num_pages: 114
description: 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. As it now stands Christians usually think first about the adoption of children. Reclaiming Adoption sets out to change this situation by providing breathtaking views of Gods love for and delight in His childrenviews that will free you to live boldly in this world from Gods acceptance not in order to gain it. Reclaiming Adoption begins by examining Jesus Parable of the Prodigal Son because it ultimately puts God the Fathers love on displaya love that embraces the younger son with uninhibited joy (Luke 15:20) and goes out to entreat the self-righteous older son to come join the celebration (Luke 15:28). Reclaiming Adoption believes that behind the Parable of the Prodigal Son(s) is Scriptures 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) to adopt them into His family. That is the Story behind the story of the Prodigal Sons. That is the only story that gives our stories any meaning or significance. Dan Cruver and his co-authors are convinced that 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. That's what this book is about. What the orphan the stranger and the marginalized in our world need most is churches that are filled with Christians who live daily in the reality of Gods delight in them. Reclaiming Adoption can transform the way you view and live in this world for the glory of God and the good of our worlds most needy.
language: English
title: Reclaiming Adoption: Missional Living through the Rediscovery of Abba Father
publisher: Cruciform Press