It’s Wednesday, April 30th, 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 Jonathan Clark

Nigerian Muslims killed 7 Christians

Boko Haram terrorists attacked a Christian community in northeast Nigeria on Monday.

The Muslim militants killed seven Christians, injured many more, and destroyed homes and church buildings. 

One local believer told Morning Star News, “Kwaple village in Chibok Local Government Area is under attack from Boko Haram terrorists. Please pray for God’s intervention.”

Indeed, pray for our brothers and sisters in Christ in Nigeria. The African country is ranked seventh on the Open Doors’ World Watch List of nations where it is most dangerous to be a Christian. 

In John 15:20, Jesus said, “Remember the word that I said to you, ‘A servant is not greater than his master.’ If they persecuted Me, they will also persecute you. If they kept My word, they will keep yours also.”

Only 62% of Americans support free speech

Pew Research released a new survey on free expression around the world.

Across 35 countries, a majority of adults in most of those countries believe that freedom of the press, freedom of speech, and freedom on the internet are very important. 

However, adults are much less likely to say they actually observe complete freedom of expression in their country. 

Sadly, in the United States, support for free speech has declined from 71% in 2019 to 62% today. 

European power outage crippled Spain, Portugal, and France

A massive power outage hit Europe on Monday, affecting Spain, Portugal, and parts of France.

The unprecedented failure grounded flights, froze trains, and disrupted cell service. Thankfully, much of the grid was restored yesterday.

Experts ruled out sabotage and cyberattacks as the cause. However, Spain’s electric operator Red Eléctrica  did identify two incidents of power generation loss that were likely from solar power plants, reports Reuters. 

California’s economy grew by 6%

California’s gross domestic product reached $4.1 trillion last year.

That put the Golden State ahead of Japan, making it the world’s fourth-largest economy behind Germany, China, and the U.S. as a whole.

In addition, California’s economy grew by 6% last year, faster than the other top four economies.

Tennessee doctors and nurses not forced to do abortions

Last Thursday, Tennessee Republican Governor Bill Lee signed the Medical Ethics Defense Act into law.

The law protects medical professionals from participating in practices that violate their conscience like abortion.

Erica Perdomo, an attorney with Alliance Defending Freedom, testified before the Tennessee legislature.

PERDOMO: “There are doctors who practice medicine, consistent with a pro-life worldview, in which an abortion is never medically necessary.”

Her colleague, Greg Chafuen, praised the legislation. He said, “Patients are best served by health care professionals who are free to act consistent with their oath to ‘do no harm.’ … Tennessee’s Medical Ethics Defense Act ensures that health care professionals are not forced to participate in procedures that violate their ethical, moral, or religious beliefs.”

IBM defends free speech

IBM recently changed its advertising policies to back down from censorship in favor of free speech. 

Alliance Defending Freedom is leading a coalition that brought about the changes at IBM and other major companies like PepsiCo, Mastercard, and Johnson & Johnson. 

Jeremy Tedesco with Alliance Defending Freedom said, “We hope every company follows IBM’s example and recommits to doing its part to protect freedom of speech and thought in our nation and throughout the world.”

IBM investing $150 billion in America

Speaking of IBM, the tech company announced Monday that it plans to invest $150 billion in the U.S. over the next five years.

This includes $30 billion for research and development of mainframe quantum computers. 

IBM’s CEO Arvind Krishna spoke to Fox Business about the investment. 

KRISHNA: “We are extremely focused on leveraging American ingenuity and American innovation.

“When I think about artificial intelligence, quantum computing, mainframe computers, this Research and Development investment, coupled with all of the associated manufacturing, is going to allow the United States to be at the front of all those three technologies.”

Religiously unaffiliated in U.S. at 22% now

And finally, Gallup released a new survey on religious preferences in the United States.

Protestant identification was 45% last year, down from 57% in 2000. Catholic identification is 21%, down from 25%. And identification with no religion at all is 22%, up from 8% over the same time period. 

Although the number of religiously unaffiliated Americans surged from 2000 to 2017, their growth has plateaued in recent years.

Hebrews 10:23-24 says, “Let us hold fast the confession of our hope without wavering, for He who promised is faithful. And let us consider one another in order to stir up love and good works.”

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And that’s The Worldview on this Wednesday, April 30th, in the year of our Lord 2025. Subscribe for free by Amazon Music or 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.