Book Review: Adopted for Life, Moore

In Adopted for Life, Russell Moore presents a Christian vision for adoption. He shares from his personal experience adopting two of his boys from a Russian orphanage and also from his training as a pastor, Bible teacher and leader in the Southern Baptist Convention. Moore asks, “What if we as Christians were known, once again, as the people who take in orphans and make of them beloved sons and daughters?”

Moore draws theological parallels between the Gospel story and the adoption of orphans today. He identifies the satanic scheme at play in Herod’s bloodthirsty slaughter of the infants of Bethlehem as well as America’s abortion culture, and then contrasts that to Joseph’s willingness to be an adoptive earthly father to Jesus.

The book has helpful advice and challenging questions to consider if you are thinking about adoption or foster care yourself, but is also beneficial if you would like to better relate to those who have adopted or have been adopted. It is a call for each of us to be like God who is a father to the fatherless and to love the orphans among us.