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Why Is Interracial Marriage Such a Hot Topic?

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John Piper, Religion & Spirituality/christianity, Desiring God, Theology, 163859, Ask, Christianity, Religion & Spirituality, Pastor, Questions

4.94.1K Ratings

🗓️ 19 June 2013

⏱️ 8 minutes

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Summary

Christians celebrate interracial marriage, but black-white marriage especially touches sensitive cultural nerves. Pastor John identifies five of them.

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0:00.0

And as Pastor John Episode 98, we saw over 27,000 plays to the question, can a white woman

0:11.2

marry a black man?

0:13.3

It's now the most listened episode of all time, and of course the obvious answer to most

0:16.9

listeners is yes, of course she can marry a black man as long as he loves Christ.

0:21.8

And yet for the obvious answer, a lot of people wanted to hear why.

0:25.8

Pastor John, what's your take on the popularity of this episode on Interracial Marriage, and

0:29.9

why do you think so many people clicked to listen to what should have been a fairly obvious

0:33.3

answer?

0:34.3

Well, since we've asked that question, Tony, I have been thinking more and more about

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it.

0:40.8

I've been about three different occasions people have asked me why I think that, and so

0:45.1

here's my latest take on this.

0:48.4

Number one, your title I think was really good.

0:54.9

You didn't say in a blah general vague way, what do you think Pastor John about Interracial

1:03.4

Marriage?

1:04.4

I think that would not have gotten the traction.

1:06.7

You said can a white woman marry a black man?

1:11.2

That's really specific.

1:13.4

So it's provocative in that sense.

1:15.3

That's number one.

1:16.3

Number two, cultural and legal opposition to Interracial Marriage in America.

1:24.6

Black white in particular is recent history.

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