Sentences with phrase «adoption of a son»

«If the consummation of the material creation is man, and the consummation of man is to be found in the adoption of the sons of God in Himself, then the expectation of the Incarnation should be fundamental to the developmental plan of the universe.

Meanwhile «it waits with eager longing for the adoption of the sons of God,» when «it will be set free from its bondage to decay and obtain the glorious liberty of the children of God.»

«God in the beginning of time plants the vine of the human race; he loved this human race and purposed to pour out his Spirit upon it and to give it the adoption of sons.»

The act of God wrought in Christ had this for its aim: «When the fulness of the time came, God sent forth his Son... that we might receive the adoption of sons.»

We finalized the adoption of our son with LA DCFS in June and have been fostering a daughter for almost 16 months.

In corresponding with David Gerrold, he indicates his experience with the social workers who arranged the adoption of his son Sean, were very positive.

The artist conceived this work in 2013, as a result of having started a lawsuit (together with her husband the composer Karma Culture Brothers) in India against the Tibetan Children's Village concerning the adoption of their son.

CBC News reported this week that a 38 - year old Jamaican woman is seeking to stop the adoption of her son by a B.C. family, a case that is raising some interesting legal issues.

In July, (8th), there is a hearing for adoption of my son.

(Actually she posted 2 - 3 posts about my story earlier this year as we met some legal challenges in the adoption of our son) I hope you'll check it out — I know you'll love it.

Not exact matches

Bullock also chose to continue the adoption process of her son Louis without James.

Athanasius argued that «recipients of adoption and deification have simply received the name of sons and gods; Christ, however, is Son and God «by nature and according to essence.

Such realism gives added force to our reading of St. Paul's reflection on a creation that is not yet what it will be: «We know that the whole creation has been groaning in travail together until now; and not only the creation, but we ourselves, who have the first fruits of the Spirit, groan inwardly as we wait for adoption as sons, the redemption of our bodies.»

In the early months of adoption when our son was an infant, I thought I knew what the love of a parent was.

Not only so, but we ourselves, who have the firstfruits of the Spirit, groan inwardly as we wait eagerly for our adoption as sons, the redemption of our bodies.»

Galatians 3:13 Christ has REDEEMED us from the curse of the law, having become a curse for us (for it is written, «Cursed is everyone who hangs on a tree»), Galatians 4:5 to REDEEM those who were under the law, that we might receive the adoption as sons.

In love 5 he predestined us2 for adoption as sons through Jesus Christ, according to the purpose of his will, 6 to the praise of his glorious grace, with which he has blessed us in the Beloved.

One son recalls a family meeting at which Baker explained to each the reason for his adoption, insisting that «we had to be brothers to show that the union of races, religions, whatever, was possible.»

Again, Paul is just reiterating the fact that our predestination was not to eternal life, but to the adoption as sons, the redemption of our bodies, the giving of an inheritance to His children.

It is Romans 8:23, and it says that we wait eagerly for our adoption as sons, the redemption of our bodies.

is at work within them, bearing witness to their adoption as sons of God, (Rom.

As then»... although they know God they did not honor him as God or give thanks to him»; nevertheless,»... when the time had fully come God sent forth his Son, born of a woman, born under the law, to redeem those who were under the law, so that we might receive adoption as sons.»

The same idea is expressed again later in Acts, where the divine pronouncement of approval, «Thou art my son; this day have I begotten thee,» marking presumably the moment of «adoption,» is associated with the resurrection.

A common view of how adoptionism became incarnationism is that the moment of «adoption,» which was originally the resurrection, was, as the early communities reflected on the meaning of Jesus, moved forward into the historical life, and there pushed to an earlier and earlier point — from transfiguration, to baptism, to birth — until finally it was pushed out of the earthly life entirely and Jesus was conceived of as having been the Son of God before his birth.

While contemplating a quiet divorce he is approached by the angel of the Lord, addressed as «Son of David» and commanded to make Mary's child his own by adoption.

Indeed, it has been supposed by some that the teraphim, household gods, (Genesis 35:4; 31:19; 30 - 35; I Samuel 15:23; 19:13, 16; II Kings 23:24) were originally images of ancestors; that they were honored as such and were part of the apparatus of popular religion; (Hosea 3:4) that mortuary customs which the prophetic school later condemned grew up around them; (Cf. Deuteronomy 26:13 - 14) that the right of performing the necessary ceremonies for one's ancestors devolved upon a son and that this fact underlay both the sense of tragedy in being sonless and the practices of levirate marriage and of adoption to avoid such disaster; (Cf. Genesis 15:2 - 3; 30:3 - 8; Deuteronomy 25:5 - 10) and that this set of ideas and customs was an integral part of the whole clan organization of early Israel.

Paul declared that «when the time had fully come, God sent forth His Son, born of a woman, born under the law, to redeem those who were under the law, so that we might receive adoption as sons.»

In other words, all the positive blessings of the Incarnation which can be expressed, quite apart from the redemption, would hinge upon sin - our divinisation in Christ, our adoption as sons of God, our eternal predestination in Christ... are all these blessings really because of Adam's fall?»

«But you have received the Spirit of adoption as sons, by whom we cry, «Abba!

Philomena traces the heart - wrenching journey of a devout Irish woman (played by the incomparable Judi Dench) who sets out to find her long lost son, whom she was forced to give up for adoption as a teenager by nuns who kept her like a prisoner in a convent full of other unwed mothers in the 1950s.

I never realized what a gift they had for parenting until they completed the adoption of their first son's five siblings.

Following the adoption of our youngest son Joseph from Ethiopia in 2009, my family and I felt a compelling desire to give back to the kind and loving people of his birth country.

He also leaked details of Charlize Theron «s adoption of her baby son from South Africa, two months before she publicized the information.

I think for any open adoption to get to a good place both sets of adults need to learn to trust each other, and I can say for me it would have taken a lot more for me to trust my son's parents if they communicated to me through a PO box or a third party.

Unfortunately the adoption agency worker was not looking out for my best interest long term or short term and I am dealing with a disaster of an adoption with my youngest son.

She and her husband Walter are the proud parents of a son who came into their lives through adoption, and live on a ranchette in rural Texas with a small herd of rescued Great Danes and other farm animals.

After I lost my son to adoption in1968 and another son to stillbirth in 1972, I had strong feelings of wanting to get pregnant again to «replace» or «regain» the lost child.

May 18: Mother or Birthmother, My Love For My Boys Is The Same Coley Strickland, a mother and birthmother and a founder of Birthmom Buds, recounts the relationships she has with her two sons, one whom she parents, the other whom she placed for adoption.

Adam Pertman told the story (which I'm paraphrasing, perhaps badly) at last month's Open Adoption Symposium of his teenage son, playing a handheld game in his room one night.

May 4: A Boy Of My Own With Birthmother's and Mother's Day just around the corner, Ashley Mitchell, a new mother, reflects on the son she's parenting and the one she placed for adoption six years ago.

So for me, since open adoption was the start of my path and now being on the other side with being able to see personal how adoption has and has not affected my son, I am very curious about others experience with open adoption because I do wonder what would have been different and would have been the same had my son's adoption not closed when he was so young.

People either look shocked that you have an open adoption, or they comment only on how nice it is of you to let her see him (our son).

Cookie Speaks A birth mom in reunion with her son shares her thoughts about her search and the issue of open records and adoption reform.

Our son's adoption was the result of a voluntary relinquishment.

The Unconditional Love of A Birthmother The reflections of a birthmother who placed her son in an open adoption nearly 20 years ago.

shares the story of placing her son in an open adoption when she was 21.

FYI: I adopted my son at the age of 4 months so we do understand OPEN adoption and have a loving relationship with all.

After a very long and traumatic adoption journey, my husband and I did bring home a son at the end of January.

While your husband and you prepare for your son's adoption / birth, people will ask you all kinds of questions.

She is the mother of a daughter and son - in - law, a son, and foster mother to 32 foster babies as they awaited adoption, one at a time.