Signposts: How to Talk to Children About Their Adoption Story

The Russell Moore Show

Christianity Today, Russell Moore

Religion & Spirituality, Christianity

4.8 • 914 Ratings

🗓️ 21 October 2016

⏱️ 13 minutes

🔗️ Recording | iTunes | RSS

🧾️ Download transcript

Summary

In this episode of Signposts I reflect on how parents can talk to their adopted children about their story, and what adoption stories should teach us about our own adoption into the family of Christ. Listen below, and subscribe to get new episodes of Signposts automatically. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Transcript

Click on a timestamp to play from that location

0:00.0	This episode is brought to you by our daily bread ministries, a global media
0:09.5	organization that makes the life-changing wisdom of the Bible, understandable, and accessible to all.
0:15.0	Visit where you're from.org for more information. That's where YA from.org.
0:21.0	The Philly Cheese Stack is bag at McDonald's.
0:24.0	Two beef patties, crispy and grilled onions,
0:26.0	cheddar cheese,
0:27.0	all topped with a melted cheddar cheese sauce.
0:29.0	What could be better?
0:30.0	How about playing the Monopoly game
0:32.0	with a Philly cheese stack too?
0:33.0	Yes, please.
0:35.0	Until 15th of October from 11 a.m.
0:37.0	Participating UK restaurants, subject to availability 18 plus,
0:40.0	at may be required, see Mc McD. rules. O. UK.
0:43.0	This is Russell Moore, you're listening to signposts. I had a listener who asked me the question
0:57.0	about how I told our children that they were adopted. And you know, at first I was reluctant to take that question
1:05.8	because I assumed, you know, it's just a very narrow niche
1:09.8	of people for whom this would even be an issue, people who are
1:14.0	have adopted children and people who for whom those children are still
1:18.0	at home or who are still young.
1:20.0	But the more that I think about it,
1:22.0	the more I think that actually applies to all of us in the body of Christ to some degree or other because all of us are dealing with our adoption into the family of God and all of us are trying to
	...

Please login to see the full transcript.

Previous episode | Next episode

Disclaimer: The podcast and artwork embedded on this page are from Christianity Today, Russell Moore, and are the property of its owner and not affiliated with or endorsed by Tapesearch.

Generated transcripts are the property of Christianity Today, Russell Moore and are distributed freely under the Fair Use doctrine. Transcripts generated by Tapesearch are not guaranteed to be accurate.