Posted in Blogging, CNN, Debate, News, YouTube, media on November 30, 2007 | No Comments »
Tuesday’s GOP YOutube/CNN Sponsored Debate have been warned by Conservative Blogger Hugh Hewitt as being dangerous back on July 26th, 2007 (concerned of the lack of reasoned and informed discussion), which was followed by a heated discussion this past Tuesday with Steve Grove, director of news and politics for YouTube that was very revealing.
Now that the debate [...]
Posted in Music, Worship on November 27, 2007 | No Comments »
(free download from Sovereign Grace Music)
Glory Be to God
Words and music by Bob Kauflin
As recorded on Savior: Celebrating the Mystery of God Become Man
Lyrics
Glory be to God on high
Let peace on earth descend
God comes down before our eyes
To Bethlehem
God invisible appears
Endless ages wrapped in years
He has come who cannot change
And Jesus is His name
Emptied of [...]
Posted in Adoption, Theology on November 27, 2007 | 1 Comment »
What Some Rude Questions About Adoption Taught Me About the Gospel of Christ
by Russell D. Moore
“So, are they brothers?” the woman asked. My wife Maria and I, jet-lagged from just returning from Russia, looked at each other wearily. This was the twelfth time since we [...]
Posted in Adoption, Theology on November 27, 2007 | 1 Comment »
One of our great desires at Carolina Hope is to help Christians increasingly think about orphan ministry and adoption from a theological perspective. Carolina Hope has commissioned me to explore and articulate the beautiful gospel-connection between uppercase Adoption (i.e. God’s gracious adoption of us) and lowercase adoption (i.e. our adoption of a child) so that [...]
Posted in Adoption, Theology on November 27, 2007 | No Comments »
Jason Kovacs is an adoptive father of a multi-ethnic family. He’s also one of the bloggers at AdoptiveDads.org. We met in the blogosphere a few years ago. His love for the gospel and passion for adoption has been a great encouragement to me. I’m looking forward to actually meeting him this next week.
I’m also [...]
Posted in Adoption, Theology on November 27, 2007 | 1 Comment »
As part of our blog’s adoption interview series, I’m interviewing several theologians about the doctrine of spiritual adoption and its implications for earthly adoption. I believe that the practice of earthly adoption will be significantly enriched as we grow in our understanding of what it means to be adopted by God.
Our second interview with a [...]
Posted in Adoption, Theology on November 27, 2007 | No Comments »
Dr. Dave Garner is the Vice President for Alumni Relations & Educational Advancement at Westminster Theological Seminary. He wrote his doctoral dissertation on the doctrine of adoption. It’s entitled “Adoption in Christ” (Westminster Theological Seminary, 2002). He graciously agreed to allow me to interview him about Scripture’s teaching on the theology of adoption and its [...]
Posted in Adoption, Theology on November 27, 2007 | No Comments »
It is not unusual for adopted children to struggle with a sense of past rejection, particularly if they do not know their birth mother’s story. As a result, some adopted children will wrestle, sometimes intensely, with the thought that they were rejected by their birth parents. This can potentially result in a haunting fear that [...]
Posted in Adoption, Theology on November 27, 2007 | No Comments »
We are in the midst of a series of interviews that seek to address adoption-related issues from a theological perspective. I am interviewing theologians, authors, adoptive parents, and a few adult adoptees about a number of adoption issues. Carolina Hope is committed to helping Christians think theologically about all things adoption. We believe that this [...]
Posted in Adoption, Theology on November 27, 2007 | No Comments »
If you’ve ever wondered how important spiritual adoption (i.e. God adopting us as His children) is to God, take a look at Galatians 4:4-6.
“When the fullness of time had come, God sent forth his Son, born of woman, born under the law, to redeem those who were under the law, so that we might receive [...]
Posted in Adoption, Theology on November 27, 2007 | No Comments »
An important biblical theme often overlooked by Christians is the sonship of Israel. When we hear the expression, son of God, we think of Jesus (as we should), but we forget that the first son of God mentioned in Scripture is the nation of Israel.
Through the correspondence of two of Israel’s privileges listed in Romans [...]
Posted in Adoption, Theology on November 27, 2007 | No Comments »
Adapted from my journal - July 8, 2005, Fuling, China
“Religion that is pure and undefiled before God, the Father, is this: to visit orphans…in their affliction” (James 1:27).
I spent the early morning thinking about James 1:27 (couldn’t sleep!), specifically about what “visiting orphans in their affliction” means. I probably should have given this serious thought [...]
Posted in Adoption, Theology on November 26, 2007 | 1 Comment »
I will be posting a series of articles on the theology of adoption and earthly adoption from Carolina Hope. Some of these articles (& interviews) written by Dan Cruver are a blessing to me and I hope it will be to you as well.
Posted in Reformed, Theology on November 24, 2007 | No Comments »
Over the Thanksgiving week, Ben Witherington reacted to Thomas Schreiner’s forthcoming New Testament Theology by suggesting it calls into question “God’s essential moral character.” Witherington did not like Schreiner’s basic theme of the New Testament, “God magnifying himself through Jesus Christ by means of the Holy Spirit.” He thinks that these Christians are recreating God [...]
Posted in Thanksgiving on November 22, 2007 | No Comments »
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