Exposition

Father and Son In our previous meditation I made the statement that from this point in the life of Abraham, the Friend of God, we come to a new aspect of Abraham’s life. We shall begin to see Abraham and

A long history of a moment (With apologies to Stephen Hawking.) Let’s begin by reminding ourselves of the place that this personal covenant between God and Abraham has in the overall revelation of God’s purposes. This is something we need

Why circumcision? I promised I would return to the account of the birth of Ishmael but I have been somewhat reluctant to start on this devotional, simply because of the propriety of the topic. In many ways, the Bible is

Second best? We have tracked Abraham’s disastrous descent into Egypt, now let’s track his restoration.  He went up out of Egypt into the Negeb. And he was very rich in cattle, in silver, and in gold. Or as the Hebrew

Kings, Confederates and a Priest I would like to ask you to read this instalment twice. Genesis 14 is packed with action and relevance. It gives a vivid background to the kind of world that Abraham lived in and shows

Abrahamic Perfection I want to say more about Genesis 16 but I think it will make more sense if we revisit later rather than try to look too far ahead. In essence, Ishmael was ‘fathered’ by uncircumcised energy and came

the people of the God of Abraham ‘Sometimes a light surprises the Christian while he sings’, wrote William Cowper, ‘It is the Lord, Who rises with healing in His wings.’ Sometimes the same light surprises the Christian while he reads;