It’s Tuesday, May 13th, A.D. 2025. This is The Worldview in 5 Minutes heard on 125 radio stations and at www.TheWorldview.com.  I’m Adam McManus. (Adam@TheWorldview.com)

By Kevin Swanson

Four Christian families evicted in Laos

Four Christian families have lost their homes, after being evicted from their village in north-western Laos a week ago.  They were forced to leave their possessions behind, and leave their home in the Luang Namtha province in northern Laos, near the border of Thailand.  

BarnabasAid.org has provided funds to cover the believers’ immediate needs for rice, cooking oil, hygiene products, and other essentials.

United Kingdom’s disturbing euthanasia bill

The United Kingdom House of Commons is considering a euthanasia bill.  

A rather macabre government appraisal has estimated a cost savings of 59.6 million pounds for the killing of 1,000 and 4,500 people per year.

The government report also noted other cost savings from the “social care sector and in social security payments.” The bill would allow the killing of a person whom doctors prophesy to only have six months or less to live.

Deuteronomy 27:25 speaks to this when the leaders of Israel said, “Cursed is the one who takes a bribe to slay an innocent person. And all the people shall say, ‘Amen!’”

Christian clerk, who refused to certify homosexual “marriage,” goes before Supremes

Liberty Counsel, a Christian legal advocacy group, will be appealing to the U.S. Supreme Court for Kentucky Clerk Kim Davis of Rowan County.

She is arguing that the U.S. Constitution’s First Amendment protects her from liability and damages for refusing to issue a “same-sex marriage” license against her religious beliefs.

Liberty Counsel Founder and Chairman Mat Staver said that the case

“underscores why the U.S. Supreme Court should overturn Obergefell v. Hodges because that decision threatens the religious liberty of many Americans who believe that marriage is a sacred institution between one man and one woman.”

Closer to nuclear war today

The Bulletin of Atomic Scientists has moved the Doomsday Clock to 89 seconds before midnight.

The clock, which estimates the risks of nuclear war, has been in operation for 70 years.  

During the Cuban Missile Crisis, the clock moved to 7 minutes to midnight. After the fall of the Berlin Wall, the clock moved to 17 minutes. The clock moved to 2 minutes in 2018, and now 89 seconds to midnight in 2025.

The organization attributes “profound global instability and geopolitical tension” to the moving of the needle.

“King of Kings” animated film makes $65 million

The Mormon-owned Angel Studios has succeeded again — with the film “King of Kings,” an animated story of a little boy who takes a journey through events in the life of Jesus.

(audio clip of trailer)

FATHER: “Our story begins 2,000 years ago, when baby Jesus came into the world.”

SON: “Wait, wait, stop. If it’s not about a king, then I’m not interested!”

FATHER: “This story is about the King of kings.”

SON: “Wow!”

FATHER: “It has angels and wicked kings and miracles.”

SON: “Look at all the fish.”

FATHER: “Oh, so you want to hear the story now?”

SON: “Uh-huh!”

So far, the film has collected $65 million at the box office. That exceeds the Angel Studios’ previous box office total of $14 million for the film, “His Only Son” on Abraham’s trek to Mount Moriah.

Last year’s film, “Cabrini,” produced by Angel Studios, was a treatment of the Roman Catholic saint by the name of Maria Francesca Cabrini who established 67 schools and orphanages in New York City in the late 1800s for poor, Italian immigrants. This production earned $21 million at the box office.

The Mormon-owned studio’s top box office hit was “The Sound of Freedom,” earning $251 million in 2023 — a film on the subject of sex trafficking.

The Chief Executive Officer of Angel Studios is Neal Harmon, a Mormon.

Tentative trade agreement between China and America

U.S. President Donald Trump announced Monday a temporary China-US trade agreement, which would cut U.S. tariffs on Chinese imports from 145% to 30%. China would cut their tariffs on U.S. imports from 125% to 10%.

TRUMP: “Yesterday, we achieved a total reset with China. After productive talks in Geneva, both sides now agree to reduce the tariffs imposed after April 2nd to 10% for 90 days as negotiators continue in the largest structural issues.

“That doesn’t include the tariffs that are already on, that are our tariffs, and it doesn’t include tariffs on cars, steel, aluminum, or tariffs that may be imposed on pharmaceuticals because we want to bring the pharmaceutical businesses back to the United States. They’re already starting to come back now, based on tariffs, because they don’t want to pay 25%, 50%, or 100% tariffs. So, they’re moving them back to the United States.

“The talks in Geneva were very friendly. The relationship is very good. We’re not looking to hurt China. China was being hurt very badly. They were closing up factories. They were having a lot of unrest, and they were very happy to be able to do something with us. The relationship is very, very good. I’ll speak to President Xi maybe at the end of the week.”

The deal will operate during a trial period of 90 days.

U.S. government debt spirals higher

The U.S. government is still on a big spending spree.

The U.S. Treasury records a $1.049 trillion budget deficit for the first seven months of fiscal 2025. That’s up 23% over a year earlier.

Social Security spending is up 9% year-over-year. Outlays reached a record number of $4.159 trillion for the year to date.

Gutsy GOP Congresswoman wants to defund Planned Parenthood

And finally, Breitbart News reports that Republican Congresswoman Mary Miller of Illinois is behind a move to defund Planned Parenthood’s abortion funding through the budget reconciliation process.

Miller noted that “abortions made up 97.1% of Planned Parenthood’s pregnancy services from 2021-2022, performing nearly 400,000 abortions.”

The House Committee on Energy and Commerce released a portion of the proposed bill on Monday, with the provision to strip abortion providers of funding.  

Mary Miller is a homeschooling mom of seven and grandmother of 20, hailing from the state of Illinois.

Proverbs 24:11-12 reminds us, “Deliver those who are drawn toward death, and hold back those stumbling to the slaughter. If you say, ‘Surely we did not know this,’ does not He who weighs the hearts consider it? He who keeps your soul, does He not know it? And will He not render to each man according to his deeds?”

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And that’s The Worldview on this Tuesday, May 13th, in the year of our Lord 2025. Subscribe for free by Spotify, Amazon Music or 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.