Primary information about Abraham is found in Genesis 11:27-25:18. His call from God, unwavering faith, trust in and unflinching obedience to Almighty God are detailed in this section of the Old ...
I’ve always been amazed at the story of Abraham being asked to sacrifice Isaac. It’s a story marked by great faith, great obedience and even great confusion. Have you ever stopped to think about the ...
Daily Sun: Abraham, friend of God and spiritual father of all faithful
Newsday: Asking the Clergy: What can be learned from Abraham’s obedience to God?
Abraham is a prophet and the spiritual ancestor of three world religions — Judaism, Christianity and Islam — which are collectively the Abrahamic faiths. The Muslim holiday, Eid al-Adha, celebrated ...
Asking the Clergy: What can be learned from Abraham’s obedience to God?
Eid al-Adha, or the Feast of the Sacrifice, is celebrated to commemorate the prophet Ibrahim's (Abraham's) faith in being willing to sacrifice his son. Last Friday, Muslims in Bermuda celebrated ...
The relation of obedience to saving faith is for many Christians a neglected truth. It can be an embarrassing experience to attempt to see whether the faith we profess has borne fruit in obedience to ...
Who in the Bible had the greatest faith? Was I Noah who built the Ark? Was it Abraham, the father of the Jewish race? Was it the prophet Isaiah, Jeremiah, or Elijah? Each of these and many more whose ...
The indissoluble connection between faith and obedience is only too often overlooked or rationalized away. We rightly emphasize “faith,” for without it man cannot be saved; without it no man can ...