Adopted for Life: The Priority of Adoption for Christian Families & Churches

I appreciated this book very much. some very thoughtful and thought provoking material. Author seems a bit prideful in his tone and choice of wording sometimes, but that's a small thing to overlook. This is DEFINITELY a message that our churches need to hear.

This book does a wonderful job of explaining the theological importance of adoption as well as the practical ones. And provides much encouragement and guidance to those seeking to adopt.

This was great for my wife and I who are planning on adopting. Great book

What an enlightening, eye-opening book! My eyes have been opened, and my heart is ready and excited to begin this journey of adoption.

I have been recommending this book to every Christian I know. This book is so eye opening, has so many teachable and convicting words it should be read by everyone. If you've never thought of adoption or if you are thinking about it, please read this.

I really enjoyed the content of this book. it has really encouraged me as my husband and I are going through the process of adoption now. I really enjoyed the rich Biblical views with all the comparisons and also the practical suggestions as well.

This book definitely has useful perspectives and points of consideration for a Christian considering adoption, but, honestly there are too many little "social war" bunny trails and it ends up becoming both insulting and annoying. This is a problem frequently in Evangelical writing circles, and the basic issues that are force-crammed into any narrative, whether they fit or not, typically include: legalized abortion (and Planned Parenthood); feminism; evolution (or "Darwinism"); and suspicion of science (in terms of having the potential to be a tool of big government or amoral atheist activists). This book was no exception.

On the one hand, I appreciated some of the author's points about things to consider when adopting; his arguments that there is actually a higher calling to adopting (and generally taking social responsibility for the abandoned and vulnerable); and I very much liked the parallel to our spiritual adoption by Jesus. However, he also went on to make several insulting, provincial, ignorant comments that detracted from the stated theme of the book and began to irritate me.

Whether or not you support Planned Parenthood and think they should be defunded, it is overkill to compare them to "the Priesthood of Molech" and not the best way to reach out to women that may have had abortions and now regret that decision. It is also not necessary to think that the Earth is 6,000 years old and that the Genesis story is a literal account in order to recognize the importance of children and adoption, that is like saying "I like oranges, because planes fly fast.".

I also think he should consider what he is saying and how insulting it is when he alludes to something as straight forward and common as IVF in terms of a "Frankenstein technology." There is certainly not a Christian consensus that a human being is created at the exact second a sperm cell is inserted into an egg, nor is there a consensus about using donors being a violation of the "exclusivity of marriage." It is fine to believe that and outline those arguments, but the presumption of consensus in the context of a book about something completely different is presumptuous.

I find it interesting that so many small churches that do not believe in submitting to a formal external leadership structure, believe they have the definitive position on so many issues that they can speak in a callous, potentially insulting way about them. Additionally, even if an author prefaces a statement with "look, I don't want to be judgmental," of course it doesn't immunize them from BEING judgmental in whatever they write after the inevitable "but". I pulled some useful knowledge out of this one, but I have to imagine there is a MUCH better book out there that just focuses on the subject being advertized.

My husband and I have been thinking and praying about adoption. We recently met up with some friends who adopted a little girl from Europe. They recommended this book to us and I am so very glad they did. I have been so encouraged listening to this book. I am looking forward to the possibility/ hope of expanding our family through adoption!

Would recommend this book to everyone. It's not just for those that want to adopt.

As a prospective adopting parent I was really looking forward to a book written by a man about his experiences with adoption. I was hoping for all sorts of stories and insights about the adoption process, meeting the kids, learning from them, teaching them, growing with a deeper understanding of their culture... Forget it! This book is like a doctoral thesis on religion. I'm a believer so I should have been a bullseye for his target audience and I hated this book. Kept listening to it for awhile, put it away, try it again. If you are an avid Audible listener you know what I mean--you hate to admit you wasted your hard earned money and were fooled by the previews. It happens. I'd recommend something else but Audible doesn't have much on this topic. The Gathering, another book on adoption, is read by a woman who is just plain annoying so I would avoid that one too.