It’s Tuesday, March 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

Nigerian Muslims chained 14-year-old Christian girl to tree for 138 days

Radical Muslims are killing Nigerian Christians at a rate of 32 people per day, or 12,000 per year, according to the most recent data.

About the same average number are being kidnapped. The stories are the most brutal in recorded history.

Truth Nigeria tells of a 14-year-old Christian girl named Eunice who was cruelly chained in the forest for 138 days, beaten daily, and starved. She witnessed captives murdered and raped. Eunice’s mother, Martha, was also held by the criminal group.

She told TruthNigeria, “Whenever we tried to pray, they beat us harder and shouted that there is no Christian God.” This was one of 50 taped interviews.

Tragically, the Nigerian government has registered zero interest in these criminal activities. The young woman and her mother are still being treated in a Kaduna hospital, unable to be discharged and unable to pay the bill.

Truth Nigeria reports that “Eunice’s frame is skeletal — collar bones jutting, arms wasted, eyes sunken into a gaunt face. Martha, [her mother,] is equally ravaged: cheeks hollowed; body stripped of flesh by five months of starvation. Neither can eat a full meal without vomiting. Neither can walk unassisted.”

Pray for the poor, persecuted saints in Nigeria, Africa.

According to Open Doors, Nigeria is the seventh most dangerous country worldwide for Christians.

Argentina’s economy is thriving and inflation rate is going down

Argentina’s economy saw another 4.4% bump last year.

Since Javier Milei’s election to the presidency in 2022, the economy has soared by 9%.

Impressively, Argentina’s inflation rate dropped to 31% — the lowest in eight years.

China’s economy is steaming ahead, leaving America & Japan behind

China has edged itself into a top position in the world economy.

For example, Chinese automakers have trounced Japan, producing nearly 27 million vehicles in global sales last year compared to Japan’s sale of 25 million vehicles. By way of background, Japan had held the top place since the year 2000.

If measured by purchasing power, China’s economy is now 50% larger than the U.S. economy. Indeed, China passed the U.S. economy in 2016.

British pro-lifer awarded Pennsylvania Freedom Medal

British pro-lifer Isabel Vaughan-Spruce was awarded the Pennsylvania Freedom Medal by Republican State Senator Doug Mastriano.

Spruce has faced persecution for her pro-life beliefs in the United Kingdom, and was arrested multiple times for silently praying near abortion mills.

Mastriano wrote on X, “She wasn’t shouting. She wasn’t blocking anyone. She wasn’t holding signs. She was simply praying quietly in her mind.”

Vaughan-Spruce responded, “This is a huge honor and such a kind and thoughtful gesture. Thank you to all those who recognize, uphold, and defend true liberty!”

Colossians 4:2-3 says, “Continue earnestly in prayer, being vigilant in it with thanksgiving; meanwhile praying also for us, that God would open to us a door for the word, to speak the mystery of Christ, for which I am also in chains.”

America’s debt soars to $39 trillion

Here in America, since the U.S. Congress lifted the debt ceiling last July — the U.S. Treasury debt has increased by another $2.8 trillion. America’s debt now stands at $39 trillion!

The U.S. debt-to-GDP ratio increased more in the fourth quarter of 2025. It now stands at a whopping 123%. That ratio has doubled since 2008.

It took 200 years for America to achieve its first $1 trillion in debt back in 1981. Unbelievably, the Trump administration has racked up another $2.8 trillion in just the last nine months.

Liberty Univ. wants right to fire employees who reject Biblical standard Last week, Liberty University presented oral arguments at the U.S. Fourth Circuit Court of Appeals in Zinski v. Liberty University, arguing for the right of a Christian college to hold to its biblical standards on employment decisions. The case involves a male employee who attempted to appear as a female while in the employment of the university.

Liberty Counsel attorney Matt Staver said, the case is “fundamentally about whether religious institutions can maintain their identity and mission in their employment decisions,” and whether a Christian university “has the right to employ individuals whose beliefs and conduct align with its doctrinal teachings.”

The outcome of this case has the potential to establish whether religious institutions retain autonomy over their missions through employment decisions based on doctrinal standards. Federal employment law operates universally across all non-ministerial positions, regardless of an institution's religious beliefs.

Actor Chuck Norris, who committed his life to Christ, died

And finally, actor, martial arts pro, and conservative Christian commentator Chuck Norris, passed away on March 19th.

He confessed to living a dissolute lifestyle in the 1980s, when he said he had wandered from the faith. Chuck shared his Christian profession on the program “Praise the Lord” in 2004.

Listen. NORRIS: “Unfortunately, in periods of my life, I did drift from the Lord, but the Lord never drifted from me. He stayed with me the whole time.”

INTERVIEWER: “Amen.”

NORRIS: “Yes. And I just praised God for that. And actually, when I met my beautiful wife here, you know, I was kind of living the Hollywood lifestyle.

“One morning, I visited with her, and she went in the...