would be God’s friend, for, as Hebrews says, “without faith it is impossible to please God” (Heb. 11:6). The epithet “friend” exalts Abram, but it also brings the patriarch down to our level. Most of us are aware that we will never become lawgivers like Moses. We are unlikely to become generals for God like Joshua, or kings like David. We will not be prophets, except in the sense that we are all called to be witnesses for Christ. But although we cannot be lawgivers, kings, generals, or prophets,