Living in the Gap between Promise and Reality: The Gospel according to Abraham (Biblia.com)

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In this insightful volume, Duguid pulls the reader into the dramatic unfolding of the story of Abraham as a significant stage in the larger story of salvation. Written for lay-people, study groups, and pastors, this lively survey of Abraham’s faith (and failures) shows us how the Old Testament patriarch foreshadows the perfect saving work of Christ. The story of Abraham was not intended merely as...

In all your power and goodness Lord, there must be some mistake. For I am weak Lord, so very weak Lord, And I will only let you down.1 These are the kinds of doubts and questions that the next part of Abram’s story deals with. Tired of waiting for God to fulfill his promise, Abram gave in to his wife’s nagging and had a child by her maid, Hagar. He really made a mess of things this time. So much for the great man of faith! Abram was eighty-six years old when Ishmael was born. Thirteen years later,

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