Posts Tagged ‘Adoption’

Adopted into God’s Family

April 21, 2009

I have been working through Trevor Burke’s, Adopted into God’s Family.  In a previous post I summarized chapter one.  I thought here I could just share some of my favorite quotes from chapter two. 
“…on statistical grounds, not to mention the sheer range of vocabulary the apostle employs, the family is not only one of the [...]

Adopted into God’s Family: Book Reflections

March 26, 2009

I recently read, 
Adopted into God’s Family: Exploring a Pauline Metaphor by Trevor Burke
and I thought it was a fantastic book.
Which is why over the course of several months I thought I could give you some brief summaries of what I learned from it. 
Brief Summary of Chapter One
The Bible uses many different words to describe the relationship [...]