It’s Friday, August 29th, A.D. 2025. 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
California school district prohibits prayer before board meeting
A California school district is fighting a legal battle to defend opening prayer, arguing it’s perfectly permissible to open meetings by invoking God, reports Faithwire.com.
Joel Oster, an attorney for Advocates For Faith & Freedom, told CBN News that Chino Valley Unified School District has taken decisive legal action to challenge what it believes to be an outdated injunction from the Ninth Circuit Court preventing the school board from opening with prayer.
The Christian legal rights attorney explained himself.
OSTER: “It’s not a violation of the First Amendment. It’s not an unconstitutional establishment of religion to just simply allow a deliberative body to open up its sessions with prayer.”
Remember the truth of Ephesians 6:12. “For our struggle is not against flesh and blood, but against the rulers, against the authorities, against the powers of this dark world and against the spiritual forces of evil in the heavenly realms.”
D.C. Mayor Muriel Bowser flips: Grateful Trump lowered crime
After previously criticizing President Donald Trump’s federal takeover of Washington, D.C., Mayor Muriel Bowser has since changed her stance, praising the federal operation for the reduction in homicides, carjackings, and gun crimes, reports One America News.
On Wednesday, Bowser gave an update on the result of the federal takeover, revealing that violent crime is down by 45% since the operation began in comparison to crime statistics within the same period last year.
The nation’s capital has seen a 38% decrease in homicides, an 87% decrease in carjackings, and a 62% decrease in robberies. Attorney General Pam Bondi revealed on Thursday that there have been 1,283 arrests and the seizure of 135 illegal guns as a result of the operation.
In order to help drop the homicide rate even further, President Trump made this announcement.
TRUMP: “If somebody kills somebody in the capital, Washington, DC, we’re going to be seeking the death penalty. And that’s a very strong preventative we have no choice in DC and Washington. States are going to have to make their own decision. But if somebody kills somebody, it’s the death penalty.”
Genesis 9:6 says, “Whoever sheds the blood of man, by man shall his blood be shed, for God made man in His own image.”
Trump fired CDC Director
On Thursday, the White House said President Donald Trump has fired Centers for Disease Control and Prevention Director Susan Monarez after she refused to resign, reports CNBC.
Hours later, NBC News reported the White House had tapped Jim O’Neill, deputy secretary of the Health and Human Services department, to serve as acting director of the CDC. O’Neill was sworn in as deputy secretary in June, and is a key aide to HHS Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr.
The temporary appointment suggests that Kennedy could have a clearer path to make changes to U.S. immunization policy, particularly after Monarez had refused some of his requests. The permanent replacement for Monarez will have to be confirmed, though, by the Senate.
Homosexual CDC official, who called pregnant women pregnant “people,” resigned
Plus, Dr. Demetre Daskalakis, a homosexual man married to his alleged husband, Michael Macneal, resigned at the CDC in part because he had been upset by Kennedy’s decision to remove COVID-19 vaccines from immunization schedules for healthy children and pregnant women, reports The Epoch Times.
And, like many on the left, Daskalakis insisted on calling pregnant women “pregnant people.”
White House Press Secretary Karoline Leavitt made this comment.
LEAVITT: “I understand there were a few other individuals who resigned after the firing of Ms. Monarez. One of those individuals wrote in his departure statement that he identifies pregnant women as ‘pregnant people.’ So, that’s not someone who we want in this administration anyway. So, if people are not aligned with the President’s vision and the Secretary’s vision to make our country healthy again, then we will gladly show them the door.”
Kirk Cameron warns America about Taylor Swift
Christian actor Kirk Cameron recently sounded the alarm over Taylor Swift’s cultural influence, reports The Christian Post.
CAMERON: “This billionaire pop star in heels is crowned ‘the voice of a generation.’ What do you get when a billionaire pop star releases an album with provocative artwork, lyrics that mock God, glorify rebellion and celebrate explicit sin?
“You get the most powerful sermon that America’s youth will hear this year. Her songs are not just music. This is discipleship!”
Cracker Barrel has funded sexually perverse lifestyles for a decade
Despite the fact that Cracker Barrel has been shamed into keeping its own nostalgic logo, the controversy extends beyond the logo and remodels.
According to Fox Business, the rebranding saga began on May 16, 2024, when Julie Masino, the new president as of 2023, unveiled a “strategic transformation plan” to investors, emphasizing “refining” and “evolving the brand across all touchpoints.”
Investor Sardar Biglari, a prominent shareholder, issued four warnings, including a 120-page slide deck and a seven-page letter to shareholders, labeling the rebrand “obvious folly” and warning of “shareholder value destruction.” He argued, “Cracker Barrel is not in dire need of a transformation; it’s in dire need of a turnaround,” and criticized the board as “flawed” and “responsible for the current malaise.”
Despite these warnings, Masino and the board pressed forward with a $700 million remodel at Cracker Barrel, ignoring Biglari’s concerns and dismissing him as an “activist investor” with an “ultimate agenda.”
However, from a Christian standpoint, the most objectionable aspect of Cracker Barrel is its apparent longstanding push of sexual perversion.
Listen to what conservative activist Robby Starbuck said at the beginning of a 15-minute statement.
STARBUCK: “We investigated Cracker Barrel, and what I’m about to show you is a company infested with left-wing activists who are more interested in safe spaces, pronouns, and virtue signaling than they are in their customers.
“I think the best way to start is by telling you what you’ve been funding if you’ve gone to Cracker Barrel in recent years. So, let’s start with Nashville [homosexual] Pride. Yes, Cracker Barrel is a proud sponsor of Nashville Pride, and had been part of it for over a decade, along with participating for multiple years in Evansville, Indiana’s third River City Pride event.
“They even made LGBTQ+ rocking chairs for these pride events. The same pride rocking chair that they put front and center in their Tennessee corporate office and at their 2019 managers conference for the Cracker Barrel managers.
“And for a food service company, you might be thinking their focus should be good food and good service, but their own website says, ‘This year, Cracker Barrel’s focus was to be a part of the [Homosexual/Transgender] Pride experience.’ And they’re very proud of their pro-trans rocking chairs. Let me tell you, they call it, ‘Bringing the front porch to Pride.’ And if you think that’s out of alignment with their customers, well, you’re right!”
Cracker Barrel leadership is recognizing the truth of Galatians 6:8. It says, “Do not be deceived, God is not mocked; for whatever a man sows, that he will also reap.”
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