Listed below is what I’m asking God to do in the church in 2010 for the sake of the orphan. Will you join me not only in praying but also in striving to be an answer to our own prayers?
Tag Archives: Orphan Care
The Love of God, Christmas, and Caring for Orphans
December 22, 2009 – 2:29 PM
As you celebrate the birth of Jesus, take some time to reflect upon the relationship between the incarnate love of God and the church’s responsibility to care for the fatherless. Ultimately, it is God’s incarnate love that moves us outward “to visit orphans in their affliction” (James 1:27). The love we celebrate at Christmas is [...]
What Orphans Need: Christians Who Live in the Joy of Their Father's Delight
December 11, 2009 – 7:43 AM
When Christians are unsure of their Father's delight in them, real Christian joy is absent and passionate Christian living is lacking. It is almost impossible (if not entirely impossible) to mobilize Christians who are unsure of God's delight in them to care for orphans over the long haul, or at least to mobilize Christians who will serve orphans with unflappable confidence and joy.
T4A: Free eBook
October 6, 2009 – 12:45 PM
Together for Adoption has just made available a free eBook: Our Adoption in Christ: What it Means for Us and for Orphans. From the T4A Website: This book was written to equip churches theologically in the areas of orphan care and earthly adoption. We believe that robust theology produces robust action. So, our writing objective [...]
Together for Adoption
September 23, 2009 – 9:17 AM
The next Together for Adoption conference is quickly approaching. If you can make it next month (Oct. 2-3) to Christ Community Church in Franklin, TN you will hear keynote addresses by Russell Moore, Ed Stetzer, Scotty Smith, Scott Roley, and Michael Easley on the wonders of our adoption in Christ and the implications of this [...]