Father saves his five children from a burning apartment.
Channel 2 Action News reported that the father got two children, including a newborn, out of the apartment, gave them to neighbors, then went back into the burning building to rescue his three other children.
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Josh Hamilton talks about the process of growing in Christ and overcoming addiction. His public struggle should elicit prayers from Christians everywhere.
“It’s going to be a process,” he said. “I’m learning from my mistakes. The work I’ve been doing isn’t a fix-all at this moment. It’s a learning process. … It is a spiritual reprogramming.”
“So this time, it’s not just, ‘OK, it happened, we’ll move past it and maybe it won’t happen again,’ ” he said. “We want to find out why it continues to happen.”
Interracial marriages soar according to the Washington Post. This reality must be acknowledged by the church of Christ. Homogeneity in worship services cannot accommodate mixed race families.
According to the Pew study, about 15 percent of new marriages in 2010 crossed racial or ethnic lines, double the rate from three decades ago. Intermarriages comprise 8 percent of all marriages now, up from just 3 percent in 1980. And most Americans tell pollsters they are untroubled at the prospect of intermarriage in their own family.
I am not sure I understand your comment regarding the Washington Post survey. I was hoping you could expand your thoughts on this. Thanks.
“This reality must be acknowledged by the church of Christ. Homogeneity in worship services cannot accommodate mixed race families.”
Lisa, Most churches are composed of a single ethnic/racial group. Few churches have crossed the racial barrier. Mixed race couples will not fit well into a church with only one race represented. Churches that desire to reach out to mixed race families must work to bridge the race gap.