Vanity and Profanity

Reviewing the life of Isaac as it is made known to us on the pages of Holy Writ we do not get the impression that Isaac was a spiritually strong man. Indeed, he lived in the shadow of his father, Abraham, of whom much is said in Hebrews 11, that chapter wherein the giants (not heroes) of faith are listed for us, the men who in the Old, Testament towered above the rest of God's people. Reviewing the life of Isaac as it is made known to us on the pages of Holy Writ we do not get the impression...