Abraham

Two New Podcasts and Videos—How do you become someone God approves of? How do God’s Sovereignty and Human Free Will Interact?

January 24, 2022 by bible805

Lesson #1

As we continue our study of Genesis, the lesson, podcast and video, Abraham Founding Father & Hero of the Faith and how we can be like him, will teach you what it was in his life that made him pleasing to God and how we can follow his example.

This lesson also has a background discussion of Ur of the Chaldees, the civilization Abraham left when he was called to the Promised Land. On the video you can see a series of pictures of the archeological site, artifacts from the city, as well as the story of its discovery. It’s a fascinating one, not only because it gives us solid evidence of the authenticity of this early Biblical character but shows us realistically what he left behind.

Contrary to what I assumed in the past, (and maybe many of you did also) Abraham did not simply leave one pastoral community and move to another pastoral community. The picture in my mind was of a Biblical character like we see in Sunday School lessons moving from one tent in the wilderness to another.

The reality could not have been further from the truth!Continue Reading

Abraham Founding Father & Hero of the Faith and how we can be like him

January 21, 2022 by bible805

What makes someone great in God’s eyes?

We’re starting into the part of the Old Testament where we talk about
“heroes of the faith.” What does that mean and does an ordinary person have any chance of pleasing God in that way?

Those are the questions we’ll answer in today’s lesson.

Plus the video has some FASCINATING material on the archeological discoveries in Ur, Abraham’s home country.

Below are the podcast, video, and notes.

From a person to a people– Abraham, Isaac, Jacob, and Joseph AND is God or are people in charge of history?

February 10, 2019 by Yvon Prehn

How did the Jewish people become a nation?

Did Abraham, Isaac, Jacob and Joseph have any say in being the founding fathers or were they predestined to do all they did?

And what about us? What is God in control of and what are we responsible for?

Today we are going to answer these questions and more in our Podcast.

As we look at the lives of these founders of our faith, we can see God faithful to fulfill his plan and promises even though the people given the task to carry it out sometimes strayed from doing the right thing. Though we admire what they did, God is the hero of the story and our stories because He is the one who is faithful and who will carry us through the storms of life.

In addition to the overall themes above, this podcast has some extra material on the history of Midian, Edom, and why the Beatitudes are written in the way they are. If that didn’t make lots of sense–listen to the podcast and learn some fascinating facts we sometimes miss in Old Testament stories.

Click on the following link to download my messy, but hopefully helpful, notes that go with the podcast: NOTES People to a nation, is God or are people in control of history

Abraham, the Father of our Faith

January 20, 2019 by Yvon Prehn

Why do Christians call Abraham the “Father of their Faith?”

Isn’t he also the Father of the faith for Jews and Muslims? And didn’t he write an important book for the Mormons?

Do I have to be a person of great faith like Abraham for God to accept me?

These questions and much more are what we will cover in this podcast on Abraham.

I’ll start with an overview of the incredible archeological finds that have literally uncovered streets in the city of Ur and buildings that were there when Abraham lived there. We will do an overview of Abraham’s life and then compare the Biblical view of Abraham with the Abraham of the Muslim and Mormon faiths.

Finally, you’ll see why it isn’t the moral character and the perfection of Abraham that made him acceptable to God, but the character of his God, who always has and always will provide salvation to those who trust him, not by works, but by faith.