The Bible generally urges that punishment not be inflicted without a trial, but Pinhas faced a brazen violation of the ...

This name Jesus for Christians, Allah for Muslims and YHVH for Jews, differs from all the other names that are just philosophical terms for various universal aspects or roles of God. This Divine name ...

(Reading: Genesis 16:1-17:27; 21:8-20) This week and next we’ll address what might be called “Abraham and the Child Problem.” We’ll see the human solution … and the divine one. We saw ...

(Reading: Genesis 15:1-21) 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 ...

A mutual covenant of belonging, as we declare in the prayers of Yom Kippur: “We are Your nation, and You are our God.” ...

God reveals Himself to father Abraham as El-Shaddai in Genesis Chapter 17:1 that shows He is the Almighty God and can do all things, which He proved by giving him Isaac at the age of hundred.

This covenant is first set forth cryptically in the words of the protevangel (Gen. 3:15) which promised Eve ultimate triumph over the enemy of her race. In this covenant the emphasis is on faith.

Genesis 17:15-16 reads, “Then God said to Abraham, “Regarding Sarai, your wife—her name will no longer be Sarai. From now on her name will be Sarah. And I will bless her and give you a son from her!

In Genesis 12, God's call to Abraham is clear and direct, promising him blessings, nationhood, land, and universal impact. However, this promise is not left as a mere verbal assurance. As the ...

The covenant at Sinai that is commemorated on Shavuot, according to this reading, is just the latest example of the loyalty between God and his people, a bond strengthened over and over again ...