It’s Tuesday, February 24th, A.D. 2026. 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 and Timothy Reed

Early Rain Covenant Church Hit Again

China Aid reports of more communist persecution of the Early Rain Covenant Church in Chengdu, China.

Pastor Wang Yi is entering his seventh year in prison -- of a nine-year sentence.

But now, elder Li Yingqiang and his wife have been arrested for their commitment to Christ. His wife was released on bail, and encouraged friends on social media that “God’s arrangements are always good.”

Multiple churches in North America, and an organization in Australia, have designated the ninth of each month as a “Day of Fasting and Prayer for the Persecuted Church in China.”

Mexican National Guardsmen killed the most wanted cartel leader in the country

Mexico is in turmoil this week, after Mexican National Guardsmen killed the most wanted cartel leader in the country, Nemesio Cervantes, a criminal known as “El Mencho.”

So far, 34 drug cartel members are dead. Sadly, another 25 federal troops were killed in the ongoing conflict.

European immigration numbers down Immigration numbers have dropped sharply in Europe.

Britain records only 200,000 immigrants in 2025, down from 900,000 in 2023.

Eurostat’s Migration and Asylum report indicates a 13% drop in asylum applicants to European Union countries in 2024. That’s the first drop since 2020. And October 2025 numbers indicate a 28% drop compared with October 2024.

European Parliament refused to affirm only women can get pregnant

The Parliament of the European Union voted 340-141 to artificially redefine the definition of what a woman is. The Parliament also refused to affirm the biological fact “that only women can become pregnant.”

German Parliament member Tomasz Froelich blasted the new guidance. He said, “This isn’t about courtesy or pronouns. It’s about law, language, and the destruction of biological clarity in public policy.”

The new law opens the continent up to “the full recognition of trans women as women,” directly opposing God’s created gender roles.

In Matthew 19:4, Jesus asked, “Have you not read, that He which made them at the beginning made them male and female?”

Reform UK lacked traction; Will Restore Britain thrive?

As The Worldview reported on February 19 th, Britain has a new populist political party called the Restore Britain party.

The previous nationalist party, Reform UK, gained 14% of the vote in the 2024 election, but only holds eight seats which is a little over 1% of the seats in parliament.

Back in 2002, the UK populist parties had only 2% of the national vote.

More debt and more inflation for the U.S. In President Donald Trump’s first year in office in his second term, the US Debt to Gross Domestic Product ratio spiked to 122%. That’s the highest since Joe Biden’s first year in office during the COVID spend-a-thon.

Today’s U.S. federal debt stands at $38.7 trillion — exactly double what it was 10 years ago during the first Trump term, and quadruple the size of the debt 18 years ago during the 2008 recession.

Also in economic news, despite all the political noise and hand waving coming out of Washington, inflation is up in the U.S.

The core Personal Consumption Expenditures inflation index is up to 3% — back up to where it was two years ago. The GDP inflator reached 3.7%, the worst it’s been in three years.

And yet, the average 30-year mortgage rate has dropped to 6%, That’s the lowest it’s been in two and a half years.

Deuteronomy 15:6 ties in here. It says, “For the LORD your God will bless you just as He promised you; you shall lend to many nations, but you shall not borrow; you shall reign over many nations, but they shall not reign over you.”

Kansas legislature overturns veto on transgender Law

KANSAS LEADER: “The motion prevails and the bill passes.” (Gavel comes down)

And with that announcement, the Kansas Legislature, dominated by Republicans, voted to overturn Democratic Governor Laura Kelly’s veto on a bill that banned men, including men pretending to be women, from entering women's spaces.

The Kansas House voted 87-37 and the Kansas Senate voted 31-9 to overturn the veto.

Republican Kansas State Senator Virgil Peck, Jr. spoke from the Senate floor.

PECK: “I'm amazed that we're not hearing from more of those who are, if you will, feminists standing up for young ladies.”

The bill allows for criminal charges to be brought against biological men who intrude on women’s bathrooms and locker rooms, and holds to the birth gender or biological definition of male and female.

118,000 applications submitted for tax-funded school vouchers

Texas parents have submitted 118,000 applications since Texas Freedom Education Accounts opened up on February 4th.

The Houston public school district is looking at closing down 12 of its schools for the next school year,