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 the Old ...

And that is why Abraham is called Avraham Avinu, Abraham our Father. What made him great was his ability to intuit God and use that as the foundation of starting a family based on that belief.

But a question remains. Why did God call on Abraham to challenge Him? Was there anything Abraham knew that God didn’t know? That idea is absurd. The answer is surely this: Abraham was to become ...

However, God called Abraham to follow him and reject the gods of the people of Ur. When God called Abraham, he made a special promise with him called a covenant. A covenant is a two-sided promise ...

OLD TESTAMENT & ART: Pieter Lastman’s 1614 painting captures the biblical moment when Abraham leaves everything behind to follow God’s call. Pieter Lastman, “Abraham on the Way to Canaan ...

Why does God call Abraham “my friend”? (Isaiah 41:8) Because Abraham introduced his friends to the imageless, formless One. His friends joined Sarah and Abraham in prayer each and every new moon.