“There will be fearful sights.”​—Luke 21:11.

Because of frightening developments in recent years, fear is perhaps the biggest single emotion in people’s lives. People fear war, crime, pollution, disease, inflation, and many other things that threaten their security and their very lives.

“In one place after another pestilences.”​—Luke 21:11.

According to a panel of experts, the U.S. government’s fight against AIDS​—costing more than $500 million annually—​has been called a dismal failure. “We’re losing a whole generation of productivity because of AIDS,” warns Dr. Donna Sweet, who works with some 200 to 300 patients. In the United States, AIDS is now the leading cause of death among men ages 25 to 44.