Abraham, a Friend of God

The salvation of all nations hinges on us and our understanding of what it mean to be a "whole covenant Christian", receiving and then spreading abroad the blessing of Abraham the father of faith.

Have you ever thought that Lot may have left Abraham because of the failures that he had seen in Abraham's personal life? For sons and daughters who are tempted sometimes to turn away from their parents, Mr. Bates helps us to look above and beyond our "Abraham" to the God of Abraham.

Do you need a living example of what it means to walk with God? We hear it said "Trust the Lord" but what does it mean, really? How do we live by faith? God gives us Abraham, Sarah, Ishmael and Isaac to show the answer to the one question which all believers seem to have in common.

Deuteronomy 11:19-21 speaks of teaching God’s Word to your children when rising up, sitting down, on your doorposts, and ends with these words, “. . .