Abraham needed to grow in faith on his long journey through life. It was his willingness to learn such faith that commended ...

Jewish academic and Hebrew scholar Irene Lancaster explains the Jewish interpretation of Abraham and God's covenant promise.

Abraham, you’re going to be a daddy! What incredible news. Abraham was 99 years old and Sarah was 10 years younger. But — God’s words are always in season.

The progression of leadership in Genesis indicates God wants leaders who don’t just “follow orders” but who evaluate and even ...

Paul didn’t have a brain virus, nor did he teach a nationalistic fantasy — he articulated divine revelation. God’s covenant ...

Gregory Fortuin’s Gospel meditation traces the Israeli-Palestinian conflict to its ancient roots in Abraham’s sons, Ishmael and Isaac. Their story, marked by division, exile, and eventual reunion, ...

The Torah presents Abraham not as a spiritual giant chosen by default but as Everyman. He is not depicted as a polished hero ...

The Chatam Sofer (Rabbi Moshe Sofer of Pressburg, one of the great Torah commentators) adds that when Abraham returned from ...

When we open our Bibles to Genesis 12:1–5, we encounter one of the most remarkable moments in all of Scripture. A ...

Nine generations separated Shem, the son of Noah, from Abraham. That is a long time and during the more than four centuries, civilization was growing. Following God’s scattering the people, ...

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