So Abraham prayed… and God healed… So… and… spiritual consequences. It is all so wonderfully matter-of-fact. Abraham prayed and God healed. In his dream to Abimelech God had spoken of Abraham in similar matter-of-fact words. He is a prophet, and
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This is the way you shall bless An excursus is an academic expression. It means a digression in the narrative, a detour. Most preachers use detours in the course of their preaching. Some exceptional preachers can actually start with a
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And he believed in Jehovah… Genesis 15 contains one of the most important verses in the Bible. The verse becomes the basis for a major New Testament doctrine — justification by faith. It is sometimes said that Christianity has Jewish


