It’s Friday, February 14th, 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 and Jonathan Clark
Myanmar’s military bombed Catholic cathedral
The ruling military regime in Myanmar bombed a newly designated Catholic cathedral earlier this month, reports International Christian Concern.
The Sacred Heart of Jesus Church, located in Mindat, Chin State, was designated as a cathedral by Pope Francis on January 25 — just two weeks before it was bombed on February 6.
The bombing destroyed the cathedral’s roof and blew out the windows, rendering the building unusable. Fortunately, the area had been evacuated in anticipation of the attack, and no deaths were reported.
Chin State is the country’s only Christian-majority state, with about 85% of the population ascribing to the faith. Nearly 90% of Myanmar’s overall population is Buddhist.
According to Open Doors, Myanmar is the 13th most dangerous country worldwide for Christians.
More Evangelicals growing in number in Costa Rica
Evangelical Focus reports that a new study shows Evangelicals are increasing in Costa Rica, an historically Catholic country. Fifty percent of the Central American country’s population identify as Catholic. Thirty-three percent identify as Evangelical.
This comes despite 73% of respondents saying they were raised Catholic and 23% saying they were raised Evangelical.
Evangelical Costa Ricans are also more likely to be younger and attend church weekly.
One-third of world’s population now identify as Christian
Lifeway Research shared several encouraging trends for global Christianity this year based on a report from Gordon-Conwell Theological Seminary.
First, the number of Christians continues to grow, reaching 2.64 billion this year, about one-third of the world’s population.
Second, the growth of the religiously unaffiliated is slowing and even projected to decrease in the coming decades.
Third, Evangelicals are the fastest growing Christian group, projected to reach 620 million by 2050.
Fourth, Christianity is growing the fastest in the Global South, especially in Africa and Asia. Africa is projected to have the largest Christian population by 2050.
And fifth, the percentage of the world’s population without access to the Gospel has fallen to 27%. That’s down from 54% in 1900.
Psalm 22:27-28 says, “All the ends of the world shall remember and turn to the LORD, and all the families of the nations shall worship before You. For the kingdom is the LORD’s, and He rules over the nations.”
RFK, Jr confirmed as Trump’s Health and Human Services Secretary
Robert F. Kennedy Jr., whose nomination by President Donald Trump as Secretary of Health and Human Services was highly scrutinized by lawmakers, was confirmed to that post by the Senate on February 13 in a 52–48 vote, reports The Epoch Times.
PRESIDING OFFICER: “On this vote, the yeas are 52, the nays are 48. The confirmation is confirmed.”
Republican Senator Mitch McConnell of Kentucky, a polio survivor who previously voiced concerns about Kennedy’s vaccine views, voted against confirming Kennedy. He was the only Republican to cast a no vote.
Kennedy will head the Department of Health and Human Services, which manages 13 agencies, including the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC), the Food and Drug Administration (FDA), and the National Institutes of Health.
Kennedy has promised significant changes throughout the department which has a $1.8 trillion dollar annual budget.
Under the “Make America Healthy Again” campaign, Kennedy aims to curtail what he calls the chronic disease epidemic, removing toxic chemicals from the nation’s food supply, overhauling dietary guidelines, and taking aim at ultra-processed foods, reports FoxNews.com.
The Children’s Health Defense founder has also called for a review of advertising rules for pharmaceutical companies and has urged Trump to ban pharmaceutical advertising on TV. He also believes in eliminating liability protections for drug companies.
Kennedy told The Epoch Times in September that he would revamp the National Institutes of Health to focus on the causes of autism, autoimmune diseases, and neurodevelopment diseases instead of developing drugs and serving as an incubator for pharmaceutical products.
RFK, Jr.: “God sent me President Trump”
Before Robert F. Kennedy, Jr was sworn in as the new Secretary of Health and Human Services in the Oval Office, he offered praise for Trump’s gutsy leadership.
KENNEDY: “For 20 years, I’m up every morning on my knees and prayed that God would put me in a position where I can end the childhood, chronic disease epidemic in this country. On August 23 of last year, God sent me President Trump.
“He’s kept every promise that he’s made to me. I’m so grateful to you, Mr. President. A lot of people told me that I couldn’t trust President Trump. I better get it in writing, and we did a handshake, and everything that he told me he was going to do, he has done.
“I genuinely believe that you are a pivotal historical figure, and you are going to transform this country. President Trump has promised to restore the American Dream in this country. A healthy person has a thousand dreams. A sick person only has one. 60% of our population has only one dream – that they get better.
“President Trump has promised that he’s going to restore America’s strength. But we can’t be a strong nation if we have a weak citizenry. 60% of our people are sick. 77% of our children cannot qualify for military service.
“We need a man on a white horse now. We need somebody who is willing to come in and has the spine and the guts and the strength to challenge orthodoxies, to stand in the way of vested interests, and to break institutions that have turned against our democracy. President Trump has shown again and again that he is that hero. We need a revolutionary figure, and you are that figure. And I’m very grateful for you for giving me this opportunity.”
Wikipedia founder comes to Christ
And finally, Larry Sanger, the 56-year-old co-founder of Wikipedia in 2001 who grew up in the Lutheran Church, has been a lifelong religious skeptic until his conversion to the Christian faith in 2020, reports The Christian Post.
An agnostic, he became intrigued by philosophical arguments for God’s existence, particularly the “First Cause” argument, according to a new blog on his personal website.
He began to personally study the Scriptures for himself, downloaded the YouVersion Bible app, “and immediately made Bible study a serious hobby.” Christian apologists Stephen Meyer and William Lane Craig made him think deeply. After devouring the four gospels, Sanger said in 2020, “I should admit to myself that I now believe in God, and pray to God properly.”
2 Corinthians 5:17 says, “Therefore, if anyone is in Christ, he is a new creation; old things have passed away; behold, all things have become new.”
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