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faith. The Scripture says, “Abraham was
Joel Osteen • The Abundance Mind-Set
new covenant with Abraham? Abraham
Joel Osteen • The Abundance Mind-Set
He becomes the father of our faith! He becomes the seed through which God will bring people from all nations—of all ethnos—back together.
John M. Perkins • One Blood: Parting Words to the Church on Race and Love
Abraham was not a Jew nor yet a Christian; but he was true in Faith, and bowed his will to Allah’s (which is Islam), and he joined not gods with Allah.
Abdullah Ali • The Meaning of the Holy Qur'an: Complete Translation with Selected Notes
May the Elohim of Abraham and the Elohim of Nahor, the Elohim of their father, judge between us. (Genesis 31:53) Nahor was Abraham’s brother and Laban’s grandfather. We thus have proof that Abraham’s family was divided, and followed and worshiped different Elohim.
Mauro Biglino • Gods of the Bible
Abraham fully believed God would raise him, which is spectacular when we consider that no one had ever been raised from the dead before.
Jonathan Welton • Understanding the Whole Bible: The King, The Kingdom and the New Covenant
In desperation Sarah gives Abraham her handmaid Hagar as wife, an established custom in patriarchal times. Hagar has a child, Ishmael. Now at last Abraham has a son. Yet God tells him that Ishmael is not the one. He too will be blessed and will become a great nation. But he is not the child of the covenant.