It’s Tuesday, October 29th, 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

Ugandan pastor and family burned to death

A pastor and his family were burned to death in a house fire in Eastern Uganda, reports The Christian Post.

The bodies of Pastor Weere Mukisa, his 25-year-old wife, Annet Namugaya, and their two daughters, 7-year-old Judith and 4-year-old Sylvia, were found consumed in a fire set in the early morning hours of October 13th.

The pastor had been threatened by local Muslims for evangelizing among the local Muslim population. The pastor’s brother said, “When the three young Muslims converted to Christ, my brother started receiving threatening messages that he should stop any contact with the three converts, and that the act committed is against the teaching of Islam to not join the religion of infidels.”

Canadian government persecuting 74 Amish

In other news, the Canadian government is persecuting 74 members of the Amish community in Ontario for their failure to download a Covid-19 app despite the fact they have no access to smart phones.

The government has also placed liens on the Amish farms for those incapable of paying the fines. 

Russia has gained control of Donetsk, Ukraine

The Russian army has gained control of 478 square kilometers of Ukrainian territory in the ongoing war, mostly in the Donetsk region in the month of October. That’s the first major gain since March of 2022.

The Kiel Institue of the World Economy reports that the Ukrainian conflict has already drawn $128 billion from Europe and $92 billion from the US. Meantime, Russia is increasing its military budget by 25% to $145 billion in 2025 — a full 32% of the nation’s government budget, reports Reuters. 

Archbishop of Canterbury compromises on Biblical sexuality

The leading cleric in the Church of England, Justin Welby, was asked in an interview last week what he thought about acts of sodomy. The Archbishop of Canterbury approved of the sexual perversion in these words.

WELBY: “Where we've come to is to say that all sexual activity should be within a committed relationship, whether it's straight or gay. In other words, we're not giving up on the idea that sex is within marriage or civil partnership.”

Some within the Anglican Church are now calling for the archbishop’s resignation.

Proverbs 25:26 points out that, “Like a muddied spring or a polluted fountain is a righteous man who gives way before the wicked.”

House sales hit lowest level since 1995

Annual sales of existing single family homes in the United States have dropped to the lowest level since 1995, reports The Wall Street Journal. That’s almost 30 years ago!  

Buyers are revolting against high prices. For example, the median price of a condo is $360,000, up from $165,000 in 2013. 

Bitcoin, gold and inflation are up

Bitcoin is hovering around $69,000, approaching an all-time high again, up 4.5% from three years ago.

Gold is up 61% from three years ago, now selling at $2,740 per ounce.

And inflation is up 16% over the last three years. 

Public profanity more common

Profanity is more common in the public forum.  

A recent presidential candidate swore or cursed 13 times at a rally.  

On the local level, KPBS of San Diego analyzed the city’s public meetings, and found an exponential increase in incivility, cursing, and swearing between 2020 and 2023. The number of uncivil exchanges in the public meetings increased from just two in 2008 to 167 in 2023.

A recent survey produced by Harris X poll found that 68% of Americans over 65 years of age are bothered by the public use of profanity, and only 26% of 18- to 35-year-olds are bothered by it.

Deuteronomy 5:11 issues the warning for all of us: “You shall not take the name of the Lord your God in vain, for the Lord will not hold him guiltless who takes His name in vain.”

Trump enjoys slight lead in all 7 swing states

In the presidential polls, Trump leads Harris in Wisconsin by one point. Trump leads in Michigan by one point. Trump leads in Arizona by two points. Trump is half a point ahead in Pennsylvania. Trump leads in North Carolina by two points. Trump leads in Nevada by one point. And Trump leads Georgia by two points.

Either candidate will need to win three or four of these seven swing states to take the election.

Mel Gibson eager to depict Siege of Malta

Actor and producer Mel Gibson met with the Prime Minister of Malta and the Film Commission to discuss a production of a film which would dramatize the historic Siege of Malta, reports The Times of Malta.

Between the months of May and September of 1565, seven hundred knights defended the European continent from the island invasion of 40,000 Mohammedan Turks.

Queen Elizabeth I had warned that, “If the Turks should prevail against the Isle of Malta, it is uncertain what further peril might follow to the rest of Christendom.”  

In the providence of God, the Hospitaler Knights, led by Jean Parisot de Valette, defeated the seemingly invincible Ottomans, and saved Europe.

$1,075 given toward $4,185 goal to finish Pakistani orphanage well

And finally, toward the $4,185 that we are trying to raise to help a Pakistani Christian orphanage housing 85 children dig a new 500-foot deep well to avoid the contamination of chemicals that compromised their 200-foot well, f