It’s Tuesday, March 3, 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 Kevin Swanson, Timothy Reed and Adam McManus
Taliban back in control in Afghanistan
After 20 years of U.S. conflict in Afghanistan, the Taliban is back in control.
Here’s the latest. The Associated Press reports that the new Afghan penal code allows husbands to beat their wives, criminalizes criticism of the nation’s leadership, and bans education for women beyond primary school.
And the Afghan-Pakistani War is heating up.
According to recent numbers from Afghan Information Minister Attaullah Tarar, 415 soldiers with the Taliban have died and 580 have been injured.
Republicans support and Democrats oppose Iranian attack
Here in the United States, there’s a sharp partisan divide with Americans concerning the latest war with Iran.
An Ipsos/Reuters survey finds that 55% of Republican voters are in favor of the U.S. attack on Iran. Only 13% opposed it. And 7% of Democrats support the attack while 74% oppose.
Thus far, as of Monday — the casualties racking up in the war include 555 Iranian deaths, 31 Lebanese deaths, 10 Israeli deaths, and 4 American deaths.
Time on Doomsday Clock
Ever heard of The Doomsday Clock?
Sponsored by the Bulletin of Atomic Scientists, it warns the public about how close we are to destroying our world with dangerous technologies of our own making. It is a metaphor, a reminder, of the perils we must address if we are to survive on the planet.
As of January 2026, the Doomsday Clock was moved to T-minus 85 seconds. That’s down from 17 minutes in 1992, and 5 minutes in 2012.
China, Russia, and France’s place in the nuclear arms race
Recent estimates put China’s spending on its nuclear arsenal at $12.5 to $14 billion for 2024 and 2025. The communist country is outspending every nation except the United States.
News reports point to Russia’s development of a nuclear weapon to be detonated in space.
And, just yesterday, French President Emmanuel Macron announced plans to increase the size of the French nuclear arsenal, as the second nuclear arms race progresses.
Psalm 46:8-9 instructs us to “Come, behold the works of the Lord, Who has made desolations in the Earth. He makes wars cease to the end of the Earth; He breaks the bow and cuts the spear in two; He burns the chariot in the fire.”
Evidence that a Mexican cartel bribed Mexican politicians
Mexico’s El Universal newspaper carried pictures of the ledgers found in the cabin of the late drug lord Nemesio Cervantes, known as “El Mencho.”
The ledgers included references to Mexico’s Attorney General’s Office as well as members of military and state agencies.
Mexican journalists have explained that the Jalisco New Generation Cartel has bankrolled political campaigns of Mexico’s ruling party members in the National Regeneration Movement in exchange for relative immunity, reports Breitbart.
War Secretary Hegseth ends cooperation with woke Ivy League schools
As The Worldview reported last month, Secretary of War Pete Hegseth cut ties between Harvard and the Pentagon, discontinuing military-sponsored and funding of graduate-level education programs.
Now, the War Department has announced no more cooperation with the rest of Ivy League schools.
Secretary Hegseth explained the reason for this.
HEGSETH: “Our senior service colleges have always been expected to act in the interest of this principle, to transform our senior war fighters into strategic thinkers, capable of mastering the complexities of modern warfare, and leading our joint force to victory at every echelon. Unfortunately, this sacred trust has been broken in this military’s professional military education system.
“For decades, the Ivy League, and similar institutions, have gorged themselves on a trust fund of American taxpayer dollars, only to become factories of anti-American resentment and military disdain. They’ve taken our best and brightest, the men and women who pledged their lives to this nation, and subjected them to a curriculum of contempt.
“They’ve replaced the study of victory and pragmatic realism with the promotion of ‘wokeness’ and weakness, they’ve traded true intellectual rigor for radical dogma, sacrificing free expression for the suffocating confines of leftist ideology.”
As of last week, the Pentagon has also reached an agreement with Scouting America (including the Boy Scouts and Girl Scouts), to move away from what they call “diversity initiatives” and woke policies.
Trust in U.S. government at 17%
Among Americans, trust in the federal government has hit its lowest levels in seven decades — now at 17%.
That’s down from 77% in 1964, according to Pew Research’s latest numbers.
Oregon Democrats block bill to protect babies who survive abortions
Oregon Democrats blocked a bill that would have given babies a chance to survive after a failed abortion.
House Bill 4087, or the Born-Alive Infants Protection Act, mandated that infants who survived a botched abortion be afforded the “same degree of professional skill, care and diligence … that a reasonably diligent and conscientious health care practitioner would render to any other child born alive at the same gestational age.”
Oregon Right To Life Executive Director Lois Anderson laid out the inhumanity of the state’s abortion law.
ANDERSON: “Later abortions are currently legal in Oregon. There are no restrictions, no protections for unborn babies up until birth. And even if they survive an abortion procedure, they are not protected and required to be given medical treatment.
“We know, from not only polling, but anecdotal information, and all of these candidates and discussing with Oregonians, that they would support this kind of legislation.”
Micah 6:8 reminds us to “to do justly, and to love mercy, and to walk humbly with thy God.”
“I Can Only Imagine 2” movie lands #3 at the Box Office
And finally, “I Can Only Imagine 2,” hit movie theaters this past weekend.
The sequel focuses on the Christian band MercyMe and its famous “Even If” song, which lead singer Bart Millard said was written during a tough period in his life.
“I know You’re able and I know You can
Save through the fire with Your mighty hand
But even if You don’t
My hope is You alone
I know the sorrow, and I know the hurt
Would all go away if You’d just say the word
But even if You don’t
My hope is You alone”
In 2014, Bart Millard and his wife learned that their young son, Sam, had been diagnosed with Type 1 diabetes, a chronic and life-threatening autoimmune disease. Sam’s blood sugar levels were dangerously high, and he was hospitalized. Doctors warned that managing the disease would be lifelong and complex.
For Bart, who had spent years singing about faith and trust in God, the situation shook him deeply. He later admitted that he struggled emotionally and spiritually. The crisis forced him to confront hard questions about faith in the face of suffering — especially when prayers do not bring immediate healing.
Listen to comments he made to CBN.
MILLARD: “These two songs in particular, “Imagine” and “Even If,” were written out of some difficult seasons of my life. Not all songs are written that way, but my therapy is working issues out through my songs. The ones that mean the most to me have come out of some pretty painful places and been therapeutic for me.”
The idea for the song “Even If” came from Daniel 3:16-18. It says, “Shadrach, Meshach and Abednego replied to King Nebuchadnezzar, ‘We do not need to defend ourselves before you in this matter. If we are thrown into the blazing furnace, the God we serve is able to deliver us from it, and He will deliver us from your Majesty’s hand. But even if He does not, we want you to know, your Majesty, that we will not serve your gods or worship the image of gold you have set up.’”
“I Can Only Imagine 2” was #3 at the box office, grossing around $8 million.
Watch the trailer and get your tickets at the website www.ICanOnlyImagine.com.
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U.S. State Dept shedding the light of freedom for Europe
The U.S. State Department is on the verge of launching an online portal to fight European censorship.
The site, Freedom.gov, will allow Europeans to access content that has been banned by the European Union.
The Times reported, “This includes criticism of the Online Safety Act in the UK and the European Union’s Digital Services Act, which force platforms to remove illegal content and harmful speech or face steep fines.”
One official at the State Department added, “Digital freedom is a priority for the State Department, and that includes the proliferation of privacy and censorship-circumvention technologies like Virtual Private Networks.”