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Healing Family Relationships
In 1995, employees at a five-story department store in Seoul, South Korea, noticed cracks around one of the support columns. Despite warnings from engineers, the store’s owner refused to close the building for repairs. It was a minor problem, he insisted.
In truth, the crack was a symptom of a much larger structural failure. That fact became evident on June 29 when the entire building collapsed, killing over 500 people and wounding nearly 1,000 more.
Cracks have been forming in our culture for generations, weakening the very structure of our nation. Many choose to ignore the fractures or fail to recognize that the central cause is the breakdown of the family and the cheapening of human life.
Christ brings the power of redemption and healing to both problems.
Family is God’s masterpiece. Family relationships that reflect the love of Christ reveal the loving character of our Creator, who ordained the family as the foundation for healthy societies.
Human life is sacred. Every person, from conception to natural death, possesses inherent dignity and immeasurable worth—including preborn children, elderly individuals, those with special needs, and others who are marginalized by society.
We are called to live out these truths. First, within our own households. Then, outward in love to an increasingly broken world that desperately needs the Savior, Jesus Christ.