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

Hebrews 11:8 says, “By faith Abraham, when he was called, obeyed by going out to the place which he was to receive for any ...

Judaism, Christianity and Islam all acknowledge Abraham as “the man of faith” and claim him as their own. It’s why, for example, the efforts of the first Trump administration to promote ...

in Genesis 22:1–19, God tests Abraham’s faith by commanding him to sacrifice his only son, Isaac. Abraham, who had waited decades for the birth of Isaac, the son promised by God to carry on his ...

that John Wilkes Booth assassinated Abraham Lincoln. Earlier that day, Lincoln was unusually cheerful. He had spoken with his son Robert that morning about his experience as a soldier, and General ...

Was God’s command for Abraham to sacrifice his son cruel? Does faith require embracing the unknowable, the inexplicable without question? Are there ethical dimensions to faith and God?

I find myself drawn to some of the great heroes in the faith. Abraham, Moses, David, each leaders in their own right, different in many ways. One was seeking a new home in a forei ...