It’s Wednesday, July 1st, 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 and Adam McManus
Nigerian Muslims killed 28 Christians
Militant Muslims killed 28 Christians, including a pastor, in central Nigeria last week.
A local resident told Morning Star News, “We heard them even mentioning the names of some of our Christian leaders and directing some of them to hunt them down in their homes.”
Clint Lyons with iReach Global spoke to CBN News about the terrible persecution of Christians in Nigeria.
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LYONS: “This isn’t just a tragedy, it’s a pattern. These attacks are no longer isolated, they are becoming expected. We can almost pinpoint where they’re going to happen. Right now, it’s looking like the Nigerian government is just simply not responding to the plight of Christians in the area.”
Denmark considers banning Islamic call to prayer
In Europe, the government of Denmark is considering a ban on the Islamic call to prayer.
Morten Bødskov is the country’s immigration minister. He recently reopened an investigation into whether such a ban is constitutional.
The Islamic call to prayer, known as the Adhan, calls Muslims five times a day to prayer, often over loudspeakers.
Bødskov told a local news agency, “The call to prayer should not be heard over Danish rooftops. It has no place in Denmark, and you shouldn’t be in any doubt whether you’ve ended up in a suburb of Islamabad when you walk around Denmark.”
In Isaiah 45:20, 22, the Lord said, “They have no knowledge, who … pray to a god that cannot save. … Look to Me, and be saved, all you ends of the Earth! For I am God, and there is no other.”
U.S. Supreme Court upholds ban of transgenders in sports
Here in the United States, the U.S. Supreme Court ruled against transgenderism in sports yesterday.
The ruling upheld laws in West Virginia and Idaho. These laws prohibit males, pretending to be females, from participating in female sports. Over the past six years, 27 states have enacted such laws.
The ruling stated, “The question before the Court is . . . may schools determine eligibility for women’s and girls’ sports based on biological sex? The answer is yes.”
Report: Liberal Presbyterian Church USA lost 128 congregations
The largest Presbyterian denomination in the U.S. continues its decline in membership.
A new report from the Presbyterian Church USA found that the denomination lost 26,000 members and 128 congregations from 2024 to 2025. Membership has fallen by an annual average of 4.6 percent over the past 10 years.
During that time, the denomination has also continued its theological drifting. The Presbyterian Church USA is known for supporting abortion and sexually perverted lifestyles.
Texas State Board of Education approved Bible on reading list
Last week, the Texas State Board of Education approved a public-school reading list that includes the Bible.
Bible verses will become required reading as part of literature studies in 2030. These include readings about Noah’s Ark, David and Goliath, the Parting of the Red Sea, and the Beatitudes.
Brandon Hall is a pastor and a member of the state education board. He said, “We’re going to stop watering down American history. We’re going to teach the truth. Our nation was founded as a Christian nation, and Texas is a Christian state.”
Buying a home harder today than previous generation
A new report from Pew Research found that buying a home has gotten harder for young adults in most American metro areas.
Eighty-nine percent of adults under 40 say home buying is harder for them than it was for their parents.
Between 2019 and 2024, the inflation-adjusted median home value rose 30 percent. Meanwhile, the inflation-adjusted median household income of young adults rose only nine percent.
Founding anniversary of Gideons who’ve distributed 2.5 billion Scriptures
Today marks the 127th anniversary of the founding of The Gideons, a ministry dedicated to distributing Bibles.
Two traveling Christian salesmen got the idea for the ministry after providentially meeting at a hotel. John Nicholson and Samuel Hill later founded the group on July 1, 1899 at a YMCA in Wisconsin.
The ministry encouraged Christian traveling businessmen by placing Bibles in hotel rooms. They placed their first Bible in 1908. Over a hundred years later, The Gideons surpassed 2.5 billion Scriptures distributed worldwide.
Isaiah 52:7 says, “How beautiful upon the mountains are the feet of him who brings good news, who publishes peace, who brings good news of happiness, who publishes salvation, who says to Zion, ‘Your God reigns.’”
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In Matthew 5:13, Jesus did not pull any punches. He said, “You are the salt of the Earth. But if the salt loses its saltiness, how can it be made salty again? It is no longer good for anything, except to be thrown out and trampled underfoot.”
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