Dr. Russell Moore, Dean of the School of Theology at Southern Baptist Theological Seminary, wrote an excellent article about how rude adoption questions taught him about the gospel. It was published in the May 2007 edition of Touchstone:The Brotherhood of Sons: What Some Rude Questions About Adoption Taught Me About the Gospel of Christ.
The Moores have four children, two of which were adopted from Russia.
(HT: Justin Taylor)
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What a wonderful job of pointing us to our heavenly Father!! I absolutely loved this article–and recognized most all of those ‘rude’ questions. Argh! 🙂
Fabulous article! I printed a hard copy out for my file because he deals so well with many of the foolish questions we handle as adoptive parents. Another honest tool to encourage families who are living out earthly adoption.
Thanks!