Tag: abram
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By faith, Abraham – 1
a series on Abram or Abraham You have heard it: “BY FAITH ABRAHAM..” and you know it from Scripture. Abram was blessed by God, called on to leave his ancestral home on a journey to a promised land. By faith Abraham believed God that his own son would inherit the promises of God’s covenant. But…
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Abram – Sheik of Haran
Once again, I ask you: Who leads your journey? Who leads your family? Who leads your city, your nation – who leads the people who are part of your everyday mortal life? For Abram, it was his father Terah who led the family from the former Kingdom of Ur, part of the Kingdom of Sumer and away…
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Abram – Sheikh of Ur – 2
Sheikh – شيخ Shekh— is an honorific title in the Arabic language. It commonly designates the ruler of a tribe, who inherited the title from his father. “Sheikh” is given to a royal male at birth. It is a question of leadership, is it not? Who leads your journey? Who leads your family? Who leads your…
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Abram: Sheikh of Ur
Why would I call Abram a Sheikh? (That’s probably not how you think of the Abraham of the Bible account.) Terah took Abram his son … and they went forth together from Ur of the Chaldeans to go into the land of Canaan, but when they came to Haran, they settled there. – Genesis 11:31…
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A Temporary Throne – 28
CHAPTER 28 Genesis 17: 4 “As for Me, behold, My covenant is with you, and you shall be a father of many nations. 5 No longer shall your name be called Abram, but your name shall be Abraham; for I have made you a father of many nations. 6 I will make you exceedingly fruitful;…
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A Temporary Throne – 27
CHAPTER 27 Genesis 12: 10 Now there was a famine in the land, and Abram went down to Egypt to dwell there, for the famine was severe in the land. 11 And it came to pass, when he was close to entering Egypt, that he said to Sarai his wife, “Indeed I know that you…
