The first step in God’s mercy in the case of Sodom was Abraham’s intercession. The prayer of one man was enough for God to be ...

In the story, God puts Abraham to the test, asking him to “Take now your son, your only son Isaac, whom you love, and go to the land of Moriah, and offer him there as a burnt offering on one of ...

God asked Abraham in trust to leave Ur, ... And Abram shows himself the man of faith of which Hebrews speaks (11:8-19), for which God rewards him … and, thanks to him, us.

as the bible explains, god spoke to abraham and gave him a command -- "go from your country," god said, "to the land that i will show you." Man: THE TRADITIONS INVOLVING ABRAHAM ARE THAT ABRAHAM ...

This was the legacy that Abraham be-quested to his sons as did Jacob when he said: “My sons, (who will become the Jewish community) God has chosen for you this way of life” (2:132) All three ...

Cardinal Korec spoke of Abraham’s “sacrifice of fatherhood.” God asked him to give up something dearer to him perhaps than his own life. Here was his boy, flesh of his flesh and blood of his ...