“Jelly Roll” glorified Jesus Christ at the Grammys, 1,400 Nigerian kidnap victims held in forests, 13-year-old boy swam 4 hours off Australian coast to save family

It’s Tuesday, February 3rd, 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

1,400 Nigerian kidnap victims held in forests

Truth Nigeria reports that “more than 1,400 kidnap victims are held in horrific conditions in the forests of Nigeria’s Kaduna State in North-central Nigeria.”

Locations are well known, yet the Nigerian government refuses to get involved. So far, there are no records of Nigerian military entering the massive network of these torture camps.

Horrifically, stories abound of Christians being tortured by Muslim terrorists with whips for hours until they are dead. The extremists have also severed the heads and other body parts of Christians.

Please pray for the physical safety of our Nigerian brothers and sisters in Christ.

Epstein file release leads to resignation of British homosexual politician

Over the weekend, disgraced British politician Peter Mandelson resigned his position in the Labour Party after more revelations came out of his involvement with Jeffrey Epstein and alleged violations of the Seventh Commandment with girls, reports the BBC.

Mandelson was also a well-known homosexual, who faux married a man, violating God’s laws relating to improper relations with men. He served as British Ambassador to the United States last year, a member of the House of Lords, Secretary of State, and Lord President of the Council under Prime Minister Gordon Brown.

Job 4:8 reminds us that “those who plow iniquity and sow trouble reap the same.”

Hillary Clinton aims at Doug Wilson, Allie Stuckey, & Mike Johnson

Former First Lady and presidential candidate Hillary Clinton went after Reformed Pastor Douglas Wilson in a January 29th op-ed column in The Atlantic.

She accused the pastor of opposing suffrage for women, advocating theocracy, and associating with War Secretary Pete Hegseth. She lumped Allie Beth Stuckey, House Speaker Mike Johnson, and Doug Wilson’s Communion of Reformed Evangelical Churches into the same basket of what she called “Christian nationalists.”

She lamented the sharp decline in participation and membership in mainstream liberal churches. She called for “empathy” in government, referring to Jesus’s comments to turn the other cheek, but had nothing to say about Romans 13.

She said she opposes tyranny and embraces homosexual and transgender rights. And she decried Trump’s immorality, but had nothing to say about Bill Clinton and Jeffrey Epstein in the opinion piece.

Trump announces trade deal with India

On Monday, President Donald Trump announced a trade deal with India, reports The Epoch Times.

The United States would reduce import tariffs from 50% to 18% — a 25% relief if India agrees to stop imports of Russian oil. 

The Afghanistan Taliban government reintroduced slavery

On January 27th, U.S. Senate Foreign Relations Committee Chair Jim Risch announced that the Afghanistan Taliban government has re-incorporated slavery in the country.

The new Afghan criminal procedure code issued in January also provides the Taliban government with “broad and dangerous authority to kill opponents, critics, and human rights activists under this designation, without guaranteeing the right to defense and fair trial,” according to Rawadari.org.

Quite the opposite of the Islamic vision for the world, Jesus has come “To proclaim liberty to the captives and recovery of sight to the blind, to set at liberty those who are oppressed; to proclaim the acceptable year of the Lord.” (Luke 4:18,19)

“Jelly Roll” glorified Jesus Christ at the Grammys

This year’s Grammy Awards ceremony, which recognizes achievement in the music industry, came and went again, with its typical outrageous, scandalous presentations, leftist political bias, and demoralizing and anti-social content.

But one country music personality by the name of Jason DeFord, known as Jelly Roll, stood out from the crowd for a minute or two, when he addressed the audience.

Listen.

DEFORD: “I know they’re gonna try to kick me off here, so just let me try to get this out. There was a time in my life, y’all that I was, I was broken. That’s why I wrote this album. I didn’t think I had a chance, y’all. There was days that I thought the darkest things. I was a horrible human.

“There was a moment in my life that all I had was a Bible this big, and a radio the same size, and a six by eight-foot cell. And I believe that those two things could change my life. I believe that music had the power to change my life, and God had the power to change my life.

“And I want to tell y’all right now: Jesus is for everybody. Jesus is not owned by one political party. Jesus is not owned by no music label. Jesus is Jesus, and anybody can have a relationship with Him. I love you, Lord.”

Every now and then, the truth slips out.

Jelly Roll won a Grammy for the Best Contemporary Country Album entitled “Beautifully Broken,” reports Forbes.

13-year-old boy swam 4 hours off Australian coast to save family

And finally, a 13-year-old boy saved his mother and two siblings who had drifted off the coast of Australia last Friday by swimming four kilometers, reports the BBC.

The 13-year-old swam the first two hours with his life jacket on. That was slowing him down, so he ditched it, and swam the last two hours without it. The family had been paddle-boarding and kayaking off the coast of Western Australia, when strong winds pushed them out to sea.

The boy made it to shore by 6:00 pm. Two and a half hours later, a rescue helicopter spotted the mom with her 12-year-old son and 8-year-old daughter at 8:30 pm.

The Marine Rescue Group commended the young man for his “bravery, strength and courage.” Paul Bresland, commander of the group, called the feat “superhuman.”  And an inspector, James Bradley, said,  “The actions of the 13-year-old boy cannot be praised highly enough. His determination and courage ultimately saved the lives of his mother and siblings.”

2 Chronicles 15:7 says, “But you, take courage! Do not let your hands be weak, for your work shall be rewarded.”

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And that’s The Worldview on this Tuesday, February 3rd, in the year of our Lord 2026. Follow us on X or subscribe for free by Spotify, Amazon Music, or by iTunes or email to our unique Christian newscast at www.TheWorldview.com.  I’m Adam McManus (Adam@TheWorldview.com). Seize the day for Jesus Christ.

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