It’s Wednesday, February 25th, 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 Jonathan Clark

Yemen authorities arrested 20 Christians

Authorities in Yemen, a country in the Middle East bordering Saudi Arabia to the north, have arrested at least 20 Christians in recent months.

For simply professing Christ, these believers can face torture and even death. The Islamic country is located in the south of the Arabian peninsula. It is illegal for Christians to publicly display or share their faith there.

International Christian Concern notes, “The arrests in Yemen paradoxically confirm what missionaries and human rights observers have long suspected: despite being one of the most dangerous places on Earth to be a Christian, Yemen hosts a growing indigenous church.”

According to Open Doors, Yemen is the third most oppressive country worldwide for Christians.

In Matthew 16:18, Jesus said, “On this rock I will build My church, and the gates of Hell shall not prevail against it.”

Christian Canadian fined $750,000 for opposing gender confusion

The British Columbia Human Rights Tribunal fined a Canadian Christian $750,000 last week for opposing gender confusion.

Barry Neufield is a former Board of Education trustee for the district of Chilliwack. He posted on social media that there are only two sexes, and he opposed transgender ideology in the schools.

Neufield wrote on Facebook that the widespread embrace of such ideology has “demonized people of faith who believe that God created humans male and female: In the Image of God.”

Judge fined Maryland school district for promoting sexual perversion

In the United States, a federal judge fined Maryland’s largest school district $1.5 million last week for promoting sexual perversity.

Parents sued Montgomery County Public Schools for not allowing them to opt their children out of storybooks featuring such perversity.

Eric Baxter with The Becket Fund for Religious Liberty commented, “Public schools nationwide are on notice: running roughshod over parental rights and religious freedom isn’t just illegal—it’s costly.”

Louisiana allowed to display 10 Commandments in classrooms

Louisiana can now enforce its law for every public school classroom to display the Ten Commandments.

The 5th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals issued the ruling last week in favor of the displays. The ruling stated, “There can be no doubt that the Ten Commandments bear immense religious significance. … But they also ‘have historical significance as one of the foundations of our legal system.’”

Deuteronomy 6:7 and 9 says this of God’s commandments: “You shall teach them diligently to your children, and shall talk of them when you sit in your house, when you walk by the way, when you lie down, and when you rise up. ... You shall write them on the doorposts of your house and on your gates.”

Vermont foster families allowed to affirm Biblical view

The state of Vermont will no longer require families to abandon their religious beliefs in order to be foster families.

The new policy comes thanks to the litigation of Alliance Defending Freedom. The issue began after Vermont revoked the licenses of two Christian families for opposing gender confusion.

The Christian legal rights group’s Senior Counsel, Johannes Delphonse, said, “This is an incredible victory for children in Vermont’s foster-care system.”

Conservative Methodist denomination hits 7,000 churches worldwide

The Global Methodist Church recently announced it reached 7,000 churches worldwide.

The denomination launched in 2022 after years of internal conflict within the United Methodist Church over human sexuality. Many theologically conservative churches left the mainline denomination since then.

The Global Methodist Church posted on Facebook, “This moment reminds us that growth isn’t just measured in numbers — it’s found in repentance, renewal, and lives being transformed by Jesus Christ.”

U.S. economy growing slower than expected

U.S. economic growth was slower than expected during the fourth quarter of 2025.

The U.S. Bureau of Economic Analysis reported real gross domestic product increased at an annual rate of 1.4 percent last quarter. That’s down from 4.4 percent during the third quarter and much lower than expectations.

Government spending was down during the fourth quarter because of the record-length shutdown.

Chicago man saved baby out of frigid Lake Michigan

And finally, a Chicago man saved an eight-month-old baby from the frigid 35-degree waters of Lake Michigan last Wednesday.

Block Club Chicago reports 30-year-old Lio Cundiff was taking a walk along the lake at Belmont Harbor. That’s when he heard a woman scream. Gusting winds had sent her stroller with her baby into the lake.

Cundiff can’t swim. But he dove in to save the baby anyways. He wasn’t sure how long he could keep her above water, but thankfully other bystanders stepped in and helped.

He said, “If she’s going down, I’m going down with her. I couldn’t live with myself if that baby hadn’t made it. … If it wasn’t for everyone being alert and helping, I don’t know what would’ve happened. I’m very thankful.”

And that's The Worldview on this Wednesday, February 25th, in the year of our Lord 2026.