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The Child of Promise The typology of Isaac does not only relate to the true Son but also to all true sons. Paul the apostle refers to Isaac as a ‘child of promise’: Now we, brethren, as Isaac was, are

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Person-to-person Let’s gather up some fragments that remain from this account of Abraham’s faith. (New readers to this column should be warned that the ‘fragments which remained’ ultimately proved to be more than the original meal!) In our last devotional,

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Ready, steady, wait It is amazing to see how often exhilarating mountain-top experiences are followed by the testings in the valley. Paradise and Adam’s receiving of his wife is followed by his testing by Satan. David’s final conquest of his

Abraham, My Friend – the making of a man of God – 01

Preface: Every story has a purpose and my re-telling of this story has its purpose revealed in our sub-title. Abraham’s life is rich in illustration of the purposes of God and the daily incidents of a pilgrim but our ultimate

the paralysis of omnipotence

G Campbell Morgan This is a passage in G Campbell Morgan’s commentary on “the Gospel according to Mark”. He covers the attitude of the people at Nazareth to Christ’s return visit. The locals knew Jesus of Nazareth so well, they knew

when he was called – Abraham, my Friend – Part 04

Chapter One: Beginnings When he was called The story of the steps of the faith of our father Abraham is not only to be found in the book of Genesis. Again and again the scriptures return to this man, often

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A prophet? Let’s explore further what the Bible has to say about this word ‘prophet’. What is a prophet? ‘Abraham,’ says God to Abimelech, ‘is a prophet.’ At this point, there is no explanation of the title or role. It

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I will… and Sarah shall… At this point in our meditations on the life of Abraham, the Friend of God, we come to a new aspect of Abraham’s life. Let’s review his footsteps thus far: We saw his first steps

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Passing through, going on still… Abraham is on the move. And Abram passed through the land unto the place of Shechem, unto the oak of Moreh. And the Canaanite was then in the land. 7 And Jehovah appeared unto Abram,

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The Seed – Part 2 For me, Bible study often begins with an ‘idea, or hunch, or revelation’. (Choose whichever you think most appropriate.) I then ‘destruction test’ the idea by thinking through parallel passages or passages which have the