A Tale of Tragedy and Christian Forgiveness

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The opioid epidemic is delivering tragedy and pain to families across the country. Here's how one such family has responded in Christ.

On Jan. 30, 2016, Ashlynn Bailey, a 20-year-old from Pelham, Alabama, died from a drug overdose.

As John and I have said on BreakPoint many times, America is in the midst of an opioid epidemic — one that kills more people every year than the AIDS epidemic of the 1980s and '90s.

Read more at: http://www.christianpost.com/news/the-witness-of-forgiveness-grace-displayed-in-the-midst-of-the-opioid-epidemic-193971/

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