Abraham’s ultimate call from God was to sacrifice his son Isaac. God had promised to bring him descendants “as numerous as the sands on the seashore” through Isaac. This contrast must have ...

The Book of Hebrews speaks similarly about the faith of Abraham. The call to sacrifice Isaac made little sense, as Isaac was key to God’s covenant promise. Abraham did not know what God would do.

Moriah, when an angel stays his hand during his near-sacrifice of Isaac. There is no Abraham 3 — unless we ... there are these two Abrahams, and they map on to skepticism, enlightenment, think ...

No, he tried to get the wicked off the hook with them. In the sacrifice of Isaac, Abraham called G^d’s bluff. His game of chicken paid off. He trusted enough in G^d to take the risk. And his ...

God could never have expected Abraham to kill Isaac. Others infer that God never asked Abraham to sacrifice his son literally, because God only considers kosher animals fit for offerings ...

There are two sons and, at least in the beginning, it seems as if Isaac has only one blessing to give. One child will be chosen; the other will be rejected. Just like Abraham, both sons are ...

he has chosen for his subject Abraham's supreme trial of faith and the rescue of Isaac from being offered by his father as a sacrifice. The text selected is Genesis, xxil., 7: "Behold the fire and ...