'Am I making a terrible mistake by adopting transracially?" This is one of the hardest questions that adoptive parents ask me. It is layers deep and generations long. (more...)

https://www.thegospelcoalition.org/profile/mark-dever/I wanted to make you aware of the new Gospel Coalition website. One of its great new features is links to audio sermons by TGC council members. I was pleased to discover that it devotes an entire page to council members' sermons on adoption. There are sermons on adoption by John Piper, Mark Dever, Ligon […]

Commenting on Ephesians 1:3-6, Dr. Michael Barrett writes: "The adoption of children is specifically defined as being accomplished through the agency or mediation of Jesus Christ (v. 4).  The Lord Jesus as the Second Person of the Holy Trinity is the eternal object of His Father's love.  Christ testified to this eternal love in His great intercessory […]

Teaching our transracially adopted children to embrace their racial identities is a daily, intentional and God focused part of our parenting (more...)

"Adopting grace is the proof of the Father's undying love for dying sinners. In adoption we learn the truth of Jesus' words: 'The Father himself loves you'" [John 16:27] (Philip G. Ryken, The Message of Salvation, 212).

Kevin Twit, RUF campus minister at Belmont University, gave this lecture on adoption at Belmont's convocation: Audio Lecture (mp3): The Doctrine Of Adoption

Transracial adoption didn't need to change my life. But I am a better parent and my family is stronger because it has. (more...)

For those who need to help finance their adoption with an interest-free loan, Family Legacies is a Christian organization that raises funds and disperses them as loans for the purpose of adoption. Read more in this post.

Even though the term adoption occurs only five times in Scripture (all in Paul's epistles), its "marking" function within redemptive-history demonstrates its theological significance. Vertical adoption (i.e., God adopting us as His children) plays a key role from the beginning of the unfolding story of redemption (before god even created the world) all the way […]

Comments about Dorothy Bode's transracial adoption interview on NPR's Day to Day. In this May 28 interview, Dorothy discusses from her own experience the special issues facing transracial families.