“This is what God has done for us in our affliction: he has come to visit us. Jesus told his disciples, ‘I will not leave you as orphans, I will come to you.’ We are not superior to the orphan. We are not superior to the widow. We are not superior to the stranger. In the gospel, we are the orphan, and God has adopted us.” — Tony Merida
Date: June 14, 2018
Event: The Gospel Coalition 2018 Women’s Pre-Conference
Related:
- Caring for Orphans by Church Planting (Christy Britton)
- Foster Children Need the Church (Brittany Lind)
- Fighting for Faith in a Fostering Family (T. J. and Jenn Menn)
Find more audio and video from the 2018 Women’s Conference and Pre-conference on the conference media page.
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