The tensions between Sarah and Hagar continue and, like mother like son, Ishmael joins in them. Things come to a head and, eventually, Sarah presses Abraham to send Hagar and Ishmael into exile ...

Christian theology has long recognized these “visitors” as the Triune God and seen in this passage one of the first allusions ...

What Abraham was asked to surrender points to a truth modern hearts resist: that fatherhood, like faith, demands total ...

The Barna Group, a research organization that studies how cultural trends and religious belief intersect, released a report ...

So the Jews said to him, 'You are not yet fifty years old, and have you seen Abraham?' Jesus said to them, 'Truly, truly, I ...

My job as a pastor, preacher, public theologian, author, and activist is to invite folks into the story of God.

(Genesis 16:13-14) Neither Sarah nor Hagar/Ha-jar are mentioned by name in the Qur’an, but the story of Ha-jar’s exile from Abraham’s home is traditionally understood to be referred to in a ...