It’s Friday, August 21st, A.D. 2026. 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 Adam McManus
Nigerian policed arrested 22-year-old for converting to Christianity
Nigerian police arrested a 22-year-old woman for converting to Christianity from Islam, reports International Christian Concern.
Though the Federal High Court ruled in her favor, the Christian family that helped her is facing false charges of kidnapping.
In 2025, “Sarah” fled from her home in Kano State after her elder siblings tried forcing her into an arranged marriage with a Muslim. While she was on the run, a Christian family took her in and shared the Gospel with her. Through the Abaras family’s witness, she gave her life to Jesus Christ.
When her siblings learned of her conversion, they began working with the local Hisbah, the Islamic police force, to track her down and arrest her.
Police discovered her and detained her for four days, during which they beat her and pressured her to return home and accept the Muslim-arranged marriage. When she was released, the Abaras family helped her escape to a neighboring state with less Muslim influence.
Please pray for Sarah’s safety and that her Christian faith would grow stronger.
According to Open Doors, Nigeria, Africa is the seventh most dangerous country worldwide for Christians.
Ex-Fauci adviser pleads guilty to concealing COVID-19 origins
On August 18th, Dr. Anthony Fauci’s former senior adviser pleaded guilty to plotting to conceal federal records related to research on the origins of the deadly COVID-19 pandemic, reports the Associated Press.
Dr. David Morens is scheduled to be sentenced on November 12 by U.S. District Judge Paula Xinis in Greenbelt, Maryland. Morens pleaded guilty to conspiring to defraud the U.S. government, a felony punishable by a maximum prison sentence of five years.
Morens is accused of using his private email account to intentionally circumvent public records laws while employed at the National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases. The Justice Department alleges that he concealed or destroyed records of discussions related to COVID-19 research grants, including an effort to revive a controversial coronavirus grant.
The indictment follows a probe by House Republicans into the origins of the COVID-19 pandemic that scrutinized Morens’ email communications and accused him of intentionally concealing records. In congressional testimony, Morens denied attempting to evade federal transparency laws by using his personal email.
Proverbs 12:22 says, “The Lord detests lying lips, but He delights in people who are trustworthy.”
Senator Darline Graham performed poorly in Senatorial run-off debate
On August 19th, NewsMaxTV hosted the South Carolina GOP Senatorial run-off debate between Senator Darline Graham, who was appointed by South Carolina Governor Henry McMaster in the wake of the death of her brother Lindsey Graham, and Congressman Ralph Norman.
When Greta Van Susteren asked a foreign policy question, it was clear that Senator Darline was out of her depth.
Listen.
VAN SUSTEREN: “Senator [Graham], are Taiwan and the South China Sea national security issues for the United States? If so, why?”
GRAHAM: “Um. I’m sorry. Could you repeat the question?”
VAN SUSTEREN: “Are Taiwan and the South China Sea national security issues for the United States. And if so, why or how?”
GRAHAM: “I’m just going to be honest here. I’m not on national security. I’m not that informed on national security. (audience boos and laughs) So, but I do support the military. My brother was in the Air Force for 33 years, so I will do everything I can to support the military. My dad was in the Army.
“I’m not a polished politician up here. I’m … National security is not my thing, not my area of expertise. But I do support the military.”
By contrast, Congressman Ralph Norman, her opponent in the South Carolina GOP Senatorial run-off, said this.
NORMAN: “Taiwan’s a definite ally. We have a trading relationship with them that is beneficial to the United States – [computer] chips being one of them, and others.
“So, what the, what the president is doing right is he’s enabling Taiwan to defend themselves against China. But it’s peace through strength that he’s showing with Iran that China, Russia, others are looking at it. They don’t want to deal with America, and that’s why they haven’t attacked Taiwan.
“If they had some weak Democrat in office, like Biden or another Obama, yeah, they’d take it over. But we can’t let that happen. Peace through strength is working.”
J.D. Vance believes Christian lifestyle suffices over verbal evangelism
And finally, in a July 15th appearance on The Joe Rogan Experience podcast, Vice President J.D. Vance, who converted to Catholicism from Protestantism, explained that he does not evangelize by word.
VANCE: “You know, I don’t preach to people. I don’t, like, walk into the White House, tell my employees, ‘You know, you need to be, you need to follow Jesus as your Lord and Savior.’ I just try to live my life in a way that hopefully makes people a little curious about what, you know, what motivates me and what inspires me.”
Todd Friel, a reformed pastor in Atlanta, is the host of the Wretched Network which produces radio shows, TV shows, and books. He says the notion of wretched is at the very core of the Gospel because God saves wretches like us.
Friel had this response to Vice President Vance.
FRIEL: “According to 1 Peter 3, that is true: We should live in such a way that it causes unbelievers, who are persecuting us, to ask about the reason for the hope that lies within us. That is most certainly true.
“However, that is not the end of our responsibility. We are also called to make the most of every opportunity, to go and make disciples. It is our lifestyle that undergirds our confession, testimony, and evangelism. But a lifestyle is not evangelism itself.”
Joe Rogan agreed with Vice President Vance.
ROGAN: “I think living by example is probably the best promotion of any good way to live your life …”
VANCE: “I agree.”
ROGAN: “… whether it’s Christianity or any other religion. I think that’s definitely the way to do it.”
Friel replied with this analysis.
FRIEL: “It is a part of it. It does undergird our testimony, but how will they hear unless somebody preaches to them? In other words, evangelism requires words! Nobody can actually find a credible source of Saint Francis of Assisi, who said, ‘Share the Gospel, and if necessary, use words.’ Well, it is necessary! Otherwise, you’re just being a nice person.”
Indeed, in Romans 10:14-15, the Apostle Paul asks, “How then will they call on Him in Whom they have not believed? And how are they to believe in Him of Whom they have never heard? And how are they to hear without someone preaching? And how are they to preach unless they are sent? As it is written, ‘How beautiful are the feet of those who preach the Good News!’”
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