| 881. | John Piper spoke at Summit VI, this year's annual event put on by the Christian Alliance for Orphans. His message was from Hebrews 11:29-38 and titled: "What Does It Mean to Live by Faith in the ... |
| 882. | | What Every Adoptive Parent Should Know
Featuring Dr. Karyn Purvis
This DVD consists of eight short video sessions covering some of the basics that every adoptive and foster parent needs ... |
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| 883. | In order to truly understand children from hard places — what they have experienced, the impact of those experiences and how we can help them heal and grow — it’s important that we understand some ... |
| 884. | | This blog post offers wisdom, insight, and hope for when your worst parenting nightmares come true:
What If?
"One of my favorite parts of today was the collect call I received at 7:30 this morning ... |
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| 885. | | Who is your child in Christ?
What is your child’s identity in Christ?
Who has God called your child to be?
What is the call of God on your child’s life?
When God looks at your sons and ... |
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| 886. | | When Christians are unsure of their Father’s delight in them, real Christian joy is absent and passionate Christian living is lacking. It is almost impossible (if not entirely impossible) to ... |
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| 887. | | This book is about avoiding or overcoming unhealthy dependency in the Christian movement. It contains a description of the dependency syndrome, its historical development and how to overcome it. ... |
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| 888. | | Churches and individual Christians typically have faulty assumptions about the causes of poverty, resulting in strategies that do considerable harm to poor people as well as to themselves. When ... |
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| 889. | | "A child's life doesn't begin at adoption, and neither should his adoption story. This charming, delightful narrative of a Russian adoption contrasts a child's life before and after adoption in ways ... |
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| 890. | | This article by CAFO President Jedd Medefind " tackles the issue of whether government or faith-based and other nonprofits should play the central role in aiding the destitute."
Read the full ... |
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| 891. | | This article offers great encouragement for anyone who has ever despaired that simply visiting orphans is not enough:
A Curious Injunction
The response to orphans in the New American Standard ... |
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| 892. | | I realize now that when we first brought our children home I had an undefined but deeply felt and well-meant desire. However, I have also realized that my desire was not exactly what God had in ... |
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| 893. | | So often the wait for our children to come home seems so long, but the Lord never wastes time! Here are some ideas to make the time fruitful by building up your family even before your adoption. You ... |
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| 894. | | This curriculum by JP Sibley will help equip and mobilize high school students to care for orphans. The multiple lessons would be great to use at a student ... |
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| 895. | | Looking for something to show in your church or Bible study to advertise Orphan Sunday? This short video clip might be just the ... |
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This short video by World Orphans examines the how the orphan crisis relates to issues such as HIV/AIDS, child trafficking, prostitution, gangs, drugs, poverty and ... |
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| 897. | | In response to meltdowns, emotional outbursts, extreme neediness, and many other behavioral challenges, adoptive and foster parents are often left asking: "why won't my child act his or her ... |
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[VID 1]
Wildlife Storytellers - different soft, furry animals - share Bible stories with children and adults around the world in their own native tongue.
These stuffed tigers, ... |
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| 900. | Join Jenni Means as she shares keys to bringing hope and healing to adopted children. Great session for English speakers to watch, since it is in both English and Russian. This session ... |
