To understand Abraham properly, one needs to understand the centrality of God’s covenant with Abraham. As the Fourth Eucharistic Prayer tells us, “Again and again [God] offered a covenant to ...

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

As we read in Genesis, God promises Abraham, “To your descendants I give this land.” This promise is passed down through generations, echoed by the Jewish prophets, and is central to the very ...

In these first two weeks of Lent, we've begun a new stage of our Holy Year pilgrimage. We've seen human frailty and the glory ...

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 ...

As followers of Christ, we must adopt this attitude of grace. It’s important to recognize that God’s promise to Abraham extended far beyond a mere strip of land. Manipulating Scripture to ...

Abram (later Abraham) was plucked out of his routine in Ur, an ancient city in Iraq, by being given a startling promise by God. ‘You will have descendants as many as the starts of heaven.’ He ...

The patriarchs in the Bible were the fathers of the nation of Israel: Abraham, Isaac, and Jacob. Through these three men, the ...

Miss Betty Deh, a 15-year-old form three student of the Adaklu Kodzobi Junior High School, has encouraged Christians to remain focused on the promises of God and trust in Him as Abraham did.She noted ...