Why Did God Tell Abraham to Murder His Son?

January 8, 2022.Reading time 1 minute.

Genesis 22:2 (CSB): “‘Take your son,’ he said, ‘your only son Isaac, whom you love, go to the land of Moriah, and offer him there as a burnt offering on one of the mountains I will tell you about.’”

January 9: “God, Abraham, and child sacrifice”

January 9, 2019.Reading time 6 minutes.

TODAY’S BIBLE READING: Genesis 20:1–22:24 Matthew 7:15-29 Psalm 9:1-12 Proverbs 2:16-22 TODAY’S BIBLE VERSE(S): Genesis 22:1-2 (CSB) “After these things God tested Abraham and said to him, ‘Abraham!’ ‘Here I am,’ he answered. ‘Take your son,’ he said, ‘your only son Isaac, whom you love, go to the land of Moriah, and offer him there […]

God: "Do you trust me?"

January 6, 2011.Reading time 5 minutes.

Genesis 15:1-6 paints a general picture of how God desires to relate to us … and at first glance, it may not seem all that attractive. But as we reflect on it, we’ll realize that it frees us to live lives directed by a divine purpose. Here’s the text in the New Living Translation: “Some […]