It’s Wednesday, July 16th, 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
Christians losing property rights in India, Nepal and Pakistan
International Christian Concern reports Christians are losing their property rights and access to land in South Asian nations like India, Nepal, and Pakistan.
In particular, India’s second-most populous state of Maharashtra plans to demolish hundreds of church buildings within six months. Officials claim the structures are unauthorized, and many of them are in tribal areas.
The government also plans to enact an anti-conversion law. Such laws are often used to target Christians in the country. Currently, 12 of 28 states in India have anti-conversion laws.
South Asian nations like India are ranked on the Open Doors’ World Watch List as some of the most difficult places to live as a Christian.
World population growth slowing down
Pew Research recently released world population projections for the next 75 years.
The global population more than tripled over the last 75 years from 2.5 to 8.2 billion people. However, population growth is expected to slow down, only reaching 10.2 billion by 2100.
Currently, the most populous countries in the world are China, India, and the U.S. China’s population is expected to shrink by more than half over the next 75 years, while the U.S. and India are expected to grow slightly.
Global population growth is projected to primarily come from nations in Africa like Nigeria, the Democratic Republic of the Congo, Ethiopia, and Tanzania.
10th anniversary of undercover videos exposing Planned Parenthood
This week marks 10 years since the Center for Medical Progress released their first undercover videos exposing Planned Parenthood.
Executives for the abortion giant were caught discussing how they sold the body parts of murdered babies.
The undercover investigation has contributed to efforts for defunding Planned Parenthood.
Troy Newman, the president of Operation Rescue, served as a founding member on the board of the Center for Medical Progress. He said, “I am honored to have been a part of this historic investigation, even though it came at great personal cost to those of us involved in revealing the horrific truth about the illicit trade in aborted baby parts. Today’s Planned Parenthood is vastly different from what it was in 2015. It is a weaker organization with waning political influence that is now collapsing from within.”
Proverbs 6:17 says that among the seven things God hates are “haughty eyes, a lying tongue, and hands that shed innocent blood.”
Trump threatens Russia with tariff to get peace deal with Ukraine
In a public meeting with NATO General Secretary Mark Rutte at the White House, U.S. President Donald Trump threatened severe tariffs on Monday if Russia doesn’t come to a peace deal with Ukraine in the next 50 days.
TRUMP: “One of the reasons that you’re here today is to hear that we are very unhappy, I am, with Russia. We’re very, very unhappy with them. And we’re going to be doing very severe tariffs if we don’t have a deal in 50 days, tariffs at about 100%. You’d call them secondary tariffs. You know what that means.”
(His comments occur at the :45 mark of this video)
Trump also said the United States will sell top-of-the-line weapons to countries in the North Atlantic Treaty Organization. In turn, NATO countries would then be able to provide such weapons like the Patriot air defense system to Ukraine.
Trump wants Federal Reserve to lower interest to save trillion dollars
The U.S. consumer price index rose by 0.3% last month. That put the 12-month inflation rate at 2.7%. Prices have been generally decreasing over the last year, but the inflation rate is still above the Federal Reserve’s target of 2%.
Trump responded to the news by calling on the Fed to lower interest rates by three points. He said this would save an estimated one trillion dollars on debt payments.
Bible readers most likely to volunteer in community
And finally, the American Bible Society released the fourth chapter of its State of the Bible USA 2025 report.
The chapter evaluated activities that promote wellbeing like physical exercise, spending time with a friend, volunteering in the community, meditation, and praying to God.
The study found people who engage the most with the Bible are also the most likely to engage in those activities, especially volunteering in the community.
Such activities were also associated with higher levels of hope and lower levels of stress, anxiety, and loneliness. However, people who attend church regularly experienced even better results in those areas.
1 Timothy 4:8 says, “For bodily exercise profits a little, but godliness is profitable for all things, having promise of the life that now is and of that which is to come.”
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And that’s The Worldview on this Wednesday, July 16th, 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.