God asked Abraham in trust to leave Ur ... [Note: All views expressed in his National Catholic Register contributions are exclusively the author’s.] ...

Christian theology has long recognized these “visitors” as the Triune God and seen in this passage one of the first allusions ...

Most of us have had “too good to be true” moments both in our “regular” lives and in our relationship with God, when the ...

The Old Testament contains a record of the pact between God and Abraham and between God and Moses. The New Testament is an account of the pact between God and His creatures. Both the old and the ...

No, promises God. Abraham’s descendants will outnumber ... It’s even Sarai’s idea, and a successful one at that (Genesis 16:1-4). Catholic teaching affirms that sexual intercourse has ...

Abraham, Moses, David and finally Jesus. In these succeeding covenants we see God expanding his covenant family until there is a one, holy, catholic (universal) and apostolic Church. However ...

Abraham was first known as Abram but when he followed God, he had his name changed. He lived with his family in Ur, believed to be in modern day Iraq. At that time, it is likely that the people of ...

In the Church, we are made children of the God of Abraham, Isaac, and Jacob -- the God who makes known His name and His ways to Moses in today's First Reading. Mindful of His covenant with Abra ...

The story of God and Abraham begins with the invitation to wonder at the immensity of God's grand plans for humankind. "Look at the stars! They are nothing compared to what I want to give you!" ...

Abraham was the founder of Judaism and was the first to make a covenant with God. The first part of the covenant is known as the promised land and can be found in Genesis 12:1, where Abraham is ...