[…]the unified command of our spiritual CINC–Jesus Christ. The authors Neil Anderson and Timothy Warner wrote, “A good soldier learns to follow orders, for his own sake as well as the sake of his fellow soldiers.”2 As there is UOC in the military, spiritually there must also be UOC. The military instills pride into its subordinate units, yet these units are never allowed to be so proud that they neglect higher loyalty to their headquarters and leaders. We could think of the church as having subordinate units too. Some Christians may want to identify with Martin Luther, John Calvin, John […]
[…]only think about why he had gotten himself into this mess. Ready to quit then and there, Dave wasn’t sure about this new guy. “Jon warmly introduced himself saying something like ‘we can make it if we work together,'” Dave remembered. “My first impression was formed when he announced that he prayed every night, hoped we had no difficulty with that, and then proceeded to kneel in prayer by the bed.” Dave also found it fascinating that Jon never failed to read his Bible every day during his cadet experience. Learning to deal with the pressure was one of the […]
[…]from the originally published articlein COMMAND magazine, Vol. 39 No. 2, Summer 1990. At that time Dave was vice commandant at The U.S. Air Force Chaplain School at Maxwell AFB, Alabama. He was an Episcopal chaplain and a former Marine Corps line […]
