Abraham, you’re going to be a daddy! What incredible news. Abraham was 99 years old and Sarah was 10 years younger. But — God’s words are always in season.

This week, I’m moving out of New York City. It’s not my first time moving, but it is the first time I’m leaving a place with no plan to return to living there. I’ll come visit all the friends I have ...

This most magnificent metaphor comforted not only Abraham. To this day, it allows every generation of his spiritual progeny ...

Nine generations separated Shem, the son of Noah, from Abraham. That is a long time and during the more than four centuries, civilization was growing. Following God’s scattering the people, ...

OLD TESTAMENT & ART: Pieter Lastman’s 1614 painting captures the biblical moment when Abraham leaves everything behind to follow God’s call. Pieter Lastman, “Abraham on the Way to Canaan,” 1614, State ...

attempting to fulfil his father’s far-flung goals. Abraham interpreted what this commandment really meant: to be good children we must follow righteous parents’ roles. On Mount Sinai this commandment ...