Monday, March 19th, in the year of our Lord 2018
By Adam McManus
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Thank You President Trump
The number of food stamp dependent Americans hit a six-year low in President Donald Trump’s first year in office, reflecting an improving economy and falling unemployment, according to a U.S. Agriculture Department report.
While 11 percent fewer Americans are relying on taxpayers to pay for their groceries, 13 Alabama counties remarkably witnessed food stamp use drop by a whopping 85 percent between January and May 2017 once work requirements were put in place for childless adults.
2 Thessalonians 3:10 says it all: “The one who is unwilling to work shall not eat.”
Pat Buchanan’s Political Analysis
Columnist Pat Buchanan wonders what the future holds for the Republican Party. First, Judge Moore’s loss in ruby-red Alabama. Then, last Tuesday, Democrats captured a House seat in a Pennsylvania district Trump carried by 20 points.
The boost to the economy from the Republican tax cuts doesn’t seem to be getting traction. Buchanan writes, “The problem for Republicans may be found in a truism: ‘When the economy is poor, the economy is the issue. When the economy is good, something else is the issue.’”
Stormy Daniels Interview Set on 60 Minutes
Porn star Stormy Daniels, who was allegedly intimate with Donald Trump for a year after he married Melania, will spill the beans on CBS’ ’60 Minutes’ on Sunday, March 25th.
Florida Muslim Teen Inspired to Kill
A 17-year-old Muslim teen named Corey Johnson watched violent jihadi propaganda videos and read the Quran at home to “give him courage to carry out his intentions” before he plotted to kill several people at a birthday sleepover in Jupiter, Florida, reports The Palm Beach Post.
After slitting the throat of one teen with a knife he brought with him to the home, Johnson tried to attack the mother six times, when her 13-year-old son Dane Bancroft ran to push him off his mother, enduring 32 stab wounds.
Thankfully, both the mother and the son will survive. The family has set up a Facebook fundraising page to help pay for Dane’s medical expenses which we have linked in our transcript today at www.TheWorldView.com
The Harvey Weinstein Effect
Last October, the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences voted to expel Harvey Weinstein 10 days after the New York Times first reported on his history of sexual harassment.
And now the chickens have come home to roost. John Bailey, the president of the Academy, is himself under investigation for three allegations of sexual harassment.
Barack Obama and Billy Graham Revealed Today!
Ever since former President Barack Obama met with the late Billy Graham in his log cabin home in Asheville, North Carolina in 2010, many have wondered about the details of that encounter besides Graham giving him a Bible and praying with him.
Well, according to The Christian Post, Billy Graham’s embargoed archival collections, which are said to detail his personal relationships with former presidents, including Obama, and other major figures, like Pope John II, are now set to go public today at the Billy Graham Center Archives at Wheaton College in Illinois.
Franklin Graham on Stephen Hawking’s Atheism
And finally, after the atheist scientist Stephen Hawking died last week, Evangelist Franklin Graham made a profound comment.
He said, “I wish I could have asked Mr. Hawking who he thought designed the human brain. The designers at HP, Apple, Dell, or Lenovo have developed amazing computers, but none come even close to the amazing capabilities of the human mind. Who do you think designed the human brain? The Master Designer — God Himself. I wish Stephen Hawking could have seen the simple truth that God is the Creator of the universe he loved to study and everything in it.”
Nehemiah 9:6 says, “You alone are the Lord. You have made the heavens, the heaven of heavens with all their host, the earth and all that is on it, the seas and all that is in them. You give life to all of them and the heavenly host bows down before You.”
Closing Line
And that’s The World View in 5 Minutes on this Monday, March 19th in the year of our Lord 2018. Subscribe by iTunes or email to our unique Christian newscast at www.TheWorldView.com. I’m Adam McManus. Seize the day for Jesus Christ.
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The White House Shakeup Continues
President Donald Trump has expressed interest in firing White House national security advisor H.R. McMaster with whom he never clicked personally, reports CNBC. However, according to Sarah Huckabee Sanders, there has been no change.
McMaster would become second national security advisor to leave the job since Trump took office last year following Michael Flynn.
Paul Manafort in Hot Water
Paul Manafort, President Trump’s former campaign manager, has been indicted by special counsel Robert Mueller on five charges for failing to register as a foreign agent and for money laundering, reports Axios.com.
Manafort’s lawyers filed a motion to dismiss the indictment, contending that Mueller is operating outside of the scope of his initial duty: to determine whether and how Russia worked with the Trump campaign during the 2016 election.
2018 Will Be Ugly for GOP
Conservative commentator Ben Shapiro said that the results in recent special elections show that “2018 will be very, very ugly unless something cataclysmic happens for GOP,” reports TheHill.com.
Democrats have to win 24 seats in the 2018 midterms to take control of the House.
7 American Soldiers Die in Iraq
All seven service members aboard a U.S. helicopter that crashed in western Iraq were killed, the Pentagon said Friday in a written statement, reports the Associated Press.
The crash did not appear to be the result of enemy activity and is under investigation.
FCC Chair’s Encouragement to Christians
Federal Communications Commission Chairman Ajit Pai has vowed to continue fighting for free speech, the “foundation of our great nation,” amid continued censorship of Christian and conservative thought by online media giants such as Facebook, Twitter, Google and Apple, reports The Christian Post.
In a pre-recorded message at the National Religious Broadcasters’ convention, Pai confessed that, “Too often today, the mantra seems to be: ‘Free speech for me but not for thee.’”
NRB President Jerry Johnson said, “[I]f conservative and Christian content is taken off of social media, digital media, the Gospel will be muzzled, the Word of God will be muzzled.”
President’s Popularity Remains Unshaken
The Rasmussen Reports daily Presidential Tracking Poll reveals that President Trump appears to be weathering various distractions from the Russian probe to accusations by porn star Stormy Daniels.
47% of likely U.S. voters continue to approve of his job performance.
Few Americans Save
Despite a low unemployment rate and increasing wage growth, Americans still aren’t saving much, a new survey from Bankrate.com found that 20 percent of Americans don’t save any of their annual income at all, reports CNBC.
Only 16 percent of survey respondents say that they save more than 15 percent of what they make, which is what experts generally recommend. A quarter of respondents report saving between 6 and 10 percent of their income and 21 percent say they sock away 5 percent or less.
James Comey’s Book Tour
Fired FBI director James Comey has just completed his book entitled “A Higher Loyalty: Truth, Lies and Leadership”.
According to The Daily Mail, he plans to cash in with a $97-a-ticket coast to coast speaking tour.
School Janitor Steals from Students
While students at Richland Northeast High School in South Carolina participated in the National School Walkout his week urging legislators to pass gun control laws, custodian Aisha Evans stole $180 from three book bags, reports CNN.
Tragic Bridge Collapse in Miami
A $14-million, 950-ton, 174-foot-long pedestrian bridge, which was erected a week ago Saturday, at the Florida International University in Miami-Dade County collapsed last Thursday, killing six drivers and passengers in their cars underneath on Thursday, reports The Sun-Sentinel. Nine others were injured.
InterVarsity Retains Right to Be Christian
Two days after InterVarsity sued Wayne State University for removing its recognition as an official organization because it requires student leaders to be Christian, the university has decided to reverse its decision thankfully.
InterVarsity doesn’t want their Christian group to be led by Jews, Muslims, or atheists. The nerve.
Foster Parents Ensure 4 Siblings Not Separated
In 2015, Phyllis and Eric Watson applied to be foster parents. The day after receiving their license to adopt, the Watsons got a phone call from a local adoption agency about four siblings seeking a home where they could stay together, otherwise they would be forced to separate them, reports SunnySkyz.com.
Last Monday, two and a half years later, the Watsons officially adopted Alisia, 17; Bradley, 16; Cody, 15, and Emma, 11.
Judge Kathleen Sloan said it was “the best hearing that any judge gets to have in the United States.”