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June 30, 1998
Harsh weather pounds the United States
Residents in the Midwest and East were bracing for more harsh weather Tuesday after being pounded in recent days by storms packing damaging winds and heavy rains that have killed at least 20 people.
In Iowa, the storms sparked tornado warnings across the middle third of the state, and the National Weather Service confirmed tornadoes in three counties. Eight counties have been declared disaster areas and more than 75,000 people are without power in the Des Moines area.
Source: http://www.cnn.com/WEATHER/9806/30/weather.rdup.01/
The Philokalia excerpt: St. Mark the Ascetic "On the Spiritual Law: Two Hundred Texts"
60. Do good when you remember, and what you forget will be revealed
to you; and do not surrender your mind to blind forgetfulness.
June 29, 1998
Gay pride parade attracts gay protesters
San Francisco's annual gay pride parade drew hundreds of thousands Sunday, but there were signs of rebellions on a day signifying gay unity.
Source:http://www.cnn.com/US/9806/29/gay.parade/
Twenty people arrested at annual gay and march in NY
A little raucous and occasionally outlandish, the 29th Annual Gay and Lesbian Pride March followed a lavender line along Fifth Avenue from Rockefeller Center to Greenwich Village.
Source:http://www.boston.com/dailynews/wirehtml/180/Twenty_people_arrested_at_annual_ga.htm
(Col 3:5-6) Put to death, therefore, whatever belongs to your earthly nature: immorality, impurity, lust, evil desires and greed, which is idolatry. Because of these, the wrath of God is coming.
The Philokalia excerpt: St. Mark the Ascetic "On the Spiritual Law: Two Hundred Texts"
59. Do not say: 'What can I do? I don't want to be forgetful
but it happens.' For when you did remember, you cheated over what you
owed.
June 28, 1998
Strong quake causes casualties, damage in southern Turkey
An earthquake rattled this south-central city on Saturday, killing at least 108 people and injuring about 1,000, including several Americans at a military base, news reports and witnesses said.
Source:http://www.boston.com/dailynews/wirehtml/179/Strong_quake_causes_casualties__dam.htm
(Luke 21:11) There will be great earthquakes, famines and pestilences in various places, and fearful events and great signs from heaven.
The Philokalia excerpt: St. Mark the Ascetic "On the Spiritual Law: Two Hundred Texts"
58. Forgetfulness as such has no power, but acquires it in proportion
to our negligence.
June 27, 1998
Chinese priests arrested before Clinton visit
At least 30 Chinese priests and one bishop have been placed under house arrest, according to the US- based Cardinal Kung Foundation.
Source: http://www.cwnews.com/news/getstory.cfm?recnum=7964
(Mat 5:10) Blessed are those who are persecuted because of righteousness, for theirs is the kingdom of heaven.
The Philokalia excerpt: St. Mark the Ascetic "On the Spiritual Law: Two Hundred Texts"
57. Let all involuntary suffering teach you to remember God and you
will not lack occasion for repentance.
June 26, 1998
Survey: 1 in 8 teen-age boys say they've been abused
More than one in eight high-school-age boys said they have been physically or sexually abused, with the highest rates of both found among Asian-Americans and Hispanics.
Source:http://www.boston.com/dailynews/wirehtml/177/Survey__1_in_8_teen_age_boys_say_th.htm
(Jude 1:17-19) But, dear friends, remember what the apostles of our Lord Jesus Christ foretold. They said to you, "In the last times there will be scoffers who will follow their own ungodly desires." These are the men who divide you, who follow mere natural instincts and do not have the Spirit.
The Philokalia excerpt: St. Mark the Ascetic "On the Spiritual Law: Two Hundred Texts"
56. Distress reminds the wise of God, but crushes those who forget
Him.
June 25, 1998
Nuclear plant shut down by powerful Ohio storm
A powerful storm that slammed into northern Ohio forced a nuclear power plant to shut down as it knocked out power, damaged buildings and injured at least 30 people.
Source:http://www.boston.com/dailynews/wirehtml/176/Nuclear_plant_shut_down_by_powerful.htm
(Luke 21:11) There will be great earthquakes, famines and pestilences in various places, and fearful events and great signs from heaven.
The Philokalia excerpt: St. Mark the Ascetic "On the Spiritual Law: Two Hundred Texts"
55. Because God's justice is inexorable, it is hard to obtain forgiveness
for sins committed with complete deliberation.
June 24, 1998
Residents flee Florida fire zones
Near Ormond Beach, residents packed what they could and videotaped the rest for insurance adjusters. Then they fled. A mile away, trees exploded into flames fueled by hot weather.
Fires have scorched all of Florida's 67 counties except Monroe, consuming more than 120,000 acres since May 25.
Source: http://www.herald.com/docs/004834.htm
For a study of fire as an endtimes sign: http://www.geocities.com/Athens/Agora/4189/fires.html
The Philokalia excerpt: St. Mark the Ascetic "On the Spiritual Law: Two Hundred Texts"
54. Think nothing and do nothing without a purposed directed to God.
For to journey without direction is wasted effort.
June 23, 1998
The Philokalia excerpt: St. Mark the Ascetic "On the Spiritual Law: Two Hundred Texts"
53. Reveal yourself to the Lord in your mind. 'For man looks
at the outward appearance, but the Lord looks at the heart' (1 Sam. 16:7).
June 22, 1998
The Philokalia excerpt: St. Mark the Ascetic "On the Spiritual Law: Two Hundred Texts"
52. Having sinned secretly, do not try to hide. For 'all things
are naked and open to the eyes of Him to whom we have to give an account'
(Heb.4:13).
June 21, 1998
The Philokalia excerpt: St. Mark the Ascetic "On the Spiritual Law: Two Hundred Texts"
51. Even when nothing is going wrong, be ready for affliction; and
since you will have to give an account, do not make extortionate demands.
June 20, 1998
The Philokalia excerpt: St. Mark the Ascetic "On the Spiritual Law: Two Hundred Texts"
50. Ignorance makes us reject what is beneficial; and when it becomes
brazen it strengthens the hold of evil.
June 19, 1998
The Philokalia excerpt: St. Mark the Ascetic "On the Spiritual Law: Two Hundred Texts"
49. Censure from men afflicts the heart; but if patiently accepted it generates
purity.
June 18, 1998
The Philokalia excerpt: St. Mark the Ascetic "On the Spiritual Law: Two Hundred Texts"
48. Every vice leads in the end to forbidden pleasure; and every virtue
to spiritual blessing. Each arouses what is akin to it.
June 17, 1998
The Philokalia excerpt: St. Mark the Ascetic "On the Spiritual Law: Two Hundred Texts"
47. Every blessing comes from the Lord providentially. But this
fact escapes the notice of the ungrateful and the idle.
June 16, 1998
The Philokalia excerpt: St. Mark the Ascetic "On the Spiritual Law: Two Hundred Texts"
46. Better a human than a demonic sin. Through performing the
Lord's will we overcome both.
June 15, 1998
The Philokalia excerpt: St. Mark the Ascetic "On the Spiritual Law: Two Hundred Texts"
45. By praying for those who wrong us we overthrow the devil; opposing
them we are wounded by him.
June 14, 1998
Y2K bug could turn off the lights in United States
The nation's power utilities told a Senate panel that they are working to solve the millennium computer problem. But they can't guarantee the lights won't go out on January 1, 2000.
Source: http://www.cnn.com/TECH/computing/9806/13/y2k.bug/
The Philokalia excerpt: St. Mark the Ascetic "On the Spiritual Law: Two Hundred Texts"
44. The greater a man's faith that Christ will reward him, the greater
his readiness to endure every injustice.
June 13, 1998
Anne Shields, a woman who has led many to Christ, is for the first time talking of the "End Times", according to my sources this week. I have not heard her talk, but by reputation, her travels have included many many people "resting in the Spirit", a strong indication that the "Holy Spirit" is "with her".
Source: [email protected]
The Philokalia excerpt: St. Mark the Ascetic "On the Spiritual Law: Two Hundred Texts"
43. He who suffers injustice escapes sin, finding help in proportion
to his affliction.
June 12, 1998
Doomsday Clock advances 5 minutes
Doomsday drew closer Thursday and is now just nine minutes away, according to the keepers of the symbolic Doomsday Clock.
Worried by recent nuclear test explosions in India and Pakistan, the minute hand of the clock -- a measure of how close humankind is to destroying itself -- was advanced to 11:51 p.m., with midnight representing a worldwide nuclear holocaust.
Source: http://www.cnn.com/US/9806/11/doomsday.03/
Editor's note: The good news for the keepers of the Doomsday Clock is that God is in control; the bad news is that their clock is slow.
The Philokalia excerpt: St. Mark the Ascetic "On the Spiritual Law: Two Hundred Texts"
42. Afflictions bring blessing to man; self-esteem and sensual pleasure,
evil.
June 11, 1998
Asian markets tumble further on weak yen, yuan devaluation fears
Most Asian stocks tumbled further today as investors became increasingly worried about the weak yen, which fell to a seven-year low against the U.S. dollar.
"The fall in stock prices of the two leading Asian economies sparked fears of another round of Asian financial crisis,'' said Hirokazu Note, deputy manager of the foreign exchange department at Sumitomo Bank.
Source:http://www.boston.com/dailynews/wirehtml/162/U_S__dollar_surges_to_142_yen__Toky.htm and http://www.boston.com/dailynews/wirehtml/162/Asian_markets_tumble_further_on_wea.htm
For more on the impending economic crisis: Eyedoctor's Site: Hoofbeats of the Black Horseman
The Philokalia excerpt: St. Mark the Ascetic "On the Spiritual Law: Two Hundred Texts"
41. When you have done something good, remember the words 'without
Me you can do nothing' (John 15:5).
June 10, 1998
Death toll in cyclone-hit India climbs to 415
Relief workers distributed food and searched for bodies in the debris of smashed homes after a cyclone, India's worst in 25 years, tore through western India, killing 415 people, injuring 1,200 and leaving hundreds of thousands homeless.
Source:http://www.boston.com/dailynews/wirehtml/161/Death_toll_in_cyclone_hit_India_cli.htm
The Philokalia excerpt: St. Mark the Ascetic "On the Spiritual Law: Two Hundred Texts"
40. God is the source of every virtue, as the sun is of daylight.
June 9, 1998
The Philokalia excerpt: St. Mark the Ascetic "On the Spiritual Law: Two Hundred Texts"
39. Cease rebuking a man who has stopped sinning and who has repented.
If you say that you are rebuking him in God's name, first reveal the
evils in yourself.
June 8, 1998
If El Nino is ending can La Nina be far behind?
Just when you thought the El Nino weather problems were easing, the climate could be heading into its also threatening opposite, La Nina.
Normal sea-surface readings off South America's west coast range from the 60s to 70s Fahrenheit. In an El Nino they exceed 80 degrees, but during La Nina, the easterly trade winds strengthen, cold upwelling off Peru and Ecuador intensifies, and sea-surface temperatures there fall as much as 7 degrees below normal.
La Nina's effects include the 1988 Midwest drought and an increased hurricane threat in the Atlantic Ocean and Gulf of Mexico.
Source:http://www.boston.com/dailynews/wirehtml/159/If_El_Nino_is_ending_can_La_Nina_be.htm
The Philokalia excerpt: St. Mark the Ascetic "On the Spiritual Law: Two Hundred Texts"
38. Rebukes may be given in malice and self-defence, or out of fear
of God and respect for truth.
June 7, 1998
Scientists discuss how to warn about asteroids without causing panic
Following March's false alarm about an asteroid coming dangerously close to Earth in the 21st century and two Hollywood summer blockbusters about cosmic collisions, experts met Saturday to plan asteroid warnings that won't trigger mass panic.
Just Friday scientists using a radar antenna in Goldstone, California, observed that a 100-foot- wide asteroid discovered days earlier will pass within 476,000 miles (about twice the distance from the earth to the moon) of Earth on Monday. That's the closest future passage of any asteroid now being tracked.
Source: http://www.cnn.com/TECH/space/9806/06/asteroid.conference.ap/
(Rev 8:10-11) The third angel sounded his trumpet, and a great star, blazing like a torch, fell from the sky on a third of the rivers and on the springs of water-- the name of the star is Wormwood. A third of the waters turned bitter, and many people died from the waters that had become bitter.
The Philokalia excerpt: St. Mark the Ascetic "On the Spiritual Law: Two Hundred Texts"
37. One man does something apparently good, in defence of his neighbor;
another, by not doing it, gains in understanding.
June 6, 1998
U.N. Environment Program: `It is a war' against Indonesian fires
It will take wartime resources to put out Indonesia's forest fires, and there is a good chance there will be new blazes and more haze over Southeast Asia, according to a senior U.N. official. The return of the same atmospheric patterns that enveloped cities in the region with smoke and ash last year can be expected again.
Source:http://www.boston.com/dailynews/wirehtml/155/U_N__Environment_Program___It_is_a_.htm
(Acts 2:17-19) "'In the last days, God says, I will pour out my Spirit on all people. Your sons and daughters will prophesy, your young men will see visions, your old men will dream dreams. Even on my servants, both men and women, I will pour out my Spirit in those days, and they will prophesy. I will show wonders in the heaven above and signs on the earth below, blood and fire and billows of smoke.
The Philokalia excerpt: St. Mark the Ascetic "On the Spiritual Law: Two Hundred Texts"
36. When a man outwardly praises someone, while accusing and disparaging
him in his heart, it is hard for the simple to detect this. Similarly
a person may be outwardly humble but inwardly arrogant. For a long time such
men present falsehood as truth, but later they are exposed and condemned.
June 5, 1998
Teen cites demons, other's influence in slaying of mother
A teen-ager accused of fatally stabbing his mother and gunning down two classmates testified Thursday that he was driven by demons who told him he would be "nothing'' if he didn't kill.
A sobbing Luke Woodham, 17, said he remembered getting a butcher knife and seeing his mother's bloody body - all the while, his head ringing with instructions from his mentor, fellow teen-ager Grant Boyette.
Source:http://www.boston.com/dailynews/wirehtml/155/Teen_cites_demons__other_s_influenc.htm
(Eph 6:12) For our struggle is not against flesh and blood, but against the rulers, against the authorities, against the powers of this dark world and against the spiritual forces of evil in the heavenly realms.
(1 Pet 5:8) Be self-controlled and alert. Your enemy the devil prowls around like a roaring lion looking for someone to devour.
(Rev 12:12) Therefore rejoice, you heavens and you who dwell in them! But woe to the earth and the sea, because the devil has gone down to you! He is filled with fury, because he knows that his time is short."
The Philokalia excerpt: St. Mark the Ascetic "On the Spiritual Law: Two Hundred Texts"
35. There are acts which appear to be good, but the motive of the person
who does them is not good; and there are other acts which appear to be bad,
while the motive of the doer is good. The same is true of some statements.
This discrepancy is due sometimes to inexperience or ignorance, sometimes
to evil intention, and sometimes to good intention.
June 4, 1998
Multi-drug-resistant TB a growing concern
Strains of tuberculosis that are resistant to front-line antibiotics are emerging around the world and are especially common in parts of the former Soviet Union.
"These findings should be of great concern to all those who seek to decrease the global burden of tuberculosis," concluded an editorial by Drs. Dixie E. Snider Jr. and Kenneth G. Castro of the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention in Atlanta.
Source: http://www.cnn.com/HEALTH/9806/03/tuberculosis.ap/
(Rev 6:7-8) When the Lamb opened the fourth seal, I heard the voice of the fourth living creature say, "Come!" I looked, and there before me was a pale horse! Its rider was named Death, and Hades was following close behind him. They were given power over a fourth of the earth to kill by sword, famine and plague, and by the wild beasts of the earth.
The Philokalia excerpt: St. Mark the Ascetic "On the Spiritual Law: Two Hundred Texts"
34. Those who do not consider themselves under obligation to peform
all Christ's commandments study the law of God in a literal manner,
'understanding neither what they say nor what they affirm' (1 Tim.
1:7). Therefore they think that they can fulfil it by their own
works.
June 3, 1998
Lawmakers flunk some agencies on Year 2000 bug
Some of the federal government's largest agencies estimate they'll solve problems with their most important computers - but a House panel suggested Tuesday that won't happen until around 2004, or even years later.
Source:http://www.boston.com/dailynews/wirehtml/153/Lawmakers_flunk_some_agencies_on_Ye.htm
For more on the year 2000 computer problem: http://www.garynorth.com/y2k/search_.cfm
The Philokalia excerpt: St. Mark the Ascetic "On the Spiritual Law: Two Hundred Texts"
33. When we are compelled by our conscience to accomplish all the commandments
of God, then we shall understand that the law of the Lord is faultless (cf.
Ps. 19:8.LXX). It is performed through our good actions, but cannot
be perfected by men without God's mercy.
June 2, 1998
Russian president to confer with businessmen over market drop
Trying to halt the slide in Russia's financial markets, President Boris Yeltsin summoned the country's most powerful businessmen and law enforcement officials to the Kremlin today.
Investors continued to flee Russian markets on Monday, despite government efforts to entice them back, including interest rates as high as 150 percent. The main stock index dropped another 10 percent, down 44 percent since early May.
Source:http://www.boston.com/dailynews/wirehtml/153/Russian_president_to_confer_with_bu.htm
(Rev 6:5-6) When the Lamb opened the third seal, I heard the third living creature say, "Come!" I looked, and there before me was a black horse! Its rider was holding a pair of scales in his hand. Then I heard what sounded like a voice among the four living creatures, saying, "A quart of wheat for a day's wages, and three quarts of barley for a day's wages, and do not damage the oil and the wine!"
The Philokalia excerpt: St. Mark the Ascetic "On the Spiritual Law: Two Hundred Texts"
32. The law of freedom is studied by means of true knowledge, it is
understood through the practice of the commandments, and is fulfilled through
the mercy of Christ.
June 1, 1998
Weather Leaves Death, Destruction
A weekend of hot weather turned vicious as powerful storms and tornadoes in the northern Plains, upper Midwest and the Northeast killed at least 15 people, destroyed homes and businesses and shut down power for nearly 1 million people.
Source:http://www.boston.com/dailynews/wirehtml/152/By_The_Associated_Press.htm
The Philokalia excerpt: St. Mark the Ascetic "On the Spiritual Law: Two Hundred Texts"
31. Do not seek the perfection of this law in human virtues, for it
is not found perfect in them. Its perfection is hidden in the Cross
of Christ.
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