By Jonathan Clark

Ugandan Muslim father beat children after they trusted Christ

International Christian Concern reports that a Muslim father in Uganda nearly killed his own children after they converted to Christianity. 

Kabugho Kasfa and Muhindo Ashraf were raised to hate non-Muslims. However, the children interacted with Christians and heard the Gospel through their school. They accepted Jesus as their Lord and Savior. Last Tuesday, they were singing a Christian song. Their father began beating them severely. Thankfully, they were able to escape.

Kabugho said, “We had already lost our mother, and now the very person who was supposed to protect us was hurting us and driving us away. We have nowhere to go and do not know where we shall spend the night.”

Please pray for these new believers.

1 Corinthians 12:26 says, “If one member suffers, all the members suffer with it; or if one member is honored, all the members rejoice with it.”

Young people in Liberia, Africa converting to Christianity

Thousands of young people are turning to Christ across the West African nation of Liberia. 

Evangelists with the FORGE Ministry report that 45,000 students have converted over the last year. 

The ministry’s president, Charlie Marq, spoke to CBN News.

Listen.

MARQ: “They're just following the model of Jesus.  Jesus taught us to see people, to stop, to spend time with them, and to share God's stories and the Gospel with them. And as these ordinary believers have been empowered to do that, and train others to do that, they said, ‘You know what? Let's go to the schools. Let's go to the next generation.’

“And by God's grace, they've been going and simply sharing. ‘Here's how Jesus has changed our lives. He can do that for you too.’”

Canadian pro-lifers elected last month

Canada’s province of Ontario held municipal elections last month.

Campaign Life Coalition delivered great news. The voters elected dozens of pro-life and pro-family leaders! The organization endorsed 237 candidates for school board trustee, city council, and regional council across Ontario. Eighty-seven of those endorsed candidates were elected. Several school boards are now in the hands of pro-parental rights trustees.  

A Campaign Life Coalition spokesman noted, “225,000 Ontario students will now have greater spiritual protection, and be less at risk of sexualization and LGBT indoctrination.”

Republicans elected Jim Jordan and Ron Thune to leadership

Here in the United States, Republicans elected their minority leaders in Congress. This follows the 2026 midterm elections where Democrats won majorities in both houses.

Rep. Jim Jordan of Ohio will be the GOP minority leader in the U.S. House of Representatives. He co-founded the House Freedom Caucus, the most conservative bloc in the chamber, and will be a strong defender of President Donald Trump and his agenda, reports The Guardian.  Republican Senators also re-elected Senator John Thune of South Dakota to be Senate minority leader.

Listen to Rep. Jordan as he articulated his vision. 

JORDAN: “Over the next two years, House Republicans will fight for American families. When Democrats offer more government, we'll offer more freedom. And we will bring that fight in committee, on the floor, and on the stump every single day.”

Tennessee gets green light for religious charter schools

Last week, a federal court ruled against Tennessee’s ban on religious charter schools.

Wilberforce Academy brought the case against Knox County Board of Education. The state barred the Christian nonprofit from opening a charter school in the county. 

The recent ruling stated, “The First Amendment does not permit Tennessee to open its charter school program to private participants and then exclude them because they seek to exercise their religion.”

1,100 government schools closed last academic year

Big Local News at Stanford University reports over 1,100 government schools closed over the last academic year.

It’s the highest number since the COVID-19 pandemic. Rising expenses and declining enrollment are driving the closures. 

Between fall 2019 and fall 2024, government school enrollment fell by over 1.4 million students. Meanwhile, the number of teachers grew slightly. 

YouVersion’s teenage Bible app downloaded 1 million times

And finally, YouVersion recently launched its latest Bible app.

Bible Loop is designed to help teenagers engage with Scripture. It’s already been installed over one million times worldwide. 

Bobby Gruenewald, the founder of YouVersion, told The Christian Post, “We began rolling it out in other parts of the world and the engagement we saw from teens was encouraging. We recently launched it in the United States, and it’s now available worldwide in four languages.”

Psalm 71:17 says, “O God, You have taught me from my youth; and to this day I declare Your wondrous works.”

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Muslims killed 30 civilians in Congo

Fear, bloodshed, and devastation have once again descended upon Congo, Africa.

On November 5th, the Muslim Allied Democratic Forces stormed Beni Territory in the North Kivu Province, killing 30 civilians and burning homes, reports International Christian Concern.

Justin Paluku, president of the Civil Society Forces, said, “For families that went to bed hoping to wake up to another ordinary morning, the night turned into a nightmare of unimaginable suffering. We are deeply concerned about the safety of our population. Christian Civilians cannot continue living like prisoners in their own communities, constantly wondering when armed men will strike again. Our people deserve protection, peace, and the freedom to live without fear.”  

Send a polite, 4-sentence note to the Ambassador from Congo to America, Yvette Ngandu, urging her to use her influence to protect Christians from wholesale slaughter. Address it to the Embassy of Congo, 1100 Connecticut Ave NW, Suite 725, Washington, DC 20036.

GOP Congressman calls for impeachment of War Secretary Pete Hegseth

Speaking from the floor of the U.S. House of Representatives on November 9th, outgoing Republican Congressman Thomas Massie of Kentucky, who lost his primary in May 2026, called for the impeachment of War Secretary Pete Hegseth, reports NBC News.

MASSIE: “Secretary Hegseth abused the powers entrusted to him as Secretary of Defense by subordinating the constitutional limits on the use of military force and the laws governing the conduct of hostilities to his own policy objectives, notwithstanding his knowledge that no imminent threat to the United States existed, and demonstrated a profound disregard for civilian life, the rule of law, the constitutional authority of Congress, and his duty to ensure the lawful conduct of the United States Armed Forces.

“Wherefore, Secretary of Defense Peter Hegseth, by such conduct, has demonstrated that he will remain a threat to civilians, the lawful conduct of the United States military operations, the integrity and credibility of the United States armed forces, and the Constitution, if allowed to remain in office, and has acted in a manner grossly incompatible with his duties and the rule of law, Peter Bryan Hegseth thus warrants impeachment and trial, removal from office, and disqualification to hold and enjoy any office of honor, trust, or profit under the United States.”

(You can watch Rep. Massie’s entire speech here).

Secretary Hegseth offered this response.

HEGSETH: “What one disgruntled and defeated congressman is attempting is not oversight, and it's not accountability. It's a political spectacle, a personal manifesto driven by ego and resentment. Time for one man's final days in Congress to try to do damage to this president, this country, and most irresponsibly, the warriors who defend it. It's a farce and it's a stunt, and everybody knows it.

“In the 250 years of our American republic, no Secretary of War or Secretary of Defense has ever been impeached for carrying out lawful military operations -- and in our case, successful ones at that. Not once. War powers resolution or not.

“Not under [President Ronald] Reagan in Lebanon not under [President Bill] Clinton in Kosovo not under [President Barack] Obama in Iraq and Syria not under [President Joe] Biden in Iraq and Syria the history is clear and it's very straightforward.

“And one disgruntled congressman wants to shred it over policy disagreements, not high crimes, not misdemeanors, not treason, not bribery, not the kinds of offenses the founders intended when they wrote the impeachment clause.

“The proper remedy for a policy disagreement: it's legislation, it's debate, it's the next presidential election. It's not handing the House and Senate floor to the Democrats so that they can run a show trial against the President and the Secretary of War while Republicans still control Congress and should be delivering wins for the American people.”

(You can watch War Secretary Hegseth’s entire response here).

On November 10th, Congressman Massie's attempt to impeach War Secretary Hegseth failed in a vote of 211 to 204.

Texas Democrat wants to repeal Ten Commandments in schools

Following the Democrat win in the Texas House on November 3rd, Texas Democratic State Rep. John Bucy of Austin pre-filed a bill on November 9th  to repeal the Texas law requiring Ten Commandments posters in public school classrooms.

This law has been upheld as constitutional by the full U.S. Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit. On April 21, 2026, the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit upheld the Texas Ten Commandments Law, concluding that it violates neither the Establishment Clause nor the Free Exercise Clause of the First Amendment.

Jonathan Covey, Director of Policy for Texas Values, said, “Opponents want to tear down thousands of Ten Commandments posters in Texas classrooms. However, we will not stand by while they try to dismantle what Texans worked so hard to achieve. The Ten Commandments are a vital piece of our nation’s history and tradition. We will stand firm in their defense, preserve that heritage for the next generation, and resolutely oppose any effort to tear these posters down."

The Christian conservative group, called Texas Values, has been at the forefront of advancing and implementing the Ten Commandments law—from advocating for its passage in the Legislature to helping schools obtain posters, providing compliance resources, and tracking implementation statewide through the website TenCommandmentsTexas.com.

After God revealed the Ten Commandments to Moses atop Mt. Sinai, Exodus 20:18-20 says, “When the people saw the thunder and lightning and heard the trumpet and saw the mountain in smoke, they trembled with fear. They stayed at a distance and said to Moses, ‘Speak to us yourself and we will listen. But do not have God speak to us or we will die.’

“Moses said to the people, ‘Do not be afraid. God has come to test you, so that the fear of God will be with you to keep you from sinning.’”

Eric Metaxas: Democrats are Marxists

And finally, in analyzing the midterm election success of the Democrats, Christian author and talk show host Eric Metaxas warned listeners about the new radical Democratic Party.

METAXAS: “These Democrats, they're effectively Marxists, or they're willing to go in a Marxist direction. Marxists don't believe God exists. And if you don't believe God exists, you think rules are for suckers. ‘We're going to do whatever we can. We worship power. We worship the power of the state.’ To me, that's very dark.

“So, I'm not going to pretend that it's Ronald Reagan working with (Democratic House Speaker] Tip O'Neill. You can work with principled Democrats. What we have now is something else entirely.

“So, I think President Trump, there is nobody better at making deals. Putting Stephen Miller in charge as his own chief of staff, he is signaling that we're in a war. He is not cowed by the fact that the Democrats are going to be powerful.”

Metaxas rejected the idea that the new Democratic majorities in the U.S. Senate and U.S. House will politically cripple President Trump.

METAXAS: “I think President Trump is the opposite of a lame duck. President Trump is just a singular figure in American politics, in American history, and so I'm looking forward to what he's going to be doing going forward.”

Eric Metaxas: America succeeded because founders looked to God

And Eric Metaxas summarized what motivated him to write his new book entitled Revolution: The Birth of the Greatest Nation in the History of the World.

METAXAS: “I didn't write this book for history buffs. I wrote it for Americans. We need to know our history. I think we need to be inspired right now with everything going on around us, where we've, in many ways, lost our way.

“If you say something's broken, you say, ‘Well, what does it look like when it's not broken?’ We have to see what does ‘fixed’ look like. You have to go back 250 years to say this is how America was born. These are the figures. These were the ideas that they had.

“How do you get liberty? How do you get self-government without a king? How does that work? Well, the short answer is they all were looking to God, that our rights come from God. And that story is not often told. It's, in many ways, never told. It's central to the story of what happened 250 years ago.

“I didn't know that when I did my research, but the more I looked, I thought, ‘Wow, people need to know this! That this is the only way you get liberty, that you get freedom, that you get self-government. This is the antithesis to what they have in places like China."

President John Adams famously said, “We recognize no sovereign but God, and no king but Jesus!”

Indeed, Isaiah 45:5 says, “I am the LORD, and there is no other; apart from Me there is no God."

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Russell Brand sentenced to 10-year prison sentence

A well-known British comedian named Russell Brand has been sentenced to 10 years in prison for engaging in non-consensual sexual sin.

Two years ago, at some time after the alleged crimes occurred which led to his arrest, Brand was baptized in the River Thames. He has been interviewed concerning his faith by Sean Hannity and Megyn Kelly. 

Throughout his trial, Brand was holding online prayer meetings with his followers, and as of the last few weeks, he’s still marketing his book entitled How to Become a Christian in 7 Days.

Some have questioned the sincerity of his recent profession of faith. Time will tell.

South Africa voted conservative

The South African elections over the weekend took the nation decidedly towards the right.

The African National Congress lost 15 percent of support — now holding only 31 percent of the parliamentarian seats. The radical left MK Party lost 4 percent, now holding only 6 percent of the seats. Several center-to-right parties gained 18 percent.

The trend for South Africa and Brazil has been a rise for the right.

Fewer Congressmen in our nation’s capital

After this midterm election, there will be fewer men leading in the U.S. Congress than any other time on record — only 376 out of the 535. That accounts for a drop to 70 percent male leadership, down from 94 percent in 1990, and 98 percent in 1970, reports CNN.

Male leadership in national parliaments around the world has also dropped off from 90 percent in 1990 to 72.5 percent in 2026. Plus, the number of female heads of state has increased from 3 to 28 since 1970.

Calvary Chapel Costa Mesa accepts female ordination The Calvary Chapel flagship in Costa Mesa, California, once pastored by Chuck Smith and featured in the movie Jesus Revolution, has moved to accept the ordination of women as pastors, reports ChurchLeaders.com.

This came a week ago in the Sunday morning service when Lead Pastor Char Broderson made the announcement.

BRODERSON: “Calvary Chapel Costa Mesa believes and practices the ordination of both men and women to pastoral ministry as a recognition of the priesthood of all believers.”

The leftist version of Calvary Chapel has formed what they have called another association called the Calvary Global Network. Quoting from 1 Timothy 2:11-14 --“Let a woman learn in silence with all submission. And I do not permit a woman to teach or to have authority over a man, but to be in silence.  For Adam was formed first, then Eve. And Adam was not deceived, but the woman, being deceived, fell into transgression.”

California swapped out Christian faith for Muslim faith

The State of California has now officially swapped out the Christian faith for the Muslim faith.

Democratic Governor Gavin Newsom has signed Assembly Bill 2017. Two Muslim holidays, Eid al-Fitr and Eid al-Adha, will become official California holidays, reports The Daily Signal.

According to the law, public schools may now be “acknowledging and celebrating the meaning and importance” of these Islamic religious holidays. Previously, California replaced the terms “Christmas” and “Easter” with the labels “Winter” and “Spring.”

NASA will invest $10 billion to build base on Moon The National Aeronautics and Space Administration has announced a $10 billion program for building a permanent base on the Moon, reports Space.com.

The government program is inviting Elon Musk's SpaceX, Jeff Bezos' Blue Origin, and six other aerospace companies to compete for the contracts.

Polish mass shooting claims six lives

A mass shooting in Poland left six dead and more than a dozen injured over the weekend. 

The massacre took place in the Main Market Square in Krakow, a major tourist attraction. According to a spokesman following the attack, “Many pieces of weapons and ammunition were found in his vehicle.” 

The 24-year-old suspect, Michał Oksiński, allegedly killed three members of his own family before the attack. Four men and two women died in the shooting, including a Briton and an Austrian.

Another Planned Parenthood mill bites the dust

And finally, here’s a bit of good news!

A Planned Parenthood murder mill in Manitowoc, Wisconsin is set to permanently close before the end of the month.

Since the beginning of 2025, more than 60 Planned Parenthoods have closed or consolidated. 

Dan Miller of Pro-Life Wisconsin celebrated. He said, “The pro-life people of Manitowoc have been holding a peaceful vigil at this location for years. Today, God answered their prayers. With this closing, no more Manitowoc babies will die and no more Manitowoc mothers will cry because of abortion. When you defund Planned Parenthood, this is what happens. To God be all the glory.”

In Psalm 35:17, David asked, “Lord, how long will You look on? Rescue me from their destructions, my precious life from the lions.”

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Canadian Prime Minister Mark Carney vs. Conservative Pierre Polievre

Canada is looking to open its borders wide in the coming years.

Prime Minister Mark Carney announced a new budgetary plan for the country that involves bringing in over two million immigrants in the next three years!

Conservative opponents are blasting the decision, especially as Canadians continue to struggle finding work and solid wages.

Pierre Poilievre, the leader of Canada’s conservative party, exclaimed, “There are corporate power brokers [who] want to use the labor to drive down wages and charge more rent, and they’ll profit by continuing to destroy the working class. And we want exactly the opposite: less immigration, [and] controlled [so we] bring in only the people who can contribute, and only in the numbers for which there is healthcare jobs and housing available.”

Breitbart reported, “[Canada] already includes roughly 8.3 million subsidized migrants — and a declining number of jobs. In the last three months, Canada lost 114,000 jobs.”

The debate about Flock cameras and privacy

As fears about automated license plate readers and Flock cameras are coming to a head for many voters, the office of the Attorney General is working to dismiss these issues.

Attorney General Todd Blanche pointedly stated, “If you’re asking whether I support law enforcement reading license plates. Yes, as every single citizen in this country should. I’m not suggesting that privacy doesn’t matter. To the contrary. But what I am suggesting is that the technology around license plate readers does not affect the privacy of American citizens.”

The problem? Citizens across the country have already voted against these methods of surveillance en masse, believing them to be tools that encroach on their privacy.

Veronika Kyrylenko pointed out in The New American, “Modern Automated License Plate Recognition networks do considerably more than read individual license plates. They automatically record vehicle descriptions, locations, and timestamps, building searchable databases that authorities can use to reconstruct movements across multiple jurisdictions.”

By Adam McManus

Egyptian Coptic Christian refused to renounce Christ

In early October, a 20-year-old Coptic Christian was kidnapped by ISIS.

Milad Malak lived in Sebarbay, Egypt, and served as a church deacon. However, because of the country’s economic decline, he traveled to Libya on September 2 to find work. 

He made a day’s journey with two Muslim friends and arrived in Zliten, where they stayed with other Egyptian migrant workers. On the morning of October 4th, ISIS militants kidnapped them. 

The captors subjected the group to abuse while they held them hostage for ransom money. Milad’s friends were released after their families paid a $4,700 ransom. They are now receiving medical treatment at a hospital in Egypt. 

Milad’s sister, Madonna, told Worthy News that their family paid a ransom, but because he was the only Christian in the group, his kidnappers refused to release him and violently pressured him to convert to Islam. 

Milad stood strong in his faith until the end. He told his persecutors, “Even if you cut me into pieces, I would never renounce my faith.” 

When the Islamic militants realized they could not force him to abandon Jesus Christ, they killed him. 

Milad’s family asked the Egyptian government to intervene and demand that his body be returned home.  

Several weeks went by until it was finally released, and on October 28, grieving family members and fellow Christians gathered to celebrate his life. One friend said, “He was faithful to Christ till his last breath.”

James 1:12 says, “Blessed is the man who remains steadfast under trial, for when he has stood the test he will receive the crown of life, which God has promised to those who love Him.”

Trump promotes Stephen Miller to chief of staff

On November 6th, President Donald Trump said Stephen Miller was replacing Susie Wiles as White House chief of staff, just days after Republicans lost control of Congress in the midterm elections.

At an event over the weekend in Mar-a-Lago, Miller spoke definitively about President Trump’s accomplishments.

MILLER: “He saved our military from collapse. He saved our economy from destruction. He saved our border from annihilation, and he saved our country from threats at home and abroad, which would have been the end of the American dream forever. This man took a bullet for us. He faced down life in prison for us. He saved the Republican Party from the ash heap of history and has made it stronger, more popular, and more resilient than ever before.”

H.E. Goemans, Miller’s former Professor of Political Science at Duke University, revealed this.

GOEMANS: “My former student.”

INTERVIEWER: “The Stephen Miller in the Trump administration?”

GOEMANS:  "I asked him in 2003 what he wanted to be when he grew up, and he said, 'I want to be number two in the White House.'  And I said, ‘Oh, when do you want to achieve that?’ He says, ‘In the next 15 years.’ I said, ‘Wow, okay, well, who would be the president?’ And he said, ‘Donald Trump, maybe.’ The guy is very smart.”

How Susie Wiles was uniquely qualified to be Trump’s Chief of Staff

Susan Wiles resigned from her role as President Trump’s Chief of Staff, reported One America News.

The departure also came months after Wiles indicated she no longer showed evidence of breast cancer following months of treatment for the disease, a diagnosis she went public with in March 2026.

Wiles, age 69, has been credited with steering the most disciplined of his three presidential bids, and Trump himself has said he was often told that Wiles led his “best-run campaign.” 

The daughter of the late NFL player-turned-broadcaster Pat Summerall, Susan Wiles also worked in the offices of former Jacksonville mayors John Delaney and John Peyton. Her first White House job was as a scheduler for President Ronald Reagan.

The Vanity Fair reporter said this.

VANITY FAIR REPORTER: “She has a kind of magic with Trump that none of her predecessors had. It goes all the way back to her childhood with her father, Pat Summerall, the famous football player, who was an alcoholic. One of the first things Susie Wiles told me is that ‘Donald Trump has an alcoholic’s personality,’ which is odd because we all know that Trump famously does not drink. What she meant was that he had this larger-than-life, unrestrained personality.”

ANOTHER COMMENTATOR: “So, she looks at Trump the way she looks at her father. How do you manage a kind of volatile personality, a guy who can just lash out at any minute, who can be unpredictable? And she describes that as her main skill as Chief of Staff.”

7 Presidents experienced bigger midterm election losses than Trump

Almost without fail, the midterm elections result in political losses for the president’s party.

But if you believe the liberal media, President Donald Trump’s election losses on November 3rd were the worst ever, losing 46 seats, 39 seats in the House and 7 in the Senate.  Actually, truth be told, there were seven other presidents who suffered greater losses in the middle of their presidential term of office.

In 1938, Democratic President Franklin D. Roosevelt lost 79 seats, 72 in the House and 7 in the Senate.

In 2010, Democratic President Barack Obama lost 69 seats, 63 seats in the House and 6 in the Senate.

In 1946, Democratic President Harry S. Truman lost 68 seats, 56 seats in the House and 12 seats in the Senate.

In 1994, Democratic President Bill Clinton lost 63 seats, 54 seats in the House and 8 seats in the Senate.

In 1958, Republican President Dwight D. Eisenhower lost 61 seats, 48 seats in the House and 13 seats in the Senate.

In 1974, Republican President Gerald Ford lost 53 seats, 48 seats in the House and 5 seats in the Senate.

In 1966, Democratic President Lyndon Johnson lost 51 seats, 47 seats in the House and 4 seats in the Senate.

How fake Dan Sullivan might have cost real Dan Sullivan the Senate seat

Remember the fake Dan J. Sullivan, an independent, who was recruited allegedly by the Democrat Senatorial candidate Mary Peltola in Alaska to run against the real Republican incumbent Dan Scott Sullivan?

He might have cost Republican Dan Sullivan the race.

Democrat Mary Peltola earned 102,962 votes. Republican incumbent Dan Scott Sullivan captured 102,325 votes. And the Independent fake Dan J. Sullivan got 3,600 votes, many of whom probably thought they were voting for the Republican Dan Sullivan.

The election has still not been called because it’s so close. And, not surprisingly, legal questions have arisen about the purposeful attempt to confuse and deceive Alaskan voters regarding the two Dan Sullivans on the ballot.

Boston Airport travelers welcomed by voice of Boston pipefitter

Boston has a new voice welcoming travelers at the Boston Logan International Airport, reports CBS News.

Christopher Donisi, a Boston native and pipefitter, beat out nearly 6,000 people to win the unpaid gig.

Listen.

DONISI: “Welcome to Boston Logan International Airport, front door to the capital of heart, hustle, and hometown pride.”

Gotta love that Boston accent.

Florida Governor-elect gives God the glory

And finally, appearing on Fox and Friends, Republican Florida Governor-elect Byron Donalds was asked this question by Brian Kilmeade.

KILMEADE: “How does a black kid from a working-class area in Brooklyn become governor of Florida? What does it feel like to make that journey?”

DONALDS: “I'm still processing all that. My mom was with me last night, gave her a big hug. My mom did everything for me as a kid, and so it's really just to the grace of God. God did this. This is His victory. It's really not mine. I'm just a vessel in this entire move. But I just appreciate my mother.”

KILMEADE: “And what did she say to you?”

DONALDS: “She said she was proud. ‘I knew that you could do it.’ She said, ‘God is so good.’ It was a real special moment last night with me and my mother.”

1 Corinthians 10:31 says, “Whatever you do, do it all for the glory of God.”

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Christians & Muslims in India ask for repeal of “anti-conversion” law

On October 29th, Christian minority leaders and human rights advocates met in the southern state of Karnataka in India, demanding the immediate repeal of the contentious “anti-conversion” law, reports International Christian Concern. 

At a joint press conference in Bengaluru, the capital of Karnataka State, prominent Christian and Muslim leaders called on the current Indian National Congress government to fulfill its electoral promise to scrap the misnamed “Karnataka Protection of Right to Freedom of Religion Act, 2022.” 

You see, Karnataka passed the anti-conversion law in 2022 under a previous Hindu-nationalist Bharatiya Janata Party administration, amid intense civil society protests.

Although a secular government subsequently unseated the BJP Party after promising to restore minority protections, the administration has hesitated to formally repeal the legislation, drawing sharp criticism from the advocates who helped elect it.

Romans 1:16 says, "For I am not ashamed of the Gospel, because it is the power of God that brings salvation to everyone who believes: first to the Jew, then to the Gentile."

Send a polite, 4-sentence note to the Indian Ambassador to America, Vinay Kwatra, urging him to help repeal the contentious “anti-conversion” law in Karnataka State, India. Address your letter to the Embassy of India, 2107  Massachusetts Avenue NW, Washington, DC 20008.

Arabic-speaking Christians gaining access to Biblical scholarship

Arabic-speaking Christians are gaining access to biblical scholarship in their language.

The Arab Baptist Theological Seminary in Lebanon released Arabic editions of internationally respected commentaries in September.

Christian Daily International noted, “The series [is] a working tool for pastors, teachers and theology students across the Arabic-speaking world, where … thorough and reliable commentaries have long been scarce.”

Fewer Evangelicals voted in midterm elections

Here in the United States, exit polls show where Republicans lost ground in the midterm elections.

Conservatives lost support from Protestants and Catholics this year. Specifically, white born-again or Evangelical Christians tend to support Republicans by a wide margin. But fewer of them voted this year. Evangelicals made up 17 percent of the electorate in 2026, down from 23 percent in 2024.

Also, a majority of parents supported President Donald Trump in 2024. But a majority of parents supported Democrats this year amid inflation and cost of living concerns. 

Voters in Arizona and Nebraska rejected men in women’s sports

Despite the blue wave, voters did not support transgenderism on Election Day. 

Arizona and Nebraska approved ballot initiatives to protect women’s sports. The measures prohibit men, pretending to be women, from participating in women’s sports. Similar proposals are set to pass in the Democrat strongholds of Colorado and Washington state.

Early counts also show Coloradans supporting Proposition 135. The measure would protect children from transgender surgeries. 

Supreme Court might hold Colorado accountable for religious liberty

The U.S. Supreme Court heard a religious freedom case on Tuesday.

Colorado is trying to keep Catholic preschools out of a publicly-funded preschool program. Participating schools must be open to students regardless of their so-called sexual orientation or gender identity. The Catholic organizations will not sign off on this.

The Supreme Court’s conservative majority signaled support for the religious preschools during the hearing. 

Arkansas is the most pro-life state

Americans United for Life released its 2027 Life List last week.

Arkansas won the top spot. Listen to the announcement from Sarah Zagorski with Americans United for Life. 

ZAGORSKI: “Today, I have the privilege of announcing that Americans United for Life has recognized Arkansas as the most pro-life state in the nation for the seventh consecutive year.”

The list ranks all 50 states based on a range of bioethical issues from conception to natural death, not just abortion. 

The top states on the report are Arkansas, Louisiana, Oklahoma, Indiana, and Tennessee. The worst states are Oregon, Vermont, New Jersey, Hawaii, and Washington.

84% of teens seek advice from Mom

And finally, the Barna Group released a report on where teenagers turn to for advice. 

The top source of advice for teens is their mom at 84 percent. Over 70 percent of young people seek advice from their dad or friends. Over 60 percent turn to Jesus, the Bible, an adult mentor, or a teacher. Over 50 percent seek advice from their pastor or youth pastor. And just 39 percent turn to YouTube. 

Spiritually-engaged teenagers were much more likely to seek advice from the Bible at 78 percent. 

In 2 Timothy 3:15, the Apostle Paul wrote, “You must continue in the things which you have learned and been assured of, knowing from whom you have learned them, and that from childhood you have known the Holy Scriptures, which are able to make you wise for salvation through faith which is in Christ Jesus.”

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By Jonathan Clark

Canadian pastor sentenced for expressing Biblical views

Authorities in Canada sentenced a pastor to 12 months of probation for expressing his Biblical values.

Back in 2023, Pastor Derek Reimer protested a “drag queen story hour” for children at a public library. Officials have targeted him since then with arrests and jail time. He’s now on probation and cannot use social media. 

Pastor Reimer told LifeSiteNews, “I trust the Lord; the battle belongs to Him, and there’s a process to some of this and needs to be exposed, needs to be talked about.”

Send a polite, 4-sentence note to the Canadian Ambassador to America, Mark Wiseman, urging him to defend the right of pastors to express their Biblical views. Address it to the Canadian Embassy, 501 Pennsylvania Avenue NW, Washington, DC 20001.

​V​ice President Vance blames Iran War for blue wave

Here in the United States, Democrats took control of Congress in Tuesday’s midterm elections.

Democrats gained seven seats in the U.S. Senate to win a 54-seat majority. They gained 28 seats in the U.S. House of Representatives to win a 229-seat majority. Liberals also gained five governor seats, notably flipping Texas from Republican to Democrat. 

Democrat Abdul El-Sayed won Michigan’s U.S. Senate seat to become the first Muslim in the chamber. The Senate will also have its first open homosexual after Chris Pappas won in New Hampshire.  He faux married a man named Vann Bentley in February 2023. Oddly enough, Pappas co-owns a restaurant called the Puritan Backroom in Manchester.

Daniel 4:17 reminds us, “The Most High rules in the kingdom of men, gives it to whomever He will, and sets over it the lowest of men.”

Vice President Vance blames the election losses on the Iran war

U.S. Vice President J.D. Vance blamed the election losses on the Iran war. 

He wrote on X, “The reason we lost is the war. The president himself said so last night.”

President Donald Trump expressed surprise over the results. He acknowledged the influence of the Iran war on the elections. But he thought the war was still the right thing to do. 

President Trump ready to use the veto pen on Democrat proposals

In comments by phone to Fox News, President Trump revealed that he’ll be ready to veto insane Democratic proposals and he is also willing to work with them on some things.

TRUMP: “It's been done before, as you know, numerous times. It's a power of veto. It's one of the stronger powers that a president has.

“They'll send over things that are insane, and I'll veto them. And after a couple of months of vetoes, they'll call and they'll say, ‘How do we get this stuff done?’ We'll work together. You know, I have a lot of friends that are Democrats, believe it or not.”

Voters in 3 states embraced abortion vs. voters in another didn’t

The midterm elections also featured four abortion-related ballot measures.

Citizens in Missouri, Nevada, and Virginia voted in favor of abortion. 

However, Idaho bucked the trend. Voters rejected Proposition 1 which would have effectively legalized abortion.  

Blaine Conzatti, president of the Idaho Family Policy Center, said, “A broad majority of Idaho voters support our pro-life laws, including our Heartbeat law and the Defense of Life Act. This is what happens when Christians speak out and get engaged. WE WIN.”

Two-thirds of churchgoers fail a Bible literacy quiz

Lifeway Research reports two in three churchgoers fail a Bible literacy quiz.

The survey asked thousands of American Christians dozens of questions about general Bible knowledge. The average respondent scored 51. Sixty-five percent earned an F, scoring below 60. Only eight percent earned an A, scoring 90 and higher. 

Lifeway Research noted, “Perhaps unsurprisingly, those who attend church the most and read the Bible the most scored the highest on the Bible literacy quiz.”

Psalm 119:15-16 says, “I will meditate on Your precepts, and contemplate Your ways. I will delight myself in Your statutes; I will not forget Your Word.” 

British adventurer completed 28-year walk around the world

And finally, a British adventurer finished his 28-year, 29-country, 36,000-mile walk and swim around the world on Monday. It’s become known as the Goliath Expedition. 

Karl Bushby began the journey in the southern tip of Chile on November 1, 1998 at the age of 29. He walked north through South America and Central America, the United States, and Canada. From Alaska, he crossed the frozen Bering Strait into Russia. Bushby then made his way through Asia and Europe, swimming both the Caspian Sea and the English Channel.

The 57-year-old former paratrooper walked into his home city of Hull, England on Monday, receiving a hug from his mother.

Bushby told NBC News that the people he met along the way made the journey possible.

Listen.

BUSHBY: “I always tell people I've met 99.9999% of the very best of humanity on this. Meeting people on a one-to-one basis -- every culture, every country I've been in, same thing, same overwhelming generosity. People just want to help. The whole world has been my support network, and they have got me home.”

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By Jonathan Clark

Egyptian authorities arrest Christian for criticizing Islam

Authorities in Egypt arrested a Christian last month for criticizing Islam.

Sherif Wagih Fahmi is a 41-year-old Coptic Christian who works as an engineer in Alexandria. He recently expressed his beliefs online, opposing Islamic education in the country’s schools. His arrest follows many others. Officials have arrested 14 people since September for simply voicing non-Islamic beliefs.

Fahmi’s sister, Emy, told Coptic Solidarity, “There is no freedom of belief or freedom of expression in Egypt.”

Write a polite, 4-sentence note to the Egyptian Ambassador to America, Mohamed El-Molla, urging him to take a stand for the right of Egyptian Christians to express their convictions. Send it to the Egyptian Embassy, 3521 International Court NW, Washington, DC 20008.

YouVersion Bible App adding 18 million subscribers each day

It’s Global Bible Month.

The YouVersion Bible App is challenging people around the world to read God’s Word daily this November. Last year’s challenge brought the app across a billion downloads. This year daily usage is up 13 percent, adding over 18 million app users each day.

Bobby Gruenewald founded the Bible app. Listen to his comments to CBN News.

GRUENEWALD: “We have people that created 30-day Bible plans. I think there's hundreds of our partners that have created special plans for Global Bible Month. We actually celebrate the Bible in Times Square [in New York City] and Piccadilly Circus in London and just different iconic places around the world.”

Psalm 1:1-2 says, “Blessed is the man who walks not in the counsel of the ungodly . . . But his delight is in the law of the LORD, and in His law he meditates day and night.”

President Trump ended funding to Israel

Here in the United States, President Donald Trump ended funding to Israel as Americans headed to the polls.

The U.S. will no longer send about $4 billion in annual aid to Israel. President Trump announced this during a telephone interview on Fox & Friends yesterday. 

Listen.

TRUMP: “Now, as far as paying Israel, Bibi Netanyahu and I have made a deal that we give Israel $4 billion a year, and we made a deal months ago that we're stopping, and at at their, they're fine with it because you know they become a very successful country. They don’t need it.”

$12 billion spent on midterm elections

Americans voted in the midterm elections yesterday as Republicans and Democrats fight for control of Congress.

The 2026 midterm election is now the most expensive congressional election in U.S. history. OpenSecrets reports spending on congressional races reached nearly $12 billion this year. 

Conservative groups outspent liberal groups by nearly $400 million.

The Worldview will have an overview of the elections, the balance of power in Congress, and a look at some of the top races on the Thursday, November 5th newscast.

Safe Haven Baby Boxes in four states

More Safe Haven Baby Boxes are being installed across the country. 

Built to protect vulnerable infants who can no longer be cared for by their parents, the baby boxes allow mothers to safely surrender their babies at local fire departments or hospitals. Once the mother has had time to leave the area, an alarm goes off, alerting the personnel of a child, who is then cared for and checked at a local hospital.

Safe Haven Boxes has just recently added new Baby Boxes in Wisconsin, Iowa, and Missouri, with Texas planning to add another soon. 

One such hospital to receive a new Safe Haven Baby Box was MercyOne Genesis Davenport Hospital in Iowa. Lauren Lovedy with MercyOne stated, “We have upgraded our Neonatal Intensive Care Unit. We have a pediatric unit. We have 24/7 neonatology. If a baby does need medical attention, we’re here to do that for them. We’re not delaying care. Not only are we getting them safe, we’re getting them the care they need.”

33 percent of Americans attend religious services monthly

Pew Research reports that religion in America is showing signs of strength and stability in recent years.

Since 2020, a steady percentage of U.S. adults identify with a religion, pray daily, and attend religious services at least monthly. 

Thirty-three percent of Americans attend religious services monthly. That number is the highest at 43 percent among adults over 76 years of age. The younger adults are in age, the less likely they are to attend religious services, with the exciting exception of the youngest adults. Forty-one percent of those aged 18-22 attend religious services regularly.  

Charlie Kirk would be proud.

100-year-old man is grateful to God

And finally, a Pennsylvania man celebrated his 100th birthday last month.

William Owen Hanna was born on October 4, 1926. He’s known for his love for his family, church, and community. Owen now has 23 great-great-grandchildren. He’s served at his church for over 70 years. And he continues his love for bowling. He started as a teenager when the pins had to be set up manually every time. Amazingly, the 100-year-old man still throws strikes.

In an interview with ABC News, Owen gave thanks to God for his life.

Listen.

OWEN: “My name is William Owen Hanna. God has blessed me to live to see my 100th birthday. Yeah.”

Psalm 92:13-14 says, “Those who are planted in the house of the LORD shall flourish in the courts of our God. They shall still bear fruit in old age; they shall be fresh and flourishing.”

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Chinese Communists arrest 27 Christians

China Aid reports that Chinese Communists arrested 27 Christians on October 18th in a raid on a house church in Jiangxi Province located in Southeastern China. Two leaders remain in custody.

They were charged with having attended a short theological training course in Indonesia.

High abortion rate and low fertility rate in United Kingdom Right to Life UK has issues a warning concerning sagging births in England and Wales — the lowest in 50 years.

The report revealed that 32% of pregnancies end in abortion. That’s up from 20% just 15 years ago.  The pro-life group noted that things are about to get worse after the abortion-up-to-birth amendment to the Crime and Policing Bill became law earlier this year.

Right now, the United Kingdom’s fertility rate is running about 1.39. That means that 1,000 women of childbearing age will only have an average of 1,390 children during their reproductive years. In order for women to replace the current population, those 1,000 women would need to have 2,100 children during their reproductive years.

North Korean theft of $6.4 billion

The FBI has identified the North Korean government as the culprit in what may be the largest crypto hack in history. 

The bandits made off with $6.4 billion of stablecoin, through the crypto-exchange Binance.

Shockingly, that would be about 18% of North Korea’s annual budget which is enough money to pay for 630 nuclear warheads. 

As of Monday morning, Binance acknowledged $4.6 billion withdrawals from less trusting customers after the heist took place over the weekend.

ChainAnalysis estimates losses of $17 billion per year in crypto frauds. The FBI’s numbers indicate that online cybercrime losses have increased from half a billion dollars a year in 2011 to $21 billion just last year. In the words of Nahum, “Woe to the bloody city! It is all full of lies and robbery. Its victim never departs  … who sells nations through her harlotries, and families through her sorceries. ‘Behold, I am against you,’ says the Lord of hosts.” (Nahum 3:1, 4b-5)

Ways to protect yourself from financial fraud

Protect yourself from fraud. 

Never rely on a phone number displayed on your phone when the voice claims to be a police officer, a banker, or some other official. Call back on a trusted number, reports the Federal Trade Commission.

Establish a family emergency code word. Never use a link to a bank, PayPal, or Amazon provided by an e-mail. Do not trust videos or familiar voices as proof.

Always be suspicious of urgency and secrecy. And never transfer money based solely on a call, text, or video.

Trump celebrated Reformation Day and “message of salvation” For the first time since the days of President Herbert Hoover, the White House has issued a statement celebrating Reformation Day. 

Saturday, October 31st marked the 509th anniversary since Martin Luther issued his 95 theses in Wittenberg, Germany in which he listed unbiblical positions of the Catholic Church. President Donald Trump said, “From the earliest days of our Republic, prayer and faith in Almighty God have stood as the foundation of our strength, the source of our unity, and the fount of our greatness.  This Reformation Day, I send my best wishes to the countless Christians across our country commemorating the Protestant Reformation and its enduring message of salvation by God’s grace through faith in Jesus Christ.

“Five hundred years ago, William Tyndale—inspired by the work of Martin Luther—advanced the Protestant Reformation’s devotion to Holy Scripture through the publication of the first New Testament printed in English, shaping the language of the Bibles that would fortify the faith and resolve of America’s founding generation.”

President Trump added, “The Sacred Scriptures helped form the religious convictions that formed our young Nation’s founding ideals of God-given rights and individual liberty, a spiritual inheritance we honor as we continue to reflect on 250 glorious years of American Independence. 

“The Bible remains a cornerstone of our Nation’s character and upholds our steadfast devotion to life, liberty, and the pursuit of happiness. Guided by an unwavering faith in Jesus Christ, my Administration is working to restore the moral and religious foundations that have sustained our Republic for generations.” 

If you haven’t voted yet, cast your ballot today

This is Election Day. Do not forget to vote!

As we head into the midterm elections today, most of the polls are not favoring Republicans.  

Fox News polls are the most favorable to Republican candidates, putting the Democrat ahead in the U.S. Senate race in Ohio, but calling the Michigan, Texas, and Maine races pretty much neck and neck.  And Fox News is putting Democrats ahead in the U.S. House races, projecting 223 seats to the Democrats, 195 to the Republicans, and 17 toss-ups. 

Remember, God is in control. Proverbs 16:33 says, “The lot is cast into the lap, but the whole disposing thereof is of the Lord.”

Michigan Democrat endorsed Republican Mike Rogers for U.S. Senate Ahead of the midterm elections, U.S. Representative Haley Stevens, a Democrat, endorsed Michigan Republican Mike Rogers for U.S. Senate, reports CBS News.

Stevens lost in the heated U.S. Senate Democratic primary in Michigan to Abdul El-Sayed, a radical candidate who has gained notoriety for his stances on many issues. 

Listen to Stevens’ explanation for her shock endorsement.

STEVENS: “Hey Michigan, as you may have seen, our Democratic nominee for U.S. Senate, Abdul [El-Sayed], said that I was no longer welcome in his campaign and that I should stay away.

“And he's right, and that's why I am endorsing Mike Rogers for the United States Senate today.

“I don't belong in Abdul's campaign. I do not stand with Hasan Piker, who gets trafficked on our college campuses.

“A dear friend of mine earlier today was saying that education is on the ballot, and she's absolutely right. What our students see, what our children see, and who we are as Michiganders is not hate.”

Michigan is one of the top battleground states headed into tonight’s elections. 

Off-duty firefighter saved man from burning building

And finally, an uplifting story from Everyday Heroes television!

An off-duty firefighter in Tulsa, Oklahoma saved a man from a burning building.  A.J. Morrison was driving by the fire with ”no gear, no truck — just gym shorts, a t-shirt, and tennis shoes.” He crawled into the house staying as low as he could, found the victim — an unconscious man in a wheelchair -- and dragged him out to safety.

MORRISON: "That's what God put me on this Earth to do.  I just try to use my fleshly body as a vessel and carry out His will.”

The Tulsa City Council honored Morrison for his “quick thinking and selfless actions.”

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Canada eager to become Associate Member of European Union

European Commission President Ursula von der Leyen is doubling down on her bid for Canada to join the European Union as its first associate member. 

Von der Leyen said, “Of course, Canada cannot become a full-fledged member of the European Union because of geography. But we both want to bring our relationship to the highest level possible, and this is why we are discussing the idea of Canada becoming the first associate member of the European Union.”

The proposal has received some pushback from European delegations, but Von der Leyen declared, “Our idea is simple: an association without accession. But we can replace accession with a common ambition and vision. We can build a partnership that comes closer to membership than anything we’ve done before.”

As Canada continues its current rift with the United States, Canadian Prime Minister Mark Carney is open to the idea of a closer relationship with the European Union.

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More Safe Haven Baby Boxes are being installed across the country. 

The organization, built to protect vulnerable infants who can no longer be cared for by their parents, allows for mothers to safely surrender their babies at local fire departments or hospitals. Once the mother has had time to leave the area, an alarm goes off, alerting the personnel of a child, who is then cared for and checked at a local hospital.

The organization has just recently added new Baby Boxes in Wisconsin, Iowa, and Missouri, with Texas planning to add another soon. 

One such hospital to receive a new Safe Haven Baby Box was MercyOne Genesis Davenport Hospital in Iowa. Lauren Lovedy with MercyOne stated, “We have now an upgraded NICU, we have a pediatric unit, we have 24/7 neonatology. If a baby does need medical attention, we’re here to do that for them. We’re not delaying care. Not only are we getting them safe, we’re getting them the care they need.”

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European Commission President Ursula von der Leyen is doubling down on her bid for Canada to join the European Union as its first associate member. 

Von der Leyen said, “Of course, Canada cannot become a full-fledged member of the European Union because of geography. But we both want to bring our relationship to the highest level possible, and this is why we are discussing the idea of Canada becoming the first associate member of the European Union.”

The proposal has received some pushback from European delegations, but Von der Leyen declared, “Our idea is simple…an association without accession. But we can replace accession with a common ambition and vision. We can build a partnership that comes closer to membership than anything we’ve done before.”

As Canada continues its current rift with the United States, Canadian Prime Minister Mark Carney is open to the idea of a closer relationship with the European Union.

By Adam McManus

Christian family in India severely beaten by Hindu extremists

A family in India has decided to leave their ancestral home rather than renounce Christ after police allowed a mob of more than 150 Hindu extremists, intent on killing them, to severely beat them, reports Morning Star News.

The injuries that Vikas Salam and three others received in Chhattisgarh State’s Kanker District on September 21 required hospital treatment, as the assailants beat women, children and the elderly while police shockingly ignored their pleas for help.

The mob attacked and beat three Christian families with sticks, vandalized their homes and threatened to expel them from the village because they refused to renounce their faith in Jesus Christ. Local officials also later pressured the families to recant their faith.

Salam, age 24, said, “We have been following Jesus for the last 10 years. The villagers told us to either return to the Hindu fold or leave the village.”  Here at The Worldview we celebrate their bold faith.

In Romans 8:38-39, the Apostle Paul wrote, “For I am convinced that neither death nor life, neither angels nor demons, neither the present nor the future, nor any powers, neither height nor depth, nor anything else in all creation, will be able to separate us from the love of God that is in Christ Jesus our Lord.”

Join me and send a polite, 4-sentence note to the Indian Ambassador to America, Vinay Kwatra, urging him to speak up for the right of Christians to practice their faith without being harassed and beaten. Send it to the Embassy of India, 2107 Massachusetts Avenue NW, Washington, DC 20008.

Halloween horror at U.S. stock market

The entire U.S. stock market looked like a house of Halloween horrors on October 30th, driven by rapidly sinking tech stocks tied to the swelling Artificial Intelligence bubble, reports Futurism.com.

The tech-heavy Nasdaq 100 — home of major AI stocks like Apple, Nvidia, Microsoft Corp, and Amazon — was down 2.6 percent, well on track for a $1 trillion drop, as NBC News observed.

Losses were pushed by Amazon, which shed about two percent when trading opened Friday morning. In particular, Amazon’s capital expenditures for 2026 ballooned to $220 billion, much of which is tied to Artificial Intelligence.

Friday’s bloodbath comes after shares for Google’s parent company Alphabet — a major bellwether for the Artificial Intelligence trade — plummeted by over 12.6 percent on Thursday. It was the company’s worst single trading day ever, and the second-largest single day wipe out of any company’s stock in history, obliterating over $500 billion worth of market value.

The motion is all stoking fears of a bursting AI bubble, as trillions of dollars remain tied up in just a few top AI companies.

Pollster discussed Michigan and Texas Senate races

Matt Towery, a former Republican Georgia State Rep, founded InsiderAdvantage polling firm. In late 2014, he encouraged Donald Trump to run for the U.S. presidency, suggesting he would be a serious contender.  His polls were among the few to call the 2016 presidential race for Trump over Democratic nominee Hillary Clinton.

Appearing on The Joe Pags Show, heard on 180 stations, he explained that the Democrat candidates do not have as much of a lead as the legacy media has been claiming.

He referenced the Michigan U.S. Senate race between Republican incumbent Mike Rogers and his leftist Muslim Democratic challenger, Abdul El-Sayed.

TOWERY: “What they're doing in Michigan is they're assuming that all Democrats are voting Democrat. And we're not seeing that. We're seeing a certain percentage split off. African-Americans, by the way, you got two groups of African-Americans up there. You've got very devout Christian African-Americans who I don't think are voting for El Sayed. You also have a Black Muslim population who is voting for El-Sayed. Also, there are different Arab groups in Michigan. There are some that don't like the Muslim Brotherhood at all.”

Towery also touched on the U.S. Senate race in Texas between Republican Ken Paxton and Democrat James Talarico.

TOWERY: “The race in Texas is extremely close. If Republicans turn out in presidential year numbers on Election Day, it's not insurmountable. But none of these races are four and five and seven points. Talarico is not leading by something like that. Ken Paxton has had to fight his way back up. Republicans need to close ranks like the Democrats do. Then you'll see a Democratic defeat, and you'll see a Republican senator from Texas.”

Unemployment lowest since 1960s & Trump’s inflation rate half of Biden’s

Matt Towery, who has written a newly released book entitled The Honoring of Ignorance: The 7 Mirages Destroying America, expressed his frustration with Republicans who wait too late to get their message out.

TOWERY: “The one thing the Republicans don't do is they don't advertise in May and June and tell people the good news. For example, that unemployment's the lowest it's been since the 1960s, that people have more disposable income, that inflation is half of what it was under Joe Biden under his midterm. If we had run those ads and also an ad explaining why Iran was necessary, I don't think we'd be even looking at close races right now.

“These consultants who run these campaigns want to stack all of their ads at the end when they get lowest unit rate. They don't want to spend the money in May and June to get their candidates' records out. I mean, we should be running ads every week, updating people with the news that NBC, ABC, CBS, CNN, MSNow would not let the public see. If we could do that, we wouldn't have the president's approval rating where it is, and we wouldn't be having to fight at the last minute. These Republicans would be blowing the doors off of these candidates because they're terrible candidates.”

He urged people with traditional values to cast their vote on Election Day tomorrow.

TOWERY: “What we have to have are those people in the middle who care about their children and their grandchildren to go out and vote in a big way. Because if they don't, these races, which are close, are going to go to the Democrats.”

3 Biblical principles to guide your vote

And finally, as we look toward Election Day tomorrow, if you have not yet voted, here are three Biblical principles that should guide your choices.

1. Christians are called to stand for righteousness and biblical values.

Proverbs 14:34 says, “Righteousness exalts a nation, but sin is a reproach to any people.”

God cares about the moral direction of a nation. Christians should support leaders and policies that promote righteousness, justice, honesty, and the protection of human dignity. We should not remain silent when we have an opportunity to stand for what is right with our vote, even when the culture stands for something different.

2. Christians are called to be responsible citizens and influence our nation.

Matthew 5:13-14 says, “You are the salt of the Earth, but if salt has lost its taste, how shall its saltiness be restored? It is no longer good for anything except to be thrown out and trampled under people's feet.”

Jesus calls believers to be salt and light in this world. We should not withdraw from society, but positively influence it. Voting gives Christians an opportunity to participate in decisions that affect families and communities.

3. Christians are called to protect future generations and advocate for others.

Proverbs 31:8 says, “Speak up for those who cannot speak for themselves, for the rights of all who are destitute.”

Christians should care about the vulnerable, the babies in the womb, the children, families, the poor, and those who are oppressed. Voting is one way to use our voice to advocate for those who need protection and justice.

Proverbs 29:2 says it best: “When the righteous thrive, the people rejoice; when the wicked rule, the people groan.”

Vote for the righteous. And vote against the wicked.

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60 Christians killed in Ethiopia, Africa

At least 60 Orthodox Christians were killed during two recent attacks in Ethiopia, reports International Christian Concern.  

According to the Ethiopian Orthodox Tewahedo Church’s Holy Synod, 14 people were killed on October 20 in the Merti district, and an additional 46 were killed on October 24 in the Shirka district. The church also reported that more than 20 people were seriously wounded and 20 homes were burned down.

Hailu Adugna, a spokesperson for the Oromia regional government, said that he believes the Oromo Liberation Army is responsible for the attacks. He reportedly accused them of trying to provoke ethnic and religious conflict to divert attention from their military losses in the north. 

Investigators with the United Nations have accused the group of rapes, kidnappings, and killings. Other entities have documented government forces conducting disappearances, indiscriminate drone strikes, and extrajudicial killings. 

The Oromo Liberation Army is part of the Ethiopian Peoples’ Forces Alliance for Survival — seven groups that formed in September to oust Prime Minister Abiy Ahmed’s government.

According to Open Doors, Ethiopia, Africa is the 37th most dangerous country worldwide for Christians.

Join me and write a polite 4-sentence note to the Ethiopian Ambassador to America, Binalf Ashenef, urging him to use his influence to protect Christians. Send it to the Ethiopian Embassy, 3506 International Drive NW, Washington, DC 20008.

Alaskan Democrats attempting to defraud voters

The election has gotten crazy in Alaska.

Republican Senator Dan S. Sullivan is being challenged by Democrat Mary Peltola and an independent named Dan J. Sullivan.

According to a New York Times investigative article, the independent Dan J. Sullivan was actually recruited by the Democrats to run in order to confuse the Alaskan voters who might think they were actually voting for the Republican incumbent.

At a press availability at Joint Base Andrews on October 28th, President Donald Trump said this.

PRESIDENT DONALD TRUMP: “They took a candidate named Dan Sullivan to run against another candidate who's a great senator named Dan Sullivan in order to cheat in the election.  They said they didn't do it, and we caught ‘em cold. “Mary Peltola should resign from the race. I think she should be prosecuted criminally for what she did. And I think that the people that participated with her should. “They swore in all statements that they knew nothing about it. … It turned out it was a scheme by the Democrats. That's what they do best. They cheat. They have bad policy, but they cheat. “It's a fraud to the public. … They had a Dan Sullivan running against Senator Dan Sullivan.  And they didn’t put Senator in front. So you had two Dan Sullivans. The people aren't going to be able to tell. … It was a plot by the Democrat Party. …

“I think the fake Dan Sullivan, and Mary Peltola should — number one, they should be taken off the ballot. And number two, they should be prosecuted.”

Army General fired over possible leak of classified information

Army Lt. General Brett Sylvia had been abruptly removed from his job as director for strategy, plans and policy on the Joint Chiefs of Staff, reports the Washington Post.

The Pentagon said Thursday that it has made a criminal referral in an alleged leak case, claiming the ouster of a top general was necessary “to protect sensitive information.”

The unusual announcement followed reports by The Washington Post that in that role he reported to General Dan Caine, the chairman of the Joint Chiefs.

In a statement on Thursday, Pentagon spokesman Sean Parnell said that the War Department has “zero tolerance for the intentional, unauthorized disclosure of classified information” and that following an “extensive” internal investigation, the matter — “along with others” — had been referred to the Justice Department “for potential legal action.”

Actor Patrick Stewart died at 86

Do you recognize this voice?

PATRICK STEWART: “But I rather believe that time is a companion who goes with us on the journey, reminds us to cherish every moment, because they'll never come again.”

English actor Patrick Stewart, best known for his role as Captain Jean-Luc Picard in “Star Trek: The Next Generation,” died on October 28th at the age of 86.

Hebrews 9:27 says, “It is appointed for man to die once, and after that comes judgment.”

Stewart died in Los Angeles after having battled Alzheimer’s disease and Lewy body Dementia, reports the Associated Press.

Stewart found a connection between his background as a Shakespearean actor and Picard.

In his memoir, he wrote, “There is a formality to the way they speak and comport themselves that remind me of numerous Shakespearean situations I’d been in onstage. I should play Jean Luc, I realized, as if he were a character in ‘Henry IV,’ which is about brave men.”

Stewart enjoyed a prolific stage career that included a one-man rendition of “A Christmas Carol.”

On his Instagram account, which has 1.7 million followers, he recorded all 154 of Shakespeare’s Sonnets.

His inspiration was Sunny, his 48-year-old wife.

STEWART: “The idea of creating an audio edition of Shakespeare sonnets came about somewhat grimly as a result of the COVID pandemic. Sunny asked me how I would feel recording a different sonnet every morning for social media.

“After taking a deep breath, I hesitatingly replied, ‘Doing so could be very nice.’ Shall I compare thee to a summer's day?

“I am not much of a social media man, but as we talked, I began to feel Sunny's idea might, in fact, be an unexpected and excellent response to the misery of COVID. And to my astonishment, it was.”

Christian singer Guy Penrod faces health crisis

And finally, Gospel singer Guy Penrod is asking for prayers as he faces a serious health diagnosis, reports The Christian Post.

Penrod appeared on an episode of the "JustWhenever" podcast on October 26th, hosted by his former bandmate Mark Lowry. Both Penrod and Lowry were members of the Gaither Vocal Band, a Christian music group.

LOWRY: “You say you're going through some health issues that we're not going to talk about, but what's God been teaching you through all this?”

PENROD: “Life's short. I repeat James a lot. ‘Life is but a vapor. It's here for a little while and vanishes away.’ [James 4:14]

“Don't hold a grudge. You say, ‘Bitter? Party of one.’"

LOWRY: (Laughs)

PENROD: “Yeah, you know, we've tried to slow some things down and be intentional.”

LOWRY: “Well, how can people pray for you?”

PENROD: “It's serious. There's only one potential fix for it, and it's a bone marrow transplant. It's blood stuff in the bones. I'm not the guy that likes to hide away, for the most part. You know, the trouble or difficulty that we're going through. I'd just as soon have a team of warriors like you, praying and calling God, and bringing my name up to Him.”

LOWRY: “Well, what if we pray right now and ask the Lord if He would touch and heal our brother Guy?

“Father, thank you so much for Guy Penrod. Thank you for all He has meant to my life all these years. Lord, You know more than the doctors do about his situation, and nothing ever takes You by surprise. Father, will You touch Your son and heal him from the top of his head to the sole of his feet? Lord, would You fix whatever needs to be fixed? Would you guide the doctors' minds? Would You give them supernatural wisdom? Touch Guy, Lord Jesus.”

Join me and send a 3-sentence get well card to Guy Penrod, c/o A to Z Entertainment, 724 Hall of Fame Drive, Knoxville, Tennessee 37915.

James 5:15 declares, “The prayer offered in faith will make the sick person well; the Lord will raise them up.”

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By Jonathan Clark

18 countries have serious religious freedom violations

Aid to the Church in Need released a new report on Christian persecution. 

The report covers 413 million Christians across 18 countries with serious religious freedom violations. Since 2024, conditions for Christians worsened in China, India, Iran, Mali, Mozambique, Nicaragua, Nigeria, Pakistan, Sudan, and Syria. 

In particular, the presence of Christians in the Middle East is under threat. The report noted, “Conflict also renewed fears among Christian communities about whether their future in the region is sustainable.”

Christian TV channel launches in Muslim-majority Afghanistan

A Christian television channel launched in Afghanistan on Saturday. It’s believed to be the first dedicated Christian channel in the Muslim-majority country. 

Mozhda TV is broadcasting the Gospel message to people across the region. They are doing this despite the Taliban’s restrictions on religious freedom. 

Masoud Ghorbani is the executive director of Mozhda TV. He said, “Almost everyone has a television and a satellite dish at home. The Taliban control the country, but they cannot control the satellites.”

Ghorbani said the country needs Christ just like the crowds did in Mark 6:34. That verse says, “And Jesus, when He came out, saw a great multitude and was moved with compassion for them, because they were like sheep not having a shepherd. So, He began to teach them many things.”

59 years of baby killing in the United Kingdom

This week marks 59 years since the United Kingdom legalized abortion.

Since 1967, at least 11,256,470 babies have been murdered in the womb in the U.K.

Catherine Robinson with Right To Life UK said, “As we pause to reflect on this tragedy, this day also serves as a call to action for people around the country to renew their efforts to do everything they can to help ensure more lives are saved from abortion in the future.” 

Pastor arrested for praying outside D.C.’s Chinese Embassy

Here in the United States, a pastor was arrested after praying outside the Chinese embassy in Washington, D.C.

Pastor Patrick Mahoney is the director of the Christian Defense Coalition. He has protested many times outside the embassy against China’s human rights abuses. This time the Chinese delegation was able to get him arrested on American soil!

The American Center for Law and Justice is defending Pastor Mahoney. You can sign their petition for him through a link in our transcript today at TheWorldview.com. 

Only 33% of Americans trust federal government today

A new survey from Gallup found trust in the federal government reached a record low.

Only a third of U.S. adults trust the executive branch of the federal government, down from 73 percent back in 1972. Trust in the judicial and legislative branches was also significantly down. 

In addition, Americans do not trust each other. Fifty-one percent trust the American people, down from 83 percent in 1974. U.S. adults do put more trust in local government. Sixty-seven percent put confidence in their local government, slightly up from 63 percent in 1972.

Anniversary of Christian King Alfred the Great’s death

And finally, this week is the anniversary of the death of Alfred the Great, a Christian king of England. 

In his early twenties, Alfred became ruler of the Anglo-Saxon kingdom of Wessex. He died 1,127 years ago on October 26, 899.

During his reign, Alfred defended the kingdom from invasion by Danish Vikings. He issued a law code based on Biblical law. Alfred also promoted education throughout his kingdom by translating important works from Latin into English. 

Historian Philip Schaff wrote, “Amid great physical infirmity . . . [Alfred the Great] developed an extraordinary activity during a reign of twenty-nine years, and left an enduring fame for purity, and piety of character and unselfish devotion to the best interests of his people.”

In 2 Samuel 23:3-4, King David said, “The God of Israel has spoken; the Rock of Israel has said to me: When one rules justly over men, ruling in the fear of God, he dawns on them like the morning light, like the sun shining forth on a cloudless morning, like rain that makes grass to sprout from the Earth.”

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The mob would harass girls of Christian families as they walked to church. On one Sunday in August, Ikhlaq Masih confronted the mob to protect a Christian girl. Later, the mob beat him unconscious. 

Masih told International Christian Concern most of his wounds have now healed and that he has forgiven his attackers. He said, “My Christian faith was what led me to stand up for that girl and protect my sister in Christ. Despite everything that happened, I pray that God will show them the light and help them understand the wrong they have done.”

In Matthew 5:44, Jesus said, “Love your enemies, bless those who curse you, do good to those who hate you, and pray for those who spitefully use you and persecute you.” Iran executed over 2,000 people in 2025

The Human Rights Activists News Agency reports Iran executed over 2,000 people in the last year.

That’s up 29 percent compared to the previous year. The number of executions surged as the government cracked down on protests.  

The unrest is also affecting Christians in the country. Iran’s Islamist government killed dozens of Christians in recent months. Trump announces that military action against Iran could be coming

Tensions are rising in the Middle East as President Trump signals that renewed military action against Iran could be approaching.

The United States and Israel are reportedly considering strikes against Iran's nuclear facilities, missile programs, and energy infrastructure. Iran has warned that any attack could trigger retaliation against American military installations and civilian infrastructure across the Persian Gulf.

Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu says preventing Iran from obtaining nuclear weapons remains a top priority.

As election results continue to be known around the world, remember the words of 1 Timothy 2:1-2, "I urge you, first of all, to pray for all people. Ask God to help them; intercede on their behalf, and give thanks for them. Pray this way for kings and all who are in authority so that we can live peaceful and quiet lives marked by godliness and dignity."    Fraud Whistleblower Incentive Program announced

The Trump administration announced a Fraud Whistleblower Incentive Program last week.

The $25 million program offers rewards to those who provide the federal government with tips that lead to a successful fraud conviction. 

Listen to comments from President Donald Trump.

TRUMP: “So here's what we're going to be doing. Anybody that can prove that he turned somebody in -- in other words, he or she -- if you turn somebody in, and you, let's say, report, and you find a billion dollars, we're giving a commission to that person of one percent. That's a lot of money.” US Senate committee releases report on abortion pill Mifepristone

A U.S. Senate committee released a report on abortion drugs entitled, “Mifepristone Without Guardrails.” 

The report found that abortion pill manufacturers have certified over 6,000 pharmacies to dispense the abortion kill pill. Abortion pill sponsors also certified over 8,000 prescribers of the drug. None of them have been decertified despite how they ignore FDA safety protocols. 

The report noted, “Chemical abortion drug sponsors profit off killing innocent unborn children. . . . The findings in this investigation demonstrate a consistent pattern of a lack of transparency regarding the operations of mifepristone sponsors.” Churches are feeling economic squeeze

A new report from Lifeway Research found churches are feeling the economic squeeze.

Fifty-four percent of US Protestant pastors say the economy is negatively impacting their church. That’s up from 49 percent last year, but down from 66 percent in 2024.

Although inflation is up this year, giving did not increase proportionally. Thirty-six percent of pastors say giving at their church is up compared to last year. Thirty-seven percent say giving is about the same. And the rest say giving is down or aren’t sure. Retired US school teacher is released from a Russian prison

And finally, Russia released a U.S. citizen from prison last Wednesday.

Seventy-four-year-old Stephen Hubbard is a retired teacher from Michigan. He moved to Ukraine and lived there for years. In 2024, Russia sentenced him on charges of fighting with the Ukrainian military. His family denies the charges. 

President Donald Trump wrote on Truth Social, “Stephen is on his way back home and will soon be with his family. . . . There was no ‘swap’ necessary for his release.”

Stephen’s son, Rev. Joseph Coleman, recently wrote, “Through these difficult years, prayer and trust in God’s mercy have sustained our family and today we can attest that there are blessings along the hard road to peace.”

Psalm 146:7 says it is God “who executes justice for the oppressed, who gives food to the hungry. The LORD sets the prisoners free.” Close

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Nigerian government now imprisoning Christians The majority of the world’s most severe Christian persecution has centered on Nigerian Christians, come by insurgent groups like Boko Haram and the Fulani. But now, the Nigerian government is imprisoning Christians as well. Persecution.org reports a Christian mother in northeastern Nigeria has been sentenced to 14 years in prison after she shared her faith with a Muslim woman. The same woman testified that she converted to Christianity voluntarily. The prison sentence comes despite the fact the Nigerian constitution guarantees every person freedom of thought, conscience, and religion, as well as the right to change one’s religion. Keep in mind, the nations with the highest number of evangelical Christians in the world are the United States, China, India,  Brazil, and Nigeria. These are the battle ground nations when it comes to Christian persecution and political battles.

Attacks on Christians in India and China has increased since 2018 The United Christian Forum reports that attacks on Christians in India has risen to 800 plus per year — an increase 180 percent since 2018. And now, the Chinese Christian churches have experienced a massive increase in persecution since 2018 as well. The Chinese Communist Party introduced more religious regulations in 2018, at which time the Early Rain Covenant Church and Zion Church were targeted. Pastor Wang Yi received a nine-year prison sentence in 2019. Come 2021, the Chinese government intensified pressures on Christians schools and all religious instruction for children. In 2022, new online religious content regulations took effect. The government began concocting fraud charges against Christian pastors for church donations. Then 2023 brought more closures of churches, arbitrary fines, and prosecutions. Last year, more online clergy restrictions kicked in and mass detentions for Zion Church leadership, and longer prison sentences for the Golden Lampstand Church in China. "And the dragon was enraged with the woman, and he went to make war with the rest of her offspring, who keep the commandments of God and have the testimony of Jesus Christ." That's Revelation 12:17. 

Election battle in Brazil continues Brazil’s leftist, socialist president is claiming he has won the national presidential election occurring over the weekend. His contender, Flavio Bolsonaro, has yet to concede, largely due to irregularities imposed by the country’s leftist supreme court — namely that the election was extended for two hours in order to collect more votes. Bolsonaro is planning to challenge the election. Lula faces a severe headwind going into these next four years, however. The election also moved the conservative bloc in the nation’s senate from roughly from one third to now holding three fifths of the seats.  And, the conservatives now control 54 percent of the lower chamber seats. Parental rights could be at risk with Brazilian election 100,000 homeschooling families in Brazil are hoping for a constitutional amendment that would protect their parental rights. Some homeschooling parents are facing prison sentences at the direction of unfriendly courts. The outcome of the weekend’s election has dashed the hopes of these parents, at least for now. Pray for a miracle! Only 25 percent of Albertans favor secession The tallies are in for that Alberta Canada vote on secession last week. Only 25 percent of Albertans favored secession. However, the majority of voters favored stricter identification for voters, restrictions on welfare for non-permanent immigrants, and more provincial involvement with immigration decisions. Canadians' support of abortion on the rise Canada has been trending left on Social issues. The polling organization Ipsos’s numbers indicate that the percentage of Canadian adults favoring unrestricted abortion has increased from 43 percent in 2010 to 56 percent in 2022. Republicans behind ahead of next week's midterms It’s looking like tough slogging for the Republicans here in the U.S., now, seven days out from the midterms. The Cook Political Report recently surveyed 37 competitive districts, and concluded the Democrats ahead of the Republicans by only 2 percentage points. But these same districts favored Donald Trump in the 2024 elections by an average of five points. Ipsos has put Trump’s approval rating at 31 percent. That’s the lowest since George W. Bush’s low rating back in 2008. Competitive states include Iowa, Texas, Pennsylvania, Ohio, Maine, Arizona, Virginia, and North Carolina as we approach the midterms next week.

Netanyahu seeking to stay in power next week

Israeli elections are planned for Wednesday. Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu is seeking to stay in power amidst turmoil in the country, but his political party will most likely have a hard time forming a majority coalition even if he is elected. These elections too are in the hand of God.  “The king’s heart is in the hand of the LORD, like the rivers of water; He turns it wherever He wishes.” That’s Proverbs 21:1.  U. S. home sales currently lowest on record The US economy is in a turmoil. Pending home sales are the lowest on record. Thirty-year mortgage rates hit 7.4 percent this week, the highest since 2001. Unemployment is relatively low, but keep in mind: As of September, the average private-sector worker's inflation-adjusted hourly earnings has declined approximately 0.7 percent over the past year. J.D. Vance leads Nebraska crowd in prayer A woman collapsed during a political rally at Nebraska’s D&N Event Center over the weekend, while the Vice President was speaking. J.D. Vance took the opportunity to lead in the Lord’s Prayer. VANCE: "Well everybody, while they're working on her, maybe those who are of the praying type would join me in a prayer. I always, in moments like this, try to pray as the Lord taught us to pray: 'Our Father, who art in heaven, hallowed by Thy Name. Thy kingdom come, Thy will be done, on earth as it is heaven. Give us this day our daily bread, and forgive us our trespasses, as we forgive those who trespass against us. And lead us not into temptation, but deliver us from evil. For Thine is the kingdom, the power, and the glory, now and forever. Amen.'" After the medical personnel worked with the elderly woman, the VP told the audience, “Praise God, she’s going to be okay.” Close And that's The Worldview on this Wednesday, October 27th, in the year of our Lord 2026. Subscribe for free via Spotify, Amazon Music, or iTunes or email to this unique Christian newscast at www.TheWorldview.com. And you can get the Generations app through Google Play or The App Store. Filling in for your regular host Adam McManus today (Adam@TheWorldview.com), I’m Kevin Swanson. 

Gunman Opens Fire on Church in Jordan

Persecution.org reports that on Friday, gunmen opened fire during a funeral at Hamound Church, a Greek Orthodox Church in Karak governorate, Jordan.  At least seven people were killed and 34 others were injured.

Authorities have launched an investigation. Karak has a known minority Christian population.  

Footage on Jordanian state television shows three gunmen, two men with pistols and another man with a semiautomatic rifle shooting as the three gunmen move toward the church building.  

King Abdullah II stated on X that Jordan will “confront the terrorist act that targeted Karak with the harshest penalties”

He also offered his deepest condolences to the families of the martyrs and to those recovering.

Revelation 2:10 and 11 says, ‘...Be faithful unto death, and I will give you the crown of life.  He who has an ear, let him hear what the Spirit says to the churches.  The one who conquers will not be hurt by the second death.’

Christian Group Responds to Ebola Outbreak in the Congo

Christian Today reported that an Ebola outbreak in the Democratic Republic of Congo has now spread to eight provinces, raising fears that infections could approach 10,000 and deaths could reach 5,000 in the coming weeks.

Christian relief organization Tearfund reports an average of 71 new cases daily. Armed conflict, medical supply shortages, limited clean water, and misinformation are making containment efforts increasingly difficult.

Poppy Anguandia, Tearfund’s Country Director in the Congo, says, “Those saying goodbye to loved ones who have died of this disease need a lot of support, care and understanding as they play a crucial role in preventing further infections”

Anguandia also says that Faith leaders are setting up handwashing stations and modelling good hygiene practices at church and in the community to battle misinformation and the spread of the infection.

Tearfund is partnering with local churches and healthcare workers to provide hygiene supplies, promote disease prevention, and support affected families. Christian leaders are urging churches to continue serving their communities as the outbreak threatens to spread further across the region.

An Illinois School District is Ordered to Lift Restrictions on a Christian After-School Club

An Illinois school district has agreed to lift restrictions on Christian after-school clubs and pay more than $105,000 in legal fees and damages following a federal lawsuit as reported by The Christian Post.

Child Evangelism Fellowship sued the Moline-Coal Valley School District, alleging its Good News Clubs faced discriminatory facility fees and restrictions on distributing literature and participating in school events.

Under the settlement, the district will provide the Christian clubs the same access to school facilities as comparable nonreligious organizations.

Liberty Counsel Chairman Mat Staver called the settlement a victory for religious freedom, stating, “The First Amendment prohibits public schools from discriminating against Christian viewpoints regarding use of school facilities.”

The agreement follows a 2001 Supreme Court ruling protecting religious clubs' access to public school facilities after school hours.

An Evangelistic Association Sees A Big Response in the UK

The Billy Graham Evangelistic Association is reporting that as it continues its God Loves You Tour.  They have seen massive responses in the United Kingdom!  At one event in Manchester over ten thousand people attended.  Listen to Franklin Graham’s comments when he talked with CBN News.

GRAHAM: “Millions of people are searching and looking for truth. They want to know truth. The internet has left them cold, what they learned in school has left them cold, and they're wanting a relationship with their Maker, their Creator. That's Almighty God. And no one's there, telling them how to do that. They don't know. The mainline churches are closing, and they're all falling into all kinds of other topics, and so they're searching. And so we saw there in Manchester, we had over 10,000 people come. A majority of them were young people, and at the invitation, over 800 of them came forward, to confess their sins, to repent, and by faith, put their faith and trust in Jesus Christ!”

Graham gives all praise to God!  He says, “There’s supernatural Holy Spirit-filled power in the gospel of Jesus Christ.  When you tell a person that they’re sinners, and they have to repent and put their faith and trust in Christ and Him alone there’s power in that.”

Graham went on to comment on future plans to continue to bring the gospel to the United Kingdom in 2030.

GRAHAM: “We're gonna go back in 2030 for a major event in London, and to have a conference on evangelism for the Common Wealth countries. And we'll invite 54 countries to come, and we'll have a huge event.”

Teacher Performs Positive Affirmations with Students

Finally KSN 3 News in Kansas reports that a teacher at Rex Elementary School in Haysville, Tyler Richards has found a way to make an impact on the kids in his classroom by just ending the day with positive affirmations.  

RICHARDS: “Alright, first grade, repeat after me. Say, “I am smart. I am grateful. I am kind. I can do hard things!”

This practice has inspired other classes to start their own affirmation practices to end the day on as well.  Principle Shane Paulus says, “It’s a great way for them to feel loved, feel appreciated, know they’re welcomed here and to end the day on a good note before going home”

Richards comments on why this practice is important.

RICHARDS: “I think that it's important that they feel safe and comfortable with us, and I think these are just one of those ways that they feel even more connected with us and know that school's a safe place for them.”

Ephesians 4:29 states, Let no corrupting talk come out of your mouths, but only such as is good for the building up, as fits the occasion, that it may give grace to those who hear.

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Food Costs Putting Children At Risk of Malnutrition Worldwide

Christian humanitarian organization World Vision warns that rising food prices are putting millions of children at risk of malnutrition, hunger, and long-term developmental problems.

Its latest report examined food affordability in 62 countries, finding that while workers in wealthier nations can purchase basic nutritious food with about an hour's wages, workers in Sudan would need 19 days of earnings to afford the same basket of groceries.

An estimated 35.5 million children worldwide suffered acute malnutrition in 2025, including nearly 10 million severe cases.

Conditions are especially troubling in Sudan, where nearly 19.5 million people face serious food insecurity, and Afghanistan, where more than 4 million children are expected to require malnutrition treatment next year.

World Vision is calling for expanded school meal programs, stronger local food production, and emergency humanitarian assistance.

Deuteronomy 15:11 - For there will never cease to be poor in the land.  Therefore I command you, You shall open wide your hand to your brother, to the needy and to the poor, in your land.

30-year Fixed-rate Mortgage Interest Rate Drops

The benchmark 30-year fixed-rate mortgage dropped to 7.32% from 7.40% last week, mortgage buyer Freddie Mac said Thursday. One year ago, the average rate was 6.19%. Borrowing costs on 15-year fixed-rate mortgages, often sought by borrowers refinancing a home loan, also eased this week. That average rate slipped to 6.68% from 6.71% last week. A year ago, it was at 5.44%. U.S. home sales remain stalled this year in large part because of rising mortgage rates, which can add hundreds of dollars a month in costs for borrowers, limiting homebuyers’ purchasing power and prompting many to put off buying a home. The U.S. housing market has been in a slump since 2022, when mortgage rates began to climb from pandemic-era lows. Sales of previously occupied U.S. homes were essentially flat last year, stuck at a 30-year low. In its latest forecast, mortgage buyer Fannie Mae projects that the rate on a 30-year mortgage will average 7.4% in the final quarter of this year, and average 7.5% in 2027. 

Actor From The Chosen Endorses Democratic Candidate James Talarico in Texas

Actor Jordan Walker Ross, who played the role of Little James in the hit TV series “The Chosen,” has endorsed Democrat radical James Talarico in the tight Texas Senate race. 

Here is what Ross had to say on a video posted to Facebook last week. 

ROSS: "I grew up in Texas, surrounded by faith my entire life, so that's exactly why I'm proud to be supporting James Talarico, and launching “Faithful Texans for Talarico.” You know, a lot of politicians like to talk about Christian values, but you don't really see that reflected in their legislation or the way that they live, but you do see that in the way James lives. He loves his neighbor. He takes care of the needy, the sick, the immigrant, and he shows that in his legislation by bringing Democrats and Republicans together, to take on corporate special interests and lower costs for his neighbors. Our political system isn't working for Texans. It's time for a change. So if you want to join us, please sign up to join “Faithful Texans for Talarico.” 

Sadly, James Talarico has endorsed the LGBTQ agenda, the transgender movement, and has called God “non-binary!” 

Ross has also had a history of wavering on traditional Christianity, stating “There are gay Christians, trans Christians, straight Christians, liberal Christians, conservative Christians. Stop gatekeeping the Christian faith. It’s not your place to determine whether or not someone is a ‘true Christian.’” 

Matthew 7:16-17 reminds us, “You will know them by their fruits. Do men gather grapes from thornbushes or figs from thistles? Even so, every good tree bears good fruit, but a bad tree bears bad fruit.”

Major Fire in Alberta Kills 4 People

A major fire at Canadian Forces Base Wainwright in Alberta, which subsequently spread to surrounding areas, has killed at least four people and hospitalized many more, with many in critical condition. 

Extremely windy conditions around the time of the fire caused it to escape the base, though the fire is now contained.

Emergency Doctor Warren Thirsk said, “It is more patients than any of us want to count right now. It's a disaster. It's a one in every 15 to 25-year disaster.” 

Wainwright Mayor Bruce Pugh mourned the event as a “heavy day,” explaining, “We have neighbours who are either serving or former members of the Canadian Armed Forces. We're integrated, our kids play in the same hockey teams, attend the same schools.” Pugh also acknowledged that this may be the highest casualty event this area has seen.

Bank of America Faces Largest Fine Ever Imposed by the US Treasury Department

Bank of America is facing one of the largest fines ever imposed by the U.S. Treasury Department after allegedly failing to report $5 billion in suspicious transactions, including money linked to Chinese laundering networks, border-related criminal activity, and violations of sanctions against countries such as Russia and Iran.

Meanwhile, a federal banking report identified Bank of America among nine major banks accused of improperly denying financial services to customers based on religious or political beliefs.

Among those affected was Indigenous Advance Ministries, a Christian nonprofit serving orphans and widows in Uganda, whose accounts were closed in 2023 with little explanation.

Republican Congressman Mike Haridopolos criticized the banks for allegedly discriminating against Christian and conservative organizations while failing to adequately police suspicious financial activity. He called for greater transparency and accountability in the banking industry.

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Armed Mob Attacks Christian Gathering in India

International Christian Concern reports an armed mob attacked a Christian gathering in India earlier this month.

The Annual Santhali Mega Bible Convention Retreat attracts thousands of Christians in India’s state of West Bengal. A mob of 200 fanatics assaulted Christian attendees with bamboo sticks and bricks on October 9. The attack injured several Christians and forced the convention to end early. 

The Hindu nationalist Bharatiya Janata Party came to power in West Bengal in May of this year. Since then, such anti-Christian incidents have been on the rise.

Christian Legal Centre in England Helps Church Fight For Their Street Preaching Ministry

A church in England is fighting local officials to share the gospel on the streets.

The Colchester City Council put restrictions on the street ministry of Bread of Life Community Church. It amounts to an effective ban on preaching. The Christian Legal Centre is helping the church to challenge the restrictions.

Listen to comments from Andrea Williams with the Christian Legal Centre as well as the church’s pastor, Stephen Clayden.

WILLIAMS: "It's really important that we keep the streets open to the Gospel, because when we keep the streets open to the Gospel, we'll keep the pulpits open to the Gospel, and we'll reach those that need this eternal message of salvation."

CLAYDEN: “They'll come for us in the streets, but then they'll come for us in the pulpits as well. That's why we have to win this case.”

In Romans 1:16, the Apostle Paul wrote, “I am not ashamed of the gospel of Christ, for it is the power of God to salvation for everyone who believes.”

President Zelensky Reports Ukraine Is Ready for Peace Talks

Yesterday Ukrainian President Zelensky told "FOX & Friends" that he is now willing to end the war and begin peace talks with the current front lines frozen in place -- as long as the U.S. gives security guarantees.  Here are some of his comments.

ZELENSKY: “Yes, right now we have to freeze, and I think this is real way to end this war. The most important is peace, and also security peace. This is the most important. Not to be afraid that occupation will come back, aggression will come back, killings will come back. And that's why, freeze and talks... and security guarantees from the United States.”

Zelensky says that freezing the conflict where the lines currently stand is a realistic path to stopping the violence. 

UK NHS Backing Down from Transgender Ideology

The United Kingdom’s National Health Service is backing down from transgender ideology. 

New guidance requires hospitals to put patients in wards based on their biological sex, not their so-called “gender identity.”

This guidance is based on a ruling from the U.K. Supreme Court last year. The ruling said that the terms “man” and “woman” in the Equality Act 2010 refer to biological sex at birth.    

Transgender Accommodations Stay in Place for Inmates

Here in America, transgender activists scored a victory at the U.S. Supreme Court.

A policy from the Trump administration would prohibit transgender drugs and surgeries for inmates in federal prison. A U.S. district judge in Washington, D.C. blocked the policy earlier this year. The Trump administration filed an emergency appeal to the Supreme Court.

However, the high court ruled against the Trump administration yesterday. This keeps transgender accommodations in place for federal inmates.

ChatGPT Being Used for Religious Questions

OpenAI released a report this month on how people use ChatGPT for religious questions.

Over the last year, the AI chatbot received about 70 million requests about religion each week. Forty-five percent of the requests concerned Islam, and 34 percent concerned Christianity. 

Nearly half of Christian-related requests were about Bible passages. Another 13 percent were about worship, sermons, or church practices. 

The report noted that ministries and faith leaders are increasingly making use of AI. 

Elon Musk Announces Gifts for Kids

Tech billionaire Elon Musk announced a big gift to kids across the U.S.

He posted Monday on X, “Next year, I will give one of my SpaceX shares to every kid in America. This will be the first of many.”

Musk’s pledge would amount to over $10 billion.

Anniversary of Death of Susannah Spurgeon

And finally, today is the anniversary of the death of Susannah Spurgeon. 

Susannah was born on January 15, 1832 and died on October 22, 1903. She married the prominent English Baptist preacher, Charles Haddon Spurgeon, in 1856. They were married for 36 years until Charles’ death in 1892. 

The couple had twin sons Charles Jr. and Thomas in 1857. By the late 1860s though, Susannah became chronically ill. Nevertheless, she continued her steadfast support for her husband’s ministry. Susannah also started a Book Fund ministry for needy pastors, sending out over 200,000 volumes by the time of her death.  

Susannah’s great-great-granddaughter, Susie Spurgeon Cochrane, wrote of her, “When there were good times, she gave [God] the praise, and when there were trials, she fell on her knees before Him. Again and again she went to the Fountain of Living Water and drank deeply from it. Then, and only then, was she able to do all that she did in her life.”

Jesus said in John 7:37-38, “If anyone thirsts, let him come to Me and drink. He who believes in Me, as the Scripture has said, out of his heart will flow rivers of living water.”

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Christian Group Calls on Colombia South America To Protect Religious Leaders

Members of a criminal gang killed a Protestant pastor in Colombia on October 7.

Jesús Alberto Puerta Pérez worked as a taxi driver in the coastal city of Cartagena. He was affiliated with the La Antorcha Encendida Church. Pérez regularly shared his faith with members of local criminal groups. Gang members killed him after he refused to let them use his motorcycle for smuggling drugs. 

Christian Solidarity Worldwide is calling on Colombia to protect religious leaders as violence against Christians increases in the country. You can sign the organization’s petition through a link in our transcript today at theworldview.com. 

Psalm 116:15 says, “Precious in the sight of the LORD Is the death of His saints.”

Christian Teacher in England Sues School That Fired Her

A Christian teacher in England is suing the school that fired her for her pro-life beliefs.

Anita Meston taught at Biddick Academy, a state-funded school in Sunderland. Last year, a student asked her if she was pro-abortion. She explained that she is a Christian and is pro-life. The school responded by terminating her contract. 

Meston said, “With the support of Alliance Defending Freedom, I am now taking legal action against Biddick Academy to ensure nobody else faces discrimination for expressing pro-life beliefs.” Her final tribunal hearing is scheduled for February 2028.

Episcopal Church In America Is Seeing Record Low Numbers

Here in the United States, the Episcopal Church continues its decline in membership.

The mainline denomination reports it had about 1.4 million members last year. That’s down nearly 500,000 from 1.9 million members in 2015. Sunday worship attendance also declined over the last decade. 

The Christian Post noted, “Many factors have contributed to the decline in membership and attendance, but the denomination's increasingly progressive theological direction has alienated some.”

Trump Announces New Harvest Fuel Relief Program

President Donald Trump announced a relief program for farmers on Monday.

Listen to his comments during a midterm election campaign speech in Kansas.

TRUMP: “Tonight I am also pleased to announce that the Department of Agriculture will be launching a new harvest fuel relief program, providing our farmers with 8 billion dollars in support to offset diesel costs during this harvest season.”

It’s the latest financial incentive President Trump has announced ahead of the midterm elections. The cost of living remains high, especially fuel prices as the U.S.-Iran war continues. 

U.S. Budget Deficit for 2026 Nearly $2 Trillion

The U.S. budget deficit for 2026 was nearly $2 trillion. 

That’s up 12 percent from the previous fiscal year. The federal government has been spending more than it receives for 25 straight years.

The U.S. spent over $1.3 trillion this year just to service its record $40 trillion of total national debt.

Proverbs 22:7-8 says, “The rich rules over the poor, and the borrower is servant to the lender. He who sows iniquity will reap sorrow, and the rod of his anger will fail.”

Political Preferences of Religious Voters

Pew Research released a survey on the political preferences of religious voters.

Overall, 44 percent of registered voters said they would vote for the Democrat candidate for U.S. House of Representatives if the election were held today. Thirty-six percent said they would vote for the Republican candidate. And 20 percent would not vote for either party. 

Among religious groups, Protestants and Catholics lean Republican. Support for Republicans was the highest among White Protestants and White Catholics. Support for Democrats was highest among Black Protestants and Hispanic Catholics. The religiously unaffiliated overwhelmingly supported Democrats.   

TN Couple Visits Every County in the U.S.

And finally, a Tennessee couple completed the challenge of visiting all 3,144 counties in the U.S.

Bill and Jan Larson are among just 80 people to complete the challenge through the Extra-Miler Club, founded in 1973. The Larsons have been married for 58 years and have always enjoyed traveling together.

They visited their final county in Washington State earlier this year. Bill Larson described  the experience to WBIR Channel 10. 

Listen.

LARSON: “The whole family gathered on the ferry, so when we crossed the county line on the ferry, we all celebrated.”

The Larsons said they saw so much beauty across the United States, but do they still think they’re home state of Tennessee is the best place to be?

LARSON “Absolutely, and the Smokies are without a doubt our favorite national park.”

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Police in Tucson, Arizona threatened a Christian man with arrest if he continued to speak about Jesus at a public outdoor event, according to a Fox News report. A video shows the police informing David Hoffman he could not be on the street talking to people about Jesus in an unamplified “normal voice.”  To hear his interaction with police click on the link in our transcript at www.theworldview.com Acts 5 Speaks to this: “But during the night an angel of the Lord opened the prison doors and brought them out, and said, “Go and stand in the temple and speak to the people all the words of this Life.” 

A big win for religious liberty!. . .  Lifewise Academy is an organization that provides optional, privately funded, off-campus Bible education to public school students during school hours. A Washington State school district was requiring students to keep any Bibles received from LifeWise sealed in envelopes in their backpacks. Lifewise sued, and now . . . a settlement has been reached. The Everett School District Board of Directors must undergo religious liberty training, make changes to district policies governing religious activities, issue a public written apology on the district’s website visible for six months, and pay $275,000 in attorney’s fees.

The next few weeks will determine the future of the world — especially in the Western Hemisphere. The Brazilian runoff election is scheduled for this Sunday. Yesterday’s debate caught the Brazilian current president Lula threatening his challenger, the more conservative, Flavio Bolsonaro with arrest if he is elected. Bolsonaro rebuked the socialist “in the Name of Jesus,” and reminded him that quote “Only the Lord is God!” 

Alberta Historic Vote To Separate From Canada

Alberta’s separation vote is happening right now. . . Voters in the Canadian province will make the first decision on whether to separate from Canada, and the results should be out today. And the United States his heading for its mid terms elections in just two weeks from today. The betting odds are 90% that the democrats will capture the House, and roughly 60% that they will take the Senate. But all will play out according to God’s purposes, 100%.

The average Producer Price Index inflation rate for Trump’s first 21 months in office ran at 4.3%. . . up from 2.9% under Biden’s last 21 months in office. September’s PPI came in at 6.3% The consumer price index is running at 3.7%, up from 3% last year at this time.

Violence In France Continues

France is experiencing its worst riots in a very long time. Over the weekend, violent groups have set fires, looted businesses, and attacked public buildings in Paris and other cities. Approximately 2,400 people were arrested, and nearly 1,000 police officers were injured. President Emmanuel Macron condemned the violence, while his government blamed radical-left groups and opportunistic criminals for much of the destruction. Almost 10,000 people have been arrested in these riots over the last 2 months. This exceeds the fallout from riots occurring in 2023 and 2005.

Political Split in France Has Never Been Deeper

With the rise of the left, comes the rise of the right as well. The conservative party Le Pens has grown in support from roughly 10% to 30% of the popular vote since 2005. Fox News Digital has identified 54 far left, socialist, communist, Marxist, revolutionary organizations in France and elsewhere across Europe that are organizing the riots and working to destabilize society.  The news outlet also reports that an international coalition of 28 communist and socialist youth and organizations are organizing more riots in at least 12 countries across Europe.

Keep in mind Psalm 46 today: “The nations raged, the kingdoms were moved; He uttered His voice, the earth melted.

The Lord of hosts is with us; The God of Jacob is our refuge.” 

Summit Proposed Concerning Russian/Ukranian Conflict

Now, Russia’s president Vladimir Putin has proposed a summit with Chinese President Xi Jinping and United States President Donald Trump regarding the Ukraine War.  The meeting would exclude current Ukrainian leader Volodymyr Zelenskyy. Attacks between the two countries have continued this year, with Ukraine targeting Russian oil refineries in recent weeks.

Illinois Democrat Governor JB Pritzker, is attacking his Republican opponent for his faith. 

The GOP nominee, Darren Bailey, is a former state Senator and a Christian who founded a Christian school.

The New American reported, “Pritzker’s campaign has published press releases attacking Bailey for his and his school’s theological stances. On October 14, for example, the campaign mocked Bailey because his school upholds biblical positions on the family, including that a husband ‘leads the family’ — as opposed to the radical social agenda taught in government schools. 

Bailey responded that he wanted “to talk about high property taxes [and] high utility costs,” saying the attack was a “perfect example of JB Pritzker being successful by diverting the message.” 

David Smith of the Illinois Family Institute wrote that “The hypocrisy is staggering coming from JB Pritzker, who repealed parental notification of abortion, expanded taxpayer funding for abortion, & legalized assisted suicide.” 

An Unique Family Reunion For A Young Pilot

GoodNewsNetwork reports a truly unique family reunion.   A young Dutch pilot, Zoe, flew a commercial jet alongside her father, Michel, as captain for the first time!   The unique family’s work shift came as a surprise, but that’s not the only surprise Zoe’s mother, Marjan, served as stewardess on the same flight.  None of the three initially realized their schedules would put them on the same flight. 

Zoë grew up watching her father head off to work in his pilot’s uniform, jetting off to far-flung destinations around the world, and it inspired her own love of aviation. 

Zoe said it “felt amazing” to finally share the experience of flying with both her parents. 

Zoë attended the KLM Flight Academy after being accepted at just 17. She went on to say, “After two years, I graduated and have been so lucky to be able to fly with my dad five times now and once with my mom.” 

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More than 500 million Christians face restricted access to the Bible

Persecution.org reports that The Bible Access Initiative, a collaboration of several ministries, has found that more than 500 million Christians live in nations where access to God’s Word is restricted.

Additionally, the research team discovered that more than 125 million believers live in places where they cannot access Scripture in any format.

The research team identified persecution, poverty, illiteracy, political restrictions, and lack of internet access as some of the main barriers to Bible access for multitudes of Christians.

We echo the request from one International Christian Concern staffer who requests quote, “Please continue to pray for, and support initiatives and projects that increase the supply and availability of God’s precious Word for believers around the world.”

2 Timothy 3:16-17 reminds us that, “All Scripture is breathed out by God and profitable for teaching, for reproof, for correction and for training in righteousness, that the man of God may be complete, equipped for every good work.” 

Euthanasia cases in Belgium doubled in last five years

In the country of Belgium, Euthanasia cases have more than doubled in the last five years! ChristianToday.com reported about these new figures.  

By law, Belgium’s Federal Commission for the Control and Evaluation of Euthanasia must publish a report every two years documenting instances of assisted dying.

Their most recent data reveals a dramatic surge in assisted deaths, climbing from 2,445 occurrences in 2020—which accounted for 1.9 percent of total national mortality—to 4,487 cases in 2025. This reflects a substantial spike from the 3,991 recorded in 2024 alone.

Since Belgium's original legal authorization of doctor-assisted death in 2002, when merely 235 individuals ended their lives this way, overall deaths from this practice have surpassed 42,000.

Proponents pushing to permit assisted suicide across Great Britain frequently insist that such provisions would remain strictly limited to individuals suffering from terminal conditions.

Yet the evidence out of Belgium demonstrates that numerous citizens opt for state-sanctioned death despite absent terminal diagnoses. Approximately 25 percent of last year’s assisted dying cases—totaling 1,117 individuals—involved patients whose natural life expectancy was not imminent.

This category has expanded remarkably, more than tripling from the 311 non-terminal instances documented back in 2020.

Job 12:10 states that, “In his hand is the life of every living thing and the breath of all mankind.” 

Anthropic announces plans for a Public Benefit Fund

On Sunday, AI company Anthropic announced plans to set aside 5 percent of its shares for a new “Anthropic Public Benefit Fund,” subject to stockholder approval, to support public interest initiatives. Including the new fund, roughly 20 percent of Anthropic’s shares would be dedicated to public purposes, with a 5 percent stake being worth about $48 billion dollars and the commitment potentially increasing as valuation grows. While no specific groups or nonprofits have been named, The Anthropic Public Benefit Fund will support nonprofit donations, direct distributions to specific populations and worker impact efforts.  Anthropic did promise that none of the money from this fund would be used for political lobbying or contributions.

More details emerging from the shooting in Bend, Oregon

The investigation into the shooting in Bend, Oregon on Thursday October 15th continues and more details are being revealed. The shooter was John Griffin Jr III, using a pump action shotgun purchased by Griffin’s mother in August. Oregon law prohibits minors from possessing firearms. Kaylub Giamanco, a 36-year-old carpenter and father, heard the gunfire while driving home and pursued the gunman into the school and killed him. Oregon Governor Tina Kotek credited Giamanco.

KOTEK: “And to the community member, who heroically intervened to stop further loss of life, your actions carry a heavy emotional burden, and I just want you to know my thoughts are with you as well.”

Police Chief Mike Krantz said the investigation into the motive will take time. No charges have been announced at this time.  

Largest private conservation project in the U.S. hits major milestone

As autumn descends upon the Great Plains of North America, the largest private land conservation project in the country is ringing in an inspirational milestone.

The resident herd of relatively free-roaming bison now numbers 4 digits for the first time since the organization’s founding more than 20 years ago.

American Prairie is a conservation nonprofit. The group is quite simply attempting to stitch together the largest contiguously-wild stretch of North American Prairie in the country for the purpose of conservation and recreation.

Stitching together grasslands, water features, ranchland, rolling hills, and woodland, the goal is ultimately to protect, and in some cases rewild, 3.2 million acres.

Yet in the over 20 years that American Prairie has been working, they’ve expanded their reserve to such an extent that if it were declared a National Park, it would rank among the nation’s 10 largest across the lower 48 states.

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Myanmar military bombs church, sets another on fire

The Myanmar military sent two junta jet fighters on bombing runs which destroyed a Presbyterian church in Mindat, Chin State at 2:30pm on October 9th, reports Christian Solidarity Worldwide. While no civilian casualties were reported, the church building sustained catastrophic structural destruction.

Then, at 3:30pm on October 12th, soldiers from Myanmar military’s 33rd and 88th Light Infantry Divisions set the Htingnan Kachin Baptist Church on fire.  It is located in Banmaw, Kachin State.

These are the latest deliberate attacks on Christian places of worship in Myanmar’s Christian regions.

The destruction of churches serves as a direct retaliatory tactic against the Chin and Kachin revolutionary armed resistance movements, punishing civilian populations belonging to these Christian-majority ethnic groups. In these regions, churches function not only as sacred places of worship, but also as vital community sanctuaries, emergency shelters for displaced civilians, schools, and humanitarian distribution hubs.

Send a polite, 4-sentence note to the Myanmar Ambassador to America, Aung Lynn, urging him to ask the military leaders to stop bombing churches.  Address it to the Myanmar Embassy, 2300 S Street NW, Washington, DC 20008.

Is Democratic Rep. Omar guilty of immigration fraud & inflating net worth?

Democratic Congresswoman Ilhan Omar of Minnesota is the target of at least two federal investigations related to possible immigration fraud and inflation of her net worth by tens of millions of dollars in House disclosure forms, reports the New York Post.

D.C. U.S. Attorney Jeanine Pirro confirmed Tuesday on Fox News’ “America Reports” that “there are several investigations going on” related to the Minnesota Democrat, adding that potential civil or criminal immigration violations as well as Omar’s claim of being worth up to $30 million were also under scrutiny.

Sources familiar with the cases disclosed that the Minnesota US Attorney’s Office was leading the probe into alleged immigration fraud, possibly involving false statements about Omar’s birth date, while Pirro’s office in D.C. was taking on the inquiry into the finances of Omar and her husband, Tim Mynett.

Concealing material facts or willfully misrepresenting information on immigration papers could lead to the congresswoman’s denaturalization. It’s unclear whether those alleged crimes occurred on paperwork originally compiled by her father or on subsequent forms such as a passport renewal.

Todd Spodek, a federal criminal defense lawyer, said, “The Constitution requires seven years of citizenship to serve in the House. Denaturalization can operate retroactively, but how that would affect an already-seated member of Congress is largely untested. A criminal conviction alone does not automatically remove a member from office.”

In 2024, Congresswoman Omar astoundingly claimed that she and her husband’s joint assets were valued between $5 million and $30 million, only to file disclosures one year later, claiming between $20,000 and $125,000.

The previously high-valued assets were largely attributable to income reported from her husband’s wine and venture capital businesses, which recorded a meager $200 to $1,000 just last year.

When Vice President J.D. Vance was asked about the Omar investigation on the airport tarmac, he made this comment.

VANCE: “We try to run our Department of Justice in a fair and honest way. We try to let the law follow the facts rather than creating facts just to prosecute people we don't like. And, because of that, I think the president and I largely try to stay out of Department of Justice investigations and other prosecutions. 

“I do know that there are some serious allegations against [Congresswoman] Ilhan Omar. We're going to look into those. And again, if there's a real case there, we're going to follow the facts. If there's not a real case there, then we won't.”

And then, appearing on Fox News on October 14th, Vance expressed his incredulity at Congresswoman Omar’s disdain for America.

VANCE: “We have very rarely had a person in Congress who seems to have such disdain and such rage at the country that gave her a better life. Now, that's not a crime, but we're going to see whether she did commit a crime. If she did, we're obviously going to follow the law.”

Execution by firing squad will not be livestreamed

On October 15th, President Donald Trump said the United States will not livestream the December 3rd execution at Fort Hood of the former Army psychologist who was convicted of fatally shooting 13 people at a military base in 2009, reports News Nation,

On Truth Social, President Trump wrote that former U.S. Army Maj. Nidal Hasan “will die, as scheduled, by firing squad, but this event will not be streamed. That said, the execution may be viewed in person by the immediate families of the victims, if they so choose.”

In 2009, Hasan opened fire at the Fort Hood base in Texas. He was found guilty in 2013 of 45 counts of premeditated murder and attempted premeditated murder, dismissed from the Army, and given the death penalty.

Genesis 9:6 says, “Whoever sheds the blood of man, by man shall his blood be shed, for God made man in His own image.”

Earlier this month, War Secretary Pete Hegseth and the Pentagon announced that Hasan’s execution would be livestreamed for public viewing. However, the decision was met with pushback from politicians on both sides of the aisle, faith leaders, legal experts and human rights groups.

Anniversary of martyrdom of two English reformers

And finally, today is the anniversary of the martyrdom of two English Reformers.

Their names were Hugh Latimer and Nicholas Ridley. Both were bishops in the Church of England. Ridley was born in 1502, becoming a great scholar and renouncing Roman Catholic doctrine. Latimer was born earlier in 1485. He became a great Reformation preacher, also rejecting Catholic traditions. His preaching brought Protestant teachings effectively to the middle and lower classes.

However, a Catholic queen came to power in England in 1553. She was known as “Bloody Mary” for her deadly persecution of Protestants. After her ascension to power, Latimer and Ridley were tried for their beliefs and tragically burned at the stake on October 16, 1555 – 471 years ago.

As they faced death together, Latimer told his friend, “Be of good comfort, Master Ridley, and play the man; we shall this day light such a candle, by God’s grace, in England, as I trust shall never be put out.”

In Romans 8:36-37, the Apostle Paul wrote, “As it is written: ‘For Your sake we are killed all day long; we are accounted as sheep for the slaughter.’ Yet in all these things we are more than conquerors through Him who loved us.”

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24 Christians arrested in Nepal

Authorities in Nepal raided a Christian college and arrested 24 Christians last week.

The Christians are from South Korea. They were participating in a religious program at Nepal New Covenant College. It is the latest incident of Christian persecution in the Hindu-majority country. Nepal has a small but fast-growing population of Christians. 

Dipesh Shrestha with the National Christian Federation Nepal told UCA News, “The state is treating every Christian, both local and foreign, as a criminal for sharing, meeting, or talking about their faith.”

In Matthew 10:22, Jesus said, “You will be hated by all for My name’s sake. But he who endures to the end will be saved.”

Protestant Churches growing in Chile

Protestant churches are growing in the South American country of Chile.

Government records show 82 religious organizations registered with the state from June to August of this year. That means almost one Protestant church is established every day in the historically Roman Catholic country. 

Protestants in Chile are also gaining attention in public life. Evangelical Focus noted, “Election campaigns . . . seek dialogue with pastors and evangelical churches, whose . . . commitment to causes such as the defense of life, the family and religious freedom are recognized.”

New UK Evangelicals affirm Resurrection, doubt Biblical inerrancy

Ligonier Ministries released a report on the state of theology in the United Kingdom.

Almost a third of Evangelicals in the U.K. are newcomers to church. The report said, “From a UK perspective, this is noteworthy because it aligns with anecdotal reports from numerous pastors and churches of increased attendance among younger adults, particularly younger men.”

These new Evangelicals affirm core Christian doctrines like the Trinity and the bodily resurrection of Jesus. However, many new Evangelicals also affirmed that God accepts the worship of all religions and that the Bible is not literally true. 

Hebrews 13:8-9 says, “Jesus Christ is the same yesterday, today, and forever. Do not be carried about with various and strange doctrines. For it is good that the heart be established by grace.”

Greenland will provide America with new energy source

The United States is looking to Greenland for more energy resources.

President Donald Trump said massive oil, gas, and mineral exploration is getting ready to begin in the region. This comes after the United States and Denmark agreed to an increased American military presence in Greenland last month.

Greenland’s government acknowledged exploration efforts by U.S. companies but pushed back on the idea that they were “massive.”

Trump revealed more debanking of conservatives

The Trump administration called out major banks for religious discrimination in a new report.

The report reviewed nearly 100,000 complaints from 2020 to 2025. They involve financial institutions like JPMorgan Chase, Bank of America, Citibank, and Wells Fargo. These banks denied services to Christian, pro-life, and conservative organizations after the Biden administration labeled them as “hate groups.” 

Mark Paoletta is the Acting Director of the U.S. Consumer Financial Protection Bureau. He said, “It is appalling that these banks targeted American consumers for their political, social, or religious beliefs that did not align with the Biden Administration or its leftist allies.”

Cost of U.S. goods and services increases

The cost of goods and services in the U.S. continued to increase last month.

A report from the Labor Department found that the Consumer Price Index increased 3.7 percent compared to September 2025.

Gasoline accounted for over half of the rise in prices. 

Florida hurricane left hundreds of thousands without power

And finally, Hurricane Isaias made landfall in the Florida Panhandle as a Category 2 storm last Friday. 

The hurricane brought flooding, destructive winds, and tornadoes to parts of the Southeast. At least six storm-related deaths were reported as of yesterday. Hundreds of thousands of people are without power. 

Christian organizations like Samaritan’s Purse are bringing aid to the affected areas. You can give to their disaster relief efforts through a link in our transcript today at TheWorldview.com. 

The ministry stated, “Our staff and volunteers are responding in Jesus’ Name to help hurting homeowners recover after the hurricane. … They are helping to cut felled trees, clear out debris, and share the hope of the Gospel with families reeling from the storm.”

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By Jonathan Clark

Cuban Communists arrest pastor over prayer event

Communist officials in Cuba arrested a Protestant pastor last month for planning a prayer event. 

Pastor Maikel Pupo Velázquez leads the unregistered Sacred Blessing Word of Fire Church. He was detained last year for delivering medicine to the families of political prisoners. He is now in prison himself for trying to organize a public prayer event, reports The Christian Post.

Anna Lee Stangl with Christian Solidarity Worldwide said, “We demand the immediate release of Maikel Pupo Velázquez. … There is no rational justification for the decision … to detain him for simply encouraging others of his faith to pray for Cuba.”

Write a polite, 4-sentence note to the Cuban Ambassador to America,   Lianys Rivera, urging her to encourage the government to release Pastor Maikel Velázquez. Send it to the Cuban Embassy, 2630 16th Street NW, Washington DC, 20009. 

Pope Leo has lung cancer

Pope Leo XIV has been diagnosed with lung cancer following a surgical procedure at Rome’s Gemelli University Hospital, reports One America News.

During the operation, surgeons successfully removed the lower lobe of the 71-year-old pontiff’s right lung. However, postoperative laboratory evaluations also confirmed the presence of lung adenocarcinoma, a malignant diagnosis that preoperative tests had previously suspected.

160 million people installed the YouVersion Bible app in 2026

The YouVersion Bible app  continues to see growth around the world.

YouVersion added over 160 million new installs across its family of apps in 2026. And daily usage reached a record 18.5 million people. 

Zimbabwe saw the most growth in daily Bible usage this year followed by Pakistan, Iraq, Vietnam, Nigeria, and Kenya. 

Terms like “anxiety” and “hope” were among the most searched in the app. And the most-searched term was “Psalm 91.”

Verse two of that chapter says, “I will say of the LORD, ‘He is my refuge and my fortress; My God, in Him I will trust.’”

Trump lifts sanctions on Russian diesel exports

The United States is lifting sanctions on Russian diesel exports. 

The U.S. had been sanctioning energy exports from the country since the Russo-Ukrainian War began in 2022. Now, Russia has agreed to supply millions of tons of diesel fuel to the American and global marketplace in the coming months. 

President Donald Trump hopes this will bring prices down. Listen to his comments to reporters.

TRUMP: “I think you heard about the oil deal with Russia. That is a big deal. That is massive amounts of oil coming into our country, and I want to thank [Russian] President [Vladimir] Putin, to be honest with you. We have massive amounts of oil coming into our country, and it's diesel, which is what we want.”

Trump’s FDA will address Abortion Kill Pill next March

The Trump administration is sadly pushing off its review of abortion drugs.

The U.S. Food and Drug Administration allowed abortion pills to be distributed through the mail under the Biden administration, reports LifeNews.com. Louisiana sued the FDA over still allowing this. Last week, the FDA filed an update in the case, saying it will not complete its abortion pill safety study until March 2027.

Erin Hawley with Alliance Defending Freedom said, “That will be too late for nearly 90,000 unborn babies who will die between now and then by illegally obtained abortion drugs in states like Louisiana that have taken great care to protect babies and mothers from the harms of abortion.” 

Fewer Americans think college is important

Fewer Americans now put a big priority on college education.

A new survey from Gallup found that 31 percent of U.S. adults think college is very important. That’s down from 70 percent in 2013. Meanwhile, the percentage of Americans who think college is fairly important or not too important has been steadily growing.  

At the same time, college costs have skyrocketed. The average cost of college tuition and fees rose over 80 percent in the last two decades. 

Protestant pastors preach longer sermons

And finally, Protestant pastors are preaching longer sermons, and most churchgoers support it.

A Lifeway Research study found that 80 percent of pastors say their sermons are less than 40 minutes. But a growing share are preaching over 40 minutes and even over 60 minutes.

Most churchgoers are fine with the current length of their pastors’ sermons. But a growing share now prefer longer sermons. 

Scott McConnell, executive director of Lifeway Research, said, “While much of the individual video content Americans consume today takes less than a minute to watch, the majority of churchgoers prefer sermons of at least a half hour.”

In John 8:31-32, Jesus said, “If you abide in My word, you are My disciples indeed. And you shall know the truth, and the truth shall make you free.”

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Nigerian Muslims killed 12 Christians

Truth Nigeria reports that Fulani Muslim jihadists killed 12 Christians, including a 4-year-old child, in two separate attacks in Benue State, Nigeria late last week.

The assailants reportedly moved from house to house, shouting Allahu Akbar, which means the Muslim god is greater, while attacking residents with machetes. Meanwhile, across Nigeria’s Adamawa State, Boko Haram Muslim jihadists were conducting genocide, burning villages, and destroying churches.

One woman, who witnessed the carnage, told Truth Nigeria: “Neither women nor children are spared. They kill the men and kidnap the women for sex slavery. Our only offense is that we are Christians. They came in the night and killed dozens of Christians on October 1st and now even on following days.” Clearly, the need for your prayers right now for the saints in Nigeria is urgent. In the words of Habakkuk 1:2, “O LORD, how long shall I cry for help, and You will not hear? Or cry to You ‘Violence!’ and You will not save?” Canada has lost 68,000 jobs

The Canadian economy continues to slump, as the country marked 68,000 lost jobs in the month of September. This is the second straight month in which the country has lost jobs, despite economist predictions of gains in both August and September.

The unemployment rate in Canada now sits at 6.5 percent, and labor force participation is at its lowest rate in nearly 30 years.

Following the news, conservative leader Pierre Poilievre stated, “We will unblock resources, scrap taxes on fuel and reinvestments here at home, remove red tape, and make Canada the best place in the world to hire and boost pay.”

Jair Bolsonaro leads socialist in Brazil’s run-off election

The more “right” candidate for Brazil’s presidency is leading in the polls by six points, as the nation heads into a run-off election scheduled for October 25th. 

The AtlasIntel/Bloomberg Poll puts Flávio Bolsonaro, son of former president Jair Bolsonaro, ahead of the incumbent socialist candidate, Lula da Silva.

Mortgage rates hit 7.5 percent

Here in the United States, 30-year mortgage rates hit 7.5 percent over the weekend.

Rates were this high about 27 years ago.

Fewer Americans believe in Virgin Birth, Hell or God

Only 49 percent of Americans believe in the virgin birth of Jesus Christ, according to a recent report from the American Bible Society’s “State of the Bible.”  That’s down from 66 percent in 2017.

Other big take-aways from the report:

• only 44 percent of Gen Zers believe in Hell, down from 57 percent for the Gen Xers.
• 74 percent of women believe in God, compared to 62 percent of men.

In 1980, the Gallup poll reported that 90 percent of Americans believed in God. 

Psalm 36:1-2 explains it this way. “Concerning the transgression of the wicked: there is no fear of God before his eyes. For he flatters himself in his own eyes.”

3 GOP states to Supreme Court: Stop abortion “shield” laws

The civil war on the Abortion Kill Pill is heating up between the states.

Alabama, Arkansas, and Louisiana are heading to the U.S. Supreme Court  to challenge the abortion “shield laws” enacted by certain Democratic-controlled states, reports ABC News. These shield laws protect abortion providers in three Democratic states that ship the Abortion Kill Pill over state lines.

The U.S. Food and Drug Administration is deliberating over whether to impose more regulation on mifepristone and the kill-pill-by-mail program because of safety issues. That decision should be out in March of next year. America delays termination of Temporary Protected Status The United States government is holding off on its plan to terminate Temporary Protected Status for El Salvadoran immigrants. 

The New American put the decision in contrast with Trump’s decisions on immigration from other countries. The magazine reported, “So far in Trump’s second term, his administration has terminated or is attempting to terminate Temporary Protected Status designations for 13 countries — Afghanistan, Cameroon, Ethiopia, Haiti, Honduras, Myanmar, Nepal, Nicaragua, Somalia, South Sudan, Syria, Venezuela, and Yemen — affecting more than one million migrants.”

Temporary Protected Status remains in effect for four countries, namely El Salvador, Lebanon, Sudan, and Ukraine. 

The chaos in government schools

U.S. public schools are still failing.

Recent results for 15-year-old students issued by the Programme for International Student Assessment indicate a 24-point drop in math skills since 2009, and a 14-point drop in reading skills since 2018. But the big issue now is concerning student behavior.

The EdWeek Research Center surveyed 5,800 teachers and found that 35 percent of teachers report a lot worse student behavior this year over last year. Plus, 64 percent of teachers are saying student behavior had worsened over all. This has made the job for teachers “almost impossible,” according to the report. 

One sentence summarized the problem this way: “Kicking. Yelling. Throwing school supplies across the room. Physical violence.”

Chaos in the classroom. That is reportedly an everyday occurrence for American government schools.

Former Iowa City Councilman prays: “Hail Satan!”

And finally, this from Ottumwa, Iowa, with a population of 25,000, where a former city council member, Matt Dalbey, led off the council meeting on October 6th with a Satanic prayer. 

DALBEY: “Let us pray, dear Dark Father. Let us stand now unbowed and unfettered by arcane doctrines born of fearful minds in darkened times. Let us embrace the Luciferian impulse to eat of the tree of knowledge, and dissipate our blissful and comforting delusions of old.

“Let us demand that individuals be judged for their concrete actions, not their fealty to arbitrary social norms and illusory categorizations. Let us reason our solutions with agnosticism in all things, holding fast only to that which is demonstrably true.

“Let us stand firm against any and all arbitrary authority that threatens the personal sovereignty of one or all. That which will not bend must break, and that which can be destroyed by truth should never be spared its demise. It is done. Hail Satan!”

This prayer to Satan comes after the Ottumwa, Iowa City Council issued a new “diversity” policy. It said, “This policy is intended to acknowledge and express the City Council's respect for the diversity of both organized and unorganized religious denominations, as well as other faiths, belief systems, or the lack thereof.”

Thankfully, after the Pledge of Allegiance, Pastor Rick Bick of New Life Center objected, reports the Washington Stand. Outraged by the prayer to Satan, Pastor Bick eschewed proper decorum, walked up to the same podium where the Satanic prayer had just occurred, and demanded that the city council reverse that curse. Sadly, Councilwoman Cara Galloway interrupted him.

PASTOR BICK: “Let's just reverse that curse that was just put on our city. That ending with ‘Hail, Satan’ and ‘Hail, Dark God.’ That's not welcome here.”

COUNCILWOMAN CARA GALLOWAY: “Mayor.”

MAYOR BENJAMIN FOOTE: “Yeah.”

COUNCILWOMAN GALLOWAY: “This should be done at the end.”

PASTOR BICK: “It needs to be done now. Okay?  That was a curse put on our city when you said, 'Hail Satan' and 'O Dark God.’  Most of you know that, and we need to just stop and reverse it.”

According to the Christian Post, Ottumwa Iowa Mayor Benjamin Foote, a Bible-believing Christian, said he was “shocked” by the invocation to Satan. In response to Pastor Bick’s request, Mayor Foote said this.

MAYOR FOOTE: “I'm going to invite us into a 30-second time of prayer. Or time of silence. A time of silence.”

COUNCILWOMAN GALLOWAY: “No, I, we are at the consent agenda. I'm sorry, but it's time to move forward.”

MAYOR FOOTE: “So, as mayor of the city of Ottumwa, as mayor of the city of Ottumwa, and the one running the meeting, I'm going to ask right now that we do a moment of silence to reflect on whatever it is we need to reflect on at this time, and then we will move to the consent agenda. So, with that, we'll go into a moment of silence.”

(You can watch Tony Perkins, President of Family Research Council, interview Pastor Rick Bick for 7 minutes on Washington Watch heard on 800 radio stations).

In a subsequent interview with The Christian Post, Mayor Foote said, “I am a born-again Christian, a prayer warrior, and place all my faith in Jesus Christ. Personally, I of course do not believe or condone worship to Satan or any other god, but to the one true God Almighty. … My prayer is that this will be used by God to awaken the Church in Ottumwa and we will fight against the evil that is constantly trying to destroy us.”

Indeed, Ephesians 6:12 says, “For we wrestle not against flesh and blood, but against principalities, against powers, against the rulers of the darkness of this world, against spiritual wickedness in high places."

Councilman Bill Hoffman Jr. confirmed that the invocation was approved under city policy but said the mayor and council members “are not aware of the content beforehand.” The entire policy is now under review.

Join me and send a polite, 4-sentence note of encouragement to Mayor Benjamin Foote, City of Ottumwa, 303 East Main Street, Ottumwa, Iowa 52501.

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Imprisoned Chinese Pastor Wang Yi has advanced liver cancer

The Chinese Communists imprisoned Early Rain Covenant Church Pastor Wang Yi in southwestern China. Today, he may be suffering from advanced liver cancer, reports ChinaAid.

Yi has been imprisoned since December 2018. He was sentenced in December 2019 to nine years in prison on trumped up Communist charges of “inciting subversion of state power” and “illegal business operations.” He is currently held at the Jintang Prison.

The U.S. Commission on International Religious Freedom currently lists Wang as a religious prisoner of conscience and has recorded reports of medical neglect in his case.

Since October 2021, when his wife was allowed her first meeting with Yi in three years of imprisonment, meaningful family access since then has remained severely restricted.

ChinaAid Founder and President Rev. Bob Fu called for immediate access to Wang. He said, “The world is watching. Pastor Wang Yi must not be allowed to die behind prison walls in secrecy. His family deserves to see him, to know his true medical condition, and to be involved in decisions concerning his treatment.”

Leviticus 19:32, says, “You shall stand up before the gray head and honor the face of an old man, and you shall fear your God."

Wang is approaching the final portion of his nine-year sentence, which is expected to conclude in 2027.

Send a polite, 4-sentence note to the Chinese Ambassador to America, Xie Feng, urging him to tell Chinese President Xi Jinping to release Pastor Wang Yi. Send your letter to the Chinese Embassy, 3505 International Place NW, Washington, DC 20008.

Iran-backed Houthis fire missile at Saudi Arabian airport

The international airport in Saudi Arabia's capital, Riyadh, was attacked on Saturday by a missile which struck terminals 3 and 4 for domestic flights, wounding many people, reports the Associated Press. 

Earlier in the week, in this new front in the Iran war, the Houthis, a terrorist group backed by Iran, claimed attacks on the airport that killed three Saudis, including a pilot.

U.S. President Donald Trump said he was evaluating whether the United States should join Saudi Arabia with strikes against the Tehran-backed Houthi rebels in neighboring Yemen.

Four killed by Hurricane Isaias in Florida

Four people were killed on October 9th after deadly Hurricane Isaias hit the southeast “like a freight train” as the Category 2 storm’s 105 mile-per-hour winds blew through Destin, Florida, at around 9:30 p.m. ET. Localized gusts reached 116 miles per hour.

Three people died from downed trees, while another was killed by fumes from a generator. At least five others have been hospitalized.

8 killed in Pennsylvania home by gunman

On the same day, man-made tragedy struck Erie, Pennsylvania.

On October 9th, eight people were shot dead including two young children and a woman who was eight months pregnant, reports Fox News.

Plus, the suspected shooter, a 45-year-old man who was related to the victims, died from a self-inflicted gunshot wound. The motive of the gunman is as yet unknown.

Erie Police Chief Rick Lorah said, “It was horrific. It was the worst scene I have ever experienced," reports ABC News.

And Pennsylvania Democratic Governor Josh Shapiro said, “My heart breaks for this family. Lori and I are praying for their loved ones and the entire Erie community.”

Justice Alito upset with Obergefell which legalized “gay” marriage

A new collection of remarks by U.S. Supreme Court Justice Samuel Alito highlights the conservative jurist’s conviction that the forced redefinition of marriage, to include homosexual couples, marked “perhaps the decisive point in our nation’s turn against religious liberty,” reports LifeSiteNews.com.

In his new book entitled So Ordered: An Originalist’s View of the Constitution, the Court, and Our Country, ABC News noted that he addressed the Obergefell v. Hodges ruling. This was the 2015 case in which the nation’s highest court forced all 50 states to recognize faux homosexual marriages. Alito was among the dissenters, along with Chief Justice John Roberts and Justice Clarence Thomas.

In a 2018 speech, the Catholic justice, appointed by former President George W. Bush, said, “My worry [is] that equating the expression of certain views with bigotry — or, if you like, with dignitary harm — would drive believers out of public life.”

Then, in a 2022 speech, Alito argued his fears have since been vindicated.

Citing various attempts to force private businesses to serve homosexual so-called “weddings” or where Christian groups were denied religious exemptions to health and employment mandates pertaining to homosexuality, he said, “Quite suddenly, religious liberty has become controversial. What we see in these and other cases is a refusal to live in peace with those who violate the new moral code.”

In 2021, Alito noted that Americans opposed to homosexual faux marriage found themselves “so beaten down that they were ‘a people who shunned the light of day.’ They were ‘found in corners, and alleys, and cellars, and the housetops, or in the recesses of the country.’”

Sadly, Justice Alito said he thinks overturning Obergefell is unlikely.

ABC stressed that the religious parties ultimately prevailed in “nearly all” of the cases Alito cites, but that has not slowed the persistence of such challenges. For example, Colorado baker Jack Phillips, a Christian, won a 2018 Supreme Court case over his right to refuse to create homosexual “wedding” cakes, yet was dragged back to court years later over demands to create a “transgender” cake.

Even if the Supreme Court reversed Obergefell, recognition of homosexual faux marriage would still be mandatory nationwide, thanks to former President Joe Biden signing the so-called “Respect for Marriage Act,” which codified Obergefell in 2023.

Thirty-two states still have duly enacted bans on homosexual faux marriage. Unfortunately, those bans have been blocked from enforcement since Obergefell.

Kentucky abortions dropped from 4,441 to just 5 annually

And finally, ready for some good news?

Kentucky has seriously protected unborn babies from abortion.

Back in 2022, Kentucky abortionists killed 4,441 babies in the womb. By contrast, in 2025, just five brick-and-mortar abortions were reported in Kentucky by the state’s Cabinet for Health and Family Services, reports LifeNews.com.

After Roe v. Wade was overturned on June 24, 2022, the state prohibited abortion from conception on the very same day. The law was then blocked on June 30, but went back into effect later that summer on August 1 and has remained in effect since.

The state’s life-at-conception law only allows abortion in cases where a continued pregnancy would threaten the life and/or physical health of the mother. All 5 brick-and-mortar abortions reported by the state were performed because of these exceptions.

Due to Kentucky’s law prohibiting elective abortions, no abortions were performed at Planned Parenthood abortion mills in Kentucky or independent abortion mills. All five abortions were performed at hospitals. 

In Psalm 139:13-14, David told God, "For You formed my inward parts; You knit me together in my mother's womb. I praise You, for I am fearfully and wonderfully made. Wonderful are Your works; my soul knows it very well."

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South Korea’s troubled election and Christian persecution

Something stinks in South Korea.

After the suspicious election of Lee Myung as South Korea’s new president on June 3, 2025 in which there was a drastic shortage of paper ballots, which some have claimed mounts to election fraud, there has been ample evidence of growing hostility to Christianity.

For example, South Korean authorities detained six Americans on June 27, 2025 after they attempted to send 1,600 plastic bottles containing miniature Bibles into North Korea by sea, reported International Christian Concern. The Americans were investigated because they allegedly violated the law on disaster management when they reportedly threw the bottles, which also included USB sticks, money, and rice, into the sea, hoping North Koreans would eventually find them washed up on their shore.

Then, South Korean Pastor Son Hyun-bo of Segero Church in Busan was arrested on September 8, 2025 for interviewing a Christian School Superintendent candidate, Jeong Seung-yoon, during a church service and uploading a video of the conversation to social media.  The Christian was running against a South Korean government candidate who supported sexual perversion in the school curriculum.  For that, Pastor Hyun-bo was jailed for 145 days, without conviction, as he underscored the need for Christians to vote their Biblical convictions.

In a CBN report, the South Korean pastor expressed alarm at what the government is doing.

HYUN-BO: “When the left-wing government came into power, freedom of religion is being suppressed. There is an amendment to the civil code that has been proposed that states: ‘If there are religious speech or beliefs related to politics, the government will be granted the power to disband or dissolve the church and revoke the permit of the church.’

“Investigations and inspections can be conducted without warrant, and assets and properties of the church can be transferred to the government.”

2 Timothy 3:12 says, “Indeed, all who desire to live a godly life in Christ Jesus will be persecuted.”

Plus, since June 2026, Morse Tan, the former U.S. Ambassador-at-Large during President Trump’s first term, is being detained in South Korea by Lee Myung’s administration, unable to return home to the States.  Tan is scheduled to face trial in South Korea on October 16th.

He is being detained because, while on American soil, he claimed that there was election fraud in the June 3, 2025 South Korean presidential election.  Parenthetically, Tan has a young family and is dean of the Liberty University Law School in Lynchburg, Virginia.

Sam Brownback, who served as Ambassador-at-Large for Religious Freedom, has urged President Donald Trump to intervene on behalf of Morse Tan, reports Metro Voice News.

Write a polite, 4-sentence note to the South Korean Ambassador to America, Kang Kyung-wha, asking that she urge President Lee Myung to release Morse Tan and stop persecuting South Korean Christians. Send it to the South Korean Embassy, 2450 Massachusetts Avenue, N.W., Washington, DC 20008.

Increased GOP voter registration might save the midterm election

The political pundits seem to believe that the Republicans are doomed going into the November 3rd election and likely to lose both the House and the Senate.

And it’s easy to see why: Between the deeply polarizing Iran War, an economy that’s still struggling to find its footing, and whatever toxic fallout remains from the tragic assassination of Charlie Kirk, conservatives are about as split as they’ve ever been over the last decade. Only it may not be the slam dunk that Democrats are hoping for, reports the Western Journal.

Much of the polling, such as that from RealClear Polling, still demonstrably favors the blue party in the midterm election. If you’re a GOP voter, there is still ample reason to get out and vote.

But according to CNN’s data guru, Harry Enten, the GOP can hang their hats on at least one thing: voter registration.

ENTEN: “You can see in the key swing states that we normally look at in presidential elections that the Republicans are gaining versus where they were eight years ago during Trump's first midterm election.

“Take a look here: GOP gains in party registration margin versus Election Day 2018. In Arizona, the Republican margin versus a Democrat: Republicans are up four points. How about Nevada? Republicans up five points. How about North Carolina? Republicans up eight points. How about the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania? Republicans up seven points.

“So, when you take a look at how people are registering, this is not polling data, compared to where we were eight years ago, Republicans are doing considerably better in what are the swing states at least normally in presidential elections.”

Compare that to their Democratic counterparts, who have seen zero gains in those four states since 2024.

Christian TV preacher Jim Bakker died at 86

And finally,

THE PTL CLUB ANNOUNCER: “The PTL Television Network presents Jim and Tammy.”

THE PTL SINGERS: “Praise the Lord. See the things that He has done.  Praise the Lord for the battle has been won.”

THE PTL CLUB ANNOUNCER: “Come on now, let's have a great big welcome for Jim and Tammy Bakker.”

JIM BAKKER: “Hello. Welcome to Heritage USA. It's nice to have you here.”

That was the introduction to The PTL Club back in 1986, hosted by Jim Bakker and his wife Tammy Faye. After debuting in 1974, it became the highest rated religious show in the country.

On October 5th, Jim Bakker died at the age of 86.

While hosting the Christian television show and founding Heritage USA, a Christian-themed waterpark in Fort Mill, South Carolina, he fell from grace.

In March 1987, Bakker resigned from the PTL ministry over a cover-up of $279,000 of hush money to church secretary Jessica Hahn for an alleged rape.

Plus, Bakker and his PTL associates sold $1,000 "lifetime memberships", entitling buyers to an annual three-night stay at a luxury hotel at Heritage USA, reported the New York Times. According to the prosecution at Bakker's fraud trial, tens of thousands of memberships were sold but only one 500-room hotel was ever finished, according to the Charlotte Business Journal. Bakker sold "exclusive partnerships" which exceeded capacity, raising more than twice the money needed to build the hotel. Much of the money paid Heritage USA's operating expenses, and Bakker allegedly kept $3.4 million.

1 Timothy 3:1-3 says, “Whoever aspires to be an overseer desires a noble task. Now the overseer is to be above reproach, faithful to his wife, temperate, self-controlled, respectable, hospitable, able to teach, not given to drunkenness, not violent but gentle, not quarrelsome, not a lover of money.”

Convicted of fraud and conspiracy in 1989, he served nearly five years in prison before being paroled in 1994.

According to the Christian Post, Rev. Franklin Graham, head of the Billy Graham Evangelistic Association, posted a statement on X, saying he was “saddened” by Bakker's death.

Graham wrote, “Jim was responsible for giving Samaritan’s Purse our first major television exposure, and I will be forever grateful for his support and help. He showcased many ministries on his program and introduced numerous preachers of the Gospel to a much broader audience.”

Harold Hunter, chairman of the board of regents at Trinity College of the Bible and Theological Seminary in Evansville, Indiana, took to Facebook to respond to Bakker's death.

Hunter wrote, “To me, the major reason for the fall of Jim Bakker is prevalent in the fall of many ministries and churches. His Board of Directors was packed with celebrity preachers, evangelists, etc., who were very experienced in their various callings but woefully lacking in good business organizational skills and solid financial acumen.”

And Pastor Jeremiah Johnson of The Altar Church wrote on Facebook, “As I’ve read headlines describing [Jim Bakker] primarily by his disgrace, my heart has been grieved. Accountability matters. Sin has consequences. Repentance does not rewrite history. But neither should failure erase redemption.”

Johnson added, “After prison, Jim rebuilt his life and eventually returned to Christian television and ministry. I knew him in those later years. I encountered a man who had been through the fire, carried the scars of his story, and was still preaching Jesus.”

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3-year anniversary of Hamas’ attack on Israel

Yesterday marked three years since Hamas Muslim terrorists attacked Israel.

Hamas launched the attack from the Gaza Strip into southern Israel on October 7, 2023. The Islamic militants killed about 1,200 people and took over 250 hostages. Over 80 of the hostages did not survive. The last living hostages were returned last October after 843 days of captivity. 

Since the attack, Israel has carried out bombardments and ground operations in Gaza. At least 74,000 Palestinians in Gaza have been killed in the conflict. 

Israeli air strike killed 2 Palestinian Christians

An Israeli air strike struck an apartment building in Gaza City on Saturday, killing two Palestinian Christian women.

The women had served at a shelter affiliated with Holy Family Catholic Church. It’s the only Catholic parish in Gaza. 

The leader of the parish stated, “We have had 62 deaths: 62 Catholic and Orthodox Christians who have died in this war. Of those 62 people, 25 have died violent deaths from bombardments or army snipers, and the majority died where they had taken refuge here, at Holy Family Church.”

American churches fight for free speech in pulpit

Here in the United States, churches and Christian organizations are fighting for free speech in the pulpit.

The National Religious Broadcasters, Intercessors for America, and two Texas churches are challenging the Johnson Amendment. While he was a U.S. Democratic senator from Texas, Lyndon B. Johnson introduced the provision in 1954 before he became president. The law prohibits 501(c)(3) non-profit organizations, including houses of worship, from endorsing or opposing political candidates. 

Troy Miller with the National Religious Broadcasters spoke to CBN News about the case.

Listen.

MILLER: “This was the original intent of separation of church and state -- that the government was not going to interfere with religious conscience, with the will of pastors and church leadership. And so we think this law, this amendment that [Senator Lyndon] Johnson put in place, quite honestly, to silence churches and other 501(c)3 opposition that he had during his Senate campaign, we think it needs to go.”

Psalm 119:46 says, “I will speak of Your testimonies also before kings, and will not be ashamed.”

U.S. trade deficit surged to $105 billion

The U.S. trade deficit surged in August to $105.6 billion.

That’s up from $79.8 billion in November 2024 before President Donald Trump began his second term.

Christopher Rupkey, chief economist at FWDBONDS, told Reuters, “Trade tariffs have done nothing to reduce America's reliance on the import of foreign-produced goods. The cost of American labor is simply too high to produce goods here cheap enough for consumers to even think about purchasing.”

100th city to ban abortion

Snyder, Texas recently became the 100th city in the U.S. to ban abortion.

Officials unanimously adopted a Sanctuary City for the Unborn  ordinance on Monday.

Mayor Pro-Tem Sarah Jamison said, “I was proud to cast my vote in support of this ordinance and of Snyder becoming the 100th city in the nation to take this stand. As council members, we have a responsibility to act within the authority given to our city and to consider lawful safeguards that protect the most vulnerable among us.”

Email a 2-sentence thank you note to Sarah at sjamison@snydertx.gov

Better yet, join me and send a physical thank you note to Sarah Jamison, City of Snyder, 1925 24th Street, Snyder, TX 79549. Get your kids to write one as well.

Young Evangelicals more conservative than religious peers

Young Evangelicals are more religious and conservative than young people in other religious traditions.

This is based on analysis of Pew Research data recently published by Professor Ryan Burge with Washington University.

The analysis found that 49 percent of Gen Z Evangelicals attend church weekly. That number fell to 22 percent among Mainline Protestant youths. And it was only 20 percent among Catholic young people.

Similarly, young Evangelicals were more conservative. Forty-six percent identified as politically conservative compared to 28 percent of Mainline youth, and 17 percent of Catholic youth. 

Prison Fellowship celebrates 50 years of ministry

And finally, this year marks 50 years of ministry by Prison Fellowship.

Charles “Chuck” Colson founded the organization in 1976 to serve people affected by incarceration.

Colson himself had been incarcerated for Watergate-related charges during President Richard Nixon’s administration. Colson experienced a mid-life conversion to Christianity which led to his work in prison ministry, captured in his page-turning books Born Again and Life Sentence.

The U.S. Senate passed a resolution last month, honoring the impact of Prison Fellowship. 

Heather Rice-Minus, the President of Prison Fellowship, said, “What began with Chuck Colson’s transformation became a movement of individuals who believe no one is beyond God’s reach.”

In Luke 15:10, Jesus said, “There is joy in the presence of the angels of God over one sinner who repents.”

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Murders of Nigerians Christians leads to curfew

Officials in Nigeria imposed a curfew after more Christians were killed last month.

Pastor Samuel Nandi was killed on his way to church on Sunday, September 20. This occurred in the country’s central Plateau State. In addition, Gunfire and attacks were reported across the region during the week leading up to the pastor’s death. International Christian Concern documents at least 27 Christians were killed in the attacks. 

The government responded by imposing a dusk-to-dawn curfew in parts of the state until security agencies could bring stability. Nigeria is ranked 7th on the Open Doors’ World Watch List of the most dangerous countries to be a Christian. 

Christian radio station reaches believers in N Korea, China, Russia

Far East Broadcasting Company-Korea is celebrating 70 years of Christian radio ministry, reports Christian Daily Korea.

The network is based in South Korea. It reaches underground believers across North Korea, China, Russia, and Mongolia. For example, North Korean Christians secretly listen to sermons and hymns on radios with “blankets pulled over their heads.” 

Far East Broadcasting Company-Korea first aired on December 23, 1956 from Incheon, South Korea. Now, it operates 15 radio stations and 14 relay stations across the country.  

G7 countries tap oil reserves to lower gas prices

The United States and its allies are tapping into their oil and fuel reserves to combat soaring gas prices.

Member countries in the Group of Seven made the announcement on Friday. Those nations include Canada, France, Germany, Italy, Japan, the United Kingdom, and the United States. 

G7 countries agreed to release 100 million barrels of diesel and crude oil reserves over the next four months. Oil prices started to fall after the decision. 

War Secretary Hegseth announced Office of Religious Affairs

Here in the United States, War Secretary Pete Hegseth gave his “State of the Force” address last Wednesday. 

Hegseth announced the creation of the Office of Religious Affairs. The office will support the spiritual health of military personnel.

Listen.

HEGSETH: “Our national motto is, after all, ‘In God We Trust.’ Today we reaffirm that trust. We're placing spiritual health at the same level as physical health. Our department is, you might say, putting on the full armor of God, because while we wage physical war, we all know the real battle is spiritual. God is good, evil is not, and America's military must understand the difference.”

Hegseth quoted Psalm 33:12 in the address. That verse says, “Blessed is the nation whose God is the LORD, the people He has chosen as His own inheritance.”

Treasury Dept. saved $175 million by cutting off the dead

Fox News reports the U.S. Treasury Department saved millions of taxpayer dollars during the fiscal year 2026.

The department blocked $175 million in federal payments that would have gone to deceased recipients. This is part of the Trump administration’s effort to screen for improper payments. 

Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent stated, “In the past year alone, Treasury built and deployed new safeguards that verified more than $3.7 trillion in federal payments and increased Do Not Pay access from 4 percent of programs to 99 percent, ensuring agencies have access to the data they need.”

Pro-life pregnancy center moves into former Planned Parenthood

And finally, a pro-life pregnancy center in Gainesville, Florida is celebrating its expansion into a former Planned Parenthood building. 

SIRA, the faith-based pregnancy center, operated next to the abortion facility. The Planned Parenthood location closed in June. And SIRA purchased the property last month, reports Main Street Daily News. 

Executive Director Kathy Gratto said, “God always has a plan. We have hopes and desires and missions and goals. We pray, and we wait, and in the waiting, our faith grows, and God continues to reveal Himself. And as you can see, He’s still the God of miracles.”

Psalm 37:34 says, “Wait on the LORD, and keep His way, and He shall exalt you to inherit the land; when the wicked are cut off, you shall see it.”

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Bible severely restricted in 39 countries

The Bible is restricted in countries affecting 500 million Christians today, because of government controls, extremist violence, and family and community pressure.

Printing and distribution of the Bible is prohibited or severely restricted in 39 countries.

According to the Bible Access Initiative, importing Bibles faces this level of restriction in 38 countries, storing it in 37 countries, and personal ownership of the Bible in 34 countries.

In particular, Islamic countries, communist countries, as well as India and Myanmar, severely restrict access to Bibles.

William Tyndale martyred for translating Bible into English

Four hundred and ninety years ago, on October 6th 1536, English officials murdered English reformer William Tyndale. Tyndale translated and published the first mass-produced copy of the New Testament in the English language.

When a cleric commented that the common person should not have access to the Bible, Tyndale responded: “If God spare my life, ere many years pass, I will cause a boy that driveth the plow shall know more of the Scripture than thou dost.” 

Before Tyndale’s execution, his last words were: “Lord, open the King of England’s eyes.”

He was then strangled and burned at the stake.

There are an estimated one billion English Bibles in the world today — as well as another 7 billion Bibles printed in at least 1,860 languages. Remarkably, some portion of the Bible is now available in 4,190 languages. 

Hebrews 4:12 reminds us that, “the Word of God is living and powerful, and sharper than any two-edged sword, piercing even to the division of soul and spirit, and of joints and marrow, and is a discerner of the thoughts and intents of the heart.”

Bolsonaro leads after first Brazil election Brazil’s national election over the weekend signaled a definite move to the right for that country.

The previous president’s son, Flávio Bolsonaro, received 47 percent to Lula de Silva's 45 percent,  Also, conservative parties have cumulatively captured 60 percent of the national senate seats. That’s the best performance for the right wing in forty years. 

Because neither candidate received over 50% of the vote, a run-off election will be scheduled for October.

Trump’s shuttering of USAID might have helped Bolsonaro perform well

President Donald Trump’s shuttering of the U.S. Agency for International Development, cutting off its funding, may have had a contributing influence on South American elections.

For example, USAID funded leftist programs in Brazil to the tune of $138 million over a 4-year period, reports Time Magazine. That’s about three times what Brazilian presidential candidates spend on their campaigns every four years.

In recent years, more South American countries are moving to the right.

• Ecuador re-elected Daniel Noboa in 2025.
• Bolivia and Chile moved right in 2025.
• Colombia and Peru elected right-of-center presidents in 2026.
• And Flávio Bolsonaro, who is heavily supported by the evangelical population in Brazil, has promised to issue a declaration that Brazil “belongs to Jesus Christ.”

Spain’s election animated by housing costs Spain is heading for another national election after hundreds of thousands of citizens protested in fifty Spanish cities over the weekend. Their concern is housing costs, reports The Guardian.

Spanish Prime Minister Pedro Sánchez has called for the election of a new government by the end of November, reports the Associated Press.

America needs more nurses and home health care aides The US Bureau of Labor Statistics is projecting a market increase of 847,000 home health and personal care aides by 2035. In addition, the bureau noted a need for 200,000 registered nurses, and 138,000 nurse practitioners.  The medical field will enjoy the greatest increase in job growth, by a significant percentage. But the biggest news in employment is this from WolfsStreet.com.  U.S. governments at all levels have shed 17,000 jobs in August -- mostly at local governments. And private-sector employers added 46,000 jobs.

Former Speaker of the House died in disgrace

Former Republican Speaker of the House of Representatives Dennis Hastert is dead at 84.

Hastert claimed a Christian conversion experience as a teenager in his autobiography and regarded Christian faith as part of the formation of his character. He attended the evangelical Wheaton College and sat on the board of Wheaton’s Center for Economics, Government, and Public Policy.

Hastert served 15 months in prison before he died, for financial irregularities relating to hush money payments, reported CNN.

Plus, he admitted in court that he had previously abused an unspecified number of boys. Galatians 6:7-8 speaks truth to these things. “Do not be deceived, God is not mocked; for whatever a man sows, that he will also reap.  For he who sows to his flesh will of the flesh reap corruption, but he who sows to the Spirit will of the Spirit reap everlasting life.”

Trump doubles down on $5,000 checks if GOP wins midterms

President Donald Trump is defending his decision to promise all Americans $5,000 checks if the Republican Party wins the midterm elections on November 3rd.

In a video posted on Truth Social, Trump seemingly backed up his claim of a massive payout to voters.

Listen.

TRUMP: “Our country is doing so well under Republican leadership that only I can make you this promise. If Republicans win the House of Representatives and the Senate, I'm going to give all adult citizens in the United States of America $5,000.

“And Republicans can do it, and Democrats can't, because we're taking in massive amounts of money through tariffs and record-setting economic success. But Democrat policies won't allow this to happen.

“In fact, the opposite is going to take place. They're going to raise your taxes, and they're going to destroy our country and certainly destroy our economy. It'll be a 1929 disaster if they get in.”

Serious legal questions remain with the President’s promise.

Florida officials sue Pfizer over COVID shots

The state of Florida is suing vaccine manufacturing giant Pfizer, naming Pfizer CEO Albert Bourla in the suit. 

Florida Republican Attorney General James Uthmeier wrote on X, “Weeks ago we learned [that Dr. Anthony] Fauci and the biomedical state knew the COVID jabs were dangerous, but hid it from us. While that investigation continues, today we sued Pfizer for deceptively marketing the products as safe—making billions—while pregnant women were miscarrying their babies and teenagers were having heart attacks.”

Pfizer reportedly took in more than $80 billion from vaccine sales, and nearly quadrupled the price from $30 a dose to a range of $110 to $130 in 2023.

Canadian Life Chain’s message: “Abortion Kills Children”

And finally, thousands of Canadians gathered for the 36th annual Life Chain this past weekend, an event that peacefully protests abortion through prayer and public sign holding, reports LifeSiteNews.com.

The signs say: “Abortion Kills Children”, “Adoption: The Loving Option” and “Abortion Hurts Women.”

According to Josie Luetke of the Life Chain Canada committee, “The Canadian pro-life movement silently but boldly confronts our pro-death culture with the pro-life message through Life Chain. The mainstream media may studiously ignore this message, but we’ve bypassed them, bringing the truth directly to our neighbors passing by.”

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Chinese pastor detained for “organizing illegal religious activities”

Pastor An Yankui was at his home when Chinese Communist officials arrested him at 10:30 a.m. on September 29th for an investigation on suspicion of “organizing illegal religious activities,” reports International Christian Concern. 

Yankui is the pastor of Taiyuan Xuncheng Reformed Church, an unregistered Protestant church, and has a history of arrests for the same allegation of “organizing illegal religious activities.” In 2020, authorities detained him for 15 days and fined him. Since then, authorities have arrested him several additional times for various reasons.

Authorities have also conducted multiple arrests and raids on the Taiyuan church throughout the years — one raid recently happened during an October 2025 worship service when the Communists arrested 11 churchgoers. 

Write a polite, 4-sentence note to the Chinese Ambassador to America, Xie Feng, urging him to release Pastor An Yankui for simply practicing his Christian faith. Send it to: the Chinese Embassy, 3505 International Place NW, Washington, DC 20008.

Netherlands euthanized 2-year-old child

Netherlands officials just killed a 2-year-old child. It’s the first case of euthanasia on a child under 12 in accordance with a new law drafted in 2024.

Euthanasia is allowable on minor children in this heathen country, where 58% of the people call themselves non-religious, when leftist doctors determine that the child is suffering unbearably with no prospect of improvement, and for whom doctors conclude there is no reasonable alternative to ending their suffering.

The child, whose gender and name have not been released, was born prematurely at 26 weeks of gestation, suffered brain damage, and was diagnosed with spastic cerebral palsy and infantile epileptic spasms syndrome. It is also likely the that the child's vision was impaired.

Sadly, the parents asked for the state to kill their child.

Some medical experts asserted that “reasonable alternative solutions existed, such as palliative options and pharmacological alternatives that could potentially lead to better seizure control.”

But the parents refused palliative care, and sought another opinion to be freed from the responsibility of caring for their special needs toddler.

Talarico’s heretical pastor: He’s lying about true beliefs to get elected

James Talarico, the Democrat candidate for U.S. Senate from Texas, famously made this heretical claim about God.

TALARICO: “God is both masculine and feminine, and everything in between. God is non-binary.”

Not surprisingly, his home church, St. Andrew’s Presbyterian Church in Austin, Texas, passes out The Inclusive Bible that changes any reference to God the Father or Jesus the Son to more politically correct terms.

Rev. Babs Miller, a self-proclaimed lesbian at St. Andrews, was captured in an undercover video, claiming that while Talarico has walked that claim back, he still believes it.

UNDERCOVER REPORTER: “People are attacking [James] Talarico for saying that God is non-binary.”

REV. MILLER: “Duh!”

UNDERCOVER REPORTER: “Yeah, that’s literally what He is!”

REV. MILLER: “Yeah.”

UNDERCOVER REPORTER:  “He [Talarico] went on Fox News and, like, walked that back. Did you, did you see that?”

REV. MILLER: “Yeah. He's getting some advice that I don't think he should be following.”

UNDERCOVER REPORTER:  “Yeah, because that's why, that's frankly, for one, something that attracted me to this church was like …”

REV. MILLER: “and I can guarantee you that once he, [Talarico], gets elected, he'll change his tune back to where he was.”

UNDERCOVER REPORTER:  “Okay, but he has to kind of play this game.”

REV. MILLER: “Yes, that's, that's what his campaign has convinced him of is that the Democratic Party is backing off on their stances on trans and all of this. And so, his staff is encouraging him to kind of do the same thing.”

UNDERCOVER REPORTER:  “Mmm.”

REV. MILLER: “I think it's bad advice personally, but if it helps him win, okay.”

Democrat James Talarico vs. Republican Ken Paxton on transgender surgeries for minors

This is all highly relevant because Democrat James Talarico was one of 56 Texas legislators who voted against Senate Bill 14 which prohibited puberty blockers, cross-sex hormones, and mutilating “gender-transition” surgeries for children. The final vote was 87 for and 56 against.

By contrast, Republican Ken Paxton, the Texas Attorney General, who is running for U.S. Senate against Talarico:

• issued an official Attorney General Opinion, KP-0401, which concluded that hat puberty blockers and mutilating surgeries on minors constituted “child abuse” under Texas law. 
• urged the Texas Department of Family and Protective Services to investigate cases involving so-called “gender-transition” procedures as potential child abuse.
• sued the Biden administration, stopping their attempts to force woke gender policy on Texans.
• defended Senate Bill 14 in court, which banned puberty blockers, cross-sex hormones, and mutilating surgeries for minors, The Texas Supreme Court ultimately allowed it to remain in effect. 
• sued a North Texas doctor, alleging the doctor had provided prohibited cross-sex hormones to 21 minors in violation of Senate Bill 14.
• issued an opinion stating that Texas parents have rights to their children's school health information, including anything to do with transgender issues, and that schools could face legal consequences for withholding requested information from parents. 

James Talarico’s pastor rejects the atonement of Christ

The heresy of James Talarico’s spiritual leaders does not end there.  

Rev. Babs Miller [of St. Andrew’s Presbyterian Church in Austin, Texas] dismisses the orthodox Christian doctrine of Christ’s substitutionary atonement for our sins on the cross.

Listen.

REV. MILLER: “Jesus was put on that cross not to save us.”

UNDERCOVER REPORTER:  “Yes.”

REV. MILLER: “Jesus was put on that cross because Rome hated Him.”

UNDERCOVER REPORTER:  “Mmm.”

REV. MILLER: “and they thought He was a threat to their domination of that area.”

UNDERCOVER REPORTER:  “Yeah.”

REV. MILLER: “and so they killed Him.”

UNDERCOVER REPORTER:  “Yeah, so he was kind of more as a  …”

REV. MILLER: “He didn’t die to save [us from] our sins.”

UNDERCOVER REPORTER:  “So, He died more as a kind of a social justice warrior in some sense.”

REV. MILLER: “Yes. So, that makes a whole lot more sense to me than to say that some God would kill His Son for us. That doesn't make sense.”

UNDERCOVER REPORTER:  “Never made sense.”

REV. MILLER: “How does that make up for all the things I can do? No, it doesn't.”

1 Peter 3:18 declares, “For Christ also suffered once for sins, the righteous for the unrighteous, that He might bring us to God, being put to death in the flesh but made alive in the spirit.”

Talarico’s Republican opponent for the U.S. Senate seat in Texas is Ken Paxton.

Rep. Henry Hyde honored for opposition to tax-funded abortions

Republican Congressman Chris Smith of New Jersey honored the legacy of the late GOP Congressman Henry Hyde of Illinois who spoke up for the unborn.

Congressman Smith wrote, “Fifty years ago — on September 30th, 1976 — Congress first enacted an amendment offered by Rep. Henry Hyde to protect federal Medicaid funds from being used to subsidize killing unborn children by abortion.

“Beginning in 1981, I had the honor of serving alongside Henry Hyde in the U.S. House of Representatives. He was a brilliant, one-of-a-kind lawmaker — who, to this day, remains the great defender of unborn children and their mothers.”

When he proposed the amendment in 1976, Rep. Hyde said, “An innocent, defenseless human life, in a caring and humane society, deserves better than to be flushed down a toilet or burned in an incinerator. The promise of America is that life is not just for the privileged, the planned, or the perfect.”

Indeed, Proverbs 31:8 says, “Speak up for those who cannot speak for themselves.”

New York teen raised money to educate 10 kids in Ghana, Africa

And finally, 18-year-old Max Owobu from Bronx, New York is raising money to sponsor school children in Ghana, Africa, where his father was raised, reports GoodNewsNetwork.org.

At age 15, when he visited Ghana, Max said, “I was seeing kids my age working, just selling things on the street or in shops, working along with the family to try and get by rather than going to school to get an education so they could better their lives for the future.”

He decided to devote his own weekly allowance to pay for Matthew, a child in Ghana, to go to school.

Not long after that, Max founded the Yenko Foundation, a 501(c)3 group that has raised the money to sponsor 10 children -- at $1,000 each -- to attend Calvary Methodist school which covers their tuition, uniforms, transportation, and school meals.

In Matthew 25:40, Jesus said, “Truly I tell you, whatever you did for one of the least of these brothers and sisters of Mine, you did for Me."

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Algeria Muslims have forced Christians into an internal exile

Following Algeria, Africa’s closure of nearly all Evangelical churches in waves of repression that began in 2017, Christians have been forced underground in what they describe as an internal exile, reports Morning Star News.

Christians in the 99-percent Muslim country gather discreetly in homes, garages or under olive trees, isolating many who are deprived of regular spiritual guidance. Some turn to the internet and social media, where heresies proliferate, thus fostering internal divisions, the spread of false teaching, and the rise of conflicts.

Despite such challenges, some Christians express gratitude to God, viewing this period as a spiritual cleansing to build stronger and more mature churches.

One Christian leader said, “We celebrate Holy Communion and baptisms privately, and dedicate significant resources to charitable aid, in accordance with Biblical commandments.”

He added, “The situation is undeniably difficult because we are deprived of fellowship. But God’s work must not stop. We desperately lack Bibles and Christian books, as customs officials systematically confiscate them even when friends bring them from the West.”

Galatians 6:9 states, "Let us not become weary in doing good, for at the proper time we will reap a harvest if we do not give up.”

The number of Christians in Algeria is estimated at about 150,000 people which is 0.3 percent of the total population of 48 million.

Algeria ranked 20th on Open Doors’ 2026 World Watch List of the 50 countries where it is most difficult to be a Christian.

Attempted plane crash thwarted by heroic pilot

On September 30th, a co-pilot stabbed his captain and attempted to crash a flight bound for Israel from the United Arab Emirates that was carrying 174 people. Passengers, most of them Israelis, feared for their lives as the FlyDubai aircraft dropped from 33,000 feet to 17,000 feet in a matter of two minutes, reports the Associated Press.

Amazingly, according to The Guardian, the wounded pilot, Smit Machchhar from India, was lying on the floor of the FlyDubai flight deck, covered in blood, when he managed to click the release to open the cockpit door, allowing passengers and crew to gain entry, overpower his attacker, an Omani national, and save 174 passengers onboard.

Dr Shota Musaev, a dentist, was among those who ran to the cockpit. He told CNN they found the attacker on the floor on top of the pilot, stabbing him. Describing the heroic pilot, the dentist said, “He was covered in cuts – his head, his hands – they were practically sliced open, almost severed in two. … He had lost a lot of blood and was in bad shape.”

Providentially, some of the passengers were pilots, who gained control of the aircraft, which they landed safely in Tabuk, Saudi Arabia an hour later on Wednesday.

It’s still unclear what motivated the attack, which came just days before the anniversary of Hamas’ October 7, 2023 attack on Israel that triggered conflict across the Middle East. It has rekindled anxieties about airline security and focused attention on risks associated with flight crews.

Aviation experts said they were surprised, frankly, that the plane did not crash after a descent so extreme that most of the rudder was ripped off the tail.

After landing, Saudi authorities arrested the co-pilot.

Homeland Security expert described incident as terrorist attack on Israel

Appearing on CNN, former Department of Homeland Security Assistant Secretary Juliette Kayyem offered this analysis.

KAYYEM: “This is the biggest vulnerability in airline safety since 9/11. We have secured the cockpits; almost impossible to penetrate. But there are two people in there, and if one of them has a nefarious intent, it is almost impossible to stop that.

“One has to begin with the potential that this was targeted against Israeli passengers specifically. Given the flight plan, this was a co-pilot who intended on crashing the plane. Given who was in the plane, intelligence agencies will be starting with the premise that this was a terror incident.”

Trump announced 1 million getting $500 ObamaCare rebate checks

Here in the United States, President Donald Trump made a surprise announcement which will delight one million Americans, reports USA Today.

TRUMP: “Our administration has discovered that under Sleepy Joe Biden, American households buying health insurance through the Obamacare exchange -- which is a disaster, and the www.healthcare.gov -- were massively overcharged.

“To put it mildly, they were forced to pay excessive fees totaling at least $500 million. The last administration knew about this and they studied it, but they kept the money. They just kept it. They never let anyone know.

“Our administration is doing the right thing and giving the money back to the people who were wrongly ripped off. Nearly one million hardworking Americans in 30 states will soon be getting refunds of $500 each, with a check sent to their home address.

“In many cases, these refunds will cover the entire spike in your insurance caused by Democrats who solely work to protect big insurance companies. The big insurance companies own the Democrats. The rebates are going out in just a few weeks.”

12-year-old girl gathers 30,326 diapers for needy families

And finally, most 12-year-olds are pretty self-absorbed. But Sloan Petty in Phoenix, Arizona is pretty selfless.

Amazingly, she just completed her sixth annual Sloan’s Diaper Drive, providing 30,326 diapers to needy families through Nourish Phoenix, a local food and clothing bank. Her goal was 22,500 diapers. So, she exceeded her goal by nearly 8,000 diapers, reports GoodNewsNetwork.org.

It all started when she was seven, and noticed that Nourish Phoenix had run completely out of diapers, which she discovered was one of their top requested items.  That’s when she decided to invite her friends and family to donate diapers. That first year, she gathered 7,000 diapers.

SLOAN: “If we have the ability to give people something that they might not have or need, it's really important to do that.”

Indeed, 1 John 3:17 says, “If anyone has material possessions and sees a brother or sister in need, but has no pity on them, how can the love of God be in that person?"

Not surprisingly, Sloan Petty’s mom is super proud.

MOM: “My little girl. She has such a big heart. She just loves helping and giving back.”

This year, before they delivered the 30,000 diapers by UHaul, the Petty Family could barely move in their own house, which was stuffed to the gills with diapers.

SLOAN: “We had so many diapers; you could barely walk around our house.”

 At Nourish Phoenix, families can find food, clothing, hygiene products, and job assistance. For many of them, diapers can quickly become one of the biggest expenses in the household.

SLOAN: “I just feel like diapers are such an overlooked thing.”

If you know of a young person under the age of 18 who is making a difference, email me at Adam@TheWorldview.com so that we can share the uplifting story.

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4,216 Nigerian Christians killed since January 1st

Equipping the Persecuted released a report this month, documenting the ongoing slaughter of Christians in Nigeria, Africa. 

Over 4,216 Christians were killed in the West African nation between January 1 and September 8 of this year. Most of the violence against Christian farming communities appears to be religiously motivated. It’s largely carried out through Islamic militant networks.

Violence has also displaced over five million Christians and destroyed over 600 Christian communities. Please pray for our persecuted brothers and sisters in Christ in Nigeria. 

1 Corinthians 12:26 says, “If one member suffers, all suffer together; if one member is honored, all rejoice together.”

Euthanasia deaths surging in Victoria, Australia

Euthanasia deaths are surging in the Australian state of Victoria.

A government report found there were 512 deaths by euthanasia and assisted suicide over the last year. That’s up from 389 deaths the previous year.

A total of 2,188 people have died this way since the state of Victoria started allowing it in 2019.

United States completed withdrawal from Iraq

The United States completed its military withdrawal from Iraq yesterday.

Listen to the previous related comments from President Donald Trump on July 14th at the White House.

TRUMP: “Well, we don't think we need the military there anymore. It's a very big operation. What we do have is the oil companies are all going in now, and they're doing partnerships with Iraq, and they're getting along very well. The relationship is a whole big relationship where we don't need the military there. We're there to help them. We're there to protect them, if need be.”

The U.S. invaded Iraq in 2003, deposed Saddam Hussein, and occupied the country until 2011.  American forces returned in 2014 to fight the Islamic State of Iraq and Syria, or ISIS. The U.S. military, along with Iraqi forces, defeated ISIS in 2017. 

Over 4,400 Americans died in Iraq since 2003. And an estimated 200,000 Iraqi civilians were killed during the same period. 

U.S. economy did better than expected

The U.S. economy grew better than expected during the second quarter of this year.

The Gross Domestic Product increased at an annual rate of 2.2 percent from April to June, according to the Bureau of Economic Analysis. 

Economists had only expected 1.5 percent growth in the GDP.

Judge allows cross to remain in Los Angeles

A federal appeals court recently protected religious symbols in Los Angeles from being removed.

Since 1929, a 10-foot-tall wooden cross has stood in the historic heart of Los Angeles. A local resident sued to remove the cross and keep the city from putting up a nativity each year.

The Ninth Circuit court of Appeals rejected this effort on Monday.

High school students less likely to be perverted

The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention released their Youth Risk Survey. 

The study found students from 9th to 12th grade are less likely to identify as homosexual or bisexual than they were two years ago. 

Jean Twenge, a psychology professor at San Diego State University, said, “That really does look like a free fall. The decline appears to be driven almost entirely by girls.”

Young men most likely to attend church more

A new survey from Barna Research found that one in three young adults say they’re attending church more often than a year ago.

Young men are among the most likely to say their attendance has increased. 

Prayer is the top reason young people give for attending church followed by worshipping Jesus with other people, experiencing joy in Jesus, and understanding what the Bible has to say. 

Psalm 122:1 says, “I was glad when they said to me, ‘Let us go into the house of the LORD.’”

George Whitefield preached 18,000 times to 10 million people in person

And finally, this week is the anniversary of the death of George Whitefield.

The English preacher was born in 1714 in Gloucester. After attending college at Oxford, he would become an itinerate preacher across Britain and the American colonies. His preaching was an important part of the religious revival known as the First Great Awakening.

He often preached outside to thousands, reaching many who never attended church. It’s believed he preached at least 18,000 times and reached about ten million listeners. 

By the age of 55, he continued to preach despite poor health. He gave his last sermon in a field in Exeter, New Hampshire. He died the next day on September 30, 1770.

In Acts 20:24, the Apostle Paul said, “I do not account my life of any value nor as precious to myself, if only I may finish my course and the ministry that I received from the Lord Jesus, to testify to the Gospel of the grace of God.”

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Christian social worker penalized for Biblical views

A social worker in the United Kingdom appeared in court on Monday to defend his religious freedom.

As a Christian, Felix Ngole has expressed his Biblical views of marriage and sexuality. This cost him a job. Touchstone Leeds, a mental health charity, withdrew an offer of employment after it learned of his views. Ngole is challenging the decision in court as discrimination. 

He said, “I am determined to pursue this appeal and seek a clear and lasting precedent for Christian freedom.” 

In Luke 6:22-23, Jesus said, “Blessed are you when men hate you, and when they exclude you, and revile you, and cast out your name as evil, for the Son of Man's sake. Rejoice in that day and leap for joy! For indeed, your reward is great in Heaven.”

Only 40 percent of French believe in God

The European Centre for Law and Justice released a report on religion in France.

The study found only four in 10 French people say they believe in God today, down from two-thirds in 1947. 

The historically Roman Catholic country is seeing a collapse of Catholicism. Only 46 percent of French people identify as Catholic. And just five percent attend Catholic Mass, down from 35 percent in 1960. 

Even as France secularizes, Evangelical Protestants are a growing share of the population. It’s estimated that a new evangelical church opens every ten days.

Man gets 6 years for taking explosive devices to Mass

Here in the United States, a New Jersey man was sentenced to nearly six years in prison on Monday for taking explosives to a church.

Louis Geri was arrested outside the Cathedral of St. Matthew the Apostle in Washington, D.C. last year. He had over 100 homemade explosive devices. 

The cathedral was hosting the annual “Red Mass” that day. Supreme Court Justices and government officials have historically attended the service. However, on that day, no justices were present because of security concerns, noted the National Catholic Reporter.

The Red Mass dates back many centuries and gets its name from the color of the liturgical vestments worn by the celebrants and the color of fire, a symbol of the Holy Spirit.

The mentally-ill man also carried a nine-page list of written demands, which included requests for hundreds of thousands of dollars, an expatriation flight to Japan, and that the Supreme Court remove Arizona from the United States and declare it a “foreign enemy.”

Trump rolled back fuel efficiency requirements on cars

The Trump administration rolled back fuel efficiency requirements for car manufacturers on Monday.

Under the Biden administration, companies had to make cars two percent more fuel efficient every year. The Trump administration changed this to one percent more efficient every year. This would make new cars less expensive. 

U.S. Transportation Secretary Sean Duffy said, “Thanks to President Trump’s leadership, we have finally ended the illegal mandate that forced automakers to produce more expensive electric vehicles that American families didn’t want.”

Federal Reserve raised interest rates

The Federal Reserve raised interest rates earlier this month for the first time in over three years.

The Fed increased its benchmark interest rate by a quarter percentage point to a range of 3.75 to 4 percent. This will likely mean higher borrowing costs for credit cards and mortgages.  

The Fed stated, “Inflation remains elevated. Today's policy action will support a timelier return to the Committee's 2 percent goal.” The annual inflation rate was 3.4 percent last month. 

22-year-old homeschool graduate denied from being Fremont firefighter

And finally, Andrew Coates served as a volunteer firefighter at Fremont Fire Department over the past two years. He applied for a full-time position. But the city denied the application because his diploma came from a homeschool program. 

Nebraska’s Republican Governor Jim Pillen condemned the city’s action. He said, “We should be encouraging young leaders like Coates, not turning them away. My administration will be investigating ways to remedy this situation.”

Coates appeared on Washington Watch with Tony Perkins heard on 800 radio stations last week. He said he’s received support from lots of homeschoolers. 

Listen.

COATES: “The support has honestly been overwhelming. We've received support from homeschoolers, firefighters, churches, organizations just all over the world. I've actually been receiving letters in the mail from homeschool families that just want to stand and support us. It's really just overwhelming support.”

He also asked for prayer in his case.

COATES: “Be in prayer for us. Pray for a few things. Wisdom during this time that we would just be seeking God first. Clarity to be able to continue. Humility in the way we handle things. Courage as we continue to stand against this.”

In Joshua 1:9, God said, “Be strong and of good courage; do not be afraid, nor be dismayed, for the LORD your God is with you wherever you go.”

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Chinese communists shut down churches while Jin ping in America

While Chinese President Xi Jinping was visiting the United States, Communist police were still arresting pastors and shutting down churches in China.

Pastors and church workers from Jiaquan Church in Beijing have been arrested in raids occurring over the last week.  This follows another mass arrest of more members of the Early Rain Covenant Church in Chengdu in southwestern China.

Send a polite, 4-sentence letter to the Chinese Ambassador to America, Xie Feng, urging him to tell the Communist party officials to stop arresting pastors and shutting down churches. Send it to the Chinese Embassy, 3505 International Place NW, Washington, DC 20008.

Supreme Court continues to affirm parental rights Over the past year, parental rights advocates are winning cases at the U.S. Supreme Court.

By law, the state of California was requiring school officials to conceal information concerning children’s gender transitioning behavior from their parents.  Thankfully, the high court struct down the law earlier in the year. 

In a separate ruling last June, the U.S. Supreme Court struck down another Maryland law that prohibited parents from opting their kids out of homosexual/transgender indoctrination classes, reported CBS News.

Writing the majority opinion, Justice Samuel Alito argued on the basis of religious rights. He wrote, “A government burdens the religious exercise of parents when it requires them to submit their children to instruction that poses ‘a very real threat of undermining’ the religious beliefs and practices that the parents wish to instill.”

Ebola virus killed 4,000 people in Congo

The World Health Organization reports 8,000 cases of Ebola in the latest outbreak in Congo, Africa — and now, almost 4,000 deaths.

This is the worst outbreak of this deadly disease since 2013. 

Mortgage rates at 7.5% The U.S. 30-year mortgage rate hit 7.5% yesterday, reports Mortgage News Daily. 

That’s the highest rate since December 2000. 

Trump criticized United Nations

President Donald Trump took to the stage at the United Nations General Assembly in New York last week, heavily criticizing the organization, but also praising it in some aspects as well.

Trump stated, “There is no human right to illegal immigration, but there is a right to remain a sovereign nation.”

He added that the United States “totally rejects any attempt to construct a globalist scheme to control artificial intelligence.” 

The president also said, “The United Nations has great, great potential” and he encouraged the U.S. Ambassador to the UN “to implement the most sweeping UN reforms in history.”

Canadian doctors kill more people than American murderers do

Canada now kills more people by "assisted suicide" than the United States does by homicide.

United States Republican Senator Mike Lee of Utah detailed this fact in a now viral post on X, stating, “State-administered death is now more common in Canada than gun homicide is in the U.S.  That didn’t happen by accident.”

He also said, “The intersection of assisted suicide and socialized medicine results in state-led horrors, treating the young, old, infirm, and distressed as disposable people. We must never allow this barbarity to spread in America.”

Jeremiah 8:3 gives a stark warning. The Lord of hosts said, “Then death shall be chosen rather than life by all the residue of those who remain of this evil family, who remain in all the places where I have driven them.”

Gen Z more religious than older generations

A new update from the Harris Report revealed that Gen Z is more religious than older generations.

Per the report, “Gen Z is not abandoning faith, they are the generation most likely to identify as religious. Gen Z is not just identifying with faith, they are actively practicing it. For Gen Z, spirituality is one way to build agency in an uncertain future.”

However, many in Gen Z continue to observe harmful religious practices, and dabble with the occult and manifestations. 

Ephesians 6:12 says, “For we do not wrestle against flesh and blood, but against principalities, against powers, against the rulers of the darkness of this age, against spiritual hosts of wickedness in the heavenly places.”

Planned Parenthood gave Joe Biden their baby killing award

And finally, abortion giant Planned Parenthood handed out its 2026 Sonia Schorr Sloan Service Award to former President Joe Biden, one of the biggest supporters of abortion in United States history, reported LifeNews.

Biden recalled his historic murderous work. Referring to Sonny Sloan, the late president of Delaware’s Planned Parenthood, Biden said this.

BIDEN: “In the wake of the Dobbs decision, as president, I tried to do what I knew Sonny would have been on the phone telling me to do. We took action. We signed executive orders to protect access to reproductive health care, including emergency medical care.” 

Since former President Biden is quite difficult to understand, this is what he said. “In the wake of the Dobbs decision, as president, I tried to do what I knew Sonny would have been on the phone telling me to do. We took action. We signed executive orders to protect access to reproductive health care, including emergency medical care.” 

(Watch the soundbite at the 17:07-mark in this video of Biden’s speech)

Steven Ertelt of LifeNews explained, “The abortion business killed a record number of babies in abortions last year thanks to Biden’s help with tax funding and pro-abortion executive orders.”

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Muslims killed Nigerian pastor, wounded his son, and killed 12 others

Armed Muslims killed a pastor and a believer on their way to worship God on Sunday morning in Plateau State, Nigeria, reports International Christian Concern. The pastor’s son is in critical condition. 

This was not an isolated attack.

Just hours earlier, five laborers in the region were shot on their way to work. Gunmen also terrorized several surrounding communities, ultimately killing 13 people. 

These murders reflect the heightened outbreaks against Christians and Christian-majority areas in the country.  According to TruthNigeria, this past week, 41 people were reportedly killed, and at least 100 were kidnapped.

In Revelation 6:9-10, it says, “When [Jesus] opened the fifth seal, [John the disciple] saw under the altar the souls of those who had been slain because of the Word of God and the testimony they had maintained. They called out in a loud voice, ‘How long, Sovereign Lord, holy and true, until You judge the inhabitants of the Earth and avenge our blood?’”

Argentinian President: The United Nations is “useless”

In a gutsy appearance before the United Nations, Argentinian President Javier Milei said, "[The United Nations] has become a useless organization whose only purpose is to sustain a caste of fatally arrogant parasites masquerading as well-intentioned bureaucrats.”

Incoming Democrat Rep. arrested in anti-Israel protest

Dozens of New York Democratic politicians, including incoming Democratic Socialist Congresswoman Darializa Chevalier, were among those arrested on September 24th for ignoring police orders during an anti-Israel protest of 250 people, reports The Western Journal.

Chevalier is a socialist ally of New York City Mayor Zohran Mamdani who is expected to be in Congress come January. She was protesting the speech by Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu at the United Nations General Assembly whom she called a “war criminal.”

She said, “As the Democratic nominee for New York’s 13th Congressional District, I refuse to allow a war criminal to roam the streets of our city unchallenged. I refuse to play host to a man who has overseen the slaughter or injury of more than 64,000 children in Gaza with American taxpayer dollars.”

While Chevalier has not yet won the election, a very deep blue New York 13th District practically guarantees a victory.

The politician arrested for disrespecting the rule of law has previously tweeted about abolishing police, prisons, and borders, and has explicitly called for the government to seize private property. 

In one now deleted September 2021 post, Chevalier wrote, “A world without borders—just like a world without prisons or police—is possible, necessary, and the only moral way forward.”

Media commentator: We are not spin doctors for Democrats

Appearing on PBS’ NewsHour, David Brooks of The Atlantic surprised his leftist media colleagues by asserting that too many in the mainstream media have become too cozy with Democrat politicians from whom they should distance themselves.

Listen.

BROOKS: “Starting in 2015, we, in the mainstream media, learned that, if you bash Donald Trump, the clicks go up, the ratings go up. It became the business model. We play it straight. We do our job, but it's become the business model. “We get to go to dinners, sometimes off-the-record dinners, between journalists, columnists, and politicians. It used to be, when you were at a dinner, an off-the-record dinner with the Democratic politician, there was distance between the journalists and the Democrats, because they're politicians. Our job is to keep some distance.

“In my view, at many places and in many of the dinners I have been to, there's no distance anymore. And that is a problem for the media. And that is our problem. We have got to re-establish some distance from the Democratic Party.

“These are people we cover. They're not people we root for. They're not people we're spin doctors for. They're people we cover.”

(You can see those comments at the 7:05 mark in this video)

Supreme Court allows Trump to verify only U.S. citizens vote

In a 6-3 decision on September 25th, the U.S. Supreme Court allowed the Trump administration to resume its expanded voter citizenship verification program, which lets states use Social Security records to check voters' citizenship to ensure that noncitizens do not illegally vote in the upcoming November 3rd election, reports CBS News.

That decision paused a lower court order by U.S. District Judge Sparkle Sooknanan in June that claimed that the voter verification system somehow violated federal privacy laws. Not surprisingly, Judge Sooknanan was a Biden appointee.

Leftist Justices Sonia Sotomayor, Elena Kagan, and Ketanji Jackson dissented.

New Jersey Lt. Gov. resigned over sexual harassment complaint

On September 25th, New Jersey Democratic Governor Mikie Sherrill announced that Democratic Lt. Governor Dale Caldwell resigned from his position amid allegations in an ethics report that claimed he violated state sexual harassment policies, reports The Epoch Times.

A 61-page report, conducted by a law firm commissioned by the governor’s office, found that Caldwell made an advance toward a female staffer’s friend and allegedly made a crude remark to the staffer. The staffer also attempted “to distance herself from him and to avoid travel with him when possible.”

Kind gesture of pizza delivery driver richly rewarded

And finally, when a Domino’s store in Boise, Idaho ran out of Diet Coke, the 68-year-old delivery driver, Dan Simpson, took it upon himself this past March to make a special trip to a nearby grocery store and personally pay for a 2-liter soda for the customer to accompany the pepperoni pizza, reports The New York Post.

When the surprised customer heard about what happened, he offered to reimburse Dan.  Simpson refused, saying that they had tipped him well and he just wanted to make sure that their order was right.

Listen to that encounter captured on the customer’s Ring camera.

SIMPSON: “We were out of Diet Cokes.”

WILSON: “Okay.”

SIMPSON:  “I stopped at the store, though.”

WILSON: “Oh, you did not have to do that.”

SIMPSON:  “That's okay.”

WILSON: “Did you really?”

SIMPSON: “Yeah, that's all right.”

Brian Wilson, the man who placed the order, explained to Channel 2 News, why Dan’s act of kindness meant so much to him and his wife.

WILSON: “Our situation is unique in the fact that my wife and I are both visually impaired. We share the same retinal disease. Hers is more progressed than mine.

“So, she doesn't unfortunately drive at all. I do still have daytime ability to drive, but at night, when you got those Diet Coke cravings, you can't just run up to the store, right? It's not as easy for us as it would be for someone else who is sighted completely.”

Galatians 5:22 lists the fruit of the Spirit to include “love, joy, peace, forbearance, kindness, goodness, faithfulness, gentleness and self-control.”

According to the now viral video captured by the Ring camera, and seen by millions of people, the couple, who were dazzled by Simpson’s helpfulness, created a social media donation page which raised enough money to help the pizza delivery man to retire.

SIMPSON: “I checked my bank account, and there was $163,000. What a retirement gift that was!”

Simpson was especially grateful because he had been juggling a full-time job in addition to delivering pizza at night for the past 13 years.

In an interview with KTVB-TV, Simpson shared that he had previously abused alcohol, but had learned his lesson.

SIMPSON: “I got in a lot of trouble with drinking and drugs, and I've been clean and sober now for well, this September, I think will be 24 years. I did go to prison twice for DUIs, and when I got out, I said, ‘That's it!’ I knew I'd never drink again. I was just finally done. Ever since I stepped out of prison, I've basically worked two jobs and worked hard and tried to do the right thing.”

Remarkably, he plans to continue to deliver pizza on the weekends, so he doesn’t get bored in retirement.

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Sudanese officials take away church property

In Sudan, Africa, a 97% Muslim country, the battle for the soul of the church is not only fought with guns. It’s also fought with court papers, administrative orders, and calculated division, reports International Christian Concern.

For years, successive authorities in Khartoum, the capital, have pressured church leaders to comply, and then moved to seize control of church properties.

One church now at the center of this struggle is the Sudanese Church of Christ, Marzouq Branch, established in 1982.

The Sudanese government is now moving to sell or transfer control of the property.  

The pastor said, “When a church that has stood since 1982 is suddenly told it no longer belongs to the people who prayed and sacrificed for it, the wound goes deeper than the loss of a building. It tells every believer that even the house of God is not safe.” 

Isaiah 10:1 says, “Woe to those who make unjust laws, to those who issue oppressive decrees.”

Write a polite, 4-sentence note to the Sudanese Ambassador to America,  Mohamed Idris, asking him to urge the Sudanese government to stop illegally seizing church properties. Send it to 2210 Massachusetts Ave. NW, Washington, DC 20008.

Voters may be unhappy with Trump, but know Democrats are worse

Appearing on CNN, Republican political strategist and commentator Scott Jennings argued that voters can be unhappy with President Donald Trump without believing Democrats are the better alternative.

Listen.

JENNINGS: “It's going to be possible for people to have some problems with the current administration or have some issue with the way things are going, and still vote for the party in power, because they don't want to vote for the other party.

“Because the other party in the election might be proven to have worse ideas, or to have been judged to have put us in this hole in the first place. That's really the case that the Republicans are going to wind up making.”

Judge restores CNN, MS NOW and Politico access to White House

On September 18, President Donald Trump had announced that he was banning CNN, MS NOW and Politico from the White House premises over their publishing sensitive or classified information. The White House said such behavior presented risks to national security.

On September 24, federal Judge Timothy Kelly of the U.S. District Court for the District of Columbia issued a temporary restraining order against the government ban, reinstating access for all three media outlets, reports The Epoch Times.

North Carolina church baptizes 458 people in a single day

In Acts 2:38, we are commanded to “repent and be baptized, every one of you, in the name of Jesus Christ for the forgiveness of your sins.”

Well, on Sunday, September 13th, 458 people did just that in one day at Biltmore Church, a multisite church in Fletcher, North Carolina, as part of its annual Outdoor Baptism event, reports The Christian Post.

Biltmore Pastor Devin Goins and the pastoral team baptized them in a nearby lake. He explained, “In the days before Outdoor Baptism, anyone interested was personally contacted by our staff to confirm that they knew Christ personally as their Savior and were ready to take this next step of obedience as a Christ-follower.”

Overall, Pastor Goins said that seeing so many people get baptized creates "an opportunity to celebrate and praise God for being at work in our midst.”

Amazing Grace movie re-mastered for 20th anniversary, available free

And finally,

WILLIAM WILBERFORCE: “Remember, God made men equal.”

That’s a soundbite from the movie, Amazing Grace, which tells the true story of William Wilberforce, the British parliamentarian who led the decades-long fight to abolish the slave trade.

Elected to Parliament at just 21, Wilberforce seemed destined for a life of comfort and influence—until a profound spiritual awakening and a life-changing encounter with former slave Olaudah Equiano compelled him to take up a far greater cause. Driven by faith and an unshakable sense of justice, he builds an unlikely coalition to challenge the most powerful economic and political forces of his time.

Alongside mentor and slave-trader-turned-abolitionist Rev. John Newton, Prime Minister William Pitt, and activist Thomas Clarkson, Wilberforce faced fierce opposition in a relentless campaign to end one of history’s greatest injustices. A story of courage and conviction, Amazing Grace shows how one man stood firm for the truth that all souls were created in God’s image.

On the twentieth anniversary of the movie, Amazing Grace, produced by Walden Media, it’s now available to stream for free on the Focus on the Family App through Google Play or The App Store.

If you’ve seen it before, experience it again, now remastered in 4K!

Through special links in our transcript today at www.TheWorldview.com you’ll get access to:

• A 25-page discussion guide to spark meaningful conversations about the film’s major themes
• The Plugged In movie review to read before watching with your family.
• Historical information about the song “Amazing Grace” and its inspiring message through the Focus on the Family website.

The Worldview hopes this film encourages your family to consider how each of you can courageously use your voice and influence to make a difference for God’s kingdom.

Watch the Amazing Grace movie trailer.

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Sri Lanka sentenced 15 men for bombing churches

Sri Lanka’s High Court sentenced 15 men to life in prison on Tuesday for bombing churches.

In this island country off the coast of India in the Indian Ocean, the men participated in the bombings of three churches on Easter Sunday in 2019. Religiously speaking, nearly 70 percent of the 22 million Sri Lankans are Buddhist, 12 percent are Hindu, 11 percent are Muslim, and 7 percent are Christian. 

The terrorist group, Islamic State, inspired the attacks which killed over 250 people.

The Catholic Church welcomed the convictions. However, leaders are also calling for an investigation into alleged political involvement behind the bombings.

South Korea to greenlight Abortion Kill Pill for mothers

LifeSiteNews reports that South Korea is set to allow deadly abortion drugs into the country. The government made the announcement last week.

Mothers will be able to get Abortion Kill Pills up to nine weeks of their pregnancies by early 2027.

South Korea decriminalized abortion in 2019. It delayed legislation on abortion pills due to push back from Christian groups. 

United Nations trying to criminalize pro-life & pro-family positions

The United Nations General Assembly meeting opened in New York City on Tuesday. 

Leaders from around the world gathered to discuss issues like the U.S.-Iran war, the Russia-Ukraine war, and Artificial Intelligence. 

Member nations are also considering a proposal to criminalize pro-life and pro-family positions under international law. CitizenGO organized a petition against this which has been signed by over 140,000 people. You can sign it through a link in our transcript today at TheWorldview.com. 

In the midst of the foolishness at the United Nations, U.S. President Donald Trump stood tall for common sense and condemned transgenderism at the U.N. meeting. 

Listen. 

TRUMP: “It is equally unacceptable that, with all the genuine atrocities in the world, the U.N.'s top human rights officials spend their time criticizing the United States for protecting our children from transgender insanity.”

Dept of Justice gets two hospitals to stop transgender operations

In related news, the U.S. Department of Justice announced that two hospital systems have agreed to end transgender operations.

New York University Langone Hospitals and University of Pittsburgh Medical Center will no longer offer transgender drugs and surgeries to children. 

Attorney General Todd Blanche said, “Today’s resolutions send a clear message: Hospitals that target children in these practices and then fraudulently obtain payment for the procedures will be held to account!”

Over 40 hospital systems have ended transgender operations since President Trump began his second term last year.

28 percent of churchgoers say Biblical truth becomes obsolete

LifeWay Research released a new survey on what churchgoers believe about the Bible.

Most Protestant churchgoers in the U.S. are confident in their ability to understand the Bible and explain it to others.

However, most churchgoers also believe that the truth of God’s Word can mean different things to different people. And a growing number share doubt or reject Biblical truths. 

Specifically, 28 percent said some Biblical truths become obsolete as culture changes, up from 24 percent in 2019. Among churchgoers under the age of 30, 54 percent believe that Biblical truths become obsolete as culture changes

But Romans 12:2 says, “Do not be conformed to this world, but be transformed by the renewing of your mind, that you may prove what is that good and acceptable and perfect will of God.”

Microchip maker joins trillion-dollar club

Another U.S. company joined the trillion-dollar club.

Advanced Micro Devices, or AMD, surpassed one trillion dollars in market capitalization on Monday. The computer chip maker has profited from the growth of Artificial Intelligence computing. 

It’s now the fourth chipmaker in the United States to reach a trillion dollar valuation. The others are Nvidia, Broadcom, and Micron.  

Researchers discovered new species of wild cat

And finally, researchers discovered a new species of wild cat for the first time in a century. 

It’s known as the Tilcayo tiger cat. The feline is spotted and smaller than most house cats. It’s been living at a wildlife sanctuary in Bolivia, South America for years. Locals knew about it, but scientists had not identified it as a unique species until now. 

Jonas Lescroart with the University of Antwerp said, “Even in groups that are very well studied, like the cat family, apparently there’s still a diversity that is hidden.”

Indeed, God continues to surprise us with His creation. In Psalm 50:10-11, God says, “For every beast of the forest is Mine, and the cattle on a thousand hills. I know all the birds of the mountains, and the wild beasts of the field are Mine.”

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Christians call for release of Syrian former mayor

A persecution watchdog group is calling for the release of a Christian in Syria. 

Suleiman Khalil used to be the mayor of the historic Christian town of Sadad. Syrian authorities arrested him last year. He’s been in prison without charges for 19 months. 

Listen to comments from Richard Ghazal with In Defense of Christians. 

GHAZAL: “He was abducted from his home and thrown in prison, without access to counsel, limited access to family medical care. This event is not unique. This is happening all across Syria in many different ways, but it sends a message to Christians that you are not welcome in Syria. You are not Syrians. You are visitors, you are guests, and this is how you will be treated.”

You can sign a petition to free Khalil though a link in our transcript today at TheWorldview.com.

Canadian officials euthanized 83-year Christian great-grandmother

Law enforcement officials in Canada are now investigating the killing of a Christian great-grandmother.

Eighty-three-year-old Brigitte Stegemann was euthanized on July 10. This happened against her will and against the will of her family.

Her granddaughter Brigette Kranendonk said, “I truly believe that one nurse really saw us as an obstacle. We were getting in the way of her doing [euthanasia] on my grandmother. I think she really, truly believes that [euthanasia] is the best for people, and shame on me for trying to stop that.”

Proverbs 12:10 says, “The tender mercies of the wicked are cruel.”

Will European Union add Canada?

The European Union is exploring ways to add Canada as an associate member, reports the Epoch Times. 

European Union Commissioner Ursula von der Leyen told Canadian Prime Minister Mark Carney, “I would like to work with you on opening the door for Canada to be the first associate member of the European Union.”

Von der Leyen continued, “Our cultural, historical, and personal links run deep in the fabric of our societies and thanks to the Comprehensive Economic and Trade Agreement our trade and goods has grown by 75 percent in less than a decade.” 

Carney responded on X, “With President von der Leyen and [European Parliament] President [Roberta] Metsola, we focused on what comes next: a closer partnership that strengthens our mutual sovereignty in order to create more opportunities and prosperity for our people.” 

However, the idea has received pushback from conservatives in Canada. 

Trump’s Greenland deal allows America’s military presence

The United States is establishing a larger military presence on Greenland.

President Donald Trump signed an agreement with the leaders of Greenland and Denmark on Tuesday. 

The agreement does not make Greenland a territory of the U.S. But it does allow the U.S. military to use the region for its missile defense shield. 

Listen to comments from President Trump.

TRUMP: “We will have the complete ability to do what is necessary to defend the American continent and also Europe and other places. No U.S. adversary will ever be permitted to establish a military presence in Greenland anymore or make sensitive investments there without our express written approval.

“We will immediately begin the process of developing a large military presence in the appropriate locations. We'll be building two very major military bases.”

How Christians are reaching the deaf

And finally, Christian ministries are reaching the deaf and hard-of-hearing with the Gospel of Jesus Christ.

RevelationMedia, in partnership with the International Mission Board, launched an animated Bible resource. It’s the Gospel of Luke, word-for-word, in American Sign Language. In it, the characters themselves sign through the story.

Steve Cleary, Founder of RevelationMedia, said, “In many parts of the world, deaf individuals are treated as second-class citizens. Disconnected from the hearing world, these individuals often feel forgotten and unloved. Our mission is to bring the hope and good news of the Gospel into their hands through a compelling, visual format they can understand.”

In Luke 7:22, Jesus said, “Go and tell John the things you have seen and heard: that the blind see, the lame walk, the lepers are cleansed, the deaf hear, the dead are raised, and the poor have the Gospel preached to them.”

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By Kevin Swanson and Timothy Reed

Myanmar military killed third pastor

The Myanmar military junta has killed a third pastor, reports International Christian Concern.

Pastor Tuang was returning to Lamzang after conducting religious activities in a nearby village. Bullets reportedly struck his chest, abdomen, and thigh. This appears to be the continuation of targeted attacks on Baptist pastors in the Chin State.

Since the 2021 coup, the military has damaged or destroyed 340 churches and buildings owned by Christians.

Send a polite, 4-sentence note to the Myanmar Ambassador to America, Kyaw Moe Tun, and ask him to urge the military leaders to stop killing and persecuting the Christians.  Send it to 2300 S St NW, Washington, DC 20008. To get the correct spelling of the ambassador’s name and the address, visit our transcript today at www.TheWorldview.com.

Ukraine knocked out 30% of Russia’s oil refining industry Ukraine is crippling Russia’s oil industry in a more recent series of drone attacks in the ongoing war.  Another oil-refinery was hit over the weekend. 

The International Energy Association estimates that 30% of Russia’s oil refining industry has been knocked out in recent attacks.

America punishes countries who purchase Russian oil President Donald Trump signed the Lindsay Graham Sanctioning Russia and Iran Act of 2026 which Congress recently passed.

The bill authorizes up to 100% tariffs on U.S. imports from countries purchasing Russian oil and gas.  Specifically, China and India are the major buyers of Russian oil. 

Oil and gas make up about one-eighth of the Russian economy, and contribute one-quarter of the federal revenues for the country.

Not surprisingly, the Russian Gross Domestic Product has been hit badly in 2025 and 2026 — with a 0.5% GDP growth expected this year, down from 4.5% in previous years.

Putin’s party won election after banning anti-war party The preliminary results of the Russian parliamentary elections held over the weekend are in. No surprise here. Vladimir Putin’s party received 57% of the vote. That’s up from 50% in 2021.

That comes after the anti-war party was banned from the election, and anti-Kremlin figures were imprisoned, exiled, barred, or otherwise disappeared. All the remaining major parties broadly support Putin's government and the war.

Condo prices are falling Condo prices have been dropping steadily in U.S. major markets since real estate peaked in 2022. 

Adjusted for inflation, Florida and California cities have seen a 30-42% drop in condo prices since 2022. Denver, Colorado condo prices have dipped 28%.

U.S. deficit hit $2 trillion

The U.S. federal deficit year to date hit $2 trillion at the end of August. The Congressional Budget Office is estimating a $2.1 trillion deficit for the year.

That would amount to an 18% bump on the deficit over last fiscal year, and a 34% increase in deficit spending over President Biden’s first year.

Right now, according to the U.S. Debt Clock, America is burdened with a staggering $40 trillion debt.

Meryl Streep will portray Aslan in new Narnia movie

Now, Narnia is going woke.

Turns out, the latest movie production of C.S. Lewis’ Narnia tale, Magician’s Nephew, will feature Aslan, the character who portrays Christ, as a female voice. Actress Meryl Streep is Aslan this time around, and Christians are not happy.

Commentator Isabel Brown called this “a slap in the face to the genius of Lewis, but also a deliberate mockery of Christianity that is 100% intentional. So deeply disappointing.”

Another online comment noted, “Had they actually read Narnia, and The Last Battle specifically, they would know that dressing [a donkey] up in a lion skinsuit does not end well.

The director for this latest Narnia film, Greta Gerwig, is best known for directing the Barbie movie — an explicit diatribe on feminism. Let’s keep in mind Galatians 6:7. It says, “Do not be deceived, God is not mocked; for whatever a man sows, that he will also reap.” Supreme Court rejected Trump’s mail-in ballot accountability

The Trump administration continues to battle with the Supreme Court over mail-in ballots, as the high court rejected Trump’s executive order that would have added verification codes to ballots received through the mail.

The President responded on Truth Social. He wrote, “Republicans just got another bad decision from the United States Supreme Court, one that the Court System took forever to give, and then blamed it, in part, on no time left to implement a solution to our totally CORRUPT and out of control Mail-In voting ‘disaster,’ which is a laughing stock all over the World.”

And now, the FBI  is assigning “election crisis coordinators” for all 56 field offices,” according to FBI Director Kash Patel.  

New York Times poll puts Democrats 8 points ahead of Republicans

Speaking of the November 3rd election, early voting has already begun in certain states across America.  The midterm elections will determine the balance of the U.S. House and Senate, both of which currently enjoy a Republican majority.

A New York Times/Siena poll, conducted between September 8th-13th, puts Democrats eight points ahead of Republicans.

Several Senate races have become especially tight and remain in the spotlight, with conservatives seeking to keep Texas red and supporting Republican Ken Paxton over Democrat James Talarico. 

Democrats are also looking at flipping a Senate seat in Maine. 

Anniversary of Martin Luther’s translation of German New Testament

And finally, yesterday marked the 504th anniversary of the first printing of Martin Luther’s translation of the German New Testament. That’s right, back in 1522, Luther finished one of his most precious life works. 

Referencing this monumental feat, church historian Philip Schaff wrote, “The most important and useful work of [Luther’s] whole life, is the translation of the New Testament, by which he brought the teaching and example of Christ and the Apostles to the mind and heart of the Germans in life-like reproduction. It was a republication of the Gospel. He made the Bible the people's book in church, school, and house.” 

In Luke 4:4, Jesus told the Devil, “It is written, ‘Man shall not live by bread alone, but by every word of God.’ ” Close

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Chinese Communists arrest 11 from Early Rain Covenant Church

As the elders of the 500-member Early Rain Covenant Church met quietly on September 10th at a local teahouse to discuss church matters, Chinese Communist authorities were already on to them, reports International Christian Concern.

Around 3:00 p.m., police entered the teahouse, interrupted the meeting, and arrested 11 of the elders.

Early Rain has a nearly 10-year history of being harassed, monitored, and pressured by the Chinese Communist Party.

Most of the elders are in their 70s. He Futao, age 73, has notable health conditions. He recently underwent surgery to remove a lung infected by cancer.

Police told church members and relatives that they were doing “an investigation into a cult.” At midnight the following day, an ambulance arrived. They speculated that one of the elders needed emergency medical assistance. 

By 10 a.m. on Saturday, police had finally released nine people. However, Elder Wu Wuqing and Shen Xiaqing are still being held and are accused of “illegally organizing proselytizing activities.” They were fined and sentenced to 10 days of detention.

The Early Rain Covenant Church members in China are boldly living out Romans 1:16 which says, “For I am not ashamed of the Gospel, for it is the power of God for salvation to everyone who believes.”

Write a polite, 4-sentence note to the Chinese Ambassador to America, Xie Feng, urging him to tell Chinese President Xi Jinping to stop harassing the Early Rain Covenant Church members. Send it to the Chinese Embassy, 3505 International Place NW, Washington, DC 20008.

Kellyanne Conway: It's not who they will vote for but whether they will vote

In an interview with former Trump adviser Kellyanne Conway, Fox News host Martha MacCallum cited a New York Times story about how the November 3rd election is shaping up, reports RealClearPolitics.com.

MACCALLUM: “Let’s go to this headline from earlier today. ‘Less than seven weeks before the midterm elections, the political environment has deteriorated so badly for Republicans that the battlefield now extends deep into states and districts that Mr. Trump carried three times, often by double digits.’ “When you look at where the money's going, where the president's going to spend his time, what does it tell you about the challenge here?”

CONWAY: “So, there are a few challenges here. Obviously, 92% of the midterms, the party in power loses seats. A 73% loss of Senate seats. So that's a historical trend. I think if anybody can defy political gravity in some of these places and spaces, it's President Trump and his team. …

“The non-college educated voters right now favor Republicans over Democrats by 16 points. Why is that relevant? That's the heart of the Trump coalition. But for them, Martha, they are feeling some economic grievance and uncertainty and pressure.

“For them, the question is not for whom to vote; it's whether they're going to bother at all. And that's the big question here.

“I think if the president and his money goes to turnout mechanisms, he's basically saying, ‘I'm the big turnout mechanism. I will go to 35 places in 30 states.’ I think sometimes it's more important than money. …

“I was waiting for the Democrats to tell the press they were expanding the map. And that tells you that they're not satisfied with the 21 truly toss-up seats going their way.”

Senator Hawley urges Congress to outlaw chemical abortions

Last Wednesday, Republican Senator Josh Hawley of Missouri announced that 50,000 Americans from across the country signed a new, 4-page “Declaration for Life” within hours of its public release that calls on Americans “to stand for life” and for Congress ‘”to ban the chemical abortion drug mifepristone,” reports The Washington Stand.

He added, “We think this declaration, written by pastors, is calling on spiritual leaders and everyday Christians across America to stand for life and to confront the scourge of chemical abortion. It is so critical on this the 250th anniversary of America.”

Earlier this year, Senator Hawley introduced Senate Bill 4066, the Safeguarding Women from Chemical Abortion Act that would outlaw chemical abortions.

[On the House side of the Capitol, the same legislation was introduced as House Resolution 7902 by Republican Congresswoman Diana Harshbarger of Tennessee. The Senate bill has seven co-sponsors, all Republicans, while the House bill has 11 co-sponsors, also all GOPers.]

Sadly, neither the Senate nor the House proposal has been advanced to committee hearings, as Republican leaders focus on other issues.

Americans fail the Constitution pop quiz

Last Thursday, September 17th, was Constitution Day, an annual federal observance. The day commemorates the September 17, 1787, signing of the U.S. Constitution by 39 delegates to the Constitutional Convention in Philadelphia.

According to the Annenberg Public Policy Center at the University of Pennsylvania,  which conducted a Constitution Day Civics Survey, over 35% of U.S. adults cannot name all three branches of the U.S. government, reports The Daily Citizen.  If you’re listening to the newscast with your family right now, pause it and see which of your younger children can correctly identify the three branches of government.   If they said, the three branches are legislative, executive and judicial, give them a high five.

The survey also found Americans’ knowledge of their First Amendment rights is sorely lacking. The Amendment contains five enumerated rights, including:

• The right to free speech
• The right to freely exercise religion
• The right to peaceably assemble
• The right to freedom of the press
• The right to petition the government for redress of grievances.

While 73% of Americans can name freedom of speech as a right guaranteed by the First Amendment, only 43% can name freedom of religion, an embarrassing 31% can identify freedom of assembly, a paltry 29% can name freedom of the press, and a pathetic 12% can name the right to petition the government.

Worse yet, 24% of American adults cannot name one of them.

Seattle City Council voted to protect polygamy and infidelity

And finally, on September 15, the Seattle City Council, in a unanimous vote, removed the legal reality of male and female in city statute. Plus, the leaders gave legal recognition and protections to a whole host of very unhealthy sexual and gender identities, reported KUOW.

Glenn Stanton, the director of Global Family Formation Studies at Focus on the Family, said, “They even backtracked on the lie that sexual orientation rests on ‘just being born that way.’ And Seattle’s City Council had to do all this because the gender and sexual revolution keeps moving its own goal posts.”

The fools who call themselves wise said this vote “updates the existing protected class of ‘sexual orientation’” by removing any “reference to the male and female gender binary.”

Stanton insists that this claim of being non-binary is a “fictitious ideological construct which does not exist in nature. Every cell in the human body is sexed. That sex is either male or female.”

Worse yet, Seattle now recognizes “‘pansexuality’ as a sexual orientation subject to civil rights protections.” Pansexuality is also a made-up term, created to cover over the embarrassment that “bisexuality” rests on the dreaded “gender binary.” 

The Focus on the Family expert asserted, “The creation of pansexuality was needed because gender theory now incoherently holds that anyone can be any of the 20, 68, 72, 81, or 87 sexualities” that exist in the minds of different leftists. Being bi- is now the flat-earther of gender theory and the Seattle City Council is just trying to keep up with the moving goal posts.

In Matthew 19:4, Jesus asked, “Have you not read that God who made them at the beginning ‘made them male and female’?”

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Ugandan Muslim father tried to burn Christian daughters alive

At around midnight on September 6, Amina and Shamila, two newly converted Christian sisters, were inside their home in Kasese District in the country of Uganda, Africa when their house was set on fire, reports International Christian Concern.

The arsonist was their Muslim father, Muhamud. He had doused the house with gas, then set it alight while the girls slept inside. He had told them he would act to fulfill Islamic law since they had rejected Islam when they recently converted to Christianity on August 26.

The girls awoke to the smell of gas and the sight of flames surrounding them. Amina said, “We saw flames of fire consuming our house. We now started looking for Plan B to escape death.” 

The girls barely escaped in time. 

Shamila added, “We knew that our lives were in danger. We removed the bricks and escaped through the hole. Thank God that He gave us a way to get out alive.”  

The girls survived the fire which destroyed almost everything they owned.

Amina said, “We are happy to say that the fire consumed our shelter, but did not consume our faith and hope in Jesus Christ.”

Indeed, 1 Peter 1:3 says, “Praise be to the God and Father of our Lord Jesus Christ! In His great mercy, He has given us new birth into a living hope through the resurrection of Jesus Christ from the dead."

In your prayers today, thank God for protecting Amina and Shamila, these Ugandan sisters who recently trusted Christ.  Pray for their father to be held accountable and that he, too, would come to Christ.

Muslims represent only 14% of the Ugandan population.

Rising gas/food prices are "killing" Trump and Republicans

Appearing on Fox News, Brit Hume, their Chief Political Analyst, explained to Bret Baier that the November 3rd election is not looking good for President Donald Trump and the Republican Party.

HUME: “The Fed is concerned about the same thing that our polling today, that came out today, suggests the American public is concerned about. That's the issue that helped elect Donald Trump. And I'm talking about inflation right now.

“Question has been raised: Has the Trump administration made the economy better or worse? Fully 63% say it's made it worse, and that is 11 points higher, 11 percentage points higher than the number of people who thought that last year. That is not a number that the president can be very content with, and if you look at what people are saying about what is a major problem for their family: 62% said grocery prices, 61% said gasoline prices. Those are both things that are up.

“The president was elected in the hope, I believe, that inflation could be brought under control, and to some extent on many products it has. But when it comes to gasoline, a reflection of the Iran war, and groceries, which have continued to go up, the problem is worse.

“And it's certainly plaguing the president and driving down his approval rating. When a president's approval rating is down, particularly in a midterm election, it is very hard on his party.”

House ensures data centers cover their own energy costs

On September 16, the U.S. House of Representatives passed a measure put forward by Republicans that would provide a federal blueprint to ensure that data centers pay for their use of local energy grids, reports The Epoch Times.

It was adopted in a 417–3 vote.

The legislation would impose new requirements on artificial intelligence data centers.  Typically, they draw huge amounts of electricity from local power grids, straining supplies and leading to utility bill shocks for households across the nation.

Estimates indicate that data centers use about 4 percent of the U.S. electric grid.

According to Electric Choice, the energy used to power these facilities, which draw roughly 176 terawatts of electricity per year, could otherwise be used to power 16 million homes.

Hollywood refused to honor Chuck Norris at Emmys

Hollywood is facing a Texas-sized backlash after television legend Chuck Norris was conspicuously left out of the Emmy Awards’ televised “In Memoriam” tribute, reports Christian talk show host Todd Starnes.

Norris, the conservative Christian action star who became a television icon playing Cordell Walker on CBS’s “Walker, Texas Ranger,” died in March at the age of 86. Yet his name and image were nowhere to be found during Monday night’s tribute.

Breitbart’s John Nolte suggested that politics may have been behind the snub, calling Norris a “conservative TV icon” and arguing the omission amounted to blacklisting.

Academy chairman Cris Abrego said before the broadcast that an unusually large number of prominent television figures had died and it was “not feasible” to include everyone in the televised segment. But for Norris fans, leaving out the man who dominated Saturday-night television for nearly a decade was one roundhouse kick too many.

Single mothers are getting older

Single moms are getting older.

According to the Institute for Family Studies,  “Births to unmarried mothers are stereotypically thought of as occurring to young women. This is still true — but increasingly less so. In recent years, the age profile of unmarried mothers has changed due to shifting birth rates. Birth rates to young, unmarried women are declining, while birth rates to unmarried women over 35 are increasing.

“The birth rate to unmarried women, ages 15 to 44, declined by 19% in the decade between 2014 and 2024.

“Meanwhile, the unmarried birth rate for women over 35 is increasing — by 15% between 2014 and 2024.

“At the same time, the unmarried birth rate for women over 40 increased by 40%. Notably, 2024 was the first year where the birth rate to unmarried women ages 40-44 was higher than the birth rate to unmarried teens.”

Court upholds Indiana’s ban on ‘horrific’ ‘trans’ surgeries for kids

Last Friday, a federal court sided with Indiana in upholding a state law prohibiting ‘horrific’ ‘trans’ surgeries from being conducted on children, reports the Federalist.

Indiana Republican Attorney General Todd Rokita said, “We have won this critical fight against radicals who would otherwise impose this horrific practice on our kids for ideological and financial reasons. My office will keep standing between our children and those who would sacrifice their health, innocence, and well-being on the altar of woke gender ideology.’”

Head of Texas Libertarian Party is a polygamist

And finally, you probably have never heard of Andrew Amelang, the Chairman of the Texas Libertarian Party. He is also a proud polygamist, reports The Daily Citizen.

Worse yet, he also holds a key leadership position in an organization called Biblical Families. The website claims that “plural marriage” is Biblical. Full stop.

Any Christian worth his salt knows well that the presence of a particular act, like polygamy, rape or incest in the Bible, does not mean that God endorses it. By no means!  The Bible holds up a mirror to the sinfulness of man and thus his need for a Savior.

Genesis 2:24 could not be more clear. "Therefore, shall a man leave his father and his mother, and shall cleave unto his wife: and they shall be one flesh.”  The verse does not say he will cleave unto his multiple wives.

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Russia fining Christians who help with Bible distribution

Russia is cracking down on foreign religious organizations. 

One of the groups is Mission Eurasia. The U.S.-based ministry works across post-Soviet Eurasia, equipping Christian leaders, distributing Bibles, and planting churches. Those who cooperate with the group in Russia have been convicted and fined. 

Sergey Rakhuba, the president of Mission Eurasia, told Christianity Daily, “Governments can close an organization’s office. They can prohibit a foreign organization. They can confiscate books. … But it is much harder to stop the Gospel when it is already in the hearts and hands of thousands of local believers.”

In Isaiah 55:11, God said, “So My word that goes forth from My mouth … shall not return to Me void, but it shall accomplish what I please, and it shall prosper in the thing for which I sent it.”

Send a polite, 4-sentence note to the Russian Ambassador to America, Alexander Darchiev, and urge him to tell President Vladimir Putin to stop fining Christians who help distribute Bibles. Send it to the Russian Embassy, 2650 Wisconsin Ave., N.W., Washington, DC 20007. To get the correct spelling of his name and the address, look at our transcript today at www.TheWorldview.com.

2,634 Germans baptized in last 4 years

Evangelical churches are experiencing growth in Germany.

The Federation of Free Evangelical Churches in Germany reported 2,634 baptisms over the last four years. That’s up 76 percent from the previous four years. 

Meanwhile, mainline Protestants and Roman Catholics continue to decline in Germany.  

Christian mother allowed to adopt despite believing only 2 genders

Here in the United States, a Christian mother in Oregon is free to adopt in accordance with her beliefs.

Jessica Bates described her case. She said, “As a widowed mom of five, I was surprised to feel God nudging me to adopt. I never dreamt it would lead to a years-long lawsuit when Oregon excluded me just because of my religious convictions about gender.” 

Alliance Defending Freedom announced she finally won the legal battle on Monday. She is now free to adopt without violating her Christian beliefs that God created only two genders – male and female. (Genesis 1:27)

More American mothers killing their unborn babies

Abortions continue to increase in the United States.

Analysis by the Charlotte Lozier Institute found there were 1,129,020 reported abortions in America last year. That’s up 1.8 percent from 2024. 

Plus, an estimated 393,700 babies were murdered in the womb during the first four months of this year. At that rate, abortions are set to keep rising in 2026.  

Trump champions deregulation of fossil fuel power plants

The Trump administration repealed most greenhouse gas requirements on U.S. power plants on Monday.

The regulations from the Obama and Biden administrations limited carbon emissions from fossil fuel power plants. 

Listen to comments from Lee Zeldin, the administrator of the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency. 

ZELDIN: “Under the Obama and Biden administrations, the EPA went to war, targeting coal and natural gas. Many Americans remember the message being sent that our coal workers should just learn to code.

“It's a different day under President Trump. Today, we are cutting the red tape to deliver the largest power sector deregulatory action ever saving 310 billion dollars for American families. We are also proposing to rescind all remaining greenhouse gas emission standards for power plants, all of them.

“If finalized as proposed, energy producers will be given certainty for the future, empowering them to unleash the full potential of American energy and provide it at an affordable price for American families.”

Average American spent $800 more on gas

Americans have spent an extra $100 billion on fuel this year.

Brown University estimated how much more gasoline and diesel has cost due to the Iran war. The figure comes out to over $800 per U.S. household in higher fuel costs. 

Barna: 85% of voters likely to vote on November 3rd

Arizona Christian University released a new study from Dr. George Barna ahead of the midterm elections in November. 

The study found that 85 percent of voters will likely vote in primary and general elections. These are often high-profile state and federal elections. However, only 55 percent will likely vote in down-ballot races. These are more local elections.

Dr. Barna noted, “School board, city council, judgeships, city and county executives -- these are common examples of the thousands of seats across the country that often directly affect the lives of citizens more than the high-profile, big-money, high visibility seats.”

Tennessee Governor proclaims day of prayer, humility, & fasting

And finally, Tennessee Republican Governor Bill Lee proclaimed September 18 as a day of prayer, humility, and fasting. 

The proclamation stated, “We acknowledge God's sovereignty and the need for God's grace over our state and our nation . . . We seek forgiveness for our many transgressions so that our hearts and our minds may be renewed . . . Scripture tells us that the beginning of wisdom is the fear of the Lord, [Proverbs 9:10] and the Lord gives wisdom freely to those who ask for it.”

Indeed, James 1:5 says, “If any of you lacks wisdom, let him ask God, who gives generously to all without reproach, and it will be given him.”

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Algerian police arrested 12 Christians in worship service

Police in Algeria, Africa arrested 12 Christians at a worship service earlier this month.

Authorities accused them of conducting unauthorized, non-Muslim religious services. Under the country’s laws, such unauthorized worship could be punished with heavy fines and long prison sentences. Over 50 Christians in Algeria have faced prosecution in similar cases in recent years.

Morning Star News noted, “These cases … all attest to the persistence of a policy aimed at criminalizing the Christian faith and its structures within the country.”

Please pray for our persecuted brothers and sisters in Algeria. Hebrews 13:3 says, “Remember the prisoners as if chained with them—those who are mistreated—since you yourselves are in the body also.”

Send a polite, 4-sentence note to the Algerian Ambassador to America, Sabri Boukadoum, urging him to ask the government to stop harassing Christians and allow them to worship Jesus Christ openly and freely. Send your letter to the Algerian Embassy, 2118 Kalorama Road NW, Washington, DC 20008. To get the correct spelling of his name and the full address, visit our transcript today at www.TheWorldview.com.

5.5 million Christians identify as Evangelical in United Kingdom

The Evangelical Alliance UK released a survey on evangelicalism across England, Scotland, Wales, and Northern Ireland. 

The survey recognized Evangelicals based on four ideas:

• devotion to the Bible as God's Word
• the centrality of the cross of Christ
• the belief that people must repent and turn to Christ, and
• the expression of the Gospel in evangelism and charitable work 

People who hold evangelical beliefs and identify as Evangelical number 5.5 million in the United Kingdom. They make up about eight percent of the population. Evangelicals are now the majority among practicing Christians in the country. They are also young with over 40 percent under the age of 35.

U.S. military announced space weapons

On Monday, the U.S. military announced for the first time it has weapons in space. 

Secretary of the Air Force Troy Meink said, “The United States now has in-orbit, space-controlled weapons capable of defending the joint force against hostile adversary action.”

He said the weapons use both traditional explosives as well as electronic warfare. They also have integrations with artificial intelligence. 

EPA announced chemical abortion drugs in water

The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency launched a new study last week about pollutants in drinking water.

The study will trace and track over 1,400 substances. These include mifepristone and misoprostol which are used in chemical abortions.

Kristan Hawkins with Students for Life of America said, “For almost a year now, Students for Life spearheaded a grassroots campaign calling for water testing, as the deregulation of chemical abortion pills . . . means that abortion water pollution exists nationwide.”

Women are told to take the Abortion Kill Pills and flush everything directly into our water supply. About 700,000 chemical abortions each year send long-lasting abortion drugs and human remains into America’s wastewater systems. Mifepristone blocks progesterone, thus starving the baby. This drug has long-lasting metabolites that remain in the water because the water treatment plants are generally not capable of filtering out these chemicals. In addition to these chemicals, the water systems were never designed for the resulting 30-40 tons of human remains which becomes hazardous medical waste! By contrast, hospitals and abortion mills are not allowed to flush medical waste down the drain for good reason.

Women more satisfied with U.S. church than men

The American Bible Society released the latest chapter of its “State of Bible: USA 2026” report. 

The survey found that only 49 percent of self-identifying Christians attend church monthly or more. Of those who attend regularly, most said they were satisfied with how their churches are ministering to them.

Across generations, women tended to express greater satisfaction with their church than men. Young men in particular expressed the lowest satisfaction with their church.

Ephesians 4:11-12 says of the church: “And He Himself gave some [to be] apostles, some prophets, some evangelists, and some pastors and teachers, for the equipping of the saints for the work of ministry, for the edifying of the body of Christ.”

Man who won U.S. Open didn’t realize he won at first

And finally, the U.S. Open Tennis Championships Men’s Final was played in New York on Sunday, with eight-seeded American Ben Shelton facing top seeded Alexander Zverev from Germany. 

The United States had not had a man win the U.S. Open since 2003, a 23-year drought. Shelton, who had already upset the two-seed in his way to the finals, was looking for his first major title.

But, the Americans will have to wait another year, as Zverev came through to win the match in four sets: 6-3, 7-6, 5-7, and 6-2.

The best part? According to Yahoo Sports, Zverev did not realize he had actually won at first (video)!

Listen to the announcers.

ANNOUNCER 1: “He doesn't even know he’s won. There you go. He really didn't know.”

ANNOUNCER 2: “He was so focused in on just holding serve, he didn't know he was at the finish line. And he finishes off Ben Shelton in four sets, and wins his second major of the year, his first U.S. Open.”

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Sexually perverse activists threatened outspoken Australian pastor

LGBTQ activists attacked a pastor’s home last week in Sydney, Australia, reports MyChristianDaily.com.

Four people, two wearing hoods, cut the electricity to the home and then threatened to kill the pastor, his wife, and their newborn baby. They knew each member of the family by name. Other relatives were also mentioned by the assailants.

The pastor, Andrew Sedra, is known for his public opposition to abortion and the homosexual/transgender agenda in Australia.

In a message on her Instagram account, Millicent Sedra said, “We thank God for His continual protection as we boldly preach the Word of the Lord.” She included what appears to be a home video of the event on the post. 

Pakistani Christian teen stands up to Muslim mob

Here’s a story of a young 17-year-old boy who stood up against a mob of Muslim bullies who were harassing a Pakistani Christian girl.  

Ikhlaq Masih was severely beaten unconscious with iron rods which required his hospitalization.

Stand up to bullies and be prepared to pay the cost. That’s real courage for every young man listening today.  

Isaiah 1:17 speaks of this.  “Learn to do good; Seek justice. Rebuke the oppressor. Defend the fatherless. Plead for the widow.”

Turkey arrested 162 connected to homosexuality The nation of Turkey has announced 162 arrests involving 22 associations and businesses that promote homosexual and transgender material, which they find harmful to children, reports CNN.

The groups reportedly have also “received large sums of funds from public institutions and foreign organizations abroad” to promote homosexuality in Turkey.  This is part of a broader pro-family campaign to contain the promotion of homosexuality in Turkey, and salvage the birth rates.

Turkey President Recep Erdogan has publicly stated his commitment to improving the nation’s birth rate — now hovering around 1.5 which is identical to America’s low birth rate.

British Parliament kills assisted suicide bill

By a very close vote count of 286 to 270, British members of Parliament managed to kill an assisted suicide bill last Friday.  Both the Roman Catholic Church and the Anglican Church opposed the bill, reports the BBC.

Alithea William of the Society for the Protection of Unborn Children called this a huge relief. In her words; “Parliament has stepped back from the very brink in rejecting this bill which would have put vulnerable people at incredible risk.” 

Global trade down

Global trade continues to suffer as the war in the Middle East drags on. 

The Strait of Hormuz has been all but closed since March of this year, and with it, inflation has risen and global trade growth has been cut in half.

According to the World Bank, global growth is set to fall to only 2.5% for 2026. By way of comparison, the Gross World Product growth rate has averaged around 3.7% per year over the last decade or so.

Plus, the Organization for Economic Cooperation and Development is projecting above 4% inflation in the United States this year alone.

U.S. treasury yields are highest ever

In economic news, long-term U.S. treasury yields are the highest they’ve been since the early 2000s, reports CNBC.

And the 30-year mortgage rate hit 7.12%. That’s where it was around 2001 — some 25 years ago before the big dip in borrowing rates took place in the American economy. 

Gas diesel prices skyrocket

Gas and diesel prices are up. 

The current average for just one gallon of diesel is a whopping $6.23, while a gallon of gas sits at an average of $4.31.

Newly-unveiled Charlie Kirk statue vandalized

A newly unveiled statue of slain activist Charlie Kirk was vandalized outside of the Turning Point USA headquarters in Phoenix, Arizona. 

In a statement, Turning Point USA noted, “We will restore the statue and replace the signs, but we are also reviewing the footage of the incident and are working with law enforcement to identify who did this and hold them accountable.” 

Erika Kirk, Charlie’s widow, added, “They thought a bullet would silence my husband’s voice but it only made it louder. They think spray paint can obscure his legacy, but it will only spread it further. Every attempt to tear down what Charlie built makes us root deeper and work even harder.”

LifeSiteNews.com reported that she also said, “And if you think crossing out the name of Jesus Christ will silence Christians, history has already proved you wrong. We know what it costs to stand firm for Christ and we will stand anyway. God will not be mocked.” (Galatian 6:7)

Kirk’s murder reignited an ongoing debate about the link between rhetoric and violence in politics, with many blaming assassin Tyler Robinson’s actions in part on years of Democrat officeholders and left-wing activists not merely disagreeing with conservatives about issues such as transgenderism, but classifying disagreement as hateful and oppressive. 

Kirk was killed at Utah Valley University on September 10, 2025. The 8-foot bronze statue was put up on September 10, 2026 to commemorate the one-year anniversary of his murder.

U.S. Airman shot down over Iran grateful to God

And finally, that Air Force colonel, whose F-15E Strike Eagle was shot down over Iran in the early weeks of the war, was interviewed by Norah O'Donnell on CBS’s  60 Minutes about his ordeal.  

Known by the call sign “Bravo,” he was the Weapons Systems Officer and landed five miles away from the pilot.

O’DONNELL: “So, your seat was damaged by Iranian fire, and yet you still were able to eject safely.”

BRAVO: “I was.”

O’DONNELL: “Did your parachute deploy?”

BRAVO: “My parachute was damaged in the initial attack. At one point, when I looked up and saw, “No parachute,” it was the most terrifying thing I've ever seen. So, I paused right then and I prayed, ‘Lord, Your will be done. But, if I'm getting through this, I need help.”

O’DONNELL: “While you're in the air.”

BRAVO: “Yeah.”

O’DONNELL: “Is that almost like free falling, or how would you describe that?”

BRAVO: “Free falling is a good way to put it.”

O’DONNELL: "So, how fast do you think you were going when you hit the ground?”

BRAVO: “Professionals, based on my description and the injuries that I had, the professionals think I hit the ground going somewhere between 70 and 100 miles an hour.”

O’DONNELL: “How did you survive that?”

BRAVO: “A modern-day miracle. I believe that it's a testament to God's provision in my life to bring me through that moment in a way that -- didn't prevent injuries -- but prevented any catastrophic injuries that would have affected my ability to survive. I'm grateful -- eternally -- for knowing that He was there with me.”

Psalm 34:17 says, “When the righteous cry for help, the LORD hears and delivers them out of all their troubles.”

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And that's The Worldview on this Tuesday, September 15th, in the year of our Lord 2026. Subscribe for free by Spotify, Amazon Music, or by iTunes or email to our unique Christian newscast at www.TheWorldview.com.  Plus, you can get the Generations app through Google Play or The App Store. I’m Adam McManus (Adam@TheWorldview.com). Seize the day for Jesus Christ.