Fleshly Identity

"Adoption would become a priority in our churches if our churches themselves saw our brotherhood and sisterhood in the church itself rather than in our fleshly identities. For some Christians-maybe for you-it's hard to imagine how an African-American could love a Ukranian baby, how a Haitian teenager could call Swedish parents "Mom" and "Dad." Of course that's hard to imagine, when so many of our churches can't even get over differences as trivial as musical style." ~ Russell D. Moore, Adopted for Life, p. 39