OLD TESTAMENT & ART: Pieter Lastman’s 1614 painting captures the biblical moment when Abraham leaves everything behind to follow God’s call. Pieter Lastman, “Abraham on the Way to Canaan ...

The New Testament attests that the patriarchs pleased God (Heb. 11:1-2, 8-9, 17-21), but more to the point, God makes the initial oath concerning Abraham’s descendants specifically as a reward ...