Q: Attending Catholic school as a child, I remember being bothered by the story of Abraham being tested by God. God asked Abraham to sacrifice his only son, Isaac, up to Him. Once God saw that Abraham ...

Contrary to Christian belief the Binding of Isaac is not a prophecy for human sacrifice or crucifixion, which in Jewish Law is an abomination. If one reads a few verses below the Hebrew scriptures, ...

The obvious question in relation to the story of the binding of Isaac arises in comparison with the previous story of Sodom and Gomorrah. In the story of Sodom and Gomorrah, when God decrees to ...

The story of Abraham and Isaac is one of the most challenging stories in the Bible but that's exactly what drew filmmaker David Helling to it. His feature debut film, "His Only Son," depicts the ...

I know several Abrahams. Let me mention three, two living and one dead. Ibrahim A. works on the maintenance staff of Loyola Jesuit College on the outskirts of Abuja in Nigeria. A Jukun from Taraba ...

To stress his point, he cleverly uses the literary technique called “cataloguing”: the phrase “by faith” begins each of Paul’s examples of Abraham’s faith, beginning with Abraham’s call story, ...

The Rev. Wesley Hill, author of "Paul and the Trinity," preached in Birmingham during the noon Lenten service on Monday, March 23, 2015, at Cathedral Church of the Advent. He'll also preach Tuesday in ...

Readings: Genesis 22:1-2, 9a, 10-13, 15-18 Romans 8:31b-34 Mark 9:2-10 Four percent of Americans identify as atheist. It’s a small percentage, though it has doubled in the last 10 years. If most ...

In a pivotal biblical story — retold each Rosh Hashana, marking the Jewish new year — God orders Abraham to sacrifice Isaac.