It’s Thursday, November 5th, 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
Canadian pastor sentenced for expressing Biblical views
Authorities in Canada sentenced a pastor to 12 months of probation for expressing his Biblical values.
Back in 2023, Pastor Derek Reimer protested a “drag queen story hour” for children at a public library. Officials have targeted him since then with arrests and jail time. He’s now on probation and cannot use social media.
Pastor Reimer told LifeSiteNews, “I trust the Lord; the battle belongs to Him, and there’s a process to some of this and needs to be exposed, needs to be talked about.”
Send a polite, 4-sentence note to the Canadian Ambassador to America, Mark Wiseman, urging him to defend the right of pastors to express their Biblical views. Address it to the Canadian Embassy, 501 Pennsylvania Avenue NW, Washington, DC 20001.
Vice President Vance blames Iran War for blue wave
Here in the United States, Democrats took control of Congress in Tuesday’s midterm elections.
Democrats gained seven seats in the U.S. Senate to win a 54-seat majority. They gained 28 seats in the U.S. House of Representatives to win a 229-seat majority. Liberals also gained five governor seats, notably flipping Texas from Republican to Democrat.
Democrat Abdul El-Sayed won Michigan’s U.S. Senate seat to become the first Muslim in the chamber. The Senate will also have its first open homosexual after Chris Pappas won in New Hampshire. He faux married a man named Vann Bentley in February 2023. Oddly enough, Pappas co-owns a restaurant called the Puritan Backroom in Manchester.
Daniel 4:17 reminds us, “The Most High rules in the kingdom of men, gives it to whomever He will, and sets over it the lowest of men.”
Vice President Vance blames the election losses on the Iran war
U.S. Vice President J.D. Vance blamed the election losses on the Iran war.
He wrote on X, “The reason we lost is the war. The president himself said so last night.”
President Donald Trump expressed surprise over the results. He acknowledged the influence of the Iran war on the elections. But he thought the war was still the right thing to do.
President Trump ready to use the veto pen on Democrat proposals
In comments by phone to Fox News, President Trump revealed that he’ll be ready to veto insane Democratic proposals and he is also willing to work with them on some things.
TRUMP: “It’s been done before, as you know, numerous times. It’s a power of veto. It’s one of the stronger powers that a president has.
“They’ll send over things that are insane, and I’ll veto them. And after a couple of months of vetoes, they’ll call and they’ll say, ‘How do we get this stuff done?’ We’ll work together. You know, I have a lot of friends that are Democrats, believe it or not.”
Voters in 3 states embraced abortion vs. voters in another didn’t
The midterm elections also featured four abortion-related ballot measures.
Citizens in Missouri, Nevada, and Virginia voted in favor of abortion.
However, Idaho bucked the trend. Voters rejected Proposition 1 which would have effectively legalized abortion.
Blaine Conzatti, president of the Idaho Family Policy Center, said, “A broad majority of Idaho voters support our pro-life laws, including our Heartbeat law and the Defense of Life Act. This is what happens when Christians speak out and get engaged. WE WIN.”
Two-thirds of churchgoers fail a Bible literacy quiz
Lifeway Research reports two in three churchgoers fail a Bible literacy quiz.
The survey asked thousands of American Christians dozens of questions about general Bible knowledge. The average respondent scored 51. Sixty-five percent earned an F, scoring below 60. Only eight percent earned an A, scoring 90 and higher.
Lifeway Research noted, “Perhaps unsurprisingly, those who attend church the most and read the Bible the most scored the highest on the Bible literacy quiz.”
Psalm 119:15-16 says, “I will meditate on Your precepts, and contemplate Your ways. I will delight myself in Your statutes; I will not forget Your Word.”
British adventurer completed 28-year walk around the world
And finally, a British adventurer finished his 28-year, 29-country, 36,000-mile walk and swim around the world on Monday. It’s become known as the Goliath Expedition.
Karl Bushby began the journey in the southern tip of Chile on November 1, 1998 at the age of 29. He walked north through South America and Central America, the United States, and Canada. From Alaska, he crossed the frozen Bering Strait into Russia. Bushby then made his way through Asia and Europe, swimming both the Caspian Sea and the English Channel.
The 57-year-old former paratrooper walked into his home city of Hull, England on Monday, receiving a hug from his mother.
Bushby told NBC News that the people he met along the way made the journey possible.
Listen.
BUSHBY: “I always tell people I’ve met 99.9999% of the very best of humanity on this. Meeting people on a one-to-one basis — every culture, every country I’ve been in, same thing, same overwhelming generosity. People just want to help. The whole world has been my support network, and they have got me home.”
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