It’s Monday, October 13th, 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 Adam McManus
Islamic terrorists in Congo killed 5 gold miners
The Islamic Allied Democratic Forces continue to cause death and destruction in the eastern part of the Democratic Republic of Congo, reports International Christian Concern.
Last Tuesday morning, October 7th, they launched the deadly attack on Rizerie village, located in the predominantly Christian Lubero territory in North Kivu Province.
The Muslim attackers arrived while people were working in a gold mining site. They killed five civilians who were actively mining gold at the time.
A witness said, “The people who were killed were just trying to work so they could earn a living. They woke up early that morning, hoping to provide for their families. Then the rebels came out of nowhere and brutally ended their lives. It was horrifying — gunshots, screaming, and people running in every direction. Those men did not deserve to die like that.”
According to Open Doors, Congo is the 35th most dangerous country worldwide for Christians.
Please pray for the safety of our brothers and sisters in Christ in Congo, Africa.
Trump insists on paying soldiers in midst of gov’t shutdown
President Donald Trump is implementing a temporary solution to minimize the pain inflicted on American servicemen during the Democrat-induced government shutdown, reports TheBlaze.
On Truth Social, the President wrote, “I am using my authority, as Commander-in-Chief, to direct our Secretary of War, Pete Hegseth, to use all available funds to get our Troops PAID on October 15th. We have identified funds to do this.”
Democrats allowed government funding to lapse past the September 30 deadline, refusing to pass the Republican-led continuing resolution. Although spending fights have turned partisan in the past, Republicans simply proposed a clean 90-page Continuing Resolution that kept funding levels at the same rates that Democrats voted for in the past. Their bill had no partisan line items, with the only anomaly being a bipartisan boost in security funding for politicians following Charlie Kirk’s assassination.
On the other hand, Democrats proposed a $1.5 trillion funding bill that is chock-full of ideological provisions aimed at reversing the legislative accomplishments Republicans secured with the One Big Beautiful Bill Act. Democrats have also attempted to make the spending fight about re-negotiating Obama-era health care subsidies, although they do not expire until the end of the year.
16 killed in explosion at TN military explosives manufacturer
A “devastating” blast at a Tennessee military explosives manufacturing plant at 7:48am on Friday is believed to have killed 16 people, reports ABC News.
Humphreys County Sheriff Chris Davis spoke at a press conference on Saturday.
DAVIS: “We have notified all 16 families of those people that we feel were involved in this tragedy.”
The explosion occurred at Accurate Energetic Systems in McEwen, located about 50 miles west of Nashville.
DAVIS: “This is probably one of the most devastating sites I think I’ve been on in my career.”
Help Voddie Baucham’s widow and 9 children
The Christian community continues to mourn the unexpected death on September 25th of Dr. Voddie Baucham, a towering figure in Evangelical circles.
Known for his defense of Biblical truth, Baucham, a pastor, author, and theologian, left a legacy of family, faith, and opposing “woke” ideologies in the church. He wrote the book Fault Lines: The Social Justice Movement and Evangelicalism’s Looming Catastrophe.
Listen to this sermon excerpt about the power of the Gospel.
BAUCHAM: “We’re justified, and we’re adopted into the family of God. And we’re sanctified, and as His children, we begin to bear the family resemblance. And we’re further sanctified throughout this life by the very same Gospel that saves us, until one day when it’s all said and done, we’re not just saved from the penalty of sin. We’re not just saved from the power of sin, but one day, we’re glorified and saved from the very presence of sin. That’s the Gospel that we preach. That’s the Gospel that we need!”
Romans 8:2 says, “For the law of the Spirit of life in Christ Jesus has set you free from the law of sin and death.”
And here’s a soundbite where the late Voddie Baucham shared his last two wishes.
BAUCHAM: “I’ve come to a place in my life where there’s just a few things that I asked God for, and one of them that I pray for regularly is that God would allow me to spend my last day on this Earth with my wife, so that I can look her in the face and tell her that I was faithful to her to the day they put me in the ground.
“And another thing that I asked for is that I have raised my children in such a way that, after I’m done scratching and clawing and fighting for the cause of the Kingdom [of God], and after I have reached out as far as I could possibly go for the sake of Christ, that I will have raised my children in such a way that rather than pursue the things of this world, they would climb over me and pick up where I left off and go further and further and further than I could ever imagine, or that I could ever have gone in and of myself.
“That’s what I want. More than anything else in this world. That’s what I want.”
If you would like to help contribute toward the $2,000,000 goal to provide for his widow, Bridget, and their 9 children, 7 of whom are still under her roof, click on the special GiveSendGo link in our transcript today at www.TheWorldview.com.
So far, as of Saturday night, 5,349 people have contributed $824,650.
Skeleton-wearing amulet may change history of Christianity
And finally, an 1,800-year-old silver amulet discovered buried in a Frankfurt, Germany grave, still next to the chin of the man who wore it, has 18 lines of text written in Latin on just 1.37 inches of silver foil. That could be enough to rewrite the known history of Christianity in the Roman Empire, reports PopularMechanics.com.
The amulet—and the inscription—are the oldest evidence of Christianity found north of the Alps.
Every other link to reliable evidence of Christian life in the northern Alpine area of the Roman Empire is at least 50 years younger, all coming from the fourth century A.D. The amulet, found in a grave dating between 230 and 270 A.D., is now known as “The Frankfurt Inscription.”
In a translated statement, Ina Hartwig, Frankfurt’s head of culture and science, said, “This extraordinary find affects many areas of research and will keep science busy for a long time. This applies to archaeology as well as to religious studies, philology, and anthropology. Such a significant find here in Frankfurt is truly something extraordinary.”
The mostly translated amulet says,
“Holy, holy, holy!
In the name of Jesus Christ, Son of God!
The Lord of the World
resists with [strength]
This rescue device(?) protects
the person who
surrenders to the will
of the Lord Jesus Christ, God’s Son,
since before Jesus Christ
all knees bow: the heavenly ones,
the earthly and
the underground, and every tongue
confess to Jesus Christ.”
In Philippians 2:10-11, the Apostle Paul wrote, “At the name of Jesus, every knee should bow, in Heaven and on Earth and under the Earth, and every tongue acknowledge that Jesus Christ is Lord, to the glory of God the Father.”
Close
And that’s The Worldview on this Monday, October 13th, 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.