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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.
Samaritan’s Purse sending 12 million kids Christmas gifts, Nigerian Muslims killed 48 Christians, Major Japanese earthquake
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Samaritan’s Purse sending 12 million kids Christmas gifts, Nigerian Muslims killed 48 Christians, Major Japanese earthquake
It’s Tuesday, December 9th, 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
Nigerian Muslims killed 48 Christians
A wave of deadly attacks in the Southern Taraba State in Nigeria resulted in the deaths of 48 Christians and hundreds of homes were reduced to ashes.
Religious leaders point to Muslim terrorists as freely killing, without any intervention from the Nigerian military. In an article by TruthNigeria.com, one resident said, “We made calls to the Nigerian military, but the personnel refused to pick up. Later, they switched off their phones.”
Shockingly, Nigeria’s former Chief of Defense Staff, General Lucky Irabor, recently confirmed in a news interview that certain Nigerian politicians have been financing terror in the country.
Major Japanese earthquake
Japan just experienced its most severe earthquake in 10 years, reports The Guardian. According to The Independent, 23 people were injured.
Yesterday’s tremor hit the northern part of Honshu, registering 7.6 on the Richter scale.
Japanese economy struggling
Japan’s economy is also taking a hit — a 2.3% annualized decline in its Gross National Product last quarter. This would be Japan’s first recessionary trend since 2020.
The nation's new Prime Minister, Sanae Takaichi, promises more government spending with a $110 billion stimulus package to fix the problem.
Japanese elderly dying without known relatives
Increasingly, Japan’s elderly are dying without any known relatives or family relationships. This is measured by unclaimed inheritances.
Disturbingly, about $1 billion of unclaimed assets from elderly men and women, who have passed away, reverted to the Japanese federal treasury in 2024, reports The Japan Times. That’s four times the amount in 2013.
Above all, Japan needs the Gospel. In the words of Ephesians 2:11-12, “Remember that you, once Gentiles in the flesh … were without Christ, being aliens from the commonwealth of Israel and strangers from the covenants of promise, having no hope and without God in the world.”
Cambodia and Thailand back at war
As of yesterday morning, Cambodia is back at war with Thailand, following a Trump-brokered peace agreement, reports Nation of Thailand.
Thailand’s air force is targeting Cambodia’s military operations.
Russia-Ukrainian peace plan delayed again
There remains a disconnect between the United States and Europe on the Ukraine war resolution.
Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky met with United Kingdom Prime Minister Keir Starmer yesterday and clarified that there was still no deal on the U.S. proposal of land swaps in Russia’s favor.
China controls First World countries by lending money
Now, the Chinese government has set out to control nations by loans and grants — all of which have strings attached. That’s the essence of a report from AidData.org.
Chinese loan commitments are extending into First World countries, of which the United States tops the list — followed by Australia, Russia, Venezuela, Pakistan, Angola, Brazil, the United Kingdom, and Switzerland.
Chinese state-owned lenders have opened up about $1 trillion of credit to high-income countries, with the United States leading the pack as the largest debtor to China. According to the report, “China remains the world’s largest official creditor, lending approximately $140 billion to public sector and private sector borrowers around the globe in 2023.”
Proverbs 22:7 warns, “The debtors are servants to the lenders.”
Trump cut $600 million from “family planning” groups
The Trump administration cut $600 million this year from various international groups’ family planning budgets.
This cut was quickly compensated for by the Gates Foundation, which recently announced another $2.5 billion to the program.
30-somethings are 10% less likely to own a home
A new report finds that 30-somethings here in the Un
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.
