I love to speak and write, but I am not a storyteller. In the adoption world story is king. The story of a child languishing in an orphanage across the ocean can pull on the hearts and minds of prospective adoptive parents and they will give all they can to make that child theirs. The […]
“Now we know that the law is good, if one uses it lawfully.” (1 Timothy 1:8 – ESV) I’m sure you’ve heard the argument a hundred times. Why would you even go that route? I mean, really? You think that legislating morality is the way to go? That somehow getting a law passed is going
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“For you did not receive a spirit that makes you a slave again to fear, but you received the Spirit of sonship (adoption). And by him we cry, ‘Abba, Father.” (Romans 8:15) Two years ago, my wife and I adopted our daughter. I can only imagine what it must be like to be a foster
Two years ago, my wife and I adopted a girl from North Carolina and as a result of that adoption, our lives changed significantly. Many things we thought we were prepared for, in reality, we weren’t, and conversely, many things we thought we were unprepared for, in reality, we were fully prepared for when those
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Dr. J.I. Packer once stated, “Adoption is the highest privilege of the gospel. The traitor is forgiven, brought in for supper, and given the family name.” With that sentence, we get right to the heart of the gospel. If there has been one doctrine that has been neglected in recent years, it arguably has been
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This season at Servants of Grace, we’ve been considering the topic of abortion and adoption. We are living in a time many people are rediscovering the adoption and practice of adoption, along with understanding the horrors of abortion. With this issue of Theology for Life Magazine, it was our hope that readers would grow, not
The Hypostatic Union: Its Construct and Importance for the Believer The hypostatic union, while arguably not at the forefront of most believers’ minds when it comes to matters of theology, is nevertheless a vitally important doctrine, especially regarding the study of the person and work of Christ known as Christology. While certainly on what can
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Five Principles to Search The Scriptures Profitably Jesus began this final portion of His defense before the Jewish leaders with the words that commend themselves to all of us in John 5:39, “You search the Scriptures.” The wrong attitude of the scribes and the Pharisee should not keep us from searching the Scriptures, but
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