A Flemish Baroque painting reanimates Genesis 16–21 and helps us reflect on trust, covenant and the consequences of human ...

However, God called Abraham to follow him and reject the gods of the people of Ur. When God called Abraham, he made a special promise with him called a covenant. A covenant is a two-sided promise ...

Through sacrifice and unwavering faith, Abraham’s covenant with God prefigures the greater fulfillment in Christ, as depicted ...

But to call Abraham Jewish simplifies things very ... it was that Abraham came to recognize God and why it was that God chose Abraham. And one of the most famous of these stories recounts how ...

(3:95) What makes Prophet Abraham, “whom God chose to be His friend” (Qur’an 4:125 & Isaiah 41:8) so special? All prophets Divinely inspired by the one and only God are of course monotheists.

Genesis 12 marks the beginning of the formation of a people — Abraham and his descendants ... solidarity and true community.

And in that trust, Scripture says, "It was credited to him as righteousness-and Abraham was called God's friend." (James 2:23) When God called, Abraham obeyed. He journeyed far-through unknown ...

Abraham just left his homeland and trusted ... I told them I would never forget them and that I would always love them. God called us to a small church in Melrose. They really are a great group ...

Abraham was the founder of Judaism and was the first to make a covenant with God. The first part of the covenant is known as the promised land and can be found in Genesis 12:1, where Abraham is ...