It’s Tuesday, August 12th, 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 Kevin Swanson
4 of 5 most populated countries hostile to Christianity
International Christian Concern reports that now “four of the five most populous countries in the world share a disturbing reality: Christians are systematically and harshly persecuted within their borders.”
And we would add that these four nations have stepped up persecution against Christians over the last ten years.
The four countries are China with a population of 1.41 billion people, India with a population of 1.46 billion people, Indonesia with a population of 285 million people, and Pakistan with a population of 255 million people.
By contrast, the United States, with a population of 347 million people, is the other top 5 most populated country which actually allows for religious freedoms.
Russia won’t comply with 1987 moratorium on nuclear missiles
Last week, Russia announced it will no longer comply with the 1987 moratorium on deployment of nuclear-capable intermediate range missiles.
These missiles are designed to bring total annihilation to European cities. This opens the way for nuclear-capable launch vehicles to be deployed proximate to theaters of military operation.
China doubled nuclear warheads
China began its nuclear buildup in 2018—increasing its nuclear firepower from 280 to 600 warheads, and adding 350 new Intercontinental ballistic missile silos this year.
This buildup took place at the same time France and the United Kingdom reduced their nuclear arsenals.
80th anniversary since U.S. dropped atomic bombs in Japan
This month marks the 80th anniversary since the US dropped atomic bombs on Hiroshima and Nagasaki, Japan.
The city of Hiroshima marked the anniversary with a memorial event. The city’s mayor, Shiro Suzuki, addressed the gathering, as one whose parents survived the 1945 attack.
Suzuki said, ”Conflicts around the world are intensifying in a vicious cycle of confrontation and fragmentation . . . and if we continue on this trajectory, we will end up thrusting ourselves into a nuclear war. This existential crisis of humanity has become imminent to each and every one of us living on Earth.”
Youth unemployment up worldwide
The BBC reports some Chinese college graduates are actually paying for a pretend job. The outlet mentions a business called “Pretend to Work Company.”
With real jobs increasingly hard to come by, some young adults would rather pay to go into an office rather than to be stuck at home. This year, China’s youth unemployment rate has scraped 17 percent.
Canada has seen a sharp increase of youth unemployment—now at 14.2 percent. Italy’s rate is upwards of 22 percent, and the United Kingdom has seen more increases of youth unemployment what they call “youth economic inactivity” in recent years—now at 13.4 percent. But youth unemployment in South Africa is the highest at 61 percent.
The Apostle Paul exhorts the youth and all of us that “If anyone will not work, neither shall he eat. For we hear that there are some who walk among you in a disorderly manner, not working at all, but are busybodies. Now those who are such we command and exhort through our Lord Jesus Christ that they work in quietness and eat their own bread.” (2 Thessalonians 3:10-12)
World Vision justified in denying employment to a lesbian
The 9th US Circuit Court of Appeals has ruled that the Christian ministry, World Vision, was well within the law when they denied employment to a lesbian named Aubry McMahon who was in a sinful relationship with a woman she called her “wife.”
The court held that the ministry had not violated federal or Washington state non-discrimination laws because it was covered under the “ministerial exception.”
Abortion Kill Pill has enabled abortion rate to increase despite Dobbs
Americans are killing significantly more babies following the U.S. Supreme Court reversal of Roe v. Wade through the Dobbs decision on June 24, 2022.
Official records put the annual number at 1.1 million, up from 880,000 in 2020. That’s a 25 percent increase.
The difference appears to be made up by the abortion kill pill by mail program. About 63 percent of the murder of babies is executed by the abortion pill now, and 25 percent of all abortions come by “Telehealth” or by mail.
Twenty-two leading Southern Baptist pastors have issued a letter to President Donald Trump, requesting that the administration “stop the mail-order distribution of the abortion drug mifepristone.”
To this point, the Trump administration has been reticent to limit access to the abortion kill pill. In May, the U.S. Justice Department recommended tossing out a lawsuit that would have restricted a reduction of access to Telehealth abortions.
In an interview with interview with Time Magazine in December, the president reiterated five times, that it was “highly unlikely” the Food and Drug Administration would do anything to restrict access to the Abortion Kill Pill.
However, God is in control.
Jeremiah 51:19, 20, and 24 reminds us “He is the Maker of all things; and Israel is the tribe of His inheritance. The Lord of hosts is His name. You are My battle-ax and weapons of war: For with you, I will break the nation in pieces, says the Lord.”
California fire has burned 120,000 acres
The State of California is dealing with more out-of-control fires.
The Gifford Fire started up last Wednesday, and has already consumed some 120,000 acres. It’s now threatening the towns of Arroyo Grande and Santa Maria. Sadly, it’s only 30 percent contained.
Grand Canyon fire has burned 144,000 acres
The Dragon Bravo fire in Arizona has shut down the Grand Canyon North Rim for the season.
This fire has burned up 144,000 acres.
In God’s all powerful workings, this fire began by lightning strike on Independence Day, July 4th.
Despite tariff revenues, 2025 U.S. deficit is $109 million higher than 2024
And finally, despite the Department of Government Efficiency, the tariff hullabaloo, and the influx of import taxes to the federal government coffers, this year’s deficit, through July, is a whopping $109 billion more than it was last year.
The deficit totaled $1.6 trillion over the first 10 months of fiscal year 2025—heading towards a $1.9 trillion deficit for the year. That’s about eight times the average deficit incurred under the George W. Bush administration.
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And that’s The Worldview on this Tuesday, August 12th, 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.