It’s Thursday, November 6th, 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 and Adam McManus
Nigerian Muslims killed pastor, kidnapped 20 church members
Nigerian Fulani Muslim assailants killed a pastor and nine Christians over the past week.
On October 28, Muslim Fulani bandits killed Rev. Yahaya Kambasaya and kidnapped 20 of his church members in central Nigeria. In a neighboring state, militants killed nine Christians in a string of attacks between October 31 and November 3.
A Christian attorney in the area told Morning Star News, “These incidents occurred even when they were preceded with an early warning alert given to relevant authorities.”
Hamas returns body of American hostage
Hamas, the Palestinian Muslim terrorist group, returned to Israel the body of the last American hostage it was holding in Gaza on Tuesday.
Itay Chen was a 19-year-old Israeli-American soldier. He was killed and taken hostage during the Hamas attack on Israel on October 7, 2023.
U.S. Secretary of State Marco Rubio posted on X, “We honor his life, mourn his loss, and stand by his family.”
Muslim socialist Zohran Mamdani elected as New York City mayor
In the United States, Democrats won several elections after voters went to the polls on Tuesday.
Zohran Mamdani, the Democratic socialist, won the race for mayor of New York City, and gave his victory speech Tuesday night.
MAMDANI: “The sun may have set over our city this evening, but as Eugene Debs once said, (cheering) ‘I can see the dawn of a better day for humanity.’ (cheering)
“For as long as we can remember, the working people of New York have been told by the wealthy and the well-connected that power does not belong in their hands. Fingers bruised from lifting boxes on the warehouse floor, palms calloused from delivery bike handle bars, knuckles scarred with kitchen burns. These are not hands that have been allowed to hold power. And yet, over the last 12 months, you have dared to reach for something greater. (cheering) Tonight, against all odds, we have grasped it. (cheering) The future is in our hands. (cheering)
“My friends, we have toppled a political dynasty.” (cheering)
He is now the first Muslim mayor of the biggest U.S. city, who beat former Democratic Governor Andrew Cuomo.
NBC News reported that Zohran Mamdani got 50.4% of the vote, former Democratic Governor Andrew Cuomo got 41.6%, and Republican Curtis Sliwa got 7.1%
On CNN, conservative commentator Scott Jennings explained who Eugene Debbs was whom Mamdani quoted with great admiration.
JENNINGS: “He started his speech by quoting Eugene Debs, who ran for president of the United States five times as the Socialist Party of America candidate.
“He went after everybody that he thinks is a problem. People who own things, people who have businesses. He said an interesting quote, ‘No problem too large for government to solve.’ And so, when you think of the world that way, that every problem is something for government to do, let me just decipher this for you.
“Tax increases as far as the eye can see which means the people who need to provide jobs, to the young people that you say need jobs, are going to flee as quickly as they possibly can.
“He clearly sees the world in terms of the people who are oppressing you and the oppressed. And he said, ‘The oppressed are now in city hall.’”
Democrat victories in other blue states
There were two other notable Democratic victories.
Democrat Abigail Spanberger won the race for governor of Virginia with 56.3%, becoming the first woman to do so, reported NBC News. She beat Winsome Sears, who got 43.2% of the vote, and served as the Republican Lt. Governor under the term-limited Republican Governor Glenn Youngkin.
And Democrat Mikie Sherrill won the race for governor of New Jersey with 56.3% of the vote, keeping the position in the hands of Democrats, and beating Republican Jack Ciattarelli.
Vice President J.D. Vance responded to the elections on X. He said there’s no reason to “overreact to a couple of elections in blue states.” But he also added, “We have to do better at turning out voters than we have in the past.”
Republican leaders prayed for America
Republican leaders and lawmakers joined with the Family Research Council for a time of prayer last Thursday.
Listen to the opening comments from Tony Perkins, the president of Family Research Council.
PERKINS: “Jesus said this in Matthew chapter 18:19. “He says, ‘Again, I say to you, if two of you agree on Earth about anything they ask, it will be done for them by My Father in Heaven. For where two or three are gathered in My name, there I am among them.’
“So tonight, we gather with the recognition that we need God’s help. We gather in the name of Jesus to pray and ask for His hand, the Lord’s hand of guidance, the Holy Spirit to lead us.”
And listen to some of the closing prayer from Dr. Ben Carson, former Secretary of Housing and Urban Development.
CARSON: “Lord, we come before you today to pray for our nation. You have blessed the United States with freedom and opportunity and a rich legacy of faith. Please restore the righteousness in our homes, integrity in our institutions, unity among our people.
“And thank You for Your abundant blessing, Lord. You’re bringing us together this evening through electronic media. But we know You’re with us always. And we ask, in the name of Jesus, that you would bless us and bless this nation. Amen.”
Vatican rejects Mary, mother of Jesus, as co-Redeemer
On Tuesday, the Roman Catholic Church rejected Mary, the mother of Jesus, as the “co-Redeemer” of the world.
The Vatican’s top doctrinal office stated, “Any gaze directed at her that distracts us from Christ or that places her on the same level as the Son of God would fall outside the dynamic proper to an authentically Marian faith.”
However, World Magazine notes the statement does not affirm a Protestant perspective on Mary. The Evangelical publication wrote, “Protestants believe Mary was ‘highly favored’ by the Lord, but they do not believe she has an active role in the lives of believers.”
1 Timothy 2:5 says, “For there is one God and one Mediator between God and men, the Man Christ Jesus.”
Construction begins on Eternal Wall of Answered Prayer
And finally, constructions begins this week on what is set to be the largest Christian monument in the United Kingdom.
It’s called the Eternal Wall of Answered Prayer. The design for it is in the shape of an infinity loop called a Möbius strip, a surface which has neither beginning nor end. It will stand 170 feet tall and made out of one million bricks. Each brick will be linked to a story of answered prayer. Already, Christians have submitted 120,000 stories from 125 countries.
Richard Gamble, the project’s founder, said, “This is the moment to build a landmark of hope… a lasting testimony to the power of prayer, preserving the Christian heritage in our nation.”
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And that’s The Worldview on this Thursday, November 6th, in the year of our Lord 2025. Follow us 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.