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

To understand Abraham properly ... And to these descendants would also belong the land God promises. God makes great promises, but he also signals tribulation. Abram’s descendants would also ...

Fulfilling the commandment of circumcision means taking the ordinary body of a human being and transforming it into something ...

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 ...

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 ...

I will make of you a great nation, And I will bless you.’ — Genesis 12:1-2 In return, God promised Abraham that he and his wife Sarah would be given something that they had longed for - a child.

has encouraged Christians to remain focused on the promises of God and trust in Him as Abraham did. She noted that they might surely face challenges and persecutions but when their focus was on ...