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Reclaiming Adoption: Missional Living Through the Rediscovery of Abba Father
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“I can’t recall ever hearing about, much less reading, a book like this before. This remarkable volume fills a gap in our understanding of both God’s adoption of us and our adoption of others. I highly recommend it.”
-— Sam Storms, Pastor, Bridgeway Church, Oklahoma City and author of numerous books
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Reclaiming Adoption
Missional Living Through the Rediscovery of Abba Father
One of the ambitious dreams that Reclaiming Adoption and its authors share is, that when Christians hear the word adoption, they will think first about their adoption by God – as the Apostle Paul taught us to think of it. 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 God’s love for and delight in His children — views that will free you to live boldly in this world from God’s acceptance, not in order to gain it.
Reclaiming Adoption begins by examining Jesus’ Parable of the Prodigal Son because it ultimately puts God the Father’s love on display — a 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). The 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. It is the only story that gives our stories any meaning or significance.
Table of Contents
- Adoption of the Prodigals
- Adoption and the Trinity
- The Incarnation
- Our Union with Christ
- The Good News of Adoption
- The Freedom of Adoption
- Adoption and Missional Living
- Adoption: The Heart of the Gospel
Endorsements
“I can’t recall ever hearing about, much less reading, a book like this before. This remarkable volume fills a gap in our understanding of both God’s adoption of us and our adoption of others. I highly recommend it.”
-— Sam Storms, Pastor, Bridgeway Church, Oklahoma City and author of numerous books
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 God’s 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 world’s most needy.
About the Author
Dan Cruver and his wife, Melissa, are parents of a multi-ethnic family of three children. He is the director of Together for Adoption, which provides gospel resources to mobilize the church for orphan care. Dan is a frequent conference speaker and writer. He has a M.S. in Counseling and 90+ hours toward a Ph.D. in Theology. Prior to directing Together for Adoption, Dan was a college professor of Bible and Theology and a Pastor of Family Ministries.
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