Five authors swipe their brushes to collectively paint a canvas of adoption. They begin with God’s adoption of His children in Christ and then extend to our adoption of orphans. A proper understanding of God’s adoption, they argue, is necessary for seeing how our adoption of others is to play out. This is a poignant resource, full of gospel-centered truths and reminders for all of those who are considering adoption—and for those who should be. 

If we learn to first think vertically about adoption, and only then horizontally, we will enjoy deeper communion with the triune God and experience greater missional engagement with the pain and suffering of this world. [7-8]

The ultimate purpose of human adoption by Christians, therefore, is not to give orphans parents, as important as that is. It is to place them in a Christian home that they might be positioned to receive the gospel, so that within that family, the world might witness a representation of God taking in and genuinely loving the helpless, the hopeless, and the despised. [15]

Even through the greatest trials, the profound reality of the incarnation can overcome our paralysis, empower us to persevere, and move us forward in love to others. [39]

My security in the midst of doubt and fear does not  lie in my ability to find my way out of dark thoughts, or my human efforts to abandon all for the sake of the kingdom and missional living. It lies in who Jesus was for me in His own Person through the whole course of His incarnate life. [48]

I try to being each day by asking myself: “Who is Jesus?” and “Who am I in relationship with Him?” This helps me keep Christ at the center of each day rather than myself—not my problems, not my struggles, not even my successes. [50] 

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