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“From the biblical teaching on adoption, we learn that we are restored to a familial intimacy with God the Father, through which we are…

— Marcus Peter Johnson

'Now we are the sons of God'. This is the starting point of adoption. However, 'it does not yet appear what we shall be:…

— Gregory Palamas

“The Word bestows adoption on us when he grants us that birth and deification which, transcending nature, come by grace from above through the…

— Andrew Louth

When we adopt—and when we encourage a culture of adoption in our churches and communities—we’re picturing something that’s true about our God. We, like…

— Russell D. Moore

“The deepest and strongest foundation for adoption is located not in the act of humans adopting humans, but in God adopting humans. And this…

— Tony Merida

“Justification has so dominated the landscape of Christian thought that adoption has been marginalized. We don't hear much about our adoption at all. We…

— C. Baxter Kruger

For it was not after we were reconciled to him by the blood of his Son that he began to love us, but he…

— John Calvin

We have been adopted as sons by the Lord with this one condition; that our life expresses Christ, the bond of our adoption. Accordingly,…

— John Calvin

“he was an eager love slave of his son. God went out of His way to comment on the strength of this affection. And…

— A.W. Tozer

We are not fit for a place in God's family; the idea of his loving and exalting us sinners as he loves and has…

— J. I. Packer

Every time that God gives us a child, it's His way of saying He trusts us-trusts us to offer love and to guide the…

— Tricia Goyer

“I must acknowledge that though his adoption embodies graciousness, it is also a reminder this world is not as it should be. Brokenness permeates…

— Natalie Brenner