It’s Friday, March 31st, A.D. 2023. This is The Worldview in 5 Minutes heard at www.TheWorldview.com. I’m Adam McManus.
By Adam McManus. (Adam@TheWorldview.com)
Nigerian Muslims killed pastor, kidnapped wife
On March 23rd, Fulani Muslim herdsmen killed a pastor in Kaduna state, Nigeria, just two weeks after terrorists killed a Baptist pastor’s son in the same area, reports The Christian Post.
Rev. Musa Mairimi of the Evangelical Church Winning All was killed in his home and his wife was kidnapped at gunpoint.
In Romans 3:15-18, Paul wrote, “Their feet are swift to shed blood; ruin and misery mark their ways, and the way of peace they do not know. There is no fear of God before their eyes.”
Trump indicted in New York
Yesterday afternoon, former president Donald Trump was indicted by a New York City grand jury in Manhattan, making him the first former president to be charged with a crime in American history, reports CBS News. In fact, CNN claims that he has been indicted on 30 counts related to business fraud.
The Manhattan District Attorney, Alvin Bragg, has been investigating Trump for allegedly falsifying business records in connection with a “hush money” payment made in 2016 to a disreputable actress. The charge or charges against Trump are sealed, but they will be unsealed in the future.
CBS News legal analyst Rikki Klieman said, “He will be processed. He will have a mugshot. He will get a booking number. He will give fingerprints … and ultimately whether or not he will be handcuffed is discretionary for the police, in this case the NYPD.”
On Truth Social, Trump wrote, “This is Political Persecution and Election Interference at the highest level in history. … I believe this witch hunt will backfire massively on Joe Biden. The American people realize exactly what the radical left Democrats are doing here.”
Then, on Fox News, Trump’s attorney, Alina Habba, said this.
HABBA: “I think his sentiments are that this is the result of him leading in the polls, doing incredibly well. He is the leading candidate. When people are afraid of someone being successful and fixing the mess that our country is, they come after you. This is the same thing that President Trump has been dealing with for years. He’s disappointed in what has become a sad day for our country.”
And George Washington Law School professor Jonathan Turley echoed the Trump attorney’s sentiments that Manhattan District Attorney Alvin Bragg’s indictment of Trump smacks of politics.
TURLEY: “The chaos that is erupting is pretty much the element for Donald Trump. I mean, it’s like trying to kill an orca by throwing him into the water. He’s obviously doing well in the polls because Alvin Bragg just gave him a proof positive that the criminal justice system is being politicized.”
Minnesota train derailment
Hundreds of people in Prinsburg, Minnesota had to evacuate after a train hauling ethanol and corn syrup derailed and caught fire early Thursday, reports the Associated Press.
Minnesota officials said the BNSF train derailed around 1 a.m. in Raymond, roughly 100 miles west of Minneapolis. That prompted the evacuation of essentially all of the town’s 250 homes because they were within 1/2 mile of the derailment. The evacuation order was lifted around noon.
“Trans Day of Vengeance” at Supreme Court April 1st
The Trans Radical Activist Network is organizing a “Trans Day of Vengeance” rally to be held tomorrow, April 1st at 11:00 am at the Supreme Court.
They claim their rally is not connected to the March 27th murder of three children and three adults at the Covenant Christian School in Nashville, Tennessee at the hands of Audrey Elizabeth Hale, the 28-year-old gunwoman. Hale was pretending to be a man.
Their alleged purpose is to protest the various bills in numerous states which will outlaw mutilating surgeries and cross sex hormones for kids.
In a statement to Newsweek, organizers condemned Hale’s murderous rampage and said the Trans Day of Vengeance “means fighting back with vehemence. We are fighting against false narratives, criminalization, and eradication of our existence.”
Kentucky bans transgender mutilating surgeries for kids
In related news, Kentucky became the latest state to ban puberty-blocking drugs and body-mutilating sex-change surgeries for youth younger than 18 after lawmakers overrode a veto by Democratic Governor Andy Beshear, reports The Christian Post.
On Wednesday, the Republican-led Legislature overwhelmingly voted to override Beshear’s veto on Senate Bill 150, voting 29-8 in the Senate, followed by 76-23 in the House.
Covenant School principal gave her life to protect students
And finally, Dr. Katherine Koonce, the principal at The Covenant School in Nashville, Tennessee, was among the six Christians murdered by Audrey Elizabeth Hale, but the steps she took that morning and before are credited with helping save lives, reports FaithWire.com.
According to Nashville City Councilman Russ Pulley, Koonce was in a virtual meeting when the shooting began. She immediately got off the meeting and “headed straight for the shooter.”
He said, “She also made sure the school was prepared with active shooter training and protocols. Those actions saved countless lives.”
John 15:13 says, “Greater love has no one than this, than to lay down one’s life for his friends.”
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