Adopting For God

Author : Soojin Chung
Publisher : NYU Press
ISBN 13 : 1479808881
Total Pages : 293 pages
Book Rating : 4.85/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Adopting for God written by Soojin Chung and published by NYU Press. This book was released on 2021-12-14 with total page 293 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Explores the role played by missionaries in the twentieth-century transnational adoption movement Between 1953 and 2018, approximately 170,000 Korean children were adopted by families in dozens of different countries, with Americans providing homes to more than two-thirds of them. In an iconic photo taken in 1955, Harry and Bertha Holt can be seen descending from a Pan American World Airways airplane with twelve Asian babies—eight for their family and four for other families. As adoptive parents and evangelical Christians who identified themselves as missionaries, the Holts unwittingly became both the metaphorical and literal parental figures in the growing movement to adopt transnationally. Missionaries pioneered the transnational adoption movement in America. Though their role is known, there has not yet been a full historical look at their theological motivations—which varied depending on whether they were evangelically or ecumenically focused—and what the effects were for American society, relations with Asia, and thinking about race more broadly. Adopting for God shows that, somewhat surprisingly, both evangelical and ecumenical Christians challenged Americans to redefine traditional familial values and rethink race matters. By questioning the perspective that equates missionary humanitarianism with unmitigated cultural imperialism, this book offers a more nuanced picture of the rise of an important twentieth-century movement: the evangelization of adoption and the awakening of a new type of Christian mission.

Author : Soojin Chung
Publisher : NYU Press
ISBN 13 : 1479808857
Total Pages : 225 pages
Book Rating : 4.54/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Adopting for God written by Soojin Chung and published by NYU Press. This book was released on 2021-12-14 with total page 225 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: "Adopting for God is the first historical study to focus on the role of adoption evangelists in the transnational adoption movement between the United States and East Asia. It shows how both evangelical and ecumenical Christians challenged Americans to redefine traditional familial values and rethink race matters"--

Author : Trevor J. Burke
Publisher : InterVarsity Press
ISBN 13 : 0830826238
Total Pages : 234 pages
Book Rating : 4.30/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Adopted into God's Family written by Trevor J. Burke and published by InterVarsity Press. This book was released on 2006-10-24 with total page 234 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: In this New Studies in Biblical Theology volume, Trevor Burke argues that the scripture phrase "adopted as sons," while a key theological metaphor, has been misunderstood, misrepresented or neglected. He redresses the balance in this comprehensive study of the phrase. "This volume not only probes a neglected theme; it also edifies," says D. A. Carson.

Author : John Piper
Publisher : Multnomah
ISBN 13 : 1601424353
Total Pages : 450 pages
Book Rating : 4.58/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Future Grace, Revised Edition written by John Piper and published by Multnomah. This book was released on 2012-09-25 with total page 450 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Explore this stunning quality of God’s grace: It never ends! In this revision of a foundational work, John Piper reveals how grace is not only God’s undeserved gift to us in the past, but also God’s power to make good happen for us today, tomorrow, and forever. True life for the follower of Jesus really is a moment-by-moment trust that God is dependable and fulfills his promises. This is living by faith in future grace, which provides God's mercy, provision, and wisdom—everything we need—to accomplish his good plans for us. In Future Grace, chapter by chapter—one for each day of the month—Piper reveals how cherishing the promises of God helps break the power of persistent sin issues like anxiety, despondency, greed, lust, bitterness, impatience, pride, misplaced shame, and more. Ultimate joy, peace, and hope in life and death are found in a confident, continual awareness of the reality of future grace.

Author : Tony Dungy
Publisher : Harvest House Publishers
ISBN 13 : 0736973257
Total Pages : 39 pages
Book Rating : 4.50/5 ( download)

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Download or read book We Chose You written by Tony Dungy and published by Harvest House Publishers. This book was released on 2019-04-02 with total page 39 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Every Family is Created by God God forms families in many different ways and sizes, but all are equally important and special. When adopted son Calvin needs to tell about his family for a class assignment, he discovers his parents were praying for him long before they chose him. Not only that, but God chose them for Calvin. It wasn't by chance and it wasn't an accident. It was according to His plan. We Chose You was written to communicate to all children, whether birthed or adopted, that they are chosen. That they are secure. That they are loved. This is a message every child needs to hear. Let this book give you the words to tell your child about your family's unique story.

Author : Quivari Jackson
Publisher : Christian Faith Publishing, Inc.
ISBN 13 : 1635252261
Total Pages : 56 pages
Book Rating : 4.62/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Adopted By God written by Quivari Jackson and published by Christian Faith Publishing, Inc.. This book was released on 2017-02-23 with total page 56 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Do you know anyone who was adopted? Are you adopted? Have you ever thought about adopting a child? This is one man's journey with dealing his own personal struggles with adoption. In the midst of trying to find his own identity, he discovered that not only was he naturally adopted but he was spiritually adopted as well. When Quivari was a child at the tender age of nine, he found out some devastating news that shattered the world he'd known. His parents were not his own. He was adopted. Quivari then set out to find his identity. He wanted to know who he really was and questioned why his biological parents didn't want him. This journey caused Quivari to battle a gamut of emotions and question everything and everyone he knew and loved. Until one day, Quivari started hearing from his Father. His Father started to talk to him about his life and his future. When Quivari realized just how much this Father had given up for him and was willing to do for him just because he loved him, Quivari started to gain hope. But could he risk being hurt again? Would he bounce back from this if he was wrong about this? In this day and age where the church has just become a place where people go to every now and then to relieve their guilty conscience, Adopted by God challenges readers with these timeless questions: What is God to you? Is He truly your father? Do you really feel like you are His son or daughter? Quivari's journey will help you answer these questions honestly and show you how you too were adopted by God!

Author : Dan Cruver
Publisher : Cruciform Press
ISBN 13 : 1936760053
Total Pages : 86 pages
Book Rating : 4.53/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Reclaiming Adoption written by Dan Cruver and published by Cruciform Press. This book was released on 2011 with total page 86 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Delight in God's delight in you. One of the ambitious dreams that Reclaiming Adoption and its authors share with the Apostle Paul is that when Christians hear the word adoption, they will think first about their adoption by God. This book is premised on the belief that behind the Parable of the Prodigal Son(s) is Scripture's teaching on adoption. The story of the Bible is that God the Father sent his only true and eternal Son on a mission, and that mission was to bring many wayward and rebellious sons home to glory (Hebrews 2:10) in order to adopt them into his family. That is the Story behind the story of the Prodigal Sons. If Christians learn to first think about their adoption by God, and only then about the adoption of children, they will enjoy deeper communion with the God who is love, and experience greater missional engagement with the pain and suffering of this world. Reclaiming Adoption can transform the way you view and live in this world for the glory of God and the good of our world's most needy.

Author : Clive Staples Lewis
Publisher :
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 168 pages
Book Rating : 4.46/5 ( download)

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Download or read book The Problem of Pain written by Clive Staples Lewis and published by . This book was released on 1944 with total page 168 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Author : R.C. Sproul
Publisher : NavPress
ISBN 13 : 1496437217
Total Pages : 239 pages
Book Rating : 4.11/5 ( download)

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Download or read book The Holiness of God written by R.C. Sproul and published by NavPress. This book was released on 2023-09-05 with total page 239 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Central to God’s character is the quality of holiness. Yet, even so, most people are hard-pressed to define what God’s holiness precisely is. Many preachers today avoid the topic altogether because people today don’t quite know what to do with words like “awe” or “fear.” R. C. Sproul, in this classic work, puts the holiness of God in its proper and central place in the Christian life. He paints an awe-inspiring vision of God that encourages Christian to become holy just as God is holy. Once you encounter the holiness of God, your life will never be the same.

Author : Jennie Allen
Publisher : Thomas Nelson Inc
ISBN 13 : 1418549355
Total Pages : 159 pages
Book Rating : 4.50/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Chase Study. written by Jennie Allen and published by Thomas Nelson Inc. This book was released on 2012-11-05 with total page 159 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: What are you chasing? We're all chasing after something, something that we think will make us happy--comfort, success, a bigger house, or someone's approval. But if we are all honest, it feels like trying to catch the wind. A man after God's own heart... As David's life weaves throughout the pages of Scripture, we see he was a man who spent his life chasing after God. Chase explores the events that defined David's life and the Psalms that flowed out of those experiences. Through David's example we'll discover what God really wants from us. The lessons in this study guide are simple yet deep and very interactive, offering Bible study, stories, and projects to dig into Scripture and deeply engage the mind and heart. God has carved out a space in each of us that only He can fill. So whether you are running from God or working your tail off to please Him, David's journey will challenge your view of God. God is invisible, and yet He is the only thing we can chase that won't leave us feeling more empty. Sessions include: chase identity courage obedience belief repentance surrender chased down Designed for use with the Chase Video Study 9780529104342 (sold separately).