It’s Wednesday, September 2nd, A.D. 2026. 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 Jonathan Clark
Another state in India passed anti-conversion law
India’s state of Maharashtra became the 13th in the country to enact an “anti-conversion” law last week. It’s the country’s second-most populous state.
This has prompted thousands of churches in the area to have worshippers sign a form. The form simply says the person is attending freely and not under coercion.
India’s “anti-conversion” laws are often used to target Christians. Hindu nationalists have attacked churches in Maharashtra 11 times in the last six months.
India is ranked 12th on the Open Doors’ World Watch List of the most dangerous places to be a Christian.
In John 15:18-19, Jesus said, “If the world hates you, you know that it hated Me before it hated you. If you were of the world, the world would love its own. Yet, because you are not of the world, but I chose you out of the world, therefore the world hates you.”
Send a polite, 4-sentence note to Vinay Kwatra, the Indian Ambassador to America, asking that he urge his government not to pass these anti-conversion laws which target Christians. Address it to the Embassy of India, 2107 Massachusetts Avenue, NW, Washington, DC 20008. You’ll find the correct spelling of the ambassador’s name and the address in our transcript today at www.TheWorldview.com.
Australia’s new assisted suicide law
ABC News Australia reports Australia’s Northern Territory passed a bill legalizing assisted suicide last week.
The territory was the first in the world to legalize voluntary euthanasia in the 1990s. Australia’s federal government overturned the law within a couple years. But in 2022, the government reversed its decision, allowing the territory to legalize assisted suicide once again.
Now, all states and territories in Australia allow for this form of killing. Over 7,200 people have died this way in the country since 2019.
Trump’s Venezuelan oil deal gives access to 65 billion barrels
The Trump administration announced a major oil deal with Venezuela on Friday.
The deal would give the United States access to 17 oil fields in Venezuela with proven reserves of 65 billion barrels of oil. That’s about 20 percent of the country’s reserves. By comparison, the U.S. has 46 billion barrels of proven oil reserves.
President Donald Trump hopes the deal will lower gas prices for Americans. However, analysts suggest that the deal will not relieve prices in the short-term.
Homeland Security investigates voter fraud in 9 states
CNN reports that the U.S. Department of Homeland Security is investigating voter fraud in nine states ahead of the midterm elections in November.
These states include California, Connecticut, Georgia, Missouri, Nevada, New York, Pennsylvania, Washington, and Wisconsin.
The Trump administration is pushing for states to phase out certain electronic voting systems and move to paper ballots. The administration has threatened to withhold significant homeland security funds from states that do not adopt such election changes.
ICE arrested 51,000 immigration arrests in July
U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement made 51,000 immigration arrests in July.
That’s up from 43,000 arrests in June. Both months set records for the agency.
Nearly 20,000 of July’s arrests were in Texas and Florida. Both states have been very cooperative with the Trump administration’s mass deportation efforts.
Gallup poll: Americans supportive of marriage if couple has kids
A new Gallup poll found that more Americans are supportive of marriage when children are involved.
Thirty-nine percent of U.S. adults say it is very important for a couple to be legally married if they have a child together. That’s up from 29 percent in 2020. However, it’s down from 49 percent in 2006.
Gallup noted, “Weekly church attendees show one of the largest increases since 2020 in the belief that couples, who have a child together, should be married, up 24 points, from 41% to 65%.”
Bible societies distributed 148 million Scriptures in 2025
And finally, the United Bible Societies distributed over 148 million printed Scriptures in 2025.
The top countries for Bible distribution last year were Brazil, China, India, Nigeria, and the Philippines.
Rev. Dirk Gevers, Secretary General of the United Bibles Societies, said, “While printed Scriptures continue to reach hundreds of millions of people each year, digital engagement is growing, opening new opportunities to connect with the Bible through mobile devices and online platforms.”
This year is the organization’s 80th anniversary. Since 1946, the Bible society has distributed 25 billion Scriptures, including 1.1 billion complete Bibles.
Malachi 1:11 says, “From the rising of the sun, even to its going down, My name shall be great among the Gentiles; in every place incense shall be offered to My name, and a pure offering; for My name shall be great among the nations.”
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