It’s Tuesday, January 30th, A.D. 2024.  This is The Worldview in 5 Minutes heard at www.TheWorldview.com.  I’m Adam McManus.  (Adam@TheWorldview.com)

By Kevin Swanson

Nepalese Pastor condemned to serve year in prison

The Nepali Supreme Court has released an order requiring Pastor Keshab Raj Acharya to serve one year in prison for peaceful religious activity.

Pastor Keshab had received a call to pray for someone’s sick wife in March  2020.  He was also charged with distributing religious leaflets, reports Alliance Defending Freedom International.

72% of Evangelicals came to faith before 18

A new Infinity Concepts study has confirmed that the single greatest influence in Evangelical Protestants becoming Christians is their parents. The generational factor is the most powerful and significant in the development of the Christian church.

They report:

• 72% of adult Evangelical Christians came to their beliefs before they reached the age of 18.
• 51% confirm that their parents were the most important or significant influence in their becoming a Christian.
• 15% credit a spouse or a sibling as the most important influence in them coming to faith.  
• 3% credit a Sunday School teacher, a Vacation Bible School instructor, or some other ministry in the church.
• And 4% would credit a Christian concert or a crusade.  

Church attendance and reading the Bible were the second and third most important factors.

Only 4% became Christians in the last four years. Finally, the average adult Evangelical’s conversion happened nearly 37 years ago. 

Jury awards woman $83 million against Trump

A woman has successfully sued Donald Trump for sexual abuse and defamation of character.

E. Jean Carroll initially won $5 million in damages in a jury trial in 2022 based on her accusation that Trump had engaged in unwanted sexual sin with her some thirty years earlier.

Last Friday, a Manhattan jury awarded the author an additional $83.3 million for defamation, reports CBS News.

The wise man in the Proverbs warns every man. “For by means of a harlot, a man is reduced to a crust of bread; And an adulteress will prey upon his precious life. Can a man take fire to his bosom and his clothes not be burned?”  (Proverbs 6:26-27)

“Operation Lone Star” detained 496,000 illegals since 2021

The southern border of the United States presents something of a crisis, and the Governor of Texas is responding.

Republican Governor Greg Abbott’s “Operation Lone Star” has installed 30 miles of razor wire barriers near the city of Eagle Pass. The Governor of Texas also continues to bus migrants to cities and states controlled by the Democrat Party.

Since its implementation in March 2021, “Operation Lone Star” has detained 496,000 illegal immigrants.  Of them, 38,500 face criminal charges. The cost to Texas taxpayers is already a whopping $10 billion.

Despite a Supreme Court order last week allowing federal law enforcement to tear down state-erected barriers, Texas Republican Lt. Gov. Dan Patrick said Monday the state will continue to build razor wire and other fencing on the U.S.-Mexico border, reports TheHill.com.

Biden vs. Trump at the border

U.S. Customs and Border Protection released its 2023 numbers for southwest detentions as 2,476,000, with December topping all records at 270,000.  

That compares to 415,000 detentions in 2017, during the first year of the Trump administration.

Legal immigration in the U.S. has run between 500,000 and 1,000,000 per year since the 1990s.

U.S. stock markets continue to surge

The S&P stock market index reached record highs again on Monday.

The Wilshire 5000 to Gross Domestic Product index hit 173%, about three times the historical average. That means that stocks are overpriced by about 300%.

The S&P Price to Earnings ratio is running about 26, as compared to an\ historical average of about 15. 

The U.S. Debt to Gross Domestic Product ratio is on the rise again, scraping 129%. The United States is the 11th worst nation in the world on this metric, just behind Venezuela, Eritrea, Greece, Sudan, Lebanon, and Bhutan.

Virginia Court: Realtor can mention Jesus/Bible verse in email

A Virginia Court struck down a regulation established by the State Real Estate Board, disallowing a realtor from mentioning Jesus or including a Bible Verse in her e-mail communications, reports WorldNetDaily.com.

At issue was realtor Hadassah Carter’s inclusion of the byline “Jesus Loves You” and John 3:16 in her e-mail signature line.  The ruling stated that the regulation was “an unconstitutional abridgement of the rights to speech and expression established by the First Amendment.”

Matthew 5:16 says, “Let your light so shine before men, that they may see your good works and glorify your Father in Heaven.”

Closer look at God’s glorious handiwork

The James Webb Space Telescope has provided much clearer pictures of 19 spiral galaxies, representing billions of stars, fairly close to our Milky Way Galaxy.

These spectacular pictures of God’s mighty creation in outer space, are available at science.nasa.gov.

Psalm 19:1 says, “The heavens declare the glory of God; the skies proclaim the work of His hands.”

What’s it like on a Christian movie set?

And finally, have you ever wondered what it’s like on a Christian movie set?

Today, as I guest host for Kevin Swanson on Generations Radio, I’ll take you behind the scenes in a fascinating interview with Kevin Bouren, co-founder of Set Shepherds.  Kevin, a retired Colonel in the U.S. Army, sees some intriguing similarities between all the moving parts of military battle and all the moving parts of a movie production.

Acting as both co-producer and chaplain of the cast and crew, his goal is to be an ambassador for Jesus Christ to the believers and unbelievers alike.

BOUREN:  “I would introduce myself to every member of the cast and crew. And this is what I would say. I’d walk up to them, I’d shake their hand, and I’d say, ‘Hi, my name is Kevin Bouren. And I have the honor of serving you as your chaplain. It’s my desire to make sure you feel loved, honored, valued, respected, and treasured as the amazing man that God has made you to be.’

“So, I said that to one of our actors, and he’s been in Hollywood for 40 years. As soon as I said that to him, he stopped, he looked right in my eyes, and he leaned in. He said, ‘That’s the most beautiful thing I’ve ever heard. I had no idea that there was somebody here who had that role.’”

Learn about how that actor from the set of “Birthright Outlaw,” a Christian western streaming on Pure Flix right now, trusted Christ as his Savior.  Listen to my full, 25-minute-long interview at Generations.org/Radio. That’s Generations.org/Radio.

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And that’s The Worldview in 5 Minutes on this Tuesday, January 30th in the year of our Lord 2024. Subscribe by iTunes or email to our unique Christian newscast at www.TheWorldview.com.  Or get the Generations app through Google Play or The App Store. I’m Adam McManus (Adam@TheWorldview.com).  Seize the day for Jesus Christ.