Crush Depth
A few weeks ago, I found free streams of one of my favorite 1960s sci-fi tv series, Voyage to the Bottom of the Sea, at hulu.com . The series ran from 1964 to 1968. Although I'm not old enough to have watched its original run, I remember watching syndicated reruns in the early 1970s. I loved the extensive underwater photography and although I didn't always follow the Cold War era espionage elements of the first season's episodes, I identified closely with the leading characters. Someone told me any good artistic creation (regardless of topic) contains elements of the gospel if you're willing to see them. I found these elements in an episode titled The Fear Makers . In this episode, an experimental submarine attempts to expand the limits of "crush depth", or the furthest depths a submarine can travel before experiencing structural failure and collapsing or exploding under the pressure of the deep ocean. As Christians, we're often called to go to the limi...