Abraham: God’s Compassion and the Weakness of Faith (Genesis 16)
About this episode
Brian G. Hedges discusses the story of Abram, Sarai, and Hagar, exploring themes of faith and the gospel.
Was it a problem that Abram and Sarai used a slave as a surrogate mother? What lessons can we learn from the difficult story of Hagar? And how can we see Jesus and the gospel in this account? Brian G. Hedges answers these questions from Genesis 16. He shows us: (2:58) 1. The Problems of the Story (20:38) 2. The Lessons from this Story (29:58) 3. The Gospel in the Story Read the transcript of this sermon here. Redeemer.ch BrianGHedges.com Contact Pastor Brian with questions or comments.
People in this episode
Host: Brian G. Hedges
Topics covered
- faith
- surrogacy
- gospel
- Old Testament
- Hagar
- Abraham
Keywords
- Abraham
- Hagar
- faith
- surrogate mother
- Genesis 16
- gospel
- lessons
Mentioned in this episode
Organizations: Redeemer Church, BrianGHedges.com
More episodes of Looking to Jesus, with Brian G. Hedges
- Abraham: God’s Covenant and the Assurance of Faith (Genesis 15:7-21)
- Abraham: God’s Word and the Righteousness of Faith (Genesis 15:1-6)
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