It’s Tuesday, September 2nd, A.D. 2025. 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 Kevin Swanson
Pakistani Muslim kidnapped 16-year-old Christian girl
Pakistan is in the persecution news again.
This time for a 16-year-old Christian girl kidnapped and forced into sex slavery by a Muslim in the Punjab district. She was rescued by court order on August 14th.
This is just one of thousands of these cases occurring each year, where girls and women are kidnapped and forced into conversions, marriages, and prostitution.
Pakistan is the seventh worst nation in the world on The Worldview’s International Morality Index, and the eighth worst on Open Doors’ World Watch List.
Finnish politician tried third time for condemning perversion
A Finnish Member of Parliament, Päivi Räsänen, is back in court this month, after already being acquitted twice for the so-called hate crime of calling homosexual relationships “sinful.”
Räsänen has been charged with “agitation against a minority group” under the Finnish criminal code addressing “war crimes and crimes against humanity.”
She’s been under attack for seven years. This time the prosecutor is taking the case to Finland’s Supreme Court.
Afghanistan earthquake claims 800 lives
In God’s providence, Afghanistan has been hit by a third major earthquake since the Taliban took over, reports Reuters.
This has claimed 800 lives and wounded 2,800 more, mostly in the Kunar Province.
The 2022 quake killed over 1,000 people and the 2023 quake killed over 2,000 people.
Russia’s Putin, India’s Modi and China’s Jinping met in summit
The new Axis power base was further solidified yesterday in a meeting which took place in Tianjin, China, with the presidents of China, India, and Russia — Presidents Xi Jinping, Narendra Modi, and Vladimir Putin.
This was Modi’s first visit to China in seven years. Modi expressed his desire to Putin that the two nations deepen cooperation “in all sectors.”
The meeting of the Shanghai Cooperation Organization boasts “the world’s largest regional organization” including nations with a combined economic output of nearly $30 trillion. That’s just over the United States’ annual Gross Domestic Product.
Russia’s Putin called the alliance the beginnings of a “new system” of security in Eurasia. The Shanghai Cooperation Organization consists of the communist, Hindu, and Islamic states of Russia, Belarus, China, India, Iran, Kazakhstan, Kyrgyzstan, Pakistan, Tajikistan, and Uzbekistan.
Chinese Navy boasts more warships than America
The BBC reports that the Chinese Navy has exceeded America’s Navy in number of warships — 234 to 219.
However, the Chinese are still behind the United States in overall tonnage and aircraft carriers. Importantly, the Chinese shipyards have upwards of 200 times the ship-building capacity of America at this point.
Brazilian socialists want to lock up Jair Bolsonaro
Socialist elements in the Brazilian government are looking at locking up the nation’s previous president Jair Bolsonaro for 30 years.
Bolsonaro is accused of staging a coup after disagreeing with the election results in January of 2023.
The Associated Press reports that the evidence includes “an unsigned document that sought to invalidate the election and his alleged push for supporters to destroy government buildings in Brasilia on January 8, 2023.”
Low Scottish birth rate
Scotland’s birth rate is the lowest on record — hitting 1.23 children per woman. The nation’s abortion rate is 17.9 per 1,000 women.
Out of 50 countries, that’s the fifth lowest birth rate in Europe.
Only Malta, Spain, Lithuania, and Italy have lower birth rates.
Deuteronomy 7:12 and 14a makes a promise to a nation. “Because you listen to these judgments, and keep and do them. …You shall be blessed above all peoples; there shall not be a male or female barren among you or among your livestock.”
Not so much for Scotland.
Vice President JD Vance defends prayer
U.S. Vice President J.D. Vance defended prayer as a proper response to the recent massacre at the Minneapolis, Minnesota Catholic School.
His X post explained that, “We pray because our hearts are broken. We pray because we know God listens. We pray because we know that God works in mysterious ways, and can inspire us to further action.”
Vance was responding to Jen Psaki, Joe Biden’s previous press secretary, who skeptically asserted that “Prayer is not freaking enough. Prayers does [sic] not end school shootings. Prayers do not make parents feel safe sending their kids to school. Prayer does not bring these kids back.”
In addition to Vice President Vance, CNN’s conservative commentator Scott Jennings defended prayer as well.
Listen.
JENNINGS: “I think it’s wrong, frankly, to vilify or attack people of faith. I think ‘thoughts and prayers’ are the most solid on days of tragedy for people who live their faith every day. And I think on a day like today, particularly in a church community, there are probably people praying harder for comfort today than they have ever prayed in their life.
“And I heard others on the Left today go down this line of attack against people of faith, sort of denigrating the idea that they might want to pray today.”
Proverbs 28:9 reminds us that “If one turns away his ear from hearing the law, even his prayer is an abomination.” And Proverbs 15:29 says, “The LORD is far from the wicked, but He hears the prayer of the righteous.”
Chip and Joanna Gaines roll out “LGBTQ roller skating show”
The reality show pop-star couple and known-to- be professing Christians, Chip Gaines and his wife, Joanna, are under fire again.
This time, they are producing a program on their Magnolia Network featuring what has been termed “an LGBTQ+ roller skating reality show” called “Roller Jam.”
Joanna Gaines called it “a show the whole family can watch together,” according to Protestia and FaithWire.
Office mortgages hit record 11.7% delinquency rate
In economic news, delinquency rates on office mortgages in the United States have hit a record 11.7%, exceeding the last record set during the 2008 recession.
That delinquency rate was only 1.6% just two years ago.
Silver and gold keep climbing
According to TradingView.com, silver surged to $40.76 per ounce and gold hit $3,475 per ounce on Monday — record highs for the metals.
Married mothers happier than childless single women
And finally, no surprise here.
The Institute for Family Studies surveyed 3,000 women and found that married mothers were more likely to enjoy life.
The report documented that 47% of married mothers say their lives are enjoyable most or all the time, compared to 34% of unmarried, childless women who say the same thing.
Psalm 127:3 says, “Children are a heritage from the Lord, offspring a reward from Him.”
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And that’s The Worldview on this Tuesday, September 2nd, in the year of our Lord 2025. Follow us on X or subscribe for free by Spotify, Amazon Music, or by iTunes or email to our unique Christian newscast at www.TheWorldview.com. I’m Adam McManus (Adam@TheWorldview.com). Seize the day for Jesus Christ.