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It’s Tuesday, October 6th, 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

Bible severely restricted in 39 countries

The Bible is restricted in countries affecting 500 million Christians today, because of government controls, extremist violence, and family and community pressure.

Printing and distribution of the Bible is prohibited or severely restricted in 39 countries.

According to the Bible Access Initiative, importing Bibles faces this level of restriction in 38 countries, storing it in 37 countries, and personal ownership of the Bible in 34 countries.

In particular, Islamic countries, communist countries, as well as India and Myanmar, severely restrict access to Bibles.

William Tyndale martyred for translating Bible into English

Four hundred and ninety years ago, on October 6th 1536, English officials murdered English reformer William Tyndale. Tyndale translated and published the first mass-produced copy of the New Testament in the English language.

When a cleric commented that the common person should not have access to the Bible, Tyndale responded: “If God spare my life, ere many years pass, I will cause a boy that driveth the plow shall know more of the Scripture than thou dost.” 

Before Tyndale’s execution, his last words were: “Lord, open the King of England’s eyes.”

He was then strangled and burned at the stake.

There are an estimated one billion English Bibles in the world today — as well as another 7 billion Bibles printed in at least 1,860 languages. Remarkably, some portion of the Bible is now available in 4,190 languages. 

Hebrews 4:12 reminds us that, “the Word of God is living and powerful, and sharper than any two-edged sword, piercing even to the division of soul and spirit, and of joints and marrow, and is a discerner of the thoughts and intents of the heart.”

Bolsonaro leads after first Brazil election Brazil’s national election over the weekend signaled a definite move to the right for that country.

The previous president’s son, Flávio Bolsonaro, received 47 percent to

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