Is There a New Testament Church Blueprint?
by David Dunlap On April 13, 1970 the astronauts of the Apollo 13 lifted off on a journey to explore the surface of the moon. Although the mission began with all the expectation and excitement of Apollo 12, all hopes were soon dashed when an explosion blew a gaping hole in the spacecraft’s #2 oxygen tank. In abrupt fashion, the Apollo 13 mission was scrubbed, as 205,000 miles of space separated the men from earth. If that was not enough, the unit which filtered the carbon dioxide in the lunar module was insufficient to support three astronauts; a make-shift air purifier would be needed. Orders came from mission control in Houston for the men to create two air purification units, using spare materials from within the command module, dubbed the “Odyssey.” They were ordered to explicitly follow the verbal directions. As the astronauts listened to scientists in Houston and worked according to their instructions, they were able to build the needed units. (1). They followed a unique design a
