I retired from my secular career a year ago this month, and last fall — with all the other kids — I went back to school. In my case, I took two semesters of Biblical Hebrew, the language of ...

In the Binding of Isaac, Abraham has the knife to Isaac’s throat when an angel intervenes, sending a ram to be slaughtered instead. But he is seemingly lauded for his willingness to go through ...

We are forced to face the horror. Abraham built the altar. Next he tied Isaac, and put him on the wood. Then he reached for the knife to slaughter his son. When a story perplexes the most ...

A massive Abraham is the central figure, joining heaven (the angel who restrains the sacrificial knife in his hand) and earth (Isaac on the altar). His orangish robe almost alludes to blood ...

One of the most dramatic moments of the entire Bible occurs when Abraham reaches out his hand to take the knife, ready to sacrifice his son Isaac in obedience to the Lord (Gen. 22:10). Considering ...

Abraham’s near sacrifice of Isaac on Mount Moriah prefigures the Father’s sacrifice of his Son, Jesus, on Mount Calvary. What Isaac foretold is realized in full in Christ.