“The biblical picture is not one of an upward, linear progress or a precipitous, downward decline. It is a more complicated picture of a fallen world in which there is a gospel of power.” WorldProgressComplicatedFallenDeclineBiblicalLinearFallen World Author:Russell D. Moore
“When my sons arrived in the family, their legal status was not ambiguous at all. They were our kids. But their wants and affections were still atrophied by a year in the orphanage. They didn't know that flies on their faces were bad. They didn't know that a strange man feeding them their first scary gulps of solid food wasn't a torturer. Life in the cribs alone must have seemed to them like freedom. That's what I was missing about the biblical doctrine of adoption. Sure it's glorious in the long run. But it sure seems like hell in the short run.” KnowsMenWantYearsFirstsLongStillsSeemsRunningKidsFacesFearHellMissingStrangeSonAffectionScaryDoctrineGloriousMy SonLong RunsBiblicalAdoptionFeedingAmbiguousOrphanageStrange Man Author:Russell D. Moore
