It’s Valentine’s Day, Tuesday, February 14th, A.D. 2023. This is The Worldview in 5 Minutes heard at www.TheWorldview.com. I’m Adam McManus. (Adam@TheWorldview.com)
By Kevin Swanson
Pakistani Muslims killed two Christians
Random killings of professing Christian believers continue in Pakistan.
Last month, one man was killed by Muslims when he had attempted to stop them from stealing his guava fruit.
And now, a Catholic father of six, Emmanuel Masih, was beaten to death by a Muslim landowner who falsely claimed he took oranges from his grove, reports Morning Star News.
Pray for Emmanuel’s family which has lost its only breadwinner.
Pakistani teen girl abducted, forcibly married to 60-year-old Muslim
And here’s yet another story of an abducted Christian girl in Pakistan.
This time, a 15-year-old daughter was abducted and forcibly married to a 60-year-old Muslim, reports Morning Star News. Saira Arif was kidnapped on December 15 by Rana Tayyab in the Yousafabad area of Faisalabad, Pakistan. After nearly two months of appeals, the Pakistan police finally registered the case.
Forbes Magazine has reported that at least 1,000 women from religious minorities are forcibly converted and married annually in the country.
Will there ever be any justice served in this dark and evil land of Pakistan? According to Open Doors, it is the seventh most difficult country worldwide to be a Christian.
Pray for the Christian Gospel to make it to this poor country.
Hindu mob in India attacks Christians, leaving 2,500 homeless
Things are getting tougher for Christians in India as well.
Violent attacks by radical Hindus over the last two months have left 2,500 Christians homeless. And the government is doing little to address it.
According to International Christian Concern, a Christian leader from the north said, “No worship service on Sunday is taking place in the villages of Narayanpur and Kondagaon districts. Christians are traumatized and constantly living under fear and intimidation. Their survival is looking very grim on the ground; they need prayers and a helping hand.”
Canadian pastors vindicated for in-person services during COVID
Here’s good news for Christian churches in Canada.
A Canadian court has dismissed charges against pastors in Ontario and New Brunswick for holding in-person church services during the COVID-19 crisis.
Pastors Phillip James Hutchings of His Tabernacle Family Church in Saint John and Pastor Aaron Rock of Harvest Bible Church in Windsor have been vindicated.
Earthquake fatalities in Turkey/Syria soar to 35,000
The fatalities resulting from last week’s earthquake in Turkey and Syria now exceed 35,000. That’s the deadliest earthquake since the Haitian earthquake of 2010 where 100,000 to 300,000 people died.
An estimated 800,000 people have died in earthquakes thus far this century. 163,000 have died in hurricanes and cyclones.
Meanwhile, 30 million died of HIV/AIDS in this century; 7 million of COVID 19 according to Worldometers, and about 30 million have died by tuberculosis. These have been the most serious pandemic diseases and causes of death by acts of God since the turn of the century.
Habakkuk 3:3, 5 declares that “God came from Teman, and the Holy One from mount Paran. His glory covered the heavens, and the earth was full of His praise. … Before Him went the pestilence, and burning coals went forth at His feet.”
Winning Super Bowl quarterback gives glory to God
In Super Bowl 57 on Sunday, quarterback Patrick Mahomes led the Kansas City Chiefs to a 38-35 win over the Philadelphia Eagles, reports The Associated Press. That’s the second Super Bowl win for Kansas City in four years.
Mahomes, the youngest quarterback to start three Super Bowls, was given the MVP award for the game. It turns out he is an outspoken Christian, reports SportsSpectrum.com. Listen to part of his testimony he gave shortly before playing the Super Bowl in Phoenix.
MAHOMES: “My Christian faith plays a role in everything that I do. Now, I always ask God to lead me in the right direction and let me be who I am in His name. So, it has a role in everything that I do. And obviously it will be on a huge stage and a Super Bowl that he’s given me and I want to make sure I’m glorifying him while I do it.”
Mahomes discussed his strategy.
MAHOMES: “It’s about just playing for your teammates, just trying to do whatever you can to win the game for your teammates beside you. And, in that moment, God gave me the strength to run and get that first down and get us in the field-goal range.”
Few Gen Zers are conservative, yet nearly 20% attend church
A recent report on Gen Z-ers produced by the Walton Family Foundation found only 10% of young people between the ages of 15 and 25 years old call themselves conservative, compared to 26% of older adults over 26 years of age.
But 18% of Gen Zers still attend church regularly, and that’s similar to the rest of the population.
A slightly higher percent of Gen Zers claim to be Evangelical compared with the older population. Yet only 9% claim to be liberal Protestant, while 23% of the older population claim to be liberal Protestant.
And 16% of Gen Zers identify with some kind of perverted sexuality, compared to 4% of the older population.
Is revival breaking out in Wilmore, Kentucky?
Kentucky Today reports on an extended revival service taking place at Asbury College in Wilmore, Kentucky. It’s gone on now five days longer than initially scheduled.
Asbury College was the site of another revival in 1970. How do you know if this is a true, efficacious work of the Holy Spirit?
The article quotes Tim Beougher, the pastor of West Broadway Baptist Church and a professor at the Southern Baptist Theological Seminary. He said, “It’s not how high you jump, it’s how straight you walk when you land. It’s the fruit that comes from it.”
Psalm 85 brings out this prayer: “Wilt thou not revive us again: that Thy people may rejoice in Thee? Show us Thy mercy, O Lord, and grant us Thy salvation.”
Penguin fossil from 7-foot, 350-pound bird before worldwide flood
And finally, paleontologists have found the remains of a huge penguin, probably a species that existed before God destroyed the world in Noah’s flood.
This beautiful creature was about 350 pounds and stood some 7 feet tall, reports Cnet.com. Now, that’s a big bird!
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And that’s The Worldview on this Valentine’s Day, Tuesday, February 14th, in the year of our Lord 2023. Check out the love story that I wrote about my bride, Amy, and I at AdamsWedding.net. Subscribe 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