It’s Tuesday, March 25th, A.D. 2025. This is The Worldview in 5 Minutes heard on 125 radio stations and at www.TheWorldview.com.  I’m Adam McManus. (Adam@TheWorldview.com)

By Kevin Swanson

3 Iranian Christians get 42 years of prison time

Three Iranian Christians have been sentenced to a cumulative 42 years in prison for their involvement in Christian activities.

The Tehran Revolutionary Court sentenced a pregnant woman named Narges Nasri to 16 years. And two men were also given harsh sentences.  Abbas Soori got 15 years and Mehran Shamlooei received 10 years for organizing a house church in Tehran. 

According to Open Doors, Iran is the 9th most difficult country worldwide for Christians.

3 men arrested by KGB in Tajikistan

Also, The Worldview received news that three men were arrested by the KGB in Tajikistan last week, for simply possessing Bibles and meeting to worship on Sunday.  

From last report they are still in prison.

Remember our brothers and sisters in chains in your prayers. 

Maine Univ. listens to Trump, bans biological men from women’s sports

The University of Maine has agreed to comply with the Trump administration’s requirement that no men should be allowed to participate in women’s collegiate sports.

The U.S. Department of Agriculture had temporarily frozen $30 million of funding to the University of Maine’s system comprised of eight universities. The USDA issued a press release announcing the change of policy on the part of the University of Maine, noting that “UMaine’s decision to side with sanity is a win for women and girls in Maine.”

However, the president is demanding a full-throated apology from Maine’s Democratic Governor Janet Mills, reports The Western Journal.   At a February meeting with governors at the White House, Mills threatened to sue the Trump administration over the women’s only federal policy, according to a video posted on X.

80 U.S. hospitals continue to mutilate kids in transgender surgeries

Despite the U.S. president’s recent policy statements to the contrary, almost 80 hospitals are still offering mutilation surgeries for children, reports the TransHealth Project.  

On January 28th, President Donald Trump signed an executive order stating that “it is the policy of the United States that it will not fund, sponsor, promote, assist, or support the so-called ‘transition’ of a child from one sex to another, and it will rigorously enforce all laws that prohibit or limit these destructive and life-altering procedures.”

Judge: Ban on drag performances is unconstitutional

A federal judge ruled Monday that a Texas A&M University ban on drag performances is unconstitutional.

Judge Lee Rosenthal, a female appointee by George H. W. Bush, argued that drag performances are an expression of freedom of speech, and should be allowed on public universities.  She further stated that “Shakespeare’s literary works that, when his plays were written and performed, female characters were played by young men dressed in women’s attire.”

The judge also referenced to major motion pictures like Mrs. Doubtfire and Hairspray, in which cross-dressing was essential to the plot of the movie.

Deuteronomy 22:5 brings out the moral principle that “A woman shall not wear anything that pertains to a man, nor shall a man put on a woman’s garment, for all who do so are an abomination to the Lord your God.”

More men attending church than women

That surprising gender gap of American church attendees has widened even more, according to the latest Barna poll.

Now, preliminary numbers indicate that 40% of men attend church weekly, compared to only 28% of women.

From 2000 to 2015, women attended church at higher rates than men. Then, from 2016 to 2021, men and women attended at about the same rate.

Eating meals alone is mentally unhealthy

And finally, Americans are increasingly eating meals alone. 

Interestingly, 26% of Americans ate all their meals alone yesterday.  That’s up from 17% two decades ago. The percentage of young people — 20-35 years of age — eating alone has almost doubled in twenty years.

However, the Asian countries of Korea, Japan, India, and the Philippines, are the nations least likely to share meals.

The World Happiness Report claims that “Sharing meals proves to be an exceptionally strong indicator of subjective wellbeing – on par with income and unemployment. Those who share more meals with others report significantly higher levels of life satisfaction.” 

Proverbs 18:1 warns of this: “Whoever isolates himself seeks his own desire; he breaks out against all sound judgment.”

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And that’s The Worldview on this Tuesday, March 25th, in the year of our Lord 2025. Subscribe by Amazon Music or 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.