When Theology Comes Home: Adoption, Special Needs, and Faith Under Pressure

In this episode, I'm sharing a recent conversation I had on Truth Talk Live about adoption, special needs parenting, caregiving, and living out Christian faith when life becomes difficult.

My guest, pastor and author Andrew Hopper, joins me to discuss the theology of adoption and what happens when faith moves beyond the pulpit and into the daily realities of family life. We talk honestly about raising a child with special needs, the strain and growth that come through long-term caregiving, and how suffering shapes both marriages and children in ways most people never anticipate.

As a caregiver for more than four decades, these issues are deeply personal to me. Caregiving, chronic illness, and disability force us to wrestle with what we truly believe about God, suffering, and hope. Together, we explore whether today's churches are equipped to support families facing lifelong challenges rather than temporary crises, and why the Gospel must speak clearly into sustained hardship.

If you are caring for a loved one, navigating disability or chronic illness, supporting a special needs family member, or seeking encouragement as a Christian caregiver, this conversation offers practical insight and biblical perspective grounded in real experience.

Healthy caregivers make better caregivers.  

Andrew Hopper Ministries |

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