It’s Monday, October 19th, A.D. 2026. This is The World View in 5 Minutes written by yours truly and heard at www.TheWorldView.com. Filling in for Adam McManus, I’m Ean Leppin.

More than 500 million Christians face restricted access to the Bible

Persecution.org reports that The Bible Access Initiative, a collaboration of several ministries, has found that more than 500 million Christians live in nations where access to God’s Word is restricted.

Additionally, the research team discovered that more than 125 million believers live in places where they cannot access Scripture in any format.

The research team identified persecution, poverty, illiteracy, political restrictions, and lack of internet access as some of the main barriers to Bible access for multitudes of Christians.

We echo the request from one International Christian Concern staffer who requests quote, “Please continue to pray for, and support initiatives and projects that increase the supply and availability of God’s precious Word for believers around the world.”

2 Timothy 3:16-17 reminds us that, “All Scripture is breathed out by God and profitable for teaching, for reproof, for correction and for training in righteousness, that the man of God may be complete, equipped for every good work.” 

Euthanasia cases in Belgium doubled in last five years

In the country of Belgium, Euthanasia cases have more than doubled in the last five years! ChristianToday.com reported about these new figures.  

By law, Belgium’s Federal Commission for the Control and Evaluation of Euthanasia must publish a report every two years documenting instances of assisted dying.

Their most recent data reveals a dramatic surge in assisted deaths, climbing from 2,445 occurrences in 2020—which accounted for 1.9 percent of total national mortality—to 4,487 cases in 2025. This reflects a substantial spike from the 3,991 recorded in 2024 alone.

Since Belgium’s original legal authorization of doctor-assisted death in 2002, when merely 235 individuals ended their lives this way, overall deaths from this practice have surpassed 42,000.

Proponents pushing to permit assisted suicide across Great Britain frequently insist that such provisions would remain strictly limited to individuals suffering from terminal conditions.

Yet the evidence out of Belgium demonstrates that numerous citizens opt for state-sanctioned death despite absent terminal diagnoses. Approximately 25 percent of last year’s assisted dying cases—totaling 1,117 individuals—involved patients whose natural life expectancy was not imminent.

This category has expanded remarkably, more than tripling from the 311 non-terminal instances documented back in 2020.

Job 12:10 states that, “In his hand is the life of every living thing and the breath of all mankind.” 

Anthropic announces plans for a Public Benefit Fund

On Sunday, AI company Anthropic announced plans to set aside 5 percent of its shares for a new “Anthropic Public Benefit Fund,” subject to stockholder approval, to support public interest initiatives. Including the new fund, roughly 20 percent of Anthropic’s shares would be dedicated to public purposes, with a 5 percent stake being worth about $48 billion dollars and the commitment potentially increasing as valuation grows. While no specific groups or nonprofits have been named, The Anthropic Public Benefit Fund will support nonprofit donations, direct distributions to specific populations and worker impact efforts.  Anthropic did promise that none of the money from this fund would be used for political lobbying or contributions.

More details emerging from the shooting in Bend, Oregon

The investigation into the shooting in Bend, Oregon on Thursday October 15th continues and more details are being revealed. The shooter was John Griffin Jr III, using a pump action shotgun purchased by Griffin’s mother in August. Oregon law prohibits minors from possessing firearms. Kaylub Giamanco, a 36-year-old carpenter and father, heard the gunfire while driving home and pursued the gunman into the school and killed him. Oregon Governor Tina Kotek credited Giamanco.

KOTEK: “And to the community member, who heroically intervened to stop further loss of life, your actions carry a heavy emotional burden, and I just want you to know my thoughts are with you as well.”

Police Chief Mike Krantz said the investigation into the motive will take time. No charges have been announced at this time.  

Largest private conservation project in the U.S. hits major milestone

As autumn descends upon the Great Plains of North America, the largest private land conservation project in the country is ringing in an inspirational milestone.

The resident herd of relatively free-roaming bison now numbers 4 digits for the first time since the organization’s founding more than 20 years ago.

American Prairie is a conservation nonprofit. The group is quite simply attempting to stitch together the largest contiguously-wild stretch of North American Prairie in the country for the purpose of conservation and recreation.

Stitching together grasslands, water features, ranchland, rolling hills, and woodland, the goal is ultimately to protect, and in some cases rewild, 3.2 million acres.

Yet in the over 20 years that American Prairie has been working, they’ve expanded their reserve to such an extent that if it were declared a National Park, it would rank among the nation’s 10 largest across the lower 48 states.

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