It’s Thursday, March 2nd, A.D. 2023. This is The Worldview in 5 Minutes heard at www.TheWorldview.com. I’m Adam McManus. (Adam@TheWorldview.com)
By Jonathan Clark
Ugandan police rescued 50 children
Praise God! Police in Uganda rescued 40 Christian children last month from a Muslim posing as a Christian charity leader.
Officials arrested two people in connection with the kidnapping.
The children were lured into a hotel. They would likely have been sold to a rebel militant group in the Democratic Republic of Congo.
A local pastor helped uncover the scheme. Speaking to Morning Star News, he said, “I appeal to the whole body of Christ in Uganda to be vigilant towards strangers who come in the name of helping children. We thank God for rescuing our children.”
Jesus said in Matthew 18:10, “See that you do not despise one of these little ones. For I tell you that in Heaven their angels always see the face of my Father who is in Heaven.”
United Nations to Azerbaijan: Reopen access to Armenian Christians
The United Nations’ International Court of Justice issued a binding order last Thursday in a conflict between Armenia and Azerbaijan.
The court ordered Azerbaijan to do everything in its power to reopen access to a region disputed by the two countries. The Nagorno-Karabakh region is in Azerbaijan but is inhabited and controlled by ethnic Armenians.
Since December, Azerbaijani protestors have blocked access to the area. This has created a humanitarian crisis for tens of thousands of Armenian Christians there.
Baroness Caroline Cox from U.K.’s House of Lords warned, “This could be another stage of genocide, destruction of Christian people, destruction of Christian heritage. And we need to pray.”
Christian college v. Biden over dorms
On Monday, a Christian college in Missouri filed a petition with the U.S. Supreme Court against a Biden administration rule that violates the college’s religious beliefs.
A directive from the U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development would require College of the Ozarks to open sex-specific campus dorms to people of the opposite sex.
Alliance Defending Freedom is representing the college. Attorney John Bursch said, “We hope the Supreme Court will take this case to halt the government’s inappropriate order targeting religious institutions and to respect the privacy, dignity, and safety of female students.”
Florida looks to ban taxpayer money from abortion mills
Last Wednesday, Ashley Moody, Florida’s Republican Attorney General, filed a motion for reinstating a law that bans taxpayer funding from going to abortion mills in the state.
A district court halted the 2016 law from going into effect. Now that Roe v. Wade is overturned, Moody argues the law should be reinstated.
In an interview with LifeSiteNews, the office of Republican Governor Ron DeSantis said, “We support this move to fully defund Planned Parenthood from any taxpayer support.”
Mississippi bans “sex-change” surgeries for kids
On Tuesday, Mississippi became the seventh state in the U.S. to ban so-called sex-change surgeries on minors.
The state’s legislature passed the bill on February 21. Republican Governor Tate Reeves signed it this week.
In a press conference, Reeves labeled transgender ideology as a dangerous movement that Mississippi was standing against.
REEVES: “In a world that’s upside down, when it comes to doing right by our kids, Mississippi will once again fight to keep our state right side up. And that’s why Mississippi will also follow the science and keep our kids safe.”
Poll: 7.2% of Americans identify as sexually perverted
A new survey from Gallup found 7.2% of adults in America identity with a sexually perverted lifestyle as of 2022.
That percentage is double what it was ten years before when Gallup first measured it.
Eighty-six percent of Americans still identify as heterosexual.
Nearly 20% of adult members of Generation Z, those born since 1997, identified as homosexual, bisexual, or transgender. It’s the largest proportion of any generation.
Only 4% of Americans have a Biblical worldview
The Cultural Research Center at Arizona Christian University recently released the first study on Biblical worldview in America since the COVID-19 pandemic.
Only 4% of Americans have a Biblical worldview now, down from 6% in 2020.
The study found nearly every demographic subgroup experienced a decline in adherence to a Biblical worldview.
The study noted, “The only exception to the trend was a single percentage-point increase among Blacks, rising from 3% in 2020 to 4% in 2023. The most noteworthy declines across the three years were recorded among born-again Christians (down six percentage points).”
The Ark Encounter and Creation Museum top 2 religious museums
And finally, USA Today released their 10 Best Poll of best religious museums in 2023.
Attractions run by Answers in Genesis in Kentucky ranked at the top. The Ark Encounter, a life-sized Noah’s ark, came in first, and the Creation Museum came in second.
Ken Ham with Answers in Genesis said, “I’m thrilled that more and more families have been discovering and enjoying our wholesome, God-honoring attractions in our constantly changing culture.”
God said in 1 Samuel 2:30, “Those who honor me I will honor, and those who despise me shall be lightly esteemed.”
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