It’s Monday, February 24th, A.D. 2025. 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 Adam McManus
18-year-old Christian received bail on false blasphemy charges
An 18-year-old Christian in Pakistan, who has been imprisoned for more than 17 months on false blasphemy charges against Islam, is expected to be released on bail this week, reports MorningStarNews.
After Akash Karamat won bail on December 19th for one of three blasphemy cases filed against him, judges granted bail on February18th for the other two cases.
Psalm 5:12 says, “Surely, LORD, you bless the righteous; You surround them with Your favor as with a shield.”
Pope Francis has kidney failure
On Sunday, the Vatican revealed that Pope Francis has ‘mild kidney failure’ and remains in critical condition, reports LifeSiteNews.com.
Prior to that, Francis was taken to the Gemelli Hospital in Rome on February 14th for bronchitis, and since then was diagnosed with double pneumonia in what was described as a “complex” medical scenario.
On Saturday the pope received a blood transfusion and “high flows” of oxygen.
Remarkable prayer by HUD Secretary at White House
On Saturday night, President Donald Trump asked Housing and Urban Development Secretary Scott Turner, a former NFL football player, to open the National Governor’s Association meeting at the White House with prayer.
Listen.
TRUMP: “I’d like to ask Scott Turner, who’s our Secretary of HUD — he’s a great young man, and he’s a tremendous, tremendous talent — and I’d like to ask you to say grace. Thank you. Thank you, Scott, congratulations.”
TURNER: “Thank you, sir. Thank you, Mr. President. Let’s pray together.
“Father, we’re so grateful to have this opportunity to gather together, Father, for such a time as this, Lord. Father, we thank You for President Trump. Lord God, we thank You for the First Lady. We thank You for Vice President Vance and the Second Lady. Lord God, I pray that You will be an Iron Dome of protection around them and their families. Lord God, we thank you that You are a sovereign Father and You’re a good, good Father.
“And tonight, Father God, I thank You for the governors that have gathered here. Lord, thank You for their service. I pray You would give them wisdom and clarity and understanding. God, I pray You will be with them and their families. Lord God, I pray and thank You for my colleagues in the cabinet that are here tonight.
“Lord God, we know that You have ordained this time before the foundations of the world. Father, we thank You tonight that, as we gather and as we fellowship, Lord Jesus, that You would be glorified. And Father, as President Trump as the leader of this nation, Lord God, as he every day, leads and serves, Father, I pray that You would give him great favor. God, I pray that You would open his eyes to see like he’s never seen before, that You would open up his ears to hear Your voice. And Father God, you would give him divine insight and divine wisdom as he leads and serves this country. And Lord, tonight, we pray that the joy of the Lord would be our strength because we are happy tonight because You saw fit to bring us together. We love You. We honor You. … We give You the glory, in Jesus’ name, Amen.”
Trump rebukes GOP Maine Governor in person over men in women’s sports
Later Saturday evening, President Trump talked to the fifty governors in the White House about his commitment to ban men from playing in women’s sports. It was within this context, that he personally confronted Maine’s liberal Republican Governor Janet Mills, reports The Christian Post.
Listen.
TRUMP: “Two weeks ago, I signed an executive order banning men from playing in women’s sports. Many Democrats are fighting me on that. I hope you continue, because you’ll never win another race. It’s just crazy.
If you look at what happened with the boxing. If you look at what happened with the weight lifting numbers where a record that hadn’t been broken for 19 years got shattered. A guy walks up, he had transitioned, and he knocked out that record by about 100 pounds. That would be a record not going to be broken again. So, we put a ban on it to protect women. If you watch the Olympics, you had two transitioned people that were fighting in the women’s boxing, that women’s boxing category, and if you saw that it was brutal.
“The NCAA has complied immediately, by the way. That’s good, but I understand Maine. Is Maine here? The governor of Maine?
GOV Mills: “Yeah, I’m here.”
TRMP: “Are you not going to comply with it?”
MILLS: “I’m complying with state and federal laws.”
TRUMP: “We are the federal law. Well, you better do it. You better do it, because you’re not going to get any federal funding at all if you don’t. And by the way, your population, even though it’s somewhat liberal, although I did very well there, your population doesn’t want men playing in women’s sports, so you better comply. You better comply, because otherwise you’re not getting any, any federal funding.”
MILLS: “I’ll see you in court.”
TRUMP: “Every state. … Good. I’ll see you in court. I look forward to that. That should be a real easy one. And enjoy your life after Governor, because I don’t think you’ll be in elected politics.
“Every state has a responsibility to comply with Title IX. They have an obligation, a legal obligation, and we’ll be enforcing aggressively, and we’re going to be protecting our citizens.”
You can send Maine Governor Janet Mills an email through a special link in our transcript today at www.TheWorldview.com urging her to ban men from women’s sports. Or you can send her a short, two-sentence letter. Governor Janet Mills, 1 State House Station, Augusta, ME 04333.
Genesis 1:27 says, “”So God created man in His own image, in the image of God He created them; male and female He created them.”
Despite killing 392,715 babies, Planned Parenthood’s tax funding up 43%
A fact sheet produced by the Charlotte Lozier Institute based on Planned Parenthood’s most recent annual report states that, since 2010, the Murder Giant’s federal revenue has increased by some 43%.
During that same period, its total services have decreased by 17%, with even larger percentage declines for particular services. Contraceptive services are down 39%, cancer screenings are down by 72% for breast exams and 74% for pap tests, and prenatal services are down by a whopping 80%.
One so-called “service” at Planned Parenthood continues to increase, however: abortion.
In the most recent service year, Planned Parenthood carried out 392,715 abortions, a record toll of death. Plus, its net income for the service year was $178.6 million, leaving it with net assets in excess of $2.5 billion.
MSNBC fired Joy Reid
And finally, MSNBC fired professional race baiter Joy Reid after she lost 28% of her viewership within the last year, reports Fox News.
REID: “We’ve laid out the stakes in this crucial election, where one side stands for freedom while the other meets the textbook definition of fascism. Namely, a far-right dictatorial regime like [Adolf] Hitler‘s Germany or [Francisco] Franco’s Spain or [Benito] Mussolini‘s Italy.”
Libs of TikTok tweeted, “Turns out calling your political opponents racist Nazis every night for an hour doesn’t get viewers.”
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