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Voiced by veteran talk show host Adam McManus and written by radio-host and pastor Kevin Swanson and a team of other staff writers, The World View in 5 Minutes is a round-up of the daily news from a Biblical perspective. And, perhaps most uniquely, you will often hear applicable Scriptures paired with the stories themselves. It’s part Paul Harvey, part R.C. Sproul.
You’ll get hooked to the most definitively Christian overview of the news including politics, pop culture, the church, and tracing God’s sovereign hand in the affairs of man.
Florida’s first search-and-rescue otter, Chinese Communists arrested and detained three Christians, Japanese soldiers address attacks by bears
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Florida’s first search-and-rescue otter, Chinese Communists arrested and detained three Christians, Japanese soldiers address attacks by bears
It’s Wednesday, November 12th, 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 Jonathan Clark
Chinese Communists arrested and detained three Christians
Communist authorities in central China arrested and detained three Christians from a house church this month.
Two of the Christians are pastors. They are facing trumped up charges of “fraud” and had previously spent over two years in custody. Officials often use such charges against house church leaders for simply receiving tithes and offerings.
ChinaAid noted, “In recent years, the charge of ‘fraud’ has increasingly been used by local governments across China as a common tactic to suppress pastors of house churches systematically.”
Psalm 14:1, 4 says, “The fool has said in his heart, ‘There is no God.’ They are corrupt, they have done abominable works, there is none who does good. … Have all the workers of iniquity no knowledge, who eat up My people as they eat bread, and do not call on the LORD?”
Japanese soldiers address attacks by bears
Japan deployed troops to the northern part of the island country last week to deal with a string of deadly attacks—from bears.
Since April of this year, bears have killed at least 13 people in Japan and injured over 100 more. That’s the most fatalities on record.
Experts are blaming the attacks on a poor acorn harvest this year. Bears are now leaving their natural habitats and wandering into urban areas to find food. In one incident last month, a bear attacked shoppers at a supermarket 80 miles north of Tokyo.
Supreme Court affirms Trump’s call for biologically accurate passports
In the United States, the U.S. Supreme ruled in favor of the Trump administration in a case involving so-called gender identity.
The ruling allows the State Department to require passports to list the holder’s biological sex at birth. The court ruled 6-3 along ideological lines.
The ruling stated, “Displaying passport holders' sex at birth no more offends equal protection principles than displaying their country of birth—in both cases, the government is merely attesting to an historical fact without subjecting anyone to differential treatment.”
Nebraska defunded Planned Parenthood
Nebraska became the latest state to defund abortion providers like Planned Parenthood.
The state’s Republican Governor Jim Pillen signed an executive order last Thursday to end Medicaid funding to abortion providers.
Nebraska made the move after the U.S. Supreme Court allowed South Carolina to defund Planned Parenthood.
Listen to comments from Nebraska State Attorney General Mike Hilgers.
HILGERS: “Today is a culmination of years of work to ensure that Nebraska taxpayers no longer have their tax dollars going to fund abortions in the state of Nebraska. It's a fight that has gone on even from my time in the legislature.
“When we first got Title X funds, we stopped Title X from going to abortion providers, and now, thanks to [Nebraska] Governor Pillen’s leadership, we have finally gotten to a place where taxpayer funds will no longer support abortions.”
Age of first-time home buyer has increased to record high of 40
The National Association of Realtors released their 2025 Profile of Home Buyers and Sellers.
The share of homes being bought by first-time buyers dropped to a record low of 21% over the last year. Meanwhile, the typical age of a first-time buyer climbed to an all-time high of 40.
Jessica Lautz, Deputy Chief Economist for the National Association of Realtors, said, “The historically low share of first-time buyers underscores the real-world consequences of a housing market starved for affordable inventory.”
Regular Bible readers are more generous
The American Bible Society released a new chapter from its State of the Bible USA 2025 report.
The research found people who read the Bible regularly are more likely to be generous. Among Christian deno
The WorldView in 5 Minutes
Voiced by veteran talk show host Adam McManus and written by radio-host and pastor Kevin Swanson and a team of other staff writers, The World View in 5 Minutes is a round-up of the daily news from a Biblical perspective. And, perhaps most uniquely, you will often hear applicable Scriptures paired with the stories themselves. It’s part Paul Harvey, part R.C. Sproul.
You’ll get hooked to the most definitively Christian overview of the news including politics, pop culture, the church, and tracing God’s sovereign hand in the affairs of man.
