Adopted for Life: The Priority of Adoption for Christian Families and Churches
A stirring call to Christian families and churches to be a people who care for orphans, not just in word, but in deed.\ The gospel of Jesus Christ-the good news that through Jesus we have been adopted as sons and daughters into God's family-means that Christians ought to be at the forefront of the adoption of orphans in North America and around the world.\ Russell D. Moore does not shy away from this call in Adopted for Life, a popular-level, practical manifesto for Christians to adopt...
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A manifesto calling Christians to adopt children and to equip Christian families going through the process. Offers biblical foundations for adoption and identifies adoption as a Great Commission priority in evangelical churches.
Foreword by C.J. Mahaney 131 Adoption, Jesus, and You: Why You Should Read This Book, Especially If You Don't Want to 152 Are They Brothers? What Some Rude Questions about Adoption Taught Me about the Gospel of Christ 233 Joseph of Nazareth vs. Planned Parenthood: What's at Stake When We Talk about Adoption 594 Don't You Want Your Own Kids? How to Know If You-or Someone You Love-Should Consider Adoption 855 Paperwork, Finances, and Other Threats to Personal Sanctification: How to Navigate the Practical Aspects of the Adoption Process 1156 Jim Crow in the Church Nursery: How to Think about Racial Identity, Health Concerns, and Other Uncomfortable Adoption Questions 1477 It Takes a Village to Adopt a Child: How Churches Can Encourage Adoption 1678 Adopted Is a Past-Tense Verb: How Parents, Children, and Friends Can Think about Growing up Adopted 1899 Concluding thoughts 215Acknowledgments 219Scripture Index 222General Index 227
