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Child of a KingCHILD OF A KING In reaching the increasingly rootless and lost population of divorce-crazy techno-Britain, the biblical doctrine of adoption is magnificently relevant. Christ takes the broken and rejected, and makes them children of the King of Kings. This book, by the minister of Grove Chapel, Camberwell in London, is a lucid exposition of the statements in the Westminster Confession and Catechisms, highlighting this aspect of the good news in Christ. We are taken through the theological side of what it means to be a child of God: we know God as our Father, Jesus as our elder brother, and the Spirit of God comforting and animating our very souls. The book then opens up what this means for us practically. God pities, protects and provides for us. His faithfulness as a father inspires our faith in him. We are called away from the corruption and individualism of the present world to purity and participation in the church, God's family. For the future we have the wonderful prospect of heaven our home before us. The truth of adoption is frequently either neglected or treated only superficially in our churches, but here we can begin to revel in many of its most wonderful facets. Here is a book which is solid and mature. One of its great strengths is its wide use of biblical passages to illustrate various points. It may prove a little impenetrable for young readers or those who are not used to reading, but any fully-literate Christian will benefit greatly from this book. John Benton© Evangelicals Now - October 1997 |