It’s Tuesday, March 7th, A.D. 2023. This is The Worldview in 5 Minutes heard at www.TheWorldview.com. I’m Adam McManus. (Adam@TheWorldview.com)
By Kevin Swanson
Chinese Commies have closed/demolished 48 churches in last 4 years
International Christian Concern has issued their annual report on the Chinese Communist government’s persecution of churches.
A total of 48 churches have been closed or demolished between 2019 and 2022. Plus, the Communists have arrested 89 church leaders, 13 of which occurred in the first six months of 2022.
Pray for faith in the fire for our Chinese brothers and sisters.
Trump wins CPAC 2023 poll
Former President Donald Trump won the CPAC poll again on Saturday as the favored Republican candidate for the 2024 U.S. presidential race — this time with 62% of the vote. Florida Governor Ron DeSantis came in second place with 20%.
Trump laid out his vision.
TRUMP: “In 2016, I declared, ‘I am your voice.’ Today, I add, I am your warrior. I am your justice. And for those who have been wronged and betrayed, I am your retribution.”
His talk included promises to do something about drugs and illegal immigration.
Recent YouGov polls still have Donald Trump well above DeSantis and former South Carolina Governor Nikki Haley by an average of 18-20%. Should Trump win the 2024 election, he would be the only president since Grover Cleveland to serve two non-consecutive terms.
Pompeo: Adding trillions of dollars in debt is “deeply un-conservative”
Former Secretary of State Mike Pompeo, who served under President Trump, spoke at the CPAC gathering, calling the addition of trillions of dollars by both Democrats and Republicans as “deeply un-conservative.”
POMPEO: “You know, I stared today at $31 trillion in debt and tell my son, ‘Make sure you work hard because Social Security may just not be there for you.’
“Every recent administration, Republican and Democrat alike, added trillions in dollars to our debt. That is deeply un-conservative. The Trump administration, the administration I served, added $8 trillion in new debt.
“This is indecent and can’t continue earning back that trust will be hard work. It won’t just be a campaign speech. It won’t just be talking about it. We need demonstrated seriousness, people who will explain to the American people, and to their kids and grandkids, why this matters.
“These will require tough choices, difficult choices, but the risks required are worthy.”
Secretary Pompeo also challenged conservative voters not to settle when choosing the next president.
POMPEO: “Over the last few years, I’ve heard some, who claim to be conservative, excuse hypocrisy by saying something like, ‘Well, we’re electing a president, not a Sunday school teacher.’ That’s true, but having taught Sunday school, maybe we could get both!”
Second housing bust of millennium
The second housing bust of the millennium looks like it is worse than the first, so far.
Wolfstreet reports that San Francisco Bay Area housing median prices have plunged by 35% in 10 months. That compares to a 21% plunge over the same time period in 2008.
And the average 30-year mortgage rate is 7.08%, up from 6.36% in early February.
Obesity is number one threat to human health
Obesity is the greatest threat to human health, impacting longevity worldwide.
The newly released World Obesity Atlas 2023 suggests that more than half the world will be obese or overweight by 2035. This will cost the world about $4.32 trillion in increased medical costs or about 3% of the Gross World Product.
At present trends, childhood obesity is expected to double with boys and more than double with girls leading to a total of 1.5 billion adults and nearly 400 million children who will be obese. That’s up from 650 million obese as of 2016.
Among the larger nations, the most obese nations in the world are Kuwait, United States, Saudi Arabia, Libya, Turkey, Egypt, Bahamas, New Zealand, and Iraq.
COVID dropped life expectancy
Life expectancy has dropped worldwide — the only significant dip since the Chinese famines of 1959.
The numbers indicate equal drops in 2020 and 2021, equating to about one year,
Anarchists attack Atlanta Police training facility
Sunday’s anarchical attack on an Atlanta Police training facility, derisively referred to as “Cop City,” resulted in 35 arrests, reports Reuters.
The coordinated attack on the police apparently included people from France and Canada.
Steven Curtis Chapman’s 50th #1 song
Steven Curtis Chapman chalked up his 50th number one song on the Contemporary Christian Music charts with his latest single “Don’t Lose Heart,” reports BMI.
Don’t lose heart
Don’t you dare let go
I’ve been where you are
You are not alone
I know it gets dark
I know it gets hard
But we’re gonna make it home (we’re gonna make it home)
So don’t lose heart
“Don’t Lose Heart” is a cut from Chapman’s 2022 album entitled Still which is themed on the struggles the family faced upon the loss of Chapman’s 5-year-old daughter, Maria Sue, in 2008.
The only musicians that captured this accomplishment in other genres include Conway Twitty and George Strait, on the country charts, and Madonna on the pop charts.
Raquel Welch, an active churchgoer in last 20 years, died at 82
And finally, actress Raquel Welch died several weeks ago at 82 years of age.
For about 20 years, Welch was a faithful member of Calvary Presbyterian Church in Glendale, California, a part of the Presbyterian Church in America denomination.
According to a tribute to Welch’s life and testimony, written by Christopher and Denada Neiswonger, she was “a wonderful lady and a fine Christian. She fully embraced the Reformed and Presbyterian faith as described in the Westminster standards.”
In her autobiography, written in 2010, Welch described how she found a small church “on the way to Pasadena, where the pastor and congregation were very devout and really knew their Scripture. I had come there because I’d heard the pastor speak on the radio.”
Considered the “definitive sex symbol of the 1960s and 1970s,” her life was dotted with divorces until 2003.
We’ll close with John 4:16-18, 25-26 today with the woman at the well.
[Jesus] told her, “Go, call your husband and come back.”
“I have no husband,” she replied.
Jesus said to her, “You are right when you say you have no husband. The fact is, you have had five husbands, and the man you now have is not your husband. What you have just said is quite true.”
The woman said, “I know that Messiah” (called Christ) “is coming. When He comes, He will explain everything to us.”
Then Jesus declared, “I, the one speaking to you—I am He.”
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And that’s The Worldview on this Tuesday, March 7th, in the year of our Lord 2023. 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.