It’s Tuesday, July 23rd, A.D. 2024. This is The Worldview in 5 Minutes heard at www.TheWorldview.com. I’m Adam McManus. (Adam@TheWorldview.com)
By Kevin Swanson
Hindus are beating up Christians in India
Last month, on June 12th, a mob of vigilantes in Chhattisgarh, India knocked two Christians unconscious while three others were hospitalized with severe injuries, reports Open Doors.
Before the mob banished Christian families from the village, the believers were forced into signing a statement that declared if they returned to the village, they would have to convert to Hinduism within 10 days. This coercion took place in the presence of and with the cooperation of local authorities. The Christians have now fled the village fearing that if they return they will be killed since they have no plans to renounce Jesus Christ as their Savior.
In addition, on July 13th, a mob of more than 50 Hindu activists attacked a gathering of Christians organized by a local church in central India, reports International Christian Concern. Members of the mob beat those in attendance, including a 60-year-old woman who was punched in the face. Her face swelled up for more than three days.
The Clintons, 16 governors, and 33 senators endorsed Kamala
After President Joe Biden backed out of the 2024 presidential race, Bill and Hillary Clinton, 16 state governors, and 33 senators have thus far endorsed Kamala Harris for the Democrat Party nomination.
Alexander Soros, the son of the well-known billionaire George Soros, and the Chair of Open Society Foundations, also endorsed Kamala Harris on X. He tweeted, “It’s time for us all to unite around Kamala Harris and beat Donald Trump. She is the best and most qualified candidate we have. Long live the American Dream!”
According to Breitbart, Alexander Soros has visited the Biden White House 17 times.
However, holding off on endorsements are former President Barack Obama and Senate Majority Leader Chuck Schumer of New York.
But Job said, “The Lord makes nations great, and destroys them;
He enlarges nations, and guides them. He takes away the understanding of the chiefs of the people of the Earth, and makes them wander in a pathless wilderness. They grope in the dark without light, and He makes them stagger like a drunken man.” (Job 12:23-25)
The financial shift from West to East
World power is shifting from West to East
The economic production of Russia, China, India, South Africa, and Brazil will grow from 16% of the total world economy in 1992 to an estimated 34% by the year 2028, reports GeoCapitalist.com.
Meanwhile, the Western G7 nations drop from 46% to 28% over the same time period.
South America depending on China
South America is moving towards more economic dependence upon China.
Chinese trade with South America has increased from $18 billion in 2002 to $450 billion in 2022, reports The Economist.
And China’s trade with Brazil increased by more than a third in the first two months of the year, according to The Financial Times.
Venezuela: The economic disaster in South America
Venezuela has become the worst economic disaster in South America.
Since 2007, the country has been subjected to Marxist rule under President Hugo Chavez and his protégé’ Nicolás Maduro. The nation’s GDP fell from $316 billion to $114 billion since then.
The nation will have an opportunity to elect another president this coming weekend, although doubts are high as to whether the current president will conduct fair elections. Venezuela has the lowest Gross Domestic Product per capita of South America — that’s $8,500. Over 7 million people or 20% have fled the Marxist “paradise.”
Proverbs 28:15 points out that ”Like a roaring lion or a charging bear is a wicked ruler over a poor people.”
America’s $1.9 trillion deficit
The Congressional Budget Office is projecting a $1.9 trillion deficit this year. That’s up $400 billion from what was originally estimated. And it’s twice the average deficit spending under the 8-year-long Obama administration.
The average deficit spending under the Trump administration was $2.06 trillion per year. The estimated average deficit spending per year under the Biden administration will be $1.75 trillion. By contrast, the average deficit spending under the Obama administration was only $817 billion per year.
Rite Aid, Walgreens, and CVS shutter hundreds of pharmacies
Since October, the pharmacy chain, Rite Aid, has closed 520 of its 2,111 stores. And now, Walgreen’s Chief Executive Tim Wentworth told the Wall Street Journal that his company plans to shutter approximately 2,100 stores, which amounts to about a quarter of its retail outlets.
CVS has closed 600 stores since 2022, and plans another 300 closures this year.
Coincidentally, CVS and Walgreens began selling the abortion pill over the counter in March of this year.
Historic First Baptist Dallas sanctuary burned down
The historic sanctuary of First Baptist Church of Dallas, pastored by outspoken Trump supporter Robert Jeffress, burned to the ground late last week in a four-alarm fire, reported Fox 4.
An emotional Pastor Jeffress shared his thoughts.
JEFFRESS: “This sanctuary has been around since 1890. It was the home for our church for a long time until we moved to our new Worship Center about 12 years ago.
“This historic sanctuary was the site of many personal events, including my own. I was baptized there when I was six. I was ordained for the ministry when I was 21. It holds a lot of memories.”
Pastor Jeffress was grateful that no one was hurt.
JEFFRESS: “But we thank God that nobody has been hurt. We had just concluded Vacation Bible School with over 2,000 kids. They were all gone. So, God has protected us through all of this.
“I’m grateful that the church is not bricks and mortar or wood. It’s people and the people of God will endure. First Baptist Dallas will endure. And we thank so many of our friends around the country who are praying for us right now.”
The Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms, and Explosives sent investigators to assist in determining the cause of the fire which is still unknown.
The newer worship center where the congregation meets is still intact thankfully.
If you’d like to help support First Baptist, you can make a donation through a special link in our transcript today at www.TheWorldview.com. And consider sending a card of encouragement to Pastor Robert Jeffress, First Baptist Dallas, 1707 San Jacinto Street, Dallas, Texas 75201
3 girls save another girl from attempted kidnapping
Three 11-year-old girls saved a 6-year-old girl from a kidnapping and perhaps worse at the Meridian Green Apartments in Kent, Washington last Tuesday.
While the girls were walking towards an ice cream truck outside their apartment complex they confronted the man who was forcibly removing a little girl by the wrist. They recorded the abduction with their phone cameras, and then asked him if he knew the girl. The man indicated he did, but the 6-year-old disagreed.
Police subsequently arrested the man, and, at last report, the 40-year-old male, Hayder Albu Mohammed, has been charged with second-degree attempted kidnapping.
Adam McManus on vacation
And finally, I’m taking my first vacation from the newscast in almost 10 years with my bride, Amy, and our three children, Honor, Mercy, and Valor. We’ll be flying from San Antonio, Texas to Virginia to visit my parents over the next two weeks.
Please pray for our safe travels and for God’s healing touch on my mother, Harriet, who is 84, and my father, Mike, who is 83. That would mean the world to me!
I’ll be voicing the newscast again on Thursday, August 8th.
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And that’s The Worldview on this Tuesday, July 23rd, in the year of our Lord 2024. Join me Adam McManus, and my two sons, Honor and Valor, at the Colorado Father-Son retreat Thursday, August 15th through Sunday, August 18th. Go to ColoradoFatherSon.com. 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.