First of all, in Isaiah 41:8, Abraham is called by God “my friend.” (See also 2 Chronicles 20:7.) How did Abraham become God’s friend? He did so the way anyone becomes friends with someone else.

After a life lived with God and immersed in prayer, Abraham was given the ultimate test. He was asked by God, whom he loved and trusted, to offer up his own son.

God chose Abraham because he desired to choose Abraham. A dramatic answer to this question is found in the Sefat Emet. He explains, based on the Zohar, that God’s call went out to all of ...

Such a search for God includes prayer and becomes “a reciprocal call.” God calls to us. When we pray, we call out to him. ... Abraham vents before God and asks why there has been a delay.

In the Bible, Abraham comes on the scene at the very beginning of recorded history. Taking the Catholic Pulse. Switch to dark theme. Sign In. John Allen Jr. Staff. John Allen Jr. Charles Collins; ...

Enter Abraham, who in this week’s Parashat Lech L’cha (Genesis 12:1-17:27) receives the Divine call. That call and Abraham’s receptive response was a necessary stage leading to the ...

By Jannie Linney. God Made Abram some promises and they belong to us, too. All who are born again are descendants of Abraham because we were grafted into the Olive Tree [Romans 11].

We had been discussing the story of God calling Abraham to sacrifice his beloved son, Isaac. “Maybe,” he continued, “if God knew he was going to give up his own son, ...