John Piper Quotes

Adoption is the highest privilege the gospel offers.

When I have a family someday, I'll probably adopt. Adoption has always been something close to my heart. There are so many kids out there who really need a family.

When I was growing up I wanted to adopt, because I was aware there were kids that didn't have parents. It's not a humanitarian thing, because I don't see it as a sacrifice. It's a gift. We're all lucky to have each other.

I'm not adopting a baby.

I have said to myself that if I don't find the right person, I think I would probably adopt on my own, because I think I would be a great dad.

I've always wanted to adopt.

Adoption was a bumpy ride - very bumpy. But, God, was it worth the fight.

Mercy. That is the gospel. The whole of it in one word.

I think adoption is a blessing all around when it's done right.

We feel that there are so many kids who need adopting. We thought we'd do it after having a couple of our own, but we just changed our mind.

I felt the calling to adopt. You just know in the deepest part of your being that you are meant to find this little soul and guide them through life.

You bring children into the world. You love them with heart and soul.

I really want to adopt a child... I want to be called 'Mom.' It really is the most beautiful word in the English language.

The more I have read the Bible and studied the life of Jesus, the more I have become convinced that Christianity spreads best not through force but through fascination.

The journey into adoption started for my parents, as it does with so many families: my mother and father desperately wanted to have kids, but they couldn't.

Ask yourself: if that is what Jesus is all about - that is, getting us to love one another - then why did everyone reject him?

The self-sacrificing, servant aspect of the Christian life has many parallels to parenthood.

If it gets to the point where I actually physically cannot have a child, there's plenty of children in the world that need a stable home and loving parent. I'm so down for adoption.

When I ride the subway back and forth, sometimes I look at the other passengers and wonder if any of them are children who have been adopted or parents who have adopted.

Parenthood is such a lesson in self-sacrifice.

Before I met my husband, I was just about to look into adoption.

To Western parents that want to adopt a child, I would say to people that money is not everything, wealth does not matter.

Adopting means opening your home, and heart, to a life you've never known. But there is nothing as richly rewarding as being an adoptive parent.

The Lord did not bless us with any children of our own, so we gathered up little waifs whom we thought would be neglected and would not be cared for unless we brought them into our family.

I want adopted people to know they were chosen.