It’s Friday, July 12th, A.D. 2024. This is The Worldview in 5 Minutes heard at www.TheWorldview.com. I’m Adam McManus. (Adam@TheWorldview.com)
By Adam McManus
Hindu extremists strangle pastor’s son to death
In the middle of the night on July 7th, Hindu extremists broke into the home of Pastor Sushil Kumar in India’s Bihar State and killed his teenage son as he slept, reports International Christian Concern.
Tragically, as Nilesh Kumar slept, the attackers broke his hands and strangled him to death. They then dragged the body of the pastor’s only son outside and hung it from a nearby bamboo tree.
For years now, the Hindu extremists had been harassing the Kumar family, verbally abusing and pressuring them to abandon their faith in Christ. After Pastor Kumar filed several complaints with the police, members of local high-caste communities threatened to kill his son.
Although Christians are often attacked and even killed for their faith in India, such attacks are rare in the Bihar State.
According to Open Doors, India is the 11th most dangerous country worldwide in which to be a Christian.
Biden’s latest gaffe: Refers to Zelensky as Putin
President Joe Biden drew gasps Thursday evening when he introduced Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky as “President Putin” — confusing him with the Russian tyrant whose forces have invaded Ukraine for the past two-and-a-half years, reports the New York Post.
Listen.
BIDEN: “And now I want to hand it over to the president of Ukraine, who has as much courage as he has determination. Ladies and gentlemen, President [Vladimir] Putin. “
Many in the auditorium appeared to wince as the words left the president’s lips. World leaders onstage appeared unsure of whether to clap to welcome Zelensky or wait for Biden to correct himself, which he did.
BIDEN: (Smattering of applause) “President Putin? We’re going to beat President Putin. President Zelensky. I’m so focused on beating Putin, we’ve got to worry about it. Anyway, Mr. President.”
ZELENSKY: “I’m better!”
Democrat Senator urges Biden to withdraw
In light of Biden’s obvious mental decline, Colorado Democrat Senator Michael Bennet is one of the first senators to publicly urge the President to withdraw from the 2024 election, reports RealClearPolitics.com.
BENNET: “If things stay as they are, it’s likely that Donald Trump will win the election and we will lose the Senate and lose the House.”
Actor George Clooney tells Biden to step aside
Actor George Clooney wrote a devastating column in the New York Times yesterday. The headline read, “I love Joe Biden, but we need a new nominee.”
He wrote, “It’s devastating to say it, but the Joe Biden I was with three weeks ago at the fundraiser was not the Joe Biden of 2010. He wasn’t even the Joe Biden of 2020. He was the same man we all witnessed at the debate.”
To his shame, George Clooney and Julia Roberts were front and center at a Hollywood fundraiser that raised $30 million to help Biden and the Democrats in their reelection campaign.
Australia’s Sky News host Liz Storer didn’t buy Clooney’s claim that he just now realized how mentally unfit for the presidency Joe Biden truly is.
STORER: “What a fraud! We’re supposed to believe, that, all of a sudden, just over the last three weeks, George Clooney has been like, ‘Wait a minute!’
“Where have you been the last four years while this poor, old man has slurred and stumbled his way through the most prestigious and important high office in the world? I don’t buy for a second he’s just come to his senses and been like, ‘Well actually, three weeks after raising $30 million for the Dems, I have to dis-endorse him now. I just can’t go through with it.’
“He always knew! They all always knew. The mainstream media, the guy’s press secretary, everyone who works for him, his friends and family – they all knew the President has been struggling for a very long time. So, this pretending, ‘I’ve just had my come-to-Jesus moment.’ Great act, George Clooney! That’s what you do for a living.”
Biden continues to vilify pro-lifers as extremists
Military officials under the Biden administration continue to teach that their peaceful political opponents are violent extremists, according to a report about a terrorism presentation given to U.S. Army members at Fort Liberty, North Carolina (previously known as Fort Bragg), reports LifeSiteNews.com.
Sam Shoemate, an independent journalist, tweeted on Wednesday evening a photograph of a slide he said was shown during an anti-terrorism briefing, right after one about the Islamist terror group ISIS.
The slide names the pro-life groups National Right to Life Committee and Operation Rescue as “terrorist groups,” characterized by their opposition to abortion and the 1973 Supreme Court case of Roe v. Wade. Oddly enough, the Biden officials spelled the famous Supreme Court case client as R-O-W instead of R-O-E.
While the power point slide lists various types of peaceful activism pro-life groups typically practice include sidewalk counseling, Life Chains, and picketing, it also cites “Bombing of Clinics” and “Attempted Murders” which are not only highly rare and have always ben overwhelmingly condemned by mainstream pro-life activists.
Truth be told, in recent years, pro-abortion violence has been far more common than violence from those who want to end abortion, as admitted by FBI Director Christopher Wray in November 2022.
Arkansas Secretary of State rejects pro-abortion ballot initiative
On Wednesday, the Arkansas secretary of state rejected an effort to place a constitutional amendment to enshrine abortion on the November ballot, saying organizers failed to submit some required paperwork with its signatures, reports NBC News.
Isaiah 64:8 says, “But now, O Lord, you are our Father; we are the clay, and You are our potter; we are all the work of Your hand.”
‘God’s Not Dead’ returns with new sequel urging Christians to vote
And finally, with just a $1.5 million budget, the movie “God’s Not Dead” made $60 million in profit which sent a clear message to Tinseltown that it had ignored the Christian audience hungry for uplifting and positive messages.
A decade later, producers are gearing up for the fifth installment of the film franchise.
The new movie entitled “God’s Not Dead: In God We Trust,” hits theaters nationwide Sept. 12 and “explores the intersection of faith, politics, and our civic duty,” reports FaithWire.com.
RONALD REAGAN: “If we ever forget that we’re one nation under God, then we will be a nation gone under.”
MOVIE PASTOR: “Now more than ever, Christians must realize that we are being called to deliver hope to a country that’s feeling hopeless. Faith begins where your comfort zone ends. We need to step out into that faith.”
Coming at a time of cultural chaos — a time when people fear cancellation and other social ills — “God’s Not Dead: In God We Trust” tackles the importance of standing up for one’s beliefs and taking action to have a positive impact.
Proverbs 29:2 states, “When the righteous are in authority, the people rejoice: but when the wicked rule, the people mourn.”
Watch the trailer for “God’s Not Dead: In God We Trust” through a link in our transcript today at www.TheWorldview.com.
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And that’s The Worldview on this Friday, July 12th, in the year of our Lord 2024. Join me Adam McManus, and my two sons, Honor and Valor, at the Colorado Father-Son retreat Thursday, August 15th through Sunday, August 18th. Go to ColoradoFatherSon.com. 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.