The story in Genesis of Abraham’s willingness to kill his son Isaac at God’s command still gets a lot of attention. But it doesn’t get a lot of love. In every broadside against religion, God ...

The main clue in this story comes in the first words: “And so it was that after these things, God tested Abraham.” (Genesis 22:1) This retrospective beginning is meant, I believe, to teach us ...

In the story, God puts Abraham to the test, asking him to “Take now your son, your only son Isaac, whom you love, and go to the land of Moriah, and offer him there as a burnt offering on one of ...

This is what happens in Genesis 22. God tells Abraham: “Take now your son, your only son, whom you love, Isaac, and go to the land of Moriah, and offer him there as a burnt offering on one of ...

Genesis 25, which follows 24 tells about Abraham’s death and in verse 9, it states that Isaac and his half-brother Ishmael buried Abraham in the Cave of Machpelah, which, again, seems to ...

(Read Isaac’s in (Genesis 18:1-15) and (Genesis 21:1-20). Second, Father Abraham and God the Father allow and lead their sons to be sacrificed, and both sons are obedient.

Abraham and Isaac before the Sacrifice, Jan Victors, 1642. ... we are told in Genesis of the conversation the boy has with his father as they climb the mountain together.

Sarah, Abraham and Isaac — those giants of Genesis — are made small by the big screen. There are dangerous horsemen and a burning city and hallucinogenic visions, yes, but this is not Darren ...

Story of Abraham and Isaac teaches, "what it means to fear God And it means this: To fear God is to do whatever He asks of us, when He asks.".