Hebrews 11:13-16 contains our next Live By Faith story: “By faith Abraham, when God tested him, offered Isaac as a sacrifice. He who had embraced the promises was about to sacrifice his one and only son, even though God had said to him, ‘It is through Isaac that your offspring will be reckoned.’ Abraham reasoned
As the author of Hebrews 11 continues to write about the ancient heroes of the faith, he suddenly interrupts himself and pens these words: “All these people were still living by faith when they died. They did not receive the things promised; they only saw them and welcomed them from a distance, admitting that they were foreigners
The writer of Hebrews 11 introduces Sarah as our next hero of the faith. Her story is a very unusual one and is found in Genesis chapters 16 through 18. The summarized version of her story is this: Sarah was married to Abraham. God made a covenant with Abraham that he would be the father
The writer of Hebrews 11 introduces us to our next hero of the faith with this simple statement: “By faith, Abraham, when called to go to a place he would later receive as an inheritance, obeyed and went, even though he did not know where he was going.” The Backstory Abraham is an extraordinary figure.
Relationships are sometimes messy. All of them — marriages, siblings, co-workers, teammates, neighbors, best friends, or even brothers and sisters in Christ. Life has a way of throwing an occasional curveball that can introduce stress and drama into even the best relationship. If you have a relationship that is stressed, then I encourage you to
The first nine chapters of the book of Genesis describe an ancient and mysterious era. Frankly, every time I read this section, I end up with more questions than I do answers. I’m a fan of head-scratchers — and the first part of Genesis is chock-full of them. However, the Bible was not intended to
