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 Discovery of God Abraham and the Birth of Monotheism by David Klinghoffer Doubleday, 368 pp., $26 ON THE OUTSKIRTS of Kazan, a Tartar city of the former Soviet Union, a huge brick-and-glass ...

Abraham becomes an exemplar of salvation by faith and the conduit of the blessings for the nations. In addition, there is a notion in Judaism that Christianity is descended from Abraham’s other ...

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… ...

Mohamed Kohia, Rockhurst University professor: In Islam, Prophet Abraham (Ibrahim) is labeled as the father of prophets. Among his children was the first born Ishmael and second born Isaac. From ...

Works are always present where true faith exists. James doesn’t deny that Abraham also had faith, which was part of his justification as well (2:18, 20, 22-24, 26).But God had already reiterated ...