It’s Tuesday, November 12th, A.D. 2024. This is The Worldview in 5 Minutes heard on 125 radio stations and at www.TheWorldview.com.  I’m Adam McManus. (Adam@TheWorldview.com)

By Kevin Swanson

Brazilian homeschoolers growing despite opposition

The Brazilian homeschooling movement is growing despite opposition from the leftist government of that country.

Over the weekend, 3,000 homeschoolers gathered outside of Sao Paulo for a major conference and rallying point.  Generations Radio and The Worldview supported the conference with speaking and resources.

Reports of government prosecution of homeschooling families are on the rise, with at least twenty cases presently on record.  Pray for Christian families under this spiritual and political push back.

Psalm 78:5-6 encourages parents that God has “established a testimony in Jacob, and appointed a law in Israel, which He commanded our fathers, that they should make them known to their children; that the generation to come might know them, the children who would be born, that they may arise and declare them to their children.”

German government collapsed last week

Only hours after Trump’s announced election last week, the national government of Germany collapsed.

The multi-party based government was tenuous to begin with, but when Chancellor Olaf Scholz fired Finance Minister Christian Lindner, the government lost its majority in parliament.

The government has also lost support from the populace. According to a recent survey, only 3% of the people called the present government “good for Germany.”

Germany’s economy shrinks as families have fewer babies

Germany is the fourth largest economy in the world after the United States, the European Union, and China.

Interestingly, Germany was the only economy of the Group of 7 nations to shrink last year.  Thus far this year, the country is barely holding onto a 0.1% annual Gross Domestic Product increase based on data from the first three quarters.  

In addition, industrial production has been steadily decreasing since 2018. Germany’s working age population will decrease more than every other G7 nation over the next five years due to low birth rates. 

Catholic Latino support for Trump doubled between ‘20 and ‘24

The Republicans gained more ground cultivating support from the Latino Catholic vote than any other major demographic in the 2024 presidential election.

Trump support among Catholic Latinos increased from 28% in 2020 to 53% in 2024 — almost double! Support from the Catholic demographic in general for the Donald Trump presidential bid actually increased from 47% to 58% between 2020 and 2024. 

Republicans win U.S. House

According to Decision Desk HQ, the Republicans won control of the U.S. House with 219 seats over the Democrats with 210 seats. 

218 seats are necessary for a majority.

Eric Metaxas: Pastors don’t understand the times

Pastor John Piper sparked a little controversy among Christian websites when he commented on the presidential election, noting that “[God] having delivered us from one evil, [He] now tests us with another.”

The pastor referenced Deuteronomy 13:3, not to listen “to the words of that prophet or that dreamer of dreams. For the LORD your God is testing you, to know whether you love the LORD your God with all your heart and with all your soul.”

Citing 1 Chronicles 12:32 , Christian commentator Eric Metaxas responded by saying, “Shame on these pastors for not being Sons of Issachar, but rather modern day Pharisees and Sadducees, not knowing Truth from a lie. Lord, deliver us from them.”

Evangelical theologians discuss presidential election, pro-life movement

Other leading evangelical theologians have commented on the election as well. 

Carl Trueman wrote that he “would be horrified if my children behaved as either of our two serious presidential candidates routinely do.  The choice is a grim, but unavoidable one. ... Vote against the candidate who will do the most damage by policy.”

And Albert Mohler, president of Southern Baptist Theological Seminary, opined that “the pro-life movement in the United States is in big, big trouble” based on recent losses at the ballot box.

But he also said, “I’m thankful for the clarity that the American people achieved for the Republic. I think the choice, in this case, (for President) was also healthy for the Republic.”

Trump appointed Rep. Elise Stefanik as Ambassador to United Nations

President-elect Trump has appointed GOP Congresswoman Elise Stefanik of New York as the next Ambassador to the United Nations, reports ABC News. Stefanik has a 48% conservative voting record on Liberty Score. That compares to Rand Paul’s 93% on the same rating.  

Stefanik voted to codify same-sex mirage into federal law back in 2022, and was in favor of the female draft in 2021. 

Federal Reserve cut reserve rate again

The U.S. Federal Reserve Board voted to cut the reserve rate by another 25 basis points late last week. That follows a 50 basis point cut in September.  

The rate was just about 0% in January of 2022, at which point the Fed began increasing the rate all the way up to 5.33%.

Trump election impacting market

And finally, cryptocurrency prices shot up after the Trump election last week.

Bitcoin is scraping $88,000.

Gold dropped slightly from the $2,740 per ounce to the $2,670-per-ounce range.

And the Dow Jones Industrial Average and Nasdaq stock indexes bumped up about 5% since the election.

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