It’s Thursday, August 21st, A.D. 2025. This is The Worldview in 5 Minutes heard on 140 radio stations and at www.TheWorldview.com. I’m Adam McManus. (Adam@TheWorldview.com)
By Jonathan Clark
Muslims beat Christian convert and take his wife and six kids
An Islamic teacher in Uganda, who converted to Christianity, suffered persecution from his own family recently.
Thirty-nine-year old Wambuzi Maka Uthman was at a mosque earlier this month when he received a vision about repentance. On his way home, he met a pastor and learned about Jesus.
Uthman told Morning Star News, “I then understood that it was [Jesus] Who had sent me to my fellow Muslims to repent. … I was so happy beyond expectations as I developed a deeper love for Jesus.” Uthman began telling his family and neighbors about the Gospel.
In response, his extended family beat him and destroyed his house. While he received treatment at the hospital, his wife took their six children with her to live with relatives. Such persecution is common for Muslims who turn to Christ in Uganda.
In Luke 18:29-30, Jesus said, “Assuredly, I say to you, there is no one who has left house or parents or brothers or wife or children, for the sake of the kingdom of God, who shall not receive many times more in this present time, and in the age to come eternal life.”
State Department: Human rights in United Kingdom have worsened
Last Tuesday, the U.S. State Department released its “2024 Country Reports on Human Rights Practices.”
The report noted that the human rights situation in the United Kingdom worsened last year.
For example, the U.K. restricts free speech near abortion mills. Citizens have faced arrest simply for silent prayer inside such “buffer zones.” =
Lorcan Price with Alliance Defending Freedom International said, “It’s plain to see that the censorship crisis is worsening in the UK – from citizens being arrested and prosecuted just for praying in their heads, to the Online Safety Act clamping down on free expression online.”
Surge of young Brits trusting in God
Speaking of England, the country is witnessing a surge in the number of young adults who believe in God.
A new YouGov poll found 37% of Brits, between the ages of 18 and 24, believe in God. That’s up from 22% in 2019, and it’s higher than any other age group.
A YouGov study from earlier this year found that young adults are also attending church more. Sixteen percent attend at least once per month now, up from 4% in 2018.
5 VA schools lose federal funding over pro-transgender policies
In the United States, the Trump administration is cutting federal funding to five northern Virginia school districts over their transgender bathroom policies, reports the Associated Press.
U.S. Secretary of Education Linda McMahon said the districts are “choosing to abide by woke gender ideology in place of federal law. … Today’s accountability measures are necessary because they have stubbornly refused to provide a safe environment for young women in their schools.”
Shockingly, Life News reports that one of the school districts even arranged and bankrolled abortions for girls without their parents’ knowledge.
Trump hopes to get in Heaven by saving Russian/Ukrainian lives
President Donald Trump gave a phone interview to “Fox & Friends” on Tuesday. Trump said he wants to save thousands of lives by helping to end the war between Russia and Ukraine. He even said he hopes that will help him get to Heaven.
TRUMP: “If I can save 7,000 people a week from being killed, I think that’s a pretty, I want to try and get to Heaven, if possible. I’m hearing I’m not doing well. I’m really at the bottom of the totem pole. If I can get to Heaven, this will be one of the reasons.”
While some initially concluded that President Trump was revealing a physical health crisis when he said, “I hear I’m not doing well.” It becomes clear that he is referring to his spiritual health
Evangelist Franklin Graham responded on Facebook. He wrote, “We do get to Heaven by good works—not by our own good works, but by the perfect work of God’s Son, Jesus Christ. … That’s how one gets to Heaven—not by our good works, but by His.”
In Ephesians 2:8-9, the Apostle Paul wrote, “For by grace you have been saved through faith, and that not of yourselves; it the gift of God, not of works, lest anyone should boast.”
In other words, no matter how many lives President Trump might save by helping to end the Russian-Ukrainian War, his lifesaving action will not save him from Hell. He can only be assured of an eternal address in Heaven if he confesses his sins and trusts Jesus Christ as Savior. (Romans 10:9)
Texas House passes Trump redistricting plan
On Wednesday, the Texas House passed a new congressional map that stands to boost Republicans’ power in Congress, overcoming weeks of protests from Texas House Democrats who fled the state to stall a vote on the mid-cycle redistricting, reports the San Antonio Express-News.
The new map, ordered up by President Donald Trump and endorsed by Republican Texas Governor Greg Abbott, would wipe out five Democratic-held congressional districts in Austin, Dallas, Houston and South Texas. It passed the chamber, 88-52, along party lines.
Texas State Rep. Todd Hunter, a Corpus Christi Republican and the bill’s author, said, “The Supreme Court says we can use political partisanship to do congressional redistricting. We will push forward.”
The vote came after Republicans took extraordinary steps to push the bill over the finish line. On Monday, when dozens of quorum-busting Democrats returned to the Capitol in Austin, Republican House leadership refused to let them leave without state trooper escorts who would “ensure their return” for Wednesday’s votes.
On Wednesday, Democrats offered up a dozen amendments seeking to kill or amend the bill, all of which were unsuccessful. The map now heads to the Texas Senate, which is expected to quickly pass it, and then to Texas Governor Greg Abbott who will sign it.
Bible-based character education comes to 34 states
And finally, a record number of students will receive Bible-based character education during public school hours this coming year.
LifeWise Academy is providing the Bible programs under religious release time laws in 34 states.
The ministry estimates it will serve nearly 100,000 students in the 2025-26 school year.
Joel Penton is the CEO of LifeWise Academy. He said, “Demand for LifeWise is surging, and we couldn’t be more excited to see families taking advantage of our programming, from urban areas to remote towns.”
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And that’s The Worldview on this Thursday, August 21st, in the year of our Lord 2025. Follow us on X or subscribe for free by Spotify, Amazon Music, or by iTunes or email to our unique Christian newscast at www.TheWorldview.com. I’m Adam McManus (Adam@TheWorldview.com). Seize the day for Jesus Christ.