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 ...

Jesus, the writers of the New Testament, and observant Jews never say the name of God. So why is saying it such a trend among ...

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 ...

By R.A. Mathews He was special to God, a man who lived six centuries before the birth of Christ. The Lord called him “son of ...

OLD TESTAMENT & ART: Pieter Lastman’s 1614 painting captures the biblical moment when Abraham leaves everything behind to follow God’s call. Pieter Lastman, “Abraham on the Way to Canaan ...

Why does God call Abraham “my friend”? (Isaiah 41:8) Because Abraham introduced his friends to the imageless, formless One. His friends joined Sarah and Abraham in prayer each and every new moon.

God’s covenant with Abraham is depicted in a medieval illustration from a manuscript from around the 13th century, Rudolf von Ems’ depiction in the Weltchronik (World History).