A recent news article described, “A mass exodus of Christians is currently underway. Millions of Christians are being displaced from one end of the Islamic world to the other. We are reliving the true history of how the Islamic world, much of which prior to the Islamic conquests was almost entirely Christian, came into being” (Fox News, May 7, 2013).

“Millennials” are the generation of youth now in their teens and twenties. Raised on technology and self-esteem, this generation is described as one of the laziest, most narcissistic, and most entitled generations yet (Time, May 20, 2013).

Today, biblical accounts are often viewed as nothing more than myths, legends and fairy tales devised to enthrall children.

A recently discovered strain of the sexually transmitted infection (STI) gonorrhea could be even more deadly than AIDS. The HO41 strain has great potential for disaster, according to William Smith of the U.S. National Coalition of STD Directors (Science World Report, May 6, 2013).

Last weekend, Israel allegedly attacked Iranian-made arms in Syria that were intended for Hezbollah in Lebanon (Jerusalem Post, May 6, 2013). The attack killed an unknown number of Syrian troops and prompted President Assad to threaten retaliation without warning (ibid.).