The Faith of Hagar (Genesis 16:1-16)
A pregnant slave girl escapes from abuse in Abram’s house. The angel of the Lord finds her and tells her to go back — but not without an astonishing promise.
A pregnant slave girl escapes from abuse in Abram’s house. The angel of the Lord finds her and tells her to go back — but not without an astonishing promise.
Abram discovers that God’s plans for him are even bigger than he realized! — and then he finds out he has been running down the wrong track for the last thirteen years.
Abraham receives an unexpected sign, a mark that is much more significant than it seems.
Abraham receives an unexpected visitor, who delivers a special message to Sarah.
Abraham is invited to make a legal argument in the Lord’s courtroom, but who he decides to defend comes as a surprise.
Abraham’s nephew Lot is given a choice: run and live, or stay and die, but when the moment of decision comes, he hesitates.
The survivors of Sodom crawl out the ruins and start the process all over again.
Abraham ventures out of the mountains of the north, and begins to fill the wastelands below with life and true worship.
Almost thirty years after it began, Abraham’s journey finally comes to an end. And there he discovers that sometimes people inside the family want out, while sometimes people outside the family want in.
Abraham builds his last altar in the land, and prepares to sacrifice his entire future upon it. But is this really the kind of sacrifice Abraham’s God desires?