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Archive for October, 2008

For those of you who will not be able to make our conference this Saturday, every session will be live-blogged at To Tell You the Truth.  Visit To Tell You the Truth throughout the day to see what’s being covered in the sessions.
Due to illness, Russell Moore is not able to attend (We’re already working [...]

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T4A Conference Giveaway Bag

by Dan Published Oct 30, 2008

We are very pleased to announce that everyone who attends our conference this Saturday will receive the following free resources in our giveaway bag (as long as supplies last):
Resources provided by Desiring God:
Everyday Talk: Talking Naturally About God with Your Children by John Younts
Encouragement: How Words Change Lives by Gordon Cheng
Law of Kindness by [...]

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Reformation Heritage Books is running our conference bookstore this coming Saturday. They are carrying a great selection of books for us. If you are attending our conference, you’ll definitely want to visit the bookstore.  
There is still time to register for the conference online if you wish to attend.  We are also accepting [...]

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This past Lord’s Day Woodruff Road Presbyterian Church (Greenville, SC) had its first Orphan Awareness and Adoption Sunday. I was given the privilege of preaching on “The Good News of Adoption” (43:32). You can download the sermon here (iTunes). Go here to see the Order of Worship.

Jason Kovacs in WORLD Magazine

by Dan Published Oct 29, 2008

My good friend and partner in ministry with Together for Adoption, Jason Kovacs, was profiled in a WORLD Magazine article this week. Click on the image below to read the excellent article.

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Interview Series

The efffect of sin upon human history has been catastrophic. Instead of living on this earth as sons of obedience, we became sons of disobedience (Eph. 2:2). Instead of being children of love, we became children of wrath (Eph. 2:3). Instead of being God’s image bearers, we chose to be bearers of [...]

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T4A Conference this Saturday

by Dan Published Oct 27, 2008

It is difficult to believe that our conference is this coming Saturday. We are eager to meet everyone who has registered. For those of you who have not yet registered, there is still time. Click on the green conference button on the right to register. Also, we will be accepting walk-in [...]

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Conferences

Those who attend our upcoming Together for Adoption conference will have the significant opportunity to interact with the following exhibitors:
ABBA Fund
Amazing Grace Adoptions and NCAF
Carolina Hope Christian Adoption Agency
Caroline’s Promise
Christian Adoption Services
Christian Alliance for Orphans
Covenant Mercies
Grace Giving International
Knowing the Truth
Lifesong for Orphans
Miracle Hill Ministries
North Hills Community Church Orphan Ministry
Parkwood Baptist Church Adoption Ministry
Reformation Heritage Books
South [...]

Adoption is About Belonging

by Dan Published Oct 23, 2008

Alister McGrath writes:
“Adoption is about being wanted.  It is about belonging.  These are deeply emotive themes, which resonate with the cares and concerns of many in our increasingly fractured society.  To be adopted is to be invited into a loving and caring environment.  It is about being welcomed, wanted and invited.  Adoption celebrates the privilege [...]

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Quotations, Theology

In Adopted into God’s Family, Trevor Burke writes:
“In today’s world people ‘crave connectedness’, and certainly the desire to be accepted and to belong is a basic need of every human heart. Adoption is an intensely relational concept and centers upon a relationship with the living God. That God the Father desires to enter [...]

Adopted for Life by Russell Moore

by Dan Published Oct 21, 2008

Below is an excerpt from Russell Moore’s forthcoming book Adopted for Life: The Priority of Adoption for Christian Families and Churches. Dr. Moore will be speaking on “God’s Joy in Adoption” for our November 1st conference.
“Novelist Wendell Berry writes about a young rural Kentuckian named Andy Catlett who liked to wander out alone by [...]

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Tullian on Unfashionable

by Dan Published Oct 20, 2008

Tullian Tchividjian, one of our upcoming conference speakers, talks about his forthcoming book Unfashionable: Making a Difference in the World by Being Different.
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