It’s Wednesday, August 6th, A.D. 2025. This is The Worldview in 5 Minutes heard on 140 radio stations and at www.TheWorldview.com. I’m Adam McManus. (Adam@TheWorldview.com)
By Jonathan Clark
African Muslims have killed 150,000 people in last 10 years
A report from the Africa Center for Strategic Studies found militant Islamic groups have killed over 150,000 people across the continent in the last decade.
Such groups killed 22,307 people in just the last year, a 60% increase from the previous year. Christian Daily International noted that a majority of them were Christians in West, East, and Central Africa.
The report highlighted violence in Burkina Faso, Cameroon, Chad, Mali, Mozambique, Niger, Nigeria, and Somalia. Each country appears on the Open Doors’ World Watch List of the most dangerous countries to be a Christian.
Christian-majority countries have decreased
A new report from Pew Research found the number of Christian-majority countries decreased between 2010 and 2020.
The study found that 120 out of 201 countries had Christian majorities in 2020. That’s down four countries from 2010.
The decrease in Christian-majority countries came with the rise of the religiously unaffiliated. Christians lost their majority status in the United Kingdom, Australia, France, and Uruguay. Meanwhile, the religiously unaffiliated have become the majority in Uruguay, the Netherlands, and New Zealand.
Psalm 33:12 says, “Blessed is the nation whose God is the LORD, the people He has chosen as His own inheritance.”
Australia upholds ban on Christian doctor over pro-life, pro-heterosexual views
Speaking of Australia, officials in the country recently upheld a ban on a Christian doctor for expressing his beliefs online.
Dr. Jereth Kok is a general practitioner in Melbourne. He believed it was his duty to speak out on issues like abortion and sexually perverted lifestyles. However, the Medical Board of Australia suspended his medical license in 2019 after anonymous complaints about his social media posts. The Victorian Civil and Administrative Tribunal upheld the suspension last month.
The doctor, a born-again Christian, defended his stance, telling the tribunal he expressed these views on a Christian website, driven by his belief that “abortion is immoral” as a Christian and that he felt “required to speak out about the issue.” And, on transgender surgeries, he called it “medical butchery” and “sterilizing disfigurement to healthy young bodies.”
Lyle Shelton with Australia’s Family First Party commented on the case. He said, “This is about more than one man. It’s about whether Australians — especially Christian and conservative professionals — are still free to express their views without losing their livelihoods.”
Trump prohibits veterans’ hospitals from killing babies
In the United States, the Trump administration is reversing a Biden-era policy that allowed veterans’ hospitals to perform abortions.
The U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs published the proposed rule on Monday. The new rule will prohibit publicly-funded V.A. hospitals from killing unborn babies.
A statement from Susan B. Anthony Pro-Life America said, “We thank President Trump and V.A. Secretary [Doug] Collins for restoring the rule of law and ending the Biden administration’s illegal policy that forced taxpayers to fund abortions through V.A. hospitals and violated state pro-life laws.”
Microsoft reached market capitalization of $4 trillion
Microsoft became the second company to reach a market capitalization of $4 trillion last week.
This comes shortly after Nvidia reached a $4 trillion market cap last month.
Microsoft’s latest growth was driven by its Azure cloud computing business. Nvidia and Microsoft have profited significantly from the rise of artificial intelligence technology. Meanwhile, Apple trails at third for most valuable company with a market cap of $3 trillion.
American Bible Society: San Fran’s Gen Zers more open to Christianity than elders
The American Bible Society released a report on the religious views of people in the California’s San Francisco Bay Area.
The region skews younger, smarter, and wealthier than the rest of the United States. People are also less likely to identify as Christian and more likely to experience stress and anxiety.
However, younger generations are more open to Christianity in the Bay Area compared to older generations there and even compared to their peers in the rest of America.
The study noted, “Though the Bay Area is home to fewer Christians and more atheists than the United States as a whole, the majority of people in the younger generations are curious, open, and even wish they read the Bible more.”
2 Timothy 3:15 says, “From childhood you have known the Holy Scriptures, which are able to make you wise for salvation through faith which is in Christ Jesus.”
NASA planning to build nuclear reactor on moon
And finally, the National Aeronautics and Space Administration is planning to build a nuclear reactor on the moon by 2030, reports Politico.
Listen to comments from Interim NASA administrator Sean Duffy.
DUFFY: “We’re in a race to the moon, in a race with China to the moon, and to have a base on the moon, we need energy. Energy is important. And if we’re going to be able to sustain life on the moon to then go to Mars, this technology is critically important.”
A directive from Duffy stated, “Since March 2024, China and Russia have announced on at least three occasions a joint effort to place a reactor on the Moon by the mid-2030s. The first country to do so could potentially declare a keep-out zone which would significantly inhibit the United States from establishing a [permanent] presence if not there first.”
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And that’s The Worldview on this Wednesday, August 6th, in the year of our Lord 2025. Follow us on X or subscribe for free by Spotify, Amazon Music, or by iTunes or email to our unique Christian newscast at www.TheWorldview.com. 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.