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 ...

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

Abraham is an important figure in Christianity, Islam and Judaism. The story of Abraham can be found in the Book of Genesis - the first book in the Christian Bible and in the Torah of Judaism.

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

God establishes a covenant with Noah, Abraham, Moses, David and finally Jesus. In these succeeding covenants we see God expanding his covenant family until there is a one, holy, catholic ...

For the believer, the answer is simple: God commanded Abraham, and ever since circumcision has been the mark of the covenant. For the academic historian, the answer is more complicated ...

God made covenants with Adam, Noah, Moses, Abraham, and David. But the greatest covenant of all, foreshadowed in these covenants is the New Covenant. Jesus Himself became the “Lamb slain before ...

The term covenant refers to a promise or agreement which is made between two people or groups of people. Judasim teaches that covenants were made between God and Noah, Abraham and Moses.

When we pass God’s test (although – again – only by the grace of God), God is pleased with us, as He was with Abraham. God said: “now I know that thou fearest God, seeing thou hast not ...

"The Covenant of Water" by Abraham Verghese Prefer to listen ... life is the day of her wedding," her mother says. "After that, God willing, it gets better." Soon she hears her mother's sniffles ...

Key fact Jews believe that God and Abraham entered into a covenant in which God promised many descendants, a blessed nation and a Promised Land. [Circumcision] shall be the mark of the covenant ...