Footsteps of Abraham
Summary and Conclusion | In the Footsteps of Abraham with Johannes Gerloff #52
We have reached the end of this series "In the Footsteps of Abraham". Chapters 12 through 25 of the...
The Wife for the Son | In the Footsteps of Abraham with Johannes Gerloff #51
Genesis 24 is one of the longest chapters of the Bible. It is full of precious discoveries. Just a...
The Land Purchase | In the Footsteps of Abraham with Johannes Gerloff #50
Even "promised land" cannot simply be taken and occupied by the one to whom it has been promised by...
The Cave of Machpela | In the Footsteps of Abraham with Johannes Gerloff #49
The Cave of Machpela is one of the very few places in the Holy Land that can be traced back to the...
References to the New Testament | In the Footsteps of Abraham with Johannes Gerloff #48
To many Christians the so-called "Old Testament" is strange. However, what we call "Old Testament"...
The Idea of Martyrdom | In the Footsteps of Abraham with Johannes Gerloff #47
Genesis 22, Abraham's Binding of Isaac, is one of the most influential texts of the Bible. The idea...
God Does Not Want Any Sacrifice | In the Footsteps of Abraham with Johannes Gerloff #46
You will not get anything in this world without paying the price for it. That is the most natural...
Against the Sacrifice of Children | In the Footsteps of Abraham with Johannes Gerloff #45
God asked Abraham to offer his beloved son Isaac as a sacrifice. Why? How He dares to do so?? - A...
God is Testing | In the Footsteps of Abraham with Johannes Gerloff #44
We do not like the pressure, the uncertainty of the outcome, our own tendency to fail. But God...
Coexistence | In the Footsteps of Abraham with Johannes Gerloff #43
God's choice makes a difference between those who are chosen and those who are not. The question is...
The Son | In the Footsteps of Abraham with Johannes Gerloff #42
Finally, after decades of waiting the son is born to Sarah and Abraham, the son that God promised...
Abrahams Calling | In the Footsteps of Abraham with Johannes Gerloff #41
Abraham was a human being, afraid, sometimes not straight forward, somehow blurred in his judgment...
Right or wrong | In the Footsteps of Abraham with Johannes Gerloff #40
You may prove from the Bible whatever you want. That's what some people think, listening to Bibel...
Abraham the Human Being | In the Footsteps of Abraham with Johannes Gerloff #39
Up until now, Abraham was portrayed by the biblical texts as the one who obeys the God's word...
The Righteousness of Abraham | In the Footsteps of Abraham with Johannes Gerloff #38
Abraham failed in his prayer to save Sodom and Gomorrah. However, he had not prayed for the sinners...
Terrible News | In the Footsteps of Abraham with Johannes Gerloff #37
Abraham was the first human being to whom God revealed what He was going to do. Abraham was the...
Laughter | In the Footsteps of Abraham with Johannes Gerloff #36
"Yitzhak", the original Hebrew version of the name "Isaac", means "he laughs" or "one laughs". The...
Hospitality | In the Footsteps of Abraham with Johannes Gerloff #35
Abraham's generosity towards unknown foreigners, who theoretically might have been idol...
Exclusivity | In the Footsteps of Abraham with Johannes Gerloff #34
The vision of unity of the three "Abrahamic" monotheistic religions seems to have been the original...
…and the Sign | In the Footsteps of Abraham with Johannes Gerloff #33
Circumcision is the outward sign of God's covenant with Abraham and his descendants. It is a mark...