What Abraham was asked to surrender points to a truth modern hearts resist: that fatherhood, like faith, demands total ...

The next tale of sacrifice is that of Abraham, who is clearly – albeit reluctantly – willing to bring his best: his beloved son, Isaac. This it turns out is a test, but still one that brings ...

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 ...

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It highlights significant events such as Abraham's near-sacrifice of Isaac, Moses leading the Israelites through the wilderness, the conquest of Canaan, and the building of the temple by Solomon.

Was God’s command for Abraham to sacrifice his son cruel? Does faith require embracing the unknowable, the inexplicable ...