Here was a man who never saw the promised land given to him. In fact, he saw the reverse. He and his family were forced out of Canaan and into Egypt because of famine. Yet, he continued to worship God, ever believing and passing on God’s promises—even...

The important thing is Isaac’s faith, seen in the fact that the patriarch spoke of blessings that would not be fulfilled until the distant future. Isaac trusted God.

To follow Jesus means to believe on Him. Many people have the mistaken idea that they can live as Jesus lived without ever being born again. To follow Jesus means to come to Him in repentance, to trust Him as Lord and Savior, and then to commit one’s...

Darkness has no existence by itself, being definable simply as an absence of light. It is a physical and spiritual reality as well as an apt symbol for some of the profoundest human experiences.

Though this seemed to contradict the divine promise, Abraham was able to rise above the trial and trust in the resurrecting power of God. So also Christian readers must sometimes look beyond the experiences of life, in which God’s promises do not seem...

They realized that this world was not their final home. They were content to be strangers and pilgrims, refusing the urge to nestle to make themselves comfortable. Their desire was to pass through the world without taking any of its character upon...

Sarah believed the impossible, and God rewarded her faith: she received the impossible. Look at Israel. Israel exists today because Sarah believed the impossible promise of God. Look at the believers around the world, those who profess to be born...

To leave the certainties one knows and go out into what is quite unknown—relying on nothing other than the Word of God—is the essence of faith, as the author sees it.

Noah’s faith involved the whole person: his mind was warned of God; his heart was moved with fear; and his will acted on what God told him.

God does not reward the sleepy-eyed, complacent, non-thinker, half-interested, worldly-minded, pleasure seeker. God rewards those who diligently seek to know and follow Him. The idea is that we must be in earnest and persevere and endure to the end.