Faith not only goes, but it also stays. And although Abraham’s faith swayed for a time, he kept clinging to the promise that God would one day bless both he and his descendants, Genesis 12:2.

The main clue in this story comes in the first words: “And so it was that after these things, God tested Abraham.” (Genesis 22:1) This retrospective beginning is meant, I believe, to teach us ...

Abraham had the faith to believe God (faith), and he obeyed him (a work). Hebrews 11 is about the heroes of the faith. Faith is described as leading to men receiving God’s “divine approval ...

On Rosh Hashanah, many rabbis struggle to inspire their audiences with one of the Bible’s more chilling tales: Abraham, father of the Jewish people, bound his beloved son Isaac to an altar, r… ...

Christians believe Abraham’s sacrifice prefigured God’s sacrifice of his own son. Muslims believe Abraham demonstrated precisely what it means to submit to God.