God’s Care for Orphans Through Haitian Churches

From Together for Adoption:

Chicago Together for Adoption Conference

For anyone interested in adoption: On Saturday, November 12th, Together for Adoption Chicago is offering a one-day conference on regional and global orphan care.  Our hope is that you’ll leave with a unique sense of God’s adopting love for you and a heart and desire to love and adopt the orphan. The conference will be [...]

Pretty Inclusive

Jesus: While he was still speaking to the people, behold, his mother and his brothers stood outside, asking to speak to him.  But he replied to the man who told him, “Who is my mother, and who are my brothers?” And stretching out his hand toward his disciples, he said, “Here are my mother and [...]

“Reduction,” aka Murder

Al Mohler has posted an excellent new article reacting to The New York Times Magazine’s recent cover story detailing the horrific rise of pregnancy “reductions.”  Although there is no real excuse for this barbaric killing of innocent children, the justification offered has (predictably) become more and more superficial and self-centered. Euphemisms are the refuge of [...]

Jesus’s True Siblings

Then [Jesus] went home, and the crowd gathered again, so that they could not even eat.  And when his family heard it, they went out to seize him, for they were saying, “He is out of his mind.”… And his mother and his brothers came, and standing outside they sent to him and called him. [...]

Adoption is About Status, Not Behavior

It seems that I have found a kindred spirit… familia Dei (emphasis mine): Adoption powerfully confronts the tendency for Christians to equate their morning “quiet time” to their relationship with God. What a cheap substitute an hour of reading the Bible, journaling, and prayer is when one is invited to behold and participate in the life of the Trinity – [...]

Author Interview: The Message of Sonship by Trevor Burke

Dr. Trevor J. Burke (University of Glasgow), professor of Bible at the Moody Bible Institute, has recently completed a new book in IVP’s The Bible Speaks Today Series entitled, The Message of Sonship: At Home in God’s Household. During my time at Moody, Dr. Burke had a profound impact on me through his class on [...]

The Gospel in Three Words

Justin Taylor recently posted some great quotes by J. I. Packer, all related to the central importance of the doctrine of adoption: J. I. Packer: Were I asked to focus the New Testament message in three words, my proposal would be adoption through propitiation, and I do not expect ever to meet a richer or more [...]