Children of Abraham, Children of God: Metaphorical Kinship in Paul's Letter to the Galatians‪.‬

Pete Pero has been a wonderful friend, an affirming colleague, and a powerful mentor. Most of all, his whole life has been a witness composed of pioneering efforts to overcome racial discrimination, generate respect for every culture, and foster intercultural relationships of mutual love. Theologically, he continually lifts up baptism as the means by which we have become children of God, giving us all an identity that affirms and at the same time transcends our cultural particularity. Because of this latter contribution, I thought it would honor Pete to discuss a similar theological dynamic in one of the letters of his brother Paul. Introduction