It’s Wednesday, July 24th, A.D. 2024. This is The World View in 5 Minutes written by Jonathan Clark and heard at www.TheWorldView.com.  Filling in for Adam McMannus I’m Ean Leppin.

Persecution of Christians in Communist Countries 

International Christian Concern (ICC) reports that 72 Christians are imprisoned or missing in communist countries.

Fifty-two of those Christians are imprisoned in China, Cuba, North Korea, and Vietnam. The remaining 20 are missing across those nations.

An ICC staffer in Asia said, “These numbers are daunting yet unsurprising. Communism is just as dangerous and destructive to Christians today as it was in previous generations.” 

In one case, Chinese authorities arrested a Korean Christian for studying the Bible. Chung Yong Cheol faced deportation to North Korea and then a 10-year sentence in a political prison camp. 

French Bible Society to Distribute 200,000 Bibles at Olympics

The French Bible Society plans to distribute 200,000 New Testaments during the upcoming Summer Olympics in Paris.

The special edition will include testimonies from Christian athletes and is being called “More Precious than Gold.” 

The title is drawn from 1 Peter 1:7 which says, “Their purpose is to prove that your faith is genuine. Even gold, which can be destroyed, is tested by fire; and so your faith, which is much more precious than gold, must also be tested, so that it may endure. Then you will receive praise and glory and honor on the Day when Jesus Christ is revealed.” 

Subway denies service to Christian for Biblical shirt

In the U.S., an outspoken Christian street preacher was denied service at a Subway restaurant in Waunakee, Wisconsin because he was wearing a T-shirt that declared homosexuality a sin and referenced Romans 1, reports The Christian Post.

Rich Penkoski, who leads the online ministry Warriors for Christ, said he is considering a lawsuit against Subway after he was recently refused service at one of their locations in Waunakee, Wisconsin.

According to the video of the incident that has since racked up millions of views on X, an employee admitted that she was refusing to serve Penkoski for reasons she described as “a personal matter.”

Here is audio from a portion of that video…

Penkoski, who was traveling with other pastors after preaching outside the Republican National Convention in Milwaukee, said he believes the incident at the Subway location shows there is a double standard when it comes to denying service to people who oppose LGBT ideology.

Subway’s corporate office did not respond to CP’s request for comment by time of publication.

Send a letter of complaint to Subway’s President, John Chidsey, to 1 Corporate Dr, Shelton, CT 06484. You can also email corporate through a link in the transcript of this newcast found at TheWorldView.com

Jesus said in John 15:19, “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.”

U.S. Secret Service Director Resigns 

U.S. Secret Service Director Kimberly Cheatle resigned yesterday.

She faced sharp criticism on Monday from Congress after the recent assassination attempt on former President Donald Trump.

Republican House Speaker Mike Johnson told reporters, “It is overdue, she should have done this at least a week ago. I’m happy to see that she has heeded the call of both Republicans and Democrats.” 

Pat Fallon, a republican that served on the House Committee said this in an interview the Fox News.

Pat Fallon: “I’m glad she’s resigning.  I’m glad she will no longer be the head of the Secret Service.  I wish she had been fired, because we need to change the culture of that organization.  This was a catastrophic failure to protect the former President and quite frankly also the leading candidate to be the next President”

Meanwhile, Trump blamed the Biden administration for the security failure. He wrote on Truth Social, “The Biden/Harris Administration did not properly protect me, and I was forced to take a bullet for Democracy. IT WAS MY GREAT HONOR TO DO SO!” 

Chick-Fil-A Dethroned as America’s Favorite Fast Food Chain

For nearly a decade, Chick-Fil-A has been America’s favorite fast food restaurant.

However, the chain fell to third place this year on USA Today’s ranking of fast food restaurants based on votes from readers. 

The top stop now goes to Del Taco followed in second place by KFC. Del Taco has only 600 locations across 16 states. 

Despite this, Chick-Fil-A made $21 billion in sales last year, up 14% from the year before. 

Iowa’s Abortion Ban goes into Effect

And finally, Iowa’s six-week abortion ban will go into effect next Monday.

A district court made the ruling yesterday. This came after the state’s Supreme Court said in June that there is no constitutional right to abortion. 

Previously killing unborn babies was legal up to 20 weeks of pregnancy. The new law bans the killing of unborn babies with detectable heartbeats but with some exceptions.

Iowa joins over a dozen states to restrict abortion since the U.S. Supreme Court overturned Roe v. Wade in 2022.

And that’s The World View in 5 Minutes on this Wednesday, July 24, in the year of our Lord 2024. Subscribe 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.  Filling in for Adam McMannus I’m Ean Leppin.  Seize the day for Jesus Christ.