The holy Patriarch Abraham, born a pagan, ten generations after Noah ... and received the promise that through his seed all the nations of the earth should be blessed; through his singular faith in ...

I will make of you a great nation, And I will bless you. — Genesis 12:1-2 God instructed Abraham to leave his home and travel to Canaan, the Promised Land, which is today known as Israel.

Dear Editor, In 1621, the Puritans/Pilgrims celebrated the first thanksgiving. It wasn't until 1863 that Abraham Lincoln made it an official national holiday, and in December 1941, Congress passed a ...

For Lincoln, Thanksgiving was a day to not only reflect on our blessings but repent for our shortcomings and find ways to seek reconciliation to God and to our neighbors.