Abraham responds, “God himself will provide the lamb for the burnt offering, my son ... Abraham looks up and sees a ram caught in a thicket by its horns. He sacrifices the ram instead of Isaac.

Through sacrifice and unwavering faith, Abraham’s covenant with God prefigures the greater fulfillment in Christ, as depicted ...

Was God’s command for Abraham to sacrifice his son cruel? Does faith require embracing the unknowable, the inexplicable without question? Are there ethical dimensions to faith and God?

I am still thinking of the Akeidah, and the scent of the burnt offering lingers ... the other will be rejected. Just like ...