It’s Thursday, November 14th, A.D. 2024. 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 Jonathan Clark
Myanmar’s persecution of Christians
The military regime of Myanmar continues its persecution of Christians.
Authorities imposed new restrictions in the capital of Rakhine State. Churches cannot display crosses. They must also submit membership lists to police and get authorization to hold services.
One local Christian told the Myanmar Pressphoto Agency, “Last month, we installed a cross, a symbol of our faith, as a way to identify the Christian church here, but the police came and demanded it be removed. We prayed before putting it up, so we refused to take it down ourselves, and instead asked them to do it on their own.”
The southeast Asian nation is ranked 17th on the Open Doors’ World Watch List of countries where it most difficult to be a Christian.
Slovakia’s March for Life draws 40,000
This past September, nearly 40,000 people participated in the fourth March for Life in Slovakia, reports LifeSiteNews.
The slogan of the march in the Eastern European nation was “Love is pro-life.”
Jozef Miklosko, the country’s Commissioner for Children, addressed the crowd, saying it’s his job to stand up for children, born or unborn.
Abortion is currently legal up to 12 weeks of pregnancy. However, the abortion kill pill is not legal. Slovakia also voted to reject a resolution by the European Parliament to make abortion a so-called right.
Trump nominates Elon Musk & Vivek Ramaswamy to lead Dept. of Government Efficiency
In the United States, President-elect Donald Trump announced tech billionaire Elon Musk and conservative entrepreneur Vivek Ramaswamy will lead a new Department of Government Efficiency.
Trump said in a statement, “Together, these two wonderful Americans will pave the way for my administration to dismantle government bureaucracy, slash excess regulations, cut wasteful expenditures, and restructure federal agencies.”
Musk said the department’s actions “will be posted online for maximum transparency. We will also have a leaderboard for [the] most insanely dumb spending of your tax dollars. This will be both extremely tragic and extremely entertaining.”
In 1 Timothy 2:1-2, the Apostle Paul wrote, “Therefore I exhort first of all that supplications, prayers, intercessions, and giving of thanks be made for all men, for kings and all who are in authority, that we may lead a quiet and peaceable life in all godliness and reverence.”
Trump picks Matt Gaetz as Attorney General
Trump also tapped Republican Congressman Matt Gaetz of Florida to be his Attorney General, reports CBS News.
Trump praised him as a “tenacious attorney” who will “end weaponized government, protect our borders, dismantle criminal organizations and restore Americans’ badly shattered faith and confidence in the Justice Department.”
Gaetz immediately resigned from Congress.
Trump picked Fox News host & veteran Pete Hegseth as Defense Secretary
President-elect Trump also surprised many by picking Pete Hegseth as his Secretary of Defense, reports Fox News.
Trump wrote, “Pete has spent his entire life as a warrior for the troops, and for the country. Pete is tough, smart, and a true believer in America First.”
Hegseth, age 44, an Army National Guard veteran who served tours in Iraq, Afghanistan, and Guantanamo Bay, has hosted the FOX Nation “Patriot Awards” since 2019, which is the network’s version of a Hollywood awards show honoring heroes like first responders.
Take a look at the winners of the 2023 Patriot Awards through a special link in our transcript today at www.TheWorldview.com.
Court: Blue Cross to pay $12 million for firing over COVID shot
A former employee of Blue Cross Blue Shield won a $12 million settlement last Friday in a religious liberty case.
Blue Cross Blue Shield of Michigan fired Lisa Domski in 2021 after she sought a religious exemption for the COVID-19 shot. The insurance company denied her request, calling into question her objections as a Catholic.
Her attorney, Jon Marko, said, “Lisa refused to renounce her faith and beliefs and was wrongfully terminated from the only job she had ever known. The jury’s verdict today tells [Blue Cross Blue Shield of Michigan] that religious discrimination has no place in America and affirms each person’s right to religious freedom.”
Judge blocks Ten Commandments at schools
On Tuesday, a federal judge temporarily blocked a Louisiana law that requires public schools to display the Ten Commandments in classrooms.
U.S. District Judge John deGravelles ruled the law is “unconstitutional on its face.”
Louisiana’s Attorney General Liz Murrill said she would appeal to the 5th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals. She said, “This law, I believe, is constitutional . . . you don’t have to like the posters. The point is you can make posters that comply with the Constitution.”
In Deuteronomy 6:6-9, God said, “And these words which I command you today shall be in your heart. You shall teach them diligently to your children … You shall write them on the doorposts of your house and on your gates.”
Trump won 56% of the Christian vote
And finally, Dr. George Barna released a report on the Christian vote in this year’s presidential election.
The report found self-identified Christians made up 72% of the voters who turned out, and Trump won 56% of the Christian vote.
Meanwhile, Vice President Kamala Harris won 60% of the non-Christian vote.
The study noted, “not only did most of President Trump’s votes come from Christians, but they gave him a 17-million-vote cushion over Mrs. Harris, which proved to be an insurmountable lead. The incumbent Vice President fared much better among people associated with non-Christian faiths and with no religious faith, but those segments represented too small a slice of the voting population to make her bid for the White House viable.”
Close
And that’s The Worldview on this Thursday, November 14th, in the year of our Lord 2024. Subscribe 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). And now, here to close the newscast, is my daughter, Mercy Geneva, who is turning 13 today. Seize the day for Jesus Christ.