Editor’s note
This editor's note introduces a special issue of the Standard Bearer devoted to adoption—both human adoption of children and God's spiritual adoption of believers. The issue explores the theological foundations of adoption through Reformed doctrine, historical Dutch Reformed debates about baptizing adopted children, and practical testimonies from adoptive families, drawing connections between divine and human adoption.
A special issue on adoption! We are excited for you to receive the Standard Bearer's special spring issue on adoption -- both human adoption of children and God's adoption of us, His children, and their relationship. The meditation is from Herman Hoeksema on Romans 8, written in 1944. The editorial gives some history of the practice of human adoption in Dutch Reformed churches: a debate whether adopted children may be baptized before they make confession of faith, whether adoption itself is...
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