Fifteen weeks in Genesis with the father of faith, warts and all, and the God who keeps every promise.
Abram believed the Lord, and he credited it to him as righteousness.Genesis 15:6
Abraham's life is not a highlight reel. It is a long, honest account of faith and failure, of a man learning to trust God one step at a time. Over fifteen Sundays at New Hope, we followed his story through the book of Genesis.
From the first call to leave home to the birth of the promised son, the series traces both Abraham's obedience and his stumbles. The point is never how impressive Abraham was. It is how faithful God remained. His promises held, even when Abraham's faith wavered.
April 24 to July 31, 2022 · 15 Messages
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Week 1
Genesis 11:31-12:3
What would you do if God asked you to leave everything, your home, your family, your entire life, and go somewhere you'd never been? Watch what happened when one man actually said yes.
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Week 2
What do you do when God tells you to leave everything behind, but the moment things get hard, you start cutting corners? Watch how one man's faith and fear collide on the same dusty road.
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Week 3
What do you do when the person you trust most asks you to give up everything you've built together? Abraham faced this choice, and his answer reveals something we all need to see about faith and fear.
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Week 4
What do you do when your nephew gets kidnapped by a coalition of kings and you have to choose between rescue and riches? Abraham's answer might surprise you.
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Week 5
What does it feel like to hear God promise you everything when you're sitting in the dark, afraid and childless? Abraham's answer might surprise you.
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Week 6
What do you do when God's promise feels too slow? Abraham's choice to take matters into his own hands created a mess that still echoes today.
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Week 7
What does it mean to follow God when you're ninety-nine years old and He's asking you to do something that seems impossible? Abraham's story shows us that radical faith and honest doubt can exist in the same person.
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Week 8
What if the person God promised you the most couldn't stop laughing at the idea? Abraham's wife Sarah thinks God's promise is a joke, and her doubt says something we need to hear about our own faith.
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Week 9
What would you do if God told you he was about to destroy a city, and you had to decide whether to argue with him about it? Abraham did exactly that, and what happened next might surprise you.
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Week 10
What happens when you try to negotiate with God about the fate of a city? Abraham makes a bold gamble that reveals both his courage and his limits.
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Week 11
What do you do when fear makes you lie to protect yourself, even though you claim to trust God? Watch what happens when Abraham's faith fails him, and what God does anyway.
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Week 12
What do you do when you've waited years for God's promise, and you're tired of waiting? Abraham's answer might surprise you, and it might hit a little too close to home.
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Week 13
What would you do if God asked you to destroy the one thing he promised you? Abraham faced this impossible choice, and what happened next changed everything.
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Week 14
What does it look like when an old man trusts God completely to find his son a wife? Watch what happens when faith meets one of life's biggest decisions.
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Week 15 · Series finale
What happens to a man of great faith when he finally gets everything he wanted? Abraham's story doesn't end the way you might expect.
Watch the messageAbraham carried us through the summer of 2022. Browse the rest of the year, or join us on a Sunday.
