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 ...

The first step in God’s mercy in the case of Sodom was Abraham’s intercession. The prayer of one man was enough for God to be ...

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.

But they, like Abraham, are called to recognize that God — not they — is “the Lord and Giver of Life.” Do we? Titian’s great painting, “Sacrificio di Isacco” [The Sacrifice of Isaac ...

The Christian Association of Nigeria has taken a swipe at the General Overseer of Christ Mercyland Deliverance Ministry, Prophet Jeremiah Fufeyin, over his claim that giving a “first fruit” offering ...

But God’s not done with Abraham. By purely human logic, ... He’s often called the last representative of the Flemish School of Painting and, considering he died in 1811, ...

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).