only a single example could potentially be interpreted as a universal claim to complete knowledge.463 Among the things that God claims to know are the following: He knows the way to wisdom and where it dwells, he knows the day of the wicked is coming, he knows the secrets of men’s hea...
Jasher 13:5 says that Abram went to the land of Canaan at the age of 50 then back to Haran and back to Canaan at age 75, Genesis 12:4 states that Abram was 75 when he departed Haran. Jasher 18:9 states that one of the angels tells Abraham that Sarah will have a son, but Gen...
Abraham Heschel said that“Eternal life does not grow away from us; it is “planted within us, growing beyond us.”(Abraham Heschel,The Sabbath,74). The divine resting concludes creation—namely, Sabbath belongs to the created order; it cannot be legislated or abrogated by human beings. “Fi...
Abraham closed his eyes to its glare, and let the deep silence of the desert enfold him. The soft sand in the shadow of his tent cradled his bones in its warmth, allowing him to sit. Others slumbered in the heat of the day, but despite his years, Abraham resisted the soporific lure....
*Gal 4:22 For it is written, that Abraham had two sons, the one by a bondmaid, the other by a freewoman. Gal 4:23 But he who was of the bondwoman was born after the flesh; but he of the freewoman was by promise. If we have read the Bible, we all know this passage of th...
As a kid, I heard the story of Jesus often. For me Jesus was like Abraham Lincoln. He was a historic figure that did good things to help people. Then one morning the realization of my evil heart overwhelmed me. I felt shame and guilt for my lies and my lusts. I remember walking in...
Today’s passage tells us evil has to be overcome with good. It’s important in these dark times to allow the love of Christ to flow freely from us. It is that love that is going to snatch souls from the kingdom of darkness. It is too easy to want to fight the evil we encounter...
“The LORD came to Sarah as he had said, and the LORD did for Sarah what he had promised. Sarah became pregnant and bore a son to Abraham in his old age, at the appointed time God had told him.” I love the phrase –“…at the appointed time.”God has an appointed time for eac...
However, those who baptize infants have failed to see the decisive shift in the new covenant as it relates to the fulfillment of Abraham’s promise. It is no longer a genetic connection that determines a child of Abraham but rather the conscious act of faith. Paul makes this unequivocally ...
Thirdly, he assures us by the examples of Abraham, Isaac, Jacob and the rest of the patriarchs, that his mercies never fail those whom he chooses to be his Church, and to profess his Name in earth, but in all their afflictions and persecutions he assists them, sends comfort, and ...