Antioch was very different from Alexandria and it wasn't long before the kids started arguing. Jesus knew it would be this way. That's why he prayed that they be one. That the center hold. We need this prayer today.
Fragmented families are normal today.
Just as interracial marriages are increasingly normal. Just as moms and dads may belong to different churches. Different religions, different politics, different races, different languages. Denominational lines don't mean much. Someone said that there are basically two religions in the world today, fundamentalists and liberals.