It’s Monday, October 27th, 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 Adam McManus
U.S. Christian missionary pilot kidnapped in Niger at gunpoint
Prayers are now going up to Heaven around the world for American missionary pilot Kevin Rideout after he was reportedly kidnapped from his home in the highly secure Château 1 neighborhood of Niamey, the capital of Niger in West Africa, reports The Christian Post.
Rideout, a 48-year-old married father, works with Serving In Mission. Radio France Internationale reported last Wednesday that Rideout was kidnapped by three men at gunpoint near the grand Bravia Hotel, in the city center, just a few hundred meters from the presidential palace.
A U.S. State Department spokesman told CBS News, “It is a top priority for the Trump administration to look after the safety of every American, and we are seeing efforts from across the U.S. government to support the recovery and safe return of this U.S. citizen.”
The U.S. Embassy in Niamey also issued a security alert on Wednesday, warning Americans that they face a “heightened risk of kidnapping” throughout the country, which has been in political turmoil since a coup d’etat on July 26, 2023.
There has been no known demand from any kidnappers nor any official response from the Nigerien government.
Security officials said the kidnapped American’s phone was tracked less than an hour after the abduction late Tuesday night to a location about 56 miles north of Niamey — in an area “considered a sanctuary for groups affiliated with the Islamic State in the Greater Sahara” between the Nigerian capital and the Malian border.
Please pray Psalm 121:7 for missionary pilot Kevin Rideout. “The Lord will keep you from all harm. He will watch over your life.”
Mike Johnson: Democrats want waste and abuse back in Medicaid
The U.S. government has been shut down now for 27 days.
Appearing on ABC, House Speaker Mike Johnson, a Republican from Louisiana, explained what the Democrats in the U.S. Senate are trying to do instead of voting for the clean Continuing Resolution to re-open the government.
JOHNSON: “What it does is it unwinds the changes that Republicans put into the Big, Beautiful Bill, the big signature legislation that we passed and signed into law on July 4 that has been very successful in shoring up Medicaid for the people who are actually eligible to receive it.
“What we did in the bill, and the CBO just verified this three weeks ago, the Congressional Budget Office, the nonpartisan arbiters of everything up here, they said that those provisions have helped to reduce premiums.
“Why? Because we got ineligible recipients off of Medicaid, illegal aliens and able bodied young men who are riding the wagon, who are not eligible to be there. Medicaid is intended for specific populations of U.S. citizens — that is young, pregnant women who are down on their luck, the disabled and the elderly.
“Those resources are being drained from those folks, and so we fixed that. We reduced fraud, waste, and abuse in the program. Chuck Schumer‘s counter proposal on the [Continuing Resolution] would reverse that. That is a simple fact.”
Dwayne “The Rock” Johnson polling higher than Kamala for president
Former Democratic Vice President Kamala Harris, who lost in a landslide against President Donald Trump last November, chatted with BBC interviewer Laura Kuenssberg about her book 107 Days.
Kamala said she might possibly run for president in 2028 despite the fact that she is a certifiable long shot.
KUENSSBERG: “In terms then, of what is next for you, you write very powerfully about the differences that many women have made to your life, the experience of growing up with your extraordinary mother, or the stories of your baby nieces, Amara and Leela. When are they going to see a woman in charge in the White House?”
HARRIS: “In their lifetime, for sure.”
KUENSSBERG: “Could it be you?”
HARRIS: “Possibly.”
KUENSSBERG: “Have you made a decision yet?”
HARRIS: “No, I have not.”
KUENSSBERG: “But you say in your book, ‘I’m not done.’”
HARRIS: “That is correct. I am not done. I have lived my entire career a life of service, and it’s in my bones. There are many ways to serve. I’ve not decided yet what I will do in the future, beyond what I’m doing right now.”
KUENSSBERG: “But you’ve been very clear that it is a possibility you might run again to become president. And, in my experience, interviewing politicians, when someone says, ‘I’m not done,’ it means they are thinking seriously about running. But when you look at the bookies odds, they put you as an outsider, even behind Dwayne “The Rock” Johnson. Is that underestimating you?”
HARRIS: “I think there are all kinds of polls that will tell you a variety of things. I’ve never listened to polls. If I listened to polls, I would have not run for my first office or my second office. And I certainly wouldn’t be sitting here in this interview.”
Dwayne “The Rock” Johnson, the WWE wrestler turned actor, has starred in 30 films which have earned $6.2 billion. He also has 391 million followers on Instagram.
According to Polymarket, an online betting website where users can place “yes” or “no” bets on the likelihood of world events, “The Rock” has a 5.6% chance of becoming the Democratic presidential nominee compared to Kamala Harris who has a 5% chance, reports Newsweek.
California Governor Gavin Newsom and Congresswoman Alexendria Ocasio-Cortez are the top two at 32% and 11% respectively.
Dallas church paints steps homosexual pride colors
And finally, after Republican Texas Governor Greg Abbott threatened to withhold funding from cities and counties with pro-homosexual, pro-transgender rainbow crosswalks, one God-hating Texas church has responded by defiantly painting its own steps with the sodomite colors, reports the San Antonio Express-News.
Lesbian Pastor Rachel Allison, of Oak Lawn United Methodist Church in Dallas, explained why she disagreed with Abbott. She said, “Silence in the face of harm always sides with the oppressor. Painting our steps in the colors of the rainbow is a visible witness to the gospel we preach: that every person is created in the image of God and worthy of safety, dignity and belonging.”
They certainly were not affirming the original Biblical meaning of the rainbow.
In Genesis 9:13-15, God said, “I set My rainbow in the cloud, and it shall be for the sign of the covenant between Me and the Earth. It shall be, when I bring a cloud over the Earth, that the rainbow shall be seen in the cloud; and I will remember My covenant which is between Me and you and every living creature of all flesh; the waters shall never again become a flood to destroy all flesh.”
Not surprisingly, Pastor Rachel Allison is faux married to a woman named Cheryl.
Governor Abbott’s threat includes San Antonio’s sexual perversion district on North Main Avenue and East Evergreen Street.
Now, more than six years after its installation, local perverts are urging San Antonio city officials to fight to keep the public art installations despite Abbott’s directive.
The Lone Star State Governor said, “Texans expect their taxpayer dollars to be used wisely, not advance political agendas on Texas roadways. To keep Texans moving safely and free from distraction, we must maintain a safe and consistent transportation network across Texas.”
The directive comes after Trump-appointed U.S. Transportation Secretary Sean Duffy issued a statement urging state governors to join a national roadway safety initiative to nix artwork and political messaging from the streets.
In a post to X, Duffy wrote, “Taxpayers expect their dollars to fund safe streets, not rainbow crosswalks.”
Write a polite, Biblically-based 2-3 sentence letter of objection to Pastor Rachel Allison, Oak Lawn United Methodist Church, 3014 Oak Lawn Avenue, Dallas, Texas 75219.
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