To understand Abraham properly, one needs to understand the centrality of God’s covenant with Abraham. As the Fourth Eucharistic Prayer tells us, “Again and again [God] offered a covenant to ...

On November 19, 1863, near the site of the bloodiest battle of the American Civil War, President Abraham Lincoln offered a ...

To this end, God chose a person called Abraham and made a promise that his descendants would be a blessing to the world – that through Abraham’s family God would be made known and people would ...

It is a patchwork. Abraham’s sons Ishmael and Isaac go on to inherit key promises (as herders). This breaks down as follows: Isaac’s portion is the “Land of Canaan”, and Ishmael’s ...

President Abraham Lincoln offered a short but seminal vision of the past and promise of the United States in a speech known as the Gettysburg Address. The brief speech—just 272 words arranged ...