It’s Monday, May 5th, 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

18-wheeler truck plowed in Easter parade, killing 6, injuring 18

A government-appointed committee determined that the Muslim driver of an 18-wheeler truck that plowed into an Easter parade on Sunday, April 21, in the town of Billiri in Gombe State, Nigeria, intentionally struck the Christians as they celebrated Christ’s resurrection. 

The committee also found that of the 36 people struck in the attack, six died, and 18 remain in critical condition, reports International Christian Concern.

Pray Psalm 147:6. It says, “The Lord sustains the humble, but casts the wicked to the ground.”

China official hints he wants to end tariff war with U.S.

China is hinting that it could be willing to talk to Trump administration officials as a way to end the trade and tariff war, reports The Western Journal.

A Chinese Commerce Ministry representative said, “China is currently evaluating” messages from administration officials that “expressed their willingness to negotiate with China on tariffs,” according to the Wall Street Journal. He added, “China’s position is consistent. If you want to fight, we will fight to the end; if you want to talk, our door is wide open.”

President Donald Trump’s 145 percent tariff on Chinese imports led China to impose a 125 percent tariff on American imports.

Trump has said he will not blink without concessions that could include greater access to Chinese markets.

Chinese-American expert: Get tougher on China

Appearing on ‘Fox Report’ with Jon Scott, Gatestone Institute senior fellow Gordon Chang explained that China has no tariffs on certain categories of products that only America can provide.

SCOTT: “China is making allowances for some US products to be imported without tariffs. Does that suggest that they are finding that it’s not so easy to block U.S. products?”

CHANG: “Oh, absolutely. And you know, it’s not just that they’re reducing tariffs. You know, for instance, President Trump reduced tariffs on electronic goods coming in from China.

“What China has done, which we learned from both the Reuters and the Financial Times reporting yesterday, is that there are no tariffs on certain categories of U.S goods. So, for instance, aviation parts, semiconductors, medical devices, medicines, industrial chemicals — things that China can’t get elsewhere — and they’re just coming into China tariff-free.”

Chang urged Trump to get even tougher on China.

CHANG: “Instead of talking about reducing tariffs, I think that we need to start actually imposing some more costs.

“So, for instance, China is not taking Boeing aircraft deliveries. We flew back three 737 Maxes from China that were about to be delivered. Well, if I were President Trump, I would say to Boeing, ‘You can no longer provide services or parts to Chinese Airlines because that will ground the Chinese fleet. And I think that will bring the Chinese to heel fairly quickly.

“But we need to do some things that would be considered unthinkable. This is not the type of normal trade war that people are used to. This is looking like an all-encompassing struggle. When President Trump last week signaled conciliatory moves, the Chinese even got worse, and they were saying, ‘Well, no talks until the U.S. removes all tariffs.’”

Angry parent blasts school board over daughter’s gender transition

A furious Lakewood, Colorado father, Dustin Gonzalez, lost his temper with woke educators during a county school board meeting, saying his daughter’s new gender identity and transition was kept secret from him and affirmed by school staff.

GONZALEZ: “I’m not a politician. I’m not a loud voice on social media. I’m a father, a quiet one, one who goes to work, tries to do right by his family, and stays out of the spotlight. But now, now you’re gonna remember my name.

“My daughter changed her identity, not after years of discussion or family dialogue, not from joint input from both of her parents. No, this happened quickly, secretly, encouraged by a school-appointed therapist in a system that never thought to include me. And the school didn’t inform me. They didn’t include me. They didn’t even ask me. They replaced me!

“By the time I found out, I was already labeled ‘the problem.’ My objections weren’t treated as concerns. They were treated as opposition. My voice was dismissed as hateful. My presence undermined. The therapist, the school, and eventually the court-appointed investigator all decided that because I wouldn’t affirm something, I didn’t deserve to parent my daughter equally anymore.

“They didn’t accuse me of abuse. They didn’t claim I’d caused harm. The only evidence against me was that I said, ‘I’m not ready to affirm this yet.’ That’s it!

“And now I’m at risk of losing parenting time, of being erased from my daughter’s life, not because I failed as a father, but because I dared to ask questions. And it started in your schools. Your systems made it possible, and your silence made it permanent!

“You gave my ex all the tools she needed to take our daughter from me, tools that she couldn’t have forged on her own. You gave her the therapist, you gave her the ideological support, and you never once thought, ‘Shouldn’t the father be involved too?’

“You gave her a system that cut me out of the picture. You handed her the tools to eliminate me from my daughter’s life. And with your help, she’s trying to race me all together. You replaced my voice. You stole my seat at the table. And you made decisions about my daughter without me!

“I don’t care if you personally signed the policies, stayed silent while he passed, or simply chose not to know, you are all responsible. Don’t think you can take a man’s child from him and not reap a whirlwind!”

Just like Psalm 103:13 articulates, a father has compassion on his child. But sadly, in this case, the government school’s woke policies became a wedge between father and child.

Texas Governor signs $1 billion school choice program

And finally, on Saturday, Texas Republican Governor Greg Abbott signed a $1 billion school voucher program into law, cementing the biggest legislative victory of his decade in office, reports the San Antonio Express-News.

ABBOTT: “It is time that we put our children on a pathway to having the number one ranked education system in the United States of America. (applause)

“Gone are the days that families are limited to only the school assigned by government. The day has arrived that empowers parents to choose the school that’s best for their child.”

Abbott referenced parents in the crowd who had already pulled their students from “low-performing” public schools to put them into private ones. 

Under the $1 billion school choice law, Texas students who are enrolled into the program will receive $10,000 per year to go to an accredited private school. Disabled students will get up to $30,000 per year and home schooled students will receive $2,000 per year per child.

The first year of operation will begin in 2027. The state will choose nonprofits to run the program, develop the application process, and pick which 100,000 students will have access to it.

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And that’s The Worldview on this Monday, May 5th, 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.