World News and Trends: A global inferno?
Blazing forests are a serious threat to timber resources, the earth's ecology and endangered species including orangutans.
The United States suffered one of its worst wildfire seasons this summer. The year 2000 could be a near-record year for serious forest fires worldwide.
Greece lost more than 180,000 acres of forest to fires during only a few weeks. Indonesia and Sumatra are two hot spots among several others around the world. Fears are that further droughts will produce what has been called "a global bonfire" perhaps within 18 months.
World leaders are being urged to set aside more money for fire prevention rather than just fighting the flames. (Source: The Daily Express.)
An Article from:
Good News Magazine: September - October 2000
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John Ross Schroeder
John died on March 8, 2014, in Oxford, England, four days after suffering cardiac arrest while returning home from a press event in London. John was 77 and still going strong.
Some of John's work for The Good News appeared under his byline, but much didn't. He wrote more than a thousand articles over the years, but also wrote the Questions and Answers section of the magazine, compiled our Letters From Our Readers, and wrote many of the items in the Current Events and Trends section. He also contributed greatly to a number of our study guides and Bible Study Course lessons. His writing has touched the lives of literally millions of people over the years.
John traveled widely over the years as an accredited journalist, especially in Europe. His knowledge of European and Middle East history added a great deal to his articles on history and Bible prophecy.
In his later years he also pastored congregations in Northern Ireland and East Sussex, and that experience added another dimension to his writing. He and his wife Jan were an effective team in our British Isles office near their home.
John was a humble servant who dedicated his life to sharing the gospel—the good news—of Jesus Christ and the Kingdom of God to all the world, and his work was known to readers in nearly every country of the world.
Melvin Rhodes
Melvin Rhodes is a member of the United Church of God congregation in Lansing, Michigan.
