It’s Friday, December 30th, A.D. 2022. This is The Worldview in 5 Minutes heard at www.TheWorldview.com. I’m Adam McManus.

By Adam McManus (Adam@TheWorldview.com)

Environmentalists hurting Azerbaijan people

On Monday, December 12th, environmental activists in Azerbaijan setup tents blocking the only road connecting Karabakh to the outside world, reports international Christian Concern.

Azerbaijan is located at the boundary of Eastern Europe and Western Asia.

In addition, they shut down the gas lines for four days which caused schools to temporarily close and the heat to be shut off in homes.

Russia launched largest aerial assault on Thursday

Residents of the Ukrainian capital Kyiv were urged to head to air raid shelters early on Friday as sirens wailed across the city, a day after Russia carried out the biggest aerial assault since it started the war in February, reports Reuters.

In a video address on Thursday night, Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy, said air commands in central, southern, eastern and western Ukraine repelled 54 Russian missiles and 11 drones.

More than 18 residential buildings and 10 critical infrastructure installations were destroyed in the latest attacks.

Waves of Russian air strikes in recent months, targeting energy infrastructure, have left millions without power and heating in often freezing temperatures.

Epoch Times uncovers voting issues in Houston and Dallas

Texas Secretary of State John Scott’s office has released the final phase of its 2020 general election audit of Collin, Dallas, Harris, and Tarrant Counties, reports The Epoch Times.

The audit released on Monday showed the most serious issues occurred in two Democrat areas, Harris County — including Houston, followed by Dallas, both of which featured “phantom voters.”

By contrast, the two largest Republican-controlled counties, Tarrant County administered a “quality, transparent election” with minor findings, and Collin County “proved to be the model of how to run elections in Texas.” (pdf)

Massachusetts mom gets city to fly “nuclear family” flag for a week

When it comes to the concept of “inclusivity,” the sexual perversion movement is ruthlessly hypocritical: only their message may be included. But now conservative Christians are pushing back.

In early November 2022, Jessica Jacobson – a mother in Fitchburg, Massachusetts – wanted to discuss how to deal with the sexual perversion indoctrination in the schools, reports MassResistance.

Jessica noticed that every year the city flies the LHBT rainbow “pride” flag in a city park for a week. She reasoned that it would only be fair that they also fly a “nuclear family” flag, celebrating heterosexuality, for a week.

So, Jessica spoke with Fitchburg Mayor Stephen DeNatale. She explained to him that the non-discrimination laws required both sides of an issue to be allowed. She also reminded the mayor that his oath of office requires him to be “impartial” toward the citizens of Fitchburg. There is also the recent 9-0 US Supreme Court decision, Shurtleff v. City of Boston, requiring Boston to be impartial in allowing flags. Thus, the nuclear family flag – celebrating heterosexuality — should also be allowed to fly for a week in the same location in Fitchburg.

Surprisingly, the Mayor was very supportive of the idea. He agreed that if one group in the community was represented, other members of the community should also be represented. It was determined that the nuclear family flag would be raised in the city’s Riverfront Park on Dec. 21 and fly there until Dec. 28.

To his credit, Mayor DeNatale participated in the nuclear family flag-raising ceremony as you can see in his tweet.

Take a moment to thank him by email through a special link in our transcript today at www.TheWorldview.com or by calling 978-829-1801.

Not surprisingly, the sexual perversion activists were livid, reports Boston 25 News.

Jessica composed a one-page statement entitled, “Equality is what this flag raising is all about.” It describes what support for the nuclear family means, the demands for equal representation, and how churches are encouraged to pray for nuclear families in these troubled times.

Psalm 127:3 says, “Children are a heritage from the Lord, offspring a reward from Him.”

6 notables Christians who died in 2022

The Christian Post reports that there were six notable Christians who died in 2022. They include:

• Ray Bentley, an author, radio broadcaster and pastor, who helped to found the Maranatha Chapel of California, an influential Evangelical megachurch, who died of complications from COVID-19 at age 64.
• Abune Antonios, the former leader of the Orthodox Church in Eritrea, Africa, died after spending 15 years in detention as a prisoner of conscience for resisting the Eritrean government’s interference in church affairs. He was 94.
• Dede Robertson, the wife of televangelist Pat Robertson, who was involved in the leadership of both Regent University and the Christian Broadcasting Network. She died at age 94.
• Frederick Buechner (pronounced BEEK-ner) a Presbyterian theologian, public speaker, minister, World War II veteran and author of numerous fiction and nonfiction books, died at the age of 96.
• Gordon Fee, a theologian, distinguished professor, Bible translator, and bestselling author who was considered an expert on the study of the Holy Spirit, died at age 88.
• Canadian Pastor Leon Fontaine, who led the multisite Springs Church of Winnipeg, Manitoba, and gained recent attention for his opposition to COVID-19 lockdown orders, died at age 59 following a brief battle with an aggressive form of cancer.

Ohio Worldview listener gets Kirk Cameron’s kids’ book in library

And finally, Stephanie Burns, a Worldview listener in Sandusky, Ohio emailed me a praise report earlier this week.

She said, “I have had success in requesting Kirk Cameron’s new children’s book, As You Grow, to be purchased at my local public library. 

“I will pray for those who are not met with the same reception and kindness to have wisdom to say the right words in those difficult conversations, shining the light of Christ in truth and love, trusting God’s Spirit to work through it in some way.

“Thank you for The Worldview broadcast!”

In Matthew 5:13, Jesus said, “You are the salt of the earth. But if the salt loses its saltiness, how can it be made salty again? It is no longer good for anything, except to be thrown out and trampled underfoot.”

Watch a CBN interview with Kirk Cameron about how 50 “Drag Queen Story Hour” libraries either rejected Cameron’s request to read his book there or ignored it altogether.  When threatened with a possible lawsuit, two libraries saw the light.

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And that’s The Worldview in 5 Minutes on this Friday, December 30th in the year of our Lord 2022. 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.