It’s Friday, September 26th, 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 Adam McManus
Chinese Communist court upholds prison sentence of 10 Christians
On September 11, a court in the Inner Mongolian region of North China upheld a ruling that sentenced 10 Christians to prison for distributing legally published Bibles, asserting that their actions equated to an illegal business operation, reports International Christian Concern.
The believers were arrested back in 2021 for purchasing legally published Bibles and reselling them at a significantly lower price as a means of evangelism.
Although the Bibles were published legally, the court deemed the distribution of them illegal because the house church that the distributors belonged to was not officially registered with the Communists. Additionally, the church refused to join the government-controlled Three-Self Patriotic Movement church.
Trump now wants Russia to return all captured Ukraine territory
After campaigning on ending the Russia-Ukraine war, President Donald Trump had repeatedly stated any negotiations to end the war will likely include Ukraine ceding captured territory to Russia, reports American Family Radio News.
However, there’s now been an about-face, a big one, that sounds like Trump now supports a military counter-offensive by Ukraine.
This week, President Trump stated that Ukraine, with help from NATO and the European Union, can retake all territory it has lost to Russia and restore Ukraine to its “original form.”
Russian President Vladimir Putin has ignored Trump’s efforts to bring peace to the region even after face-to-face talks in Alaska earlier this summer.
Mark Montgomery, a former rear admiral, believes that Putin has embarrassed and irritated Trump. Listen to this soundbite from Washington Watch with Tony Perkins.
MONTGOMERY: “President Trump was disrespected by President Putin. After every meeting, Putin would go back to Russia and would immediately engage in significant hypersonic missile strikes on civilian personnel in Ukraine, and as well as engaging in military kinetic actions along the front line, ignoring the president’s request for Vladimir to stop, ignoring the president’s request to come to the negotiating table.
“I think President Trump gave President Putin all the wiggle room he could. And then he had enough.”
Former FBI Director James Comey indicted on federal charges
Federal prosecutors on Thursday announced they had won an indictment of former FBI Director James Comey in federal courts, reports The Epoch Times.
Comey was indicted by a grand jury in the U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of Virginia on charges of making a false statement and obstruction in a criminal case.
In a post on X, Attorney General Pam Bondi wrote, “No one is above the law. Today’s indictment reflects this Department of Justice’s commitment to holding those who abuse positions of power accountable for misleading the American people. We will follow the facts in this case.”
Panic seizes Pentagon over Hegseth’s meeting of all generals
Secretary of War Pete Hegseth has ordered all top U.S. military commanders, worldwide, to convene at the Quantico, Virginia Marine Corps Base next week for a no-notice meeting with no published agenda.
To call this unprecedented might be an understatement.
The order covers about 800 general officers and admirals, and each of the attendees is directed to bring their senior enlisted adviser with them, reports RedState.com.
It’s also very likely that Hegseth will want to discuss the epidemic of non-compliance and malicious compliance wreaking havoc on the policies he and his team are attempting to put into place. For instance, trans members of the military are still being promoted even though they have been ordered discharged.
DEI training continues despite Hegseth’s order banning such nonsense.
The Judge Advocate General Corps, the stronghold of everything leftist in all services, survived an early decapitation attack and roared back more woke and more disloyal and vindictive than ever. They openly discuss how to circumvent Department of War directives and frequently refer to their commanders who are following lawful orders from the Secretary of War as “nazis” and “war criminals.”
Man who shot at ICE Dallas facility sought to bring terror
The 29-year-old man, Joshua Jahn, who opened fire on a Dallas Immigration and Customs Enforcement facility from a nearby roof on September 24th left behind handwritten notes at his home in Oklahoma that shared a motive for his attack – to terrorize ICE employees, reports Fox4News.com.
He killed one detainee, and injured two other detainees before taking his own life.
According to FBI Director Kash Patel, Jahn downloaded a document titled “Dallas County Office of Homeland Security & Emergency Management,” which contained a list of Department of Homeland Security facilities. He also conducted multiple searches of ballistics and the “Charlie Kirk Shot Video” between September 23 and September 24.
Jahn allegedly left handwritten notes behind that read in part, “Hopefully, this will give ICE agents real terror, to think, ‘Is there a sniper with [armor piercing] rounds on that roof?’”
At a press conference, FBI agent-in-charge Joseph Rothrock said, “Jahn specifically intended to kill ICE agents. He fired at transport vehicles carrying ICE personnel, federal agents, and detainees. He also fired multiple shots into the windows of the office building, where numerous ICE employees do their jobs every day.”
The Department of Homeland Security is also increasing security at all ICE facilities across America.
Christian leader Voddie Baucham died at 56
And finally, Voddie Baucham, an American pastor, author, and educator, died yesterday at the age of 56.
TimesNowNews.com reports that Baucham had dealt with serious health issues in the past. In February 2021, he experienced “full-blown heart failure.” The following month, he underwent successful heart surgery. Later, doctors found another blockage, which led to a quadruple bypass surgery.
On Facebook, his ministry wrote, “We are saddened to inform friends that our dear brother, Voddie Baucham, Jr., has left the land of the dying and entered the land of the living. Earlier today, after suffering an emergency medical incident, he entered into his rest and the immediate presence of the Savior whom he loved, trusted, and served since he was converted as a college student. Please pray for Bridget, their [nine] children, and [three] grandchildren.”
Indeed, I urge you to send a sympathy card to Bridget Baucham, c/o Voddie Baucham Ministries,1020 S. Ferdon, Crestview, FL 32536.
Voddie served for nine years as Dean of Theology at African Christian University in Lusaka, Zambia and was the Founding President of Founders Seminary in Cape Coral, Florida.
Known for his passionate preaching, teachings on faith, and books on Christian living, Baucham left a deep mark on the Evangelical community.
His books included Family Driven Faith: Doing What It Takes to Raise Sons and Daughters Who Walk with God, Family Shepherds: Calling and Equipping Men to Lead Their Homes, and Fault Lines: The Social Justice Movement and Evangelicalism’s Looming Catastrophe.
Listen to Voddie Baucham explain how Ephesians 6:1 has been turned upside down by the world.
BAUCHAM: “Children, obey your parents in the Lord, for this is right. We’ve turned this on its head.
“First of all, your children are not yours. ‘Children, obey the state, for this is right.’ We’ve even moved from that.
“’Children obey your feelings, for this is right.’ And then on top of that. We say, ‘Parents, obey your children’s feelings, for this is right.’ So, if Johnny comes to you and says that Johnny is now Susie, it is your job not to instruct Johnny that he’s not Susie, but to instruct Susie that you affirm her as Susie. That’s your job.
“Your job is to obey, to submit to what it is that your child says that he or she is. Sounds like the same twisted logic of the evangelical feminist.”
Psalm 116:15 says, “Precious in the sight of the Lord is the death of His saints.”
Watch Voddie’s last talk in which he addressed Charlie Kirk’s death at New St. Andrews College.
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