adoption

The Greek word “huiothesia” translated “adoption” occurs five times in the N.T. (Rom.8:15, 23; 9:4; Gal.4:5; Eph.1:5); and is a compound of two words in the Greek; the first is (tithemi, G5087), which has the meaning “to assign or appoint”; the second is (huios, G5207) meaning “son”. This is the...

One of the country’s largest adoption and foster care agencies, Bethany Christian Services, announced on Monday that it would begin providing services to L.G.B.T.Q. parents nationwide effective immediately, a major inflection point in the fraught battle over many faith-based agencies’...

My name is Carissa, I'm excited to be here and see what all Christian Forums has to offer! I love learning and sharing what I've learned, so I'm really glad I came across this forum :) Some things about me: I am the oldest of nine - six of which were adopted I'm a writer, blogger, photographer...

Predestination is never, ever, ever, that of lost man unto salvation. Predestination is always that of a saved man unto a glorified Christ's-image-bearing resurrection body. That's what you get if you let the scriptures speak for themselves, in context, and with defining cross-references...

Question, We are getting ready to adopt our 4th child (1st adoption). We see adoption as a ministry. We are faithful tithe payers to our church. So here is my question... Would it be wrong to split the tithe we pay between the adoption and the church?

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Hello, I find myself in a very lonely situation with no support from family...I’m 28 and was recently divorced...then fell into sin...now I have a baby on the way and I don’t think the father wants any involvement. My mother says I wouldn’t be loving the child if I kept it because a child needs...

Hi there, I am a 20 (soon to be 21) year old woman, and feel like God is calling to celibacy. At first, I was ok with the idea (oddly enough), and still to an extent am ok with it now. However, my main worry or thing I struggle with is the idea of having (or not having) children. Part of me...

Same sex marriage is lawful since now and such couples can also adopt children according to this law. Very dark black gloomy day for Finland indeed... (From Facebook post I've encountered)

I have done respite for these boys for seven years and love them dearly. Their single adoptive mother divorced from their 'Dad' who has a drug habit and is a closet homosexual before they could adopt them together (were his son's children). They see him once a week. She has no living parents...