday.

The report projects the world economy will grow 2.8% this year, down from a previous forecast of 3.3%. 

Large economies like the U.S. and China are expected to weaken. U.S. economic growth is forecast to be 1.8% this year, down from a previous expectation of 2.7%. 

The declining economic outlook comes during the uncertainty of what U.S. tariffs will look like. 

Supreme Court likely to support parental opt-out right

The U.S. Supreme Court heard arguments in a religious freedom case yesterday.

Public schools in Montgomery County, Maryland don’t let children opt out of classes that include sexually perverted lifestyles in storybooks. Parents are challenging this. They come from various backgrounds including Muslim, Christian, Roman Catholic, and Ukrainian Orthodox. 

The conservative majority on the Supreme Court appeared likely to support parents in the case during the hearings yesterday. 

Eric Baxtor, Senior Counsel at the Becket Fund for Religious Liberty, commented on the case, reports The Hill.

BAXTOR: “Around 300 parents in Montgomery County, [Maryland] are just looking for the right to opt their children out of instruction that is highly controversial, tells kids that doctors guessed at their sex when they were born, and that they can choose for themselves who they are.

“The board allowed opt-outs for an entire year and then overnight kind of withdrew them with no explanation. We’re simply asking for that opt-out right to be returned.”

Ephesians 6:4 says, “And you, fathers, do not provoke your children to wrath, but bring them up in the training and admonition of the Lord.”

Maryland’s physician-assisted suicide bills killed

Speaking of Maryland, the state did not enact physician-assisted suicide bills during its most recent legislative session.

This is the eighth time such deadly legislation has been introduced and the eighth time it has failed. Americans United for Life celebrated the defeat of the bills, crediting “numerous grassroots testimonies and thousands of letters speaking out.”

Sadly, physician-assisted suicide is legal in 10 states and the District of Columbia.

Secretary of State Rubio cuts staff by 15%

U.S. Secretary of State Marco Rubio announced plans to overhaul the State Department yesterday.

The changes will cut staff in the U.S. by 15% and close or consolidate over 100 bureaus around the world. It’s part of President Donald Trump’s “America First” foreign policy.

In a press statement, Rubio said, “The sprawling bureaucracy created a system more beholden to radical political ideology than advancing America’s core national interests. That is why today I am announcing a comprehensive reorganization plan that will bring the Department into the 21st Century.”

Tammy Bruce, a State Department spokeswoman, added this in a press conference yesterday.

BRUCE: “This is a whole of government, every department looking at how they can make their department more efficient, less burdensome, less bureaucratic. This is the State Department’s version of that.”

Alabama schools to display Ten Commandments, ban drag shows

Lawmakers in Alabama passed several conservative bills last Thursday.

One bill would require public schools to display the Ten Commandments.

Republican State Rep. Phillip Rigsby, the sponsor of the bill, shared his mindset.

RIGSBY: “In no way is this establishing a religion in the schools.  I think it gives us a good, at a minimum, moral compass.”

Another bill would ban schools from promoting sexually perverted lifestyles through instruction or homosexual pride flags.

And a third bill would prohibit schools and libraries from hosting drag performances. 

Appearing on WDHN, Republican State Rep. Mack Butler explained why he believes children should be protected from drag shows in schools and libraries.

BUTLER: “I’m a dad, you know, and if you look at all these sponsors of the bill, same thing: just dads trying to protect children. I’m just trying to take a stand for our children. Let them have their innocence. Just protect them.”

The measures have passed in the state’s House of Representatives and are awaiting approval by the Alabama State Senate. 

Louisville Univ. pays $1.6 million to fired Christian psychiatrist

And finally, University of Louisville officials agreed to a nearly $1.6 million settlement in a free speech case recently.

Dr. Allan Josephson worked for the university’s Division of Child and Adolescent Psychiatry and Psychology. The Christian psychiatrist spoke out against transgender drugs and surgeries. In response, the university demoted him, harassed him, and fired him.

Travis Barham with Alliance Defending Freedom commented on the recent court victory for Josephson. He said, “After several years, free speech and common sense have scored a major victory on college campuses.”

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And that’s The Worldview on this Wednesday, April 23rd, in the year of our Lord 2025. Subscribe for free by Amazon Music or 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.