Genesis 22:1-14 “Abraham answered, “God himself will provide the lamb for the burnt offering, my son.” And the two of them went on together.’” When you're really famous, you get to go by one name. It's called a mononym: like Beyoncé, Zendaya, Prince, or Madonna. When it comes to a biblical story that people have wrestled with for thousands of years, sometimes the same thing happens. "Calvary" is a one word reference to the Jesus' death. The story we're confronted this week in Hebrew is called the Akedah (or, simply, "The Binding"). In English, we might call it "The Binding of Isaac." And if you're like many, you're wondering: "What do we make of this story?" After all, it's a story in which God tells Abraham to sacrifice Isaac and, at the last minute, tells Abraham to stop, saying: “Do not do anything to him. Now I know that you fear God, because you have not withheld from me your son, your only son.” (v. 12). All this series we're talking about the threats to the promises of God, and how we have trust in God through such threats. What do we do when we wonder if God is himself threatening what he has promised? [Read the rest on our Blog website at the link below]