Adopted for Life (Foreword by C. J. Mahaney): The Priority of Adoption for Christian Families and Churches

by Russell D. Moore, C. J. Mahaney (Foreword by)

Overview

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 children and to help equip other Christian families to do the same. He shows that adoption is not just about couples who want children-or who want more children. It is about an entire culture within evangelicalism, a culture that sees adoption as part of the Great Commission mandate and as a sign of the gospel itself.

Moore, who adopted two boys from Russia and has spoken widely on the subject, writes for couples considering adoption, families who have adopted children, and pastors who wish to encourage adoption.

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9781433520549
Publisher:	Crossway
Publication date:	04/08/2009
Sold by:	Barnes & Noble
Format:	eBook
File size:	1 MB

About the Author

RUSSELL D. MOORE is dean of the School of
Theology and senior vice president for academic administration at
the Southern Baptist Theological Seminary in Louisville, Kentucky.
He is the author of The Kingdom of Christ and is a senior
editor of the journal Touchstone. He and his wife, Maria,
have four children.

Table of Contents

Foreword by C.J. Mahaney 13

1 Adoption, Jesus, and You: Why You Should Read This Book, Especially If You Don't Want to 15

2 Are They Brothers? What Some Rude Questions about Adoption Taught Me about the Gospel of Christ 23

3 Joseph of Nazareth vs. Planned Parenthood: What's at Stake When We Talk about Adoption 59

4 Don't You Want Your Own Kids? How to Know If You-or Someone You Love-Should Consider Adoption 85

5 Paperwork, Finances, and Other Threats to Personal Sanctification: How to Navigate the Practical Aspects of the Adoption Process 115

6 Jim Crow in the Church Nursery: How to Think about Racial Identity, Health Concerns, and Other Uncomfortable Adoption Questions 147

7 It Takes a Village to Adopt a Child: How Churches Can Encourage Adoption 167

8 Adopted Is a Past-Tense Verb: How Parents, Children, and Friends Can Think about Growing up Adopted 189

9 Concluding thoughts 215

Acknowledgments 219

Scripture Index 222

General Index 227