Abraham A Man of Faith (Genesis 12:1-9; 14-18)

"Now the Lord had said to Abraham, Get thee out of thy country, and from thy kindred, and from thy father's house, unto a land that I will shew thee". The question is first in order why Abraham was bidden to quit his native land, get him from his kindred and from his father's house to the land of Canaan. According to the current view the Lord's reason was to preserve the true religion. The world, it is said, was again lapsing into idolatry, so that the Lord in order to keep alive the...