It’s Monday, April 7th, 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 Adam McManus
China moves to formally ban missionary activity
New regulations released this week by the Chinese Communist Party impose severe restrictions on missionary activity in the country, reports International Christian Concern.
The regulations, which take effect May 1, prohibit foreigners from preaching, sharing their faith, or establishing religious organizations without official government approval.
Justifying these regulations, Chinese state media claimed that the newly revised rules promote national security—a common justification for CCP persecution of religion—and help to protect “normal religious activities,” referring to activities run under strict government oversight as part of state-run religious institutions.
The Chinese Communist Party has long viewed independent religious activity with suspicion, arguing that religious loyalty is at odds with the ultimate loyalty demanded by the Communist Party. The government labels independent religious activity as cultish and extremist, regardless of its theological roots, and demands that all Christian religious activity take place within the confines of state-run churches.
In Matthew 10:22, Jesus said, “You will be hated by everyone because of Me, but the one who stands firm to the end will be saved.”
Senate confirmed pro-life Asst. Attorney General
Last Thursday, the U.S. Senate confirmed Harmeet Dhillon, a prominent pro-life attorney, as Assistant Attorney General for Civil Rights at the U.S. Department of Justice, reports LifeNews.
The vote marks a significant shift in the agency’s approach to civil rights enforcement under the Trump administration. The vote, which followed party lines with Republicans approving and Democrats voting no, ended with a 52-45 tally, with three senators absent.
Dhillon, nominated by President Donald Trump in December 2024, pledged during her Senate Judiciary Committee confirmation hearing in February to end what she described as the targeting of pro-life Christians by the Department of Justice. Her appointment replaces Kristen Clarke, a pro-abortion Biden-era official criticized by conservative groups for aggressively prosecuting pro-life activists under the so-called Freedom of Access to Clinic Entrances Act.
Democratic Rep. calls wheelchair-bound Abbott: “Governor Hot Wheels”
At a Human Rights Campaign Fund event, a group that advocates for sexual perversion, Democratic Congresswoman Jasmine Crockett of Texas mocked her own Republican Governor Greg Abbott for his disability, reports KBTX TV.
Listen.
CROCKETT: “Y’all know we got ‘Governor Hot Wheels’ down there. Come on now. And the only thing hot about him is that he is a hot mess.”
On July 14, 1984, at age 26, Abbott was paralyzed below the waist when an oak tree fell on him while he was jogging after a storm. Since the accident, Abbott has used a wheelchair.
Governor Abbott reacted.
ABBOTT: “It’s another day and another disaster by the Democrats. The reality is they have no vision, no policy. They have nothing to sell but hate.”
In a laughable spin, Congresswoman Crocket claimed that “I wasn’t thinking about the Governor’s condition. I was thinking about the planes, trains, and automobiles he uses to transfer migrants into communities led by Black mayors.”
Republican Congressman Randy Weber of Texas has introduced a resolution to censure Crockett. He said, “The story of our great Governor of Texas is one of unwavering resilience and perseverance. Meanwhile, the actions of Jasmine Crockett—stooping to vile levels of discrimination and despicable political attacks—are nothing short of reprehensible.”
Pro-Life activist assaulted during street interview
And finally, a pro-life activist was violently attacked last Thursday while conducting street interviews in New York City, reports LifeNews.com.
Savannah Craven, a YouTuber with the pro-life group Live Action, was punched in the face by Brianna Rivers, an enraged pro-abortion passerby, during an interview near a Planned Parenthood abortion mill in Manhattan, reports the New York Post.
According to posts on X, Craven was asking pedestrians, “Do you know what Planned Parenthood does?” when she was brutally attacked.
The assailant, described by witnesses as a pro-abortion advocate, reportedly grew agitated during a brief exchange with Craven before delivering the blow.
Things took a turn when Savannah asked whether foster kids should be killed because “they’re not wanted.”
Rivers responded, “Why not? Who’s going to take care of them? I need to know the percentage of people who take children from foster care and abuse them and molest them, who make them personal slaves. I need specifics before you come to talk to me about pro-life.”
You can watch the video of the pro-abortion woman, Brianna Rivers, assaulting pro-life advocate Savannah Craven, through a special link in our transcript today at www.TheWorldview.com.
Listen to this brief soundbite from that exchange that led to this assault.
RIVERS: “You don’t understand the magnitude of having a child.”
CRAVEN: “ I’m not the one who admitted they would be okay with killing babies in foster care and killing children that have been abused…”
RIVERS: “That’s not the point.”
(This is when Rivers punched Craven in the face)
As Craven and her friends were driving around looking for the woman who had just punched her in the face, she said this.
CRAVEN : “She was a stranger on the street, and I asked her if she wanted to do an interview for my YouTube channel. She said, ‘Yeah.’ She was very nice when she walked up. She complimented my dress, and then things escalated very quickly.”
Live Action, a prominent pro-life group, condemned the attack, calling it a “direct assault on free expression.”
Craven developed a swollen black left eye and received two stitches below her eyebrow at the hospital as well as enduring significant pain in her nasal area.
Isaiah 59:7 says, “Their feet rush into sin; they are swift to shed innocent blood. They pursue evil schemes; acts of violence mark their ways.”
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