It’s Tuesday, November 1st, A.D. 2022. This is The Worldview in 5 Minutes heard at www.TheWorldview.com. I’m Adam McManus. (Adam@theWorldview.com)
By Kevin Swanson
Brazil falls to the “pink tide”
What some have called the last major battle for freedom in the Western Hemisphere, has been lost to socialism.
The socialist candidate in the Brazilian presidential race, Luiz Lula, won the election against Jair Bolsonaro over the weekend by 1.8% of the vote, reports NBC News. This consolidates the rise of the “pink tide” of communism and socialism in South America — now including Argentina, Bolivia, Brazil, Chile, Columbia, Cuba, Mexico, Nicaragua, Panama, Peru, and Venezuela.
Not to mention the United States under Biden, and Canada under Trudeau.
In the providence of God, only Paraguay, Uruguay, and Ecuador are reputedly exempt from the pink wave, as of this day.
130 Indians died when bridge collapsed
Fifteen to twenty young men are responsible for the deaths of over 130 people in the collapse of an 800-foot bridge in India, reports Times of India.
The men were shaking the bridge while some 400 people crowded on to the bridge during a Hindu festival. That makes for the worst bridge disaster since the Indian Rafiganj rail bridge collapsed in 2002, killing 80 people aboard the train that plunged into the river below.
153 people died in Korean Halloween incident
Another 153 people were killed in a crowd press during Halloween celebrations in the Itaewon District in Seoul, South Korea Saturday night, reports the Korea Herald.
Over 130,000 people reportedly were in attendance when the tragedy took place.
Closest U.S. Senate races are in 5 states
With the mid-term elections rapidly approaching on Tuesday, November 8th, the U.S. Senate hangs in the balance.
The most recent polls find the critical races in Arizona, Georgia, New Hampshire, Nevada and Pennsylvania with Republican and Democrat running neck and neck — within 3-4 percentage points, reports the New York Times.
Make sure to cast an informed vote.
To get to know the candidates on your ballot better, click on iVoterGuide.com. These include races in all 50 states. In fact, they have researched 51,245 candidates, looked at 6,437 endorsement sources, and 701 legislative scorecards.
9% of Americans have refused the COVID shot
Only 9% of Americans over 18 years of age have refused the COVID-19 shots, according to recently obtained CDC data.
According to the Centers for Disease Control, 80% are considered “fully vaccinated.” Plus, about 40% of American children ages 5-11 have received at least one shot.
States with the highest rate of vaccinations are the more liberal states of Rhode Island, Vermont, Massachusetts, Maine, Connecticut, Hawaii, and New York.
Hollywood’s income still 50% of 2019
Hollywood’s box office receipts this year are still about 50% off of where they had been in 2019.
However, the Satanic genre dominates in the box office today. The nation’s movie theaters handled 5-6 films on the themes of witchcraft and horror. These films netted 70% of total box office receipts over the weekend. That compares to just 12% given over to horror on the same week a year ago.
While 87% of Americans celebrated skeletons, witches, demons, and the Day of the Dead yesterday, Christians celebrated Reformation Day. It was the 505th anniversary of Martin Luther’s nailing the 95 theses on the Wittenberg Church Door in Germany.
2 Kings 17:35-36 speaks of fear in these words: “You shall not fear other gods … but the Lord, who brought you up from the land of Egypt with great power and an outstretched arm, Him you shall fear, Him you shall worship.”
Christian coach in Washington state allowed to publicly pray
After a long, drawn-out battle, the Supreme Court ruled that Coach Joe Kennedy, who prayed at the 50-yard line after football games, was wrongly fired in 2015 from Bremerton High in Washington State.
Thankfully, he will be back on the job by March 15, 2023, reports The Epoch Times.
The agreement stated that, “Bremerton School District shall not interfere with or prohibit Kennedy from offering a prayer consistent with the U.S. Supreme Court’s opinion.”
Jerry Lee Lewis worried about Hell
The Rock and Roller, Jerry Lee Lewis, is dead at 87 years of age.
Vulture.com called him the last man standing from the birth of Rock and Roll, as well as “a thief, a bigamist, an adulterer, a sexual predator, and a family abandoner.”
While still in his teens, Lewis enrolled in Southwestern Bible Institute in Texas. He was married seven times and divorced four times.
Seven years before he died, Lewis confessed to a reporter for The Guardian, “I was always worried whether I was going to Heaven or Hell. I still am. I worry about it before I go to bed; it’s a very serious situation. I mean you worry, when you breathe your last breath, where are you going to go?”
Towards the end of the interview, Lewis said, “Just about as many hours as there are in the day, I pray. I pray all the time. . . I’m not too much on fear. Well, I love God, I love Jesus Christ, and I worship the precious, precious, precious Holy Ghost.”
The Apostle Paul said, “This is a faithful saying, and worthy of all acceptance, that Christ Jesus came into the world to save sinners; of whom I am chief. For this cause I obtained mercy, that in me first Jesus Christ might show forth all longsuffering, for a pattern to them which should hereafter believe on Him to life everlasting.” (1 Timothy 1:15-16)
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And that’s The Worldview on this Tuesday, November 1st, in the year of our Lord 2022. 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,