It’s Wednesday, October 8th, A.D. 2025. This is The Worldview in 5 Minutes heard on 140 radio stations and at www.TheWorldview.com. I’m Adam McManus. (Adam@TheWorldview.com)
By Jonathan Clark
88 countries restrict Bible access
The Bible Access Initiative released a list of nations where access to the Bible is restricted.
Eighty-eight countries have at least some restrictions on Bible access. The country with the most extreme restrictions is Somalia followed by Afghanistan, Yemen, and North Korea.
The Bible Access List noted, “Bible access in Somalia is not just limited; it is outlawed. Under a strict interpretation of Sharia law, it is illegal to print, import, store, or distribute Bibles.”
Many of the countries with the worst restrictions are Muslim-majority nations governed by Sharia law.
In 2 Timothy 2:8-9, the Apostle Paul reminds us, “Remember Jesus Christ, risen from the dead, the offspring of David, as preached in my gospel, for which I am suffering, bound with chains as a criminal. But the word of God is not bound!”
20,000 Canadian pro-lifers stood in Life Chain
An estimated 20,000 pro-lifers joined Canada’s 35th annual Life Chain on Sunday.
Participants took the streets across hundreds of cities in Canada. They held pro-life signs along roadways and prayed for the end of abortion.
Josie Luetke with the Campaign Life Coalition told LifeSiteNews, “You see longtime, elderly activists with their walkers and lawn chairs and families with young kids running around. Life Chain is really a group effort . . . and it is a joy to see the entire pro-life movement united in this cause on this one day.”
30% of Canadian 11 to 13-year-olds open to church if invited
Speaking of Canada, youth evangelism ministry OneHope released a report on the spiritual state of Generation Alpha in the country.
The study covered young people between the ages of 11-13.
Forty-nine percent of respondents identified as Christian, 35% as non-religious, and 16% as other religions. Only 27% of Gen Alpha Christians qualified as committed Christians through Biblical beliefs and regular prayer and Bible reading.
Among non-religious teens, 30% said they would be open to attending a Christian church service if a friend invited them.
Trump eager to cut billions in waste and abuse during shutdown
In the United States, the federal government shutdown continues as funding proposals from Republicans and Democrats keep failing in the Senate.
Democrats are withholding support for a funding bill unless it extends Obamacare subsidies. Republicans want to deal with the issue later in the year.
President Donald Trump said he wants to use the shutdown to cut billions of dollars of waste, fraud and abuse.
TRUMP: “Because of the shutdown, which I think they made a big mistake, we’re able to take out billions and billions of dollars of waste, fraud and abuse. And they’ve handed it [to us] on a silver platter.
Elon Musk: Cancel your NetFlix subscription over transgender shows
Tech billionaire Elon Musk is echoing recent calls for people to cancel their Netflix subscriptions over immoral programming for children.
He posted on X last Wednesday, “Cancel Netflix for the health of your kids”.
The shares of Netflix dropped nearly 5% over the course of last week.
The recent trend to cancel Netflix resulted from conservative voices exposing Netflix for pushing transgender shows on children.
More Americans perceive having kids as a blessing
Pew Research released a new report showing that more people view having children as a good thing for America.
Fifty-three percent of U.S. adults say that if more people choose not to have children, it will have a negative impact on the country. That percentage is up from 47% last year.
Only 20% of respondents said that people choosing not to have children would be positive for America.
Among men, 59% said fewer people having children would have a negative impact. Among women, that number fell to 48%.
Anniversary of William Tyndale’s death for translation Bible into English
And finally, this week is the anniversary of William Tyndale’s death, traditionally commemorated on October 6.
Tyndale faced arrest and later death in 1536 for alleged heresy. However, he had worked tirelessly to translate the Bible into English. It was his devotion to Scripture that brought him into conflict with church and civil leaders.
In response to an assertion of the supremacy of the Pope, Tyndale famously said, “I defy the Pope and all his laws; and if God spares my life, ere many years, I will cause the boy that driveth the plow to know more of the Scriptures than thou dost!”
Copies of Tyndale’s translation were smuggled into England by the thousands. His work would form the basis of the Great Bible, edited by Miles Coverdale. It made its way into every parish church just three years after Tyndale’s death.
Isaiah 52:7 says, “How beautiful upon the mountains are the feet of him who brings good news, who publishes peace, who brings good news of happiness, who publishes salvation, who says to Zion, ‘Your God reigns.’”
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And that’s The Worldview on this Wednesday, October 8th, in the year of our Lord 2025, my bride Amy’s 49th birthday. Read our love story. Follow The Worldview on X or subscribe for free by Spotify, Amazon Music, or by iTunes or email to our unique Christian newscast at www.TheWorldview.com. I’m Adam McManus (Adam@TheWorldview.com). Seize the day for Jesus Christ.