It’s Thursday, March 20th, 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 Jonathan Clark

Irish pastor in hot water for preaching outside hospital

Authorities in Northern Ireland are prosecuting a retired pastor for preaching outside a general hospital.

Seventy-six-year-old pastor, Clive Johnston, held an open-air Sunday service outside the facility last July. While the hospital does perform abortions, he made no reference to abortion, pointing people to Jesus Christ. Officials are charging Johnston with violating the Abortion Services Safe Access Zones Act. 

He now faces a criminal record and fines totaling thousands of pounds. 

The Christian Institute is representing Johnston. Simon Calvert, Deputy Director of the group, said this.

CALVERT:  “Prosecuting someone for preaching John 3:16 near a hospital on a quiet Sunday is an outrageous imposition on free speech and Gospel freedom.”

John 3:16 says, “For God so loved the world that He gave His only begotten Son, that whoever believes in Him should not perish but have everlasting life.”

Hungary bans events that celebrate sexual perversion

Hungary’s parliament passed a law Tuesday banning events that celebrate sexually perverted lifestyles.

Hungary’s Prime Minister Viktor Orbán pulled no punches.

ORBAN: “I advise [homosexual and transgender] pride organizers not to bother with the preparation of this year’s parade. It would be a waste of money and time.”

Orban wrote on X, “Today, we voted to ban gatherings that violate child protection laws. In Hungary, a child’s right to healthy physical, mental, intellectual, and moral development comes first. We won’t let woke ideology endanger our kids.”

In response, members of a liberal opposition party, known as Momentum, lit colorful smoke flares inside the Hungarian Parliament while Orban was talking. They also rudely displayed manipulated pictures of Orban kissing Vladimir Putin.

Plus, homosexual and transgender activists blocked a bridge in central Budapest in protest.  And one homosexual man offered his analysis.

PROTESTER: “It’s quite terrifying, to be honest, because we had the same in Russia. It was building up step by step. I feel like this is what’s going on here. I’m not surprised that Viktor Orban doesn’t have any original ideas. He only copying Putin or Trump.”

Hungary’s new law builds on the previous Child Protection Law which bans the promotion of homosexuality. 

Dept. of Defense to cut 60,000 civilian jobs

In the United States, the Defense Department plans to cut up to 60,000 civilian jobs. 

The department aims to cut 5% to 8% of its civilian workforce which numbers nearly 900,000. Already 21,000 employees have voluntarily resigned. 

The department hopes to make many of the cuts by simply not replacing workers who leave on a regular basis. 

The cuts are part of President Donald Trump’s efforts to slim down the federal workforce. 

Trump paused $175 million to UPENN over male in women’s sports

FOX Business reports the Trump administration paused $175 million in federal funding to the University of Pennsylvania yesterday.

At issue is the university’s inclusion of men, pretending to be women, in women’s sports, specifically William Thomas, a senior, who now goes by the feminine name Lia, and stole first place from Riley Gaines, a biological woman.

The Department of Education is also investigating the Ivy League school following Trump’s executive order to keep men out of women’s sports. At stake is the university’s total federal funding which amounted to around $1 billion last year.

Minneapolis ordered to pay $450,000 to pro-life group over violation

The city of Minneapolis, Minnesota agreed to pay $450,000 in a pro-life case last week.

The city had barred Pro-Life Action Ministries from working near an abortion mill. The ministry sued the city in 2023 and won their case thanks to the help of the Thomas More Society. 

Peter Breen, executive vice president of the Christian legal group said, “Politicians seeking to hinder and silence the efforts of pro-life sidewalk counselors should think twice—or it will cost them.”

U.S. birth rate up thanks to Hispanic women

U.S. births rose slightly last year, according to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention.

There were just over 3.6 million births last year, up 22,250 births from 2023. The rise in births is due in part to a rise in births among Hispanic women. 

The U.S. birthrate has been falling for years, and experts don’t expect last year’s uptick to change the overall trend. 

52% of Protestant churches grew after COVID pandemic

Lifeway Research released a new report on worship service attendance for Protestant churches in the U.S. since the end of the COVID-19 pandemic. 

The report found 52% of churches experienced growth in worship attendance. Meanwhile, 33% saw attendance plateau and 15% experienced decline. 

Also, around half of Protestant churches had at least 10 people make a new commitment to Jesus Christ as their Savior in the past year.

Christian college students wrote Gospel of John on sidewalks

And finally, Christian students wrote the entire Gospel of John on campus sidewalks at Western Kentucky University last week.

Nearly 70 students from Baptist Campus Ministry and Cru, formerly Campus Crusade for Christ, and Hilltoppers for Christ got together with chalk to complete the task in about two and a half hours.

Afterwards, they prayed for students at the university. 

Luke Alford, Vice President of Baptist Campus Ministry, told Kentucky Today, “People look for answers in a lot of different things, and I think it’s really good to have answers right in front of them.”

John 1:1, 4 says, “In the beginning was the Word, and the Word was with God, and the Word was God. . . . In Him was life, and the life was the light of men.”

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And that’s The Worldview on this Thursday, March 20th, 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.