It’s Thursday, February 27th, 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 Jonathan Clark
Ugandan Muslims stab Christian evangelist
Morning Star News reports hardline Muslims stabbed a Christian evangelist in eastern Uganda earlier this month.
The attackers stabbed 39-year-old Robert Kasozi in the stomach and beat three of his co-workers. This came after Robert engaged in open-air preaching and led a 75-year-old widow to Christ. Angered by this, the widow’s relatives attacked the Christians and tore up their Bibles.
Thankfully, the man is recovering from his wounds in the hospital, but has vowed to file a case with the police upon his return home. Authorities did not arrest any of the Muslim attackers at the time though some were known to area residents. This was the latest of many instances of persecution against Christians in Uganda documented by Morning Star News.
Northern Ireland to threaten religious liberty
Northern Ireland is considering legislation that could threaten religious liberty.
Lawmakers for the region may consolidate existing so-called “equality” laws into one new law. The Christian Institute warns this could undermine religious liberty and “detrimentally affect the work of churches.”
Officials previously used equality laws to target a Christian bakery for refusing to participate in celebrating sexually perverted lifestyles.
Sam Webster with The Christian Institute told lawmakers, “Laws can be passed very easily, but legislators don’t necessarily always see the implications further down the track for other protected characteristics.”
Isaiah 10:1 says, “Woe to those who decree unrighteous decrees, who write misfortune, which they have prescribed.”
Trump’s budget passes the House
In the United States, before the vote on President Donald Trump’s budget on Tuesday, House Speaker Mike Johnson made these remarks.
JOHNSON: “We promised to deliver President Trump’s full agenda, not just a part of it. We’re not just going to do a little bit now and return later for the rest. We have to do it now. And that ‘one big, beautiful bill’ will include securing the border, restoring America’s energy dominance, dismantling the deep state, growing our economy, ensuring we don’t have the largest tax increase in US history, and a return to peace through strength.
“We do not have time to waste. The American people are expecting us to deliver on this, and we will. House Republicans need to unite so we can keep this process moving forward. And I think they all understand that we’re working right now to get everybody on board. I think everybody wants to be on this train and not in front of it.”
The resolution passed 217-215 with no Democrat support and one Republican voting against it.
The proposal lays a framework for enacting President Donald Trump’s legislative agenda. It cuts $4.5 trillion in taxes and at least $1.5 trillion in spending and raises the debt ceiling by $4 trillion.
The resolution would allow for the defunding of Planned Parenthood which receives hundreds of millions of dollars from the government each year. The proposal heads to the Senate where it must get bipartisan support.
Georgia Supreme Court upheld Heartbeat Law
The Supreme Court of Georgia once again upheld the state’s heartbeat law.
The court ruled 6-1 to uphold the Living Infants Fairness and Equality Act last Thursday.
The law bans the killing of unborn babies with detectable heartbeats with some exceptions.
The latest ruling overturns a lower court ruling in a case brought by abortion activists.
Heartbeat laws in other states have been upheld by their respective supreme courts, including Florida, Iowa, and South Carolina.
Amazon outpaced Walmart
Amazon, the e-commerce giant, outpaced the retail giant Walmart in quarterly revenue for the first time.
Amazon brought in $187.8 billion in revenue during the fourth quarter of last year while Walmart brought in $180.5 billion.
Walmart has been the top revenue-generating company each quarter for over a decade after outpacing Exxon Mobil in 2012. Walmart is still projected to lead in annual sales, but Amazon is close behind.
Decline of Christian identification has slowed
A new report from Pew Research found the decline of Christian identification in the U.S. has slowed.
Sixty-two percent of U.S. adults identify as Christians currently, down from 78% in 2007. That percentage fell to 71% by 2014 and 63% by 2019. However, the share of self-identified Christian adults has hovered between 60% and 64% over the past five years.
Non-Christian religious identification stands at 7.1%, up from 4.7% in 2007. And identification as religiously unaffiliated stands at 29%, up from 16% in 2007 but appears to be plateauing.
New plant found in Big Bend National Park
And finally, a new species of plant was discovered at a U.S. national park for the first time in 50 years.
Park staff members first encountered the plant in Big Bend National Park in Texas last year. The National Park Service noted that the plant’s “fuzzy foliage and interesting flower looked like nothing they had seen before.”
Researchers analyzed the plant, concluding it is unique enough to be classified as a new species. The plant is officially called Ovicula biradiata and belongs to the same family as daisies.
Researchers are also investigating potential medicinal applications of the plant, including anti-cancer and anti-inflammatory properties.
Psalm 104:24 says, “O LORD, how manifold are Your works! In wisdom You have made them all. The Earth is full of Your possessions.”
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