King Charles ignores Easter and celebrates Ramadan; Second U.S. airman rescued in Iran proclaims, “God is good!”; Easter massacre in Nigeria

It’s Tuesday, April 7th, 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

Easter massacre in Nigeria

Easter weekend was one long, bloody massacre for Christians in Nigeria, reports TruthNigeria.com.

Heavily armed Fulani Muslim insurgents burned down three Christian communities in Nasarawa State. Sadly, the Nigerian government offered no protections for the Christians. 

The Muslim Fulani tore through the Benue State chanting “Allahu Akbar,” burning houses and killing 17 residents there.  Again, witnesses say the government offered no protection. On Sunday, 15 more Christian worshipers were killed in the Southern Kaduna State.

Please, pray for the heavily oppressed Nigerian Christians. 

Will Hungarian Prime Minister Viktor Orbán win re-election?

Hungarian Prime Minister Viktor Orbán may be on his way out.

The Prime Minister, who is a close friend to the Trump administration, and has held power for 16 years, is slumping in the polls. Opposition candidate Peter Magyar is garnering support among young Hungarians, and some polls have his Tisza Party at 50% support. Viktor Orbán has been known as a fierce nationalist over the years.

The elections will take place this Friday.  

Hungary drops in Freedom Index

Since Orban’s election to office in 2010, Hungary’s rating on the Heritage Foundation Freedom Index has witnessed a 7% drop. Plus, The Freedom House index registers a 30% loss in freedom for Hungary since 2010.

Freedom of the press has also lost ground. Reporters Without Borders puts Hunrgry at the 68th place in the world, down from 23rd place in 2010.

During the COVID years, spreading “false information” about the pandemic was made a crime, punishable by five years in prison. State control of private property increased during Orban’s administration from 11% to 16.5% of the Gross Domestic Product which is the total monetary value of all goods and services produced within the country's borders in a year.

And homeschooling is practically banned in Hungary.

Orban’s government has held the ground on pro-family issues relating to abortion and LGBTQ sexual perversion indoctrination in schools.  

Pew Research reports that Hungary is in religious decline. Orban’s efforts to raise the birth rate have largely failed, with the 2025 birth rate dropping to 1.31. Only 17% of Hungarians attend religious services weekly or monthly, and only 16% of the population say they pray daily. That compares to 29% for the region of Eastern Europe. 

King Charles ignores Easter and celebrates Ramadan

The English monarch, King Charles III, broke tradition this year and neglected to include a message to Christians on the day that many churches celebrate the Resurrection of Christ.

Instead, on the Royal Family’s account, he opted to celebrate the Islamic holiday, Ramadan. King Charles wrote, "Wishing all Muslims in the U.K., the Commonwealth and around the world, a blessed and peaceful Ramadan.” In Luke 9:26, Jesus said, “For whoever is ashamed of Me and of My words, of him will the Son of Man be ashamed when He comes in His glory and the glory of the Father and of the holy angels.”

President Trump fired Attorney General Pam Bondi

President Donald Trump fired Attorney General Pam Bondi on April 2nd, reported NBC News. He has temporarily appointed Deputy Attorney General Todd Blanche to the position. 

In a post on Truth Social, President Trump wrote that Bondi “will be transitioning to a much-needed and important new job in the private sector, to be announced at a date in the near future.”

Bondi, a Trump loyalist, had taken heat for her handling of the Epstein Files. That’s the second of five female cabinet members to be removed in the last two months, following the dismissal of Kristi Noem as Department of Homeland Security Secretary.

Senator Rand Paul flirting with presidential run

Appearing on CBS’ Sunday Morning, Kentucky Republican Senator Rand Paul is floating a potential presidential bid in 2028. 

PAUL: “There used to really be a free market/libertarian wing of the party. And now there's not much left. In fact, on many days, it's me in the Senate, the only one left for free trade.

“But I think there still is a desire among business for it, and it may make the so-called libertarian vote, which might not be big enough to ever win anything, if you combine that with the Chamber of Commerce and the traditional business community, that doesn't like protectionism, there may be a force out there for a different direction from the party, other than being continued to be led by populism.”

REPORTER: “There was recently a headline in the Washington Examiner: ‘Rand Paul sounds like he's running for president.’”

PAUL: “Yeah, I don't know yet. So, maybe they know something. I don't know. We're thinking about it, and I would say 50/50. We'll make a decision after the election.”

Rand Paul has served in the Senate since 2011, and has recently battled President Donald Trump on certain issues. 

U.S. national debt soared to $39 trillion

The national debt continues to spike, sitting at well over $39 trillion. 

President Trump has officially requested a raise in the Pentagon budget to $1.5 trillion for the 2027 fiscal year budget, up from $1 trillion this year.

Artemis II surpasses human travel record

Artemis II continues its voyage on the first manned space flight beyond Earth’s orbit.

As of yesterday, the craft has surpassed the previous record of human travel in distance away from the Earth, set by Apollo 13. The crew reached 252,760 miles from Earth, surpassing the record by over 4,000 miles.

Artemis surveyed the dark side of the moon Monday afternoon, and should be on its way home today.   Captain Victor Glover of the Artemis II mission sent a special message from space on Easter Sunday, referencing the Bible and acknowledged the beauty of creation.

Listen. GLOVER: “As we are so far from Earth, and looking at the beauty of creation, I think for me, one of the really important personal perspectives that I have up here is I can really see Earth as one thing. And you know, when I read the Bible, and I look at all of the amazing things that were done for us, who were created, you have this amazing place, this spaceship.

“You guys are talking to us because we're in a spaceship really far from Earth.  But you're on a spaceship called Earth that was created to give us a place to live in the universe, in the cosmos. Maybe the distance we are from you makes you think what we're doing is special, but we're the same distance from you.

“And I'm trying to tell you, just trust me, you are special. In all of this emptiness --- this is a whole bunch of nothing, this thing we call the universe -- you have this oasis, this beautiful place that we get to exist together.”

Second U.S. airman rescued in Iran proclaims, “God is good!” Great news! The second American airman who was shot down in Iran on April 3rd was rescued over the weekend, reports Fox News.

The lost airman was recognized by his squadron by a cryptic message that came across in three words: "God is good!”

He was known by his buddies as a "religious man” and this message confirmed his whereabouts.

Though injured, he climbed a 7,000-foot mountain ridgeline, hid in a crevice, and waited for the rescue. Thankfully, nobody was injured in this in-and-out operation, conducted by the United State Central Intelligence Agency.

Psalm 141:8 says, “But my eyes are upon You, O GOD the Lord; In You I take refuge; Do not leave my soul destitute.”

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