It’s Friday, January 9th, 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

Iranian Christian sentenced to 5-year prison term

Nayereh Arjaneh, a Christian convert living in Iran, began serving a five-year prison term on December 23 because of her faith, reports International Christian Concern.

Christian converts are often targets of imprisonment, false accusations, mistreatment, and torture under the Iranian regime, with hundreds of Christ followers targeted by Iranian authorities in 2025 alone.

Arjaneh and her husband, Qasem, were arrested on July 7, 2025, after they attended a Christian training event in Turkey. She was initially released on bail and later convicted of “promoting deviant propaganda and teachings contrary to Islamic law” and “providing financial and material support to groups affiliated with Zionist Christianity.”

Senate restricts Trump from future strikes on Venezuela

Here in America, the U.S. Senate has passed a war powers resolution, which would limit President Donald Trump’s ability to conduct further strikes in Venezuela, reports NewsNation.com.

Five Republicans voted with Democrats to pass the resolution including Senators Rand Paul of Kentucky, Lisa Murkowski of Alaska, Susan Collins of Maine, Todd Young of Indiana, and Josh Hawley of Missouri.

The legislation will require Trump to get approval from Congress before conducting any strikes on Venezuela.

Democrats have previously failed to pass resolutions limiting the president’s ability to strike alleged drug vessels in the Caribbean and the Pacific.

The move comes after a surprise strike on Venezuela and the capture of President Nicolás Maduro. Congress was not notified of the mission in advance, breaking from tradition.

While only Congress has the power to declare war, presidents have used broad authority to act unilaterally in the absence of a formal declaration of war. The last time the U.S. formally declared war was World War II.

Devastating admission by lesbian lover after ICE shooting

Wednesday’s fatal shooting of 37-year-old Renee Good by an Immigration and Customs Enforcement officer in Minnesota has brought even more national attention to arrest and deportation efforts, reports The Western Journal.

Media members and the public alike took to dissecting Wednesday’s footage of Good’s altercation with ICE as she tried to stop officers from doing their jobs, parked her car in the street, refused to move it, and threatened to run over an officer.

Good’s last moments as she tried to drive into an officer have been the subject of intense debate as to what her intentions actually were, but another telling moment from her lesbian lover reveals why she was trying to stop ICE in the first place.

In the immediate aftermath, Good’s faux wife, was heard saying, “I made her come down here; it’s my fault. They just shot my wife,” according to the New York Post.

Samuel Short of The Western Journal wrote, “Left-wing media outlets consistently refuse to look at the entire story when a fatal shooting takes place involving law enforcement. In this instance, Renee Good’s [faux] “wife” brought her out to do this. Good was a problem for ICE that day already as she refused to comply with officers who told her to get out of her car. Good put her foot on the gas despite the fact an agent was standing in front of her vehicle.

“She put herself in a dangerous position, stopping armed federal officers from arresting dangerous people.”

J.D. Vance: Woman ICE killed tried to run them over

In a White House briefing, Vice President J.D. Vance put the press, which defended Renee Good, in its place.

Listen.

VANCE: “What’s going on here? You guys are meant to report the truth. How have you let yourself become agents of propaganda of a radical fringe that’s making it harder for us to enforce our laws?

“You just asked me a question that presumed that the reason why this woman died is because she was engaged in legitimate protest. She tried to run somebody over with her car, and the guy defended himself when that happened.”

The Department of Homeland Security reported a 1,154 percent increase in assaults on officers in November. That’s not to mention deadly shootings targeting ICE detention centers.

House Republicans reject Trump’s call to be “flexible” on Hyde Amendment

Most House Republicans appear to uphold the party’s longstanding principle against allocating taxpayer funds for abortion, despite President Donald Trump’s call for them to be “flexible” on it, reports LifeNews.com.

As President Trump laid out a game plan for Republicans to win on the healthcare issue in 2026, he said, “You have to be a little flexible on Hyde.”

TRUMP: “Now you have to be a little flexible on [the] Hyde [Amendment]. You know that you got to be a little flexible. You got to work something.”

House Speaker Mike Johnson of Louisiana, who spoke at the March For Life in 2025, said, “We’re not going to authorize taxpayer funding for abortion. I mean, it’s been a consistent policy. We are not going to change the standard that has been, frankly, bipartisan up until recent days. … I’m just not going to allow that to happen.”

The Hyde Amendment is named after the late Republican Rep. Henry Hyde of Illinois whose 1976 amendment to a health funding bill prohibited funding for abortions “except where the life of the mother would be endangered if the fetus were carried to term.” Since then, Hyde provisions have been a non-negotiable item for Republicans in funding bills.

Republican Rep. Mark Harris of North Carolina told The Daily Signal, “All the folks I hear from are very committed to Hyde.”

House Freedom Caucus Chairman Andy Harris, a Roman Catholic who chairs the House Pro-Life Caucus, also rejected the idea of finding middle-ground on the issue. He told reporters, “There’s no flexibility. You’re either using public funds to pay for abortion or you’re not.”

And appearing on Washington Watch with Tony Perkins, Republican Senator James Lankford of Oklahoma said this.

LANKFORD: “I’m not flexible on the value of every single child. Every single child is valuable. There aren’t some children that are disposable and some children that are valuable. Every child is valuable.”

Proverbs 31:8 says, “Speak up for those who cannot speak for themselves.”

Baltimore Ravens rookie kicker turns to Bible after missing field goal

And finally, after missing a crucial field goal in the final moments of Sunday’s game against the Pittsburgh Steelers, Baltimore Ravens rookie kicker Tyler Loop pointed probing reporters to Scripture, reports FaithWire.com.

There’s no doubt Loop was discouraged; he immediately buried his face in his hands after the failed kick. But once he was in the locker room, he opened up about how his personal devotional time — and one passage in particular — comforted him.

Tyler told sports journalists, “I had written down a little prayer before the game and [I was] just re-reading it. Faith is a big part of my life and, right now, I’m reading the book of Romans. In Romans 8, it says, ‘God works for the good of those who love Him, who are called according to His purpose.’”

The pro-athlete was referencing Romans 8:28. In that verse, the Apostle Paul spoke directly to Christians, encouraging those who have found salvation through Jesus with the promise that — for them — all things will work out for their good. The verse says, “And we know that, for those who love God, all things work together for good, for those who are called according to His purpose.”

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