Friend of God Study Guide

John C. Lennox MA PhD DPhil DSc is Emeritus Professor of Mathematics at the University of Oxford and Emeritus Fellow in Mathematics and the Philosophy of Science at Green Templeton College. He has lectured on religion and science at many prestigious institutions around the world, and has publicly debated Richard Dawkins and Christopher Hitchens, among others. He is also the author of many books including Cosmic Chemistry, God and Stephen Hawking and Friend of God: The Inspiration of Abraham in an Age of Doubt. Joseph McRae Mellichamp is Emeritus Professor of Management Science at the University of Alabama. In addition to scholarly works, he has published study guides for several important books including Mere Christianity, The Man in the Mirror and The Training of the Twelve. He and his wife Peggy also served on staff with the Faculty Ministry of CRU for thirty-eight years.

Foreword ix
How to use this guide xi
Introduction
1 Why Abraham matters 3
2 Abraham - a historical figure? 8
3 Structure and thought flow in the book of Genesis 11
Part 1
GENESIS 10.1-11.32
1 The city that reached for the sky 19
2 From Shem to Abram 25
Part 2
GENESIS 12.1-15.21
3 The call of Abram 33
4 From Haran to Canaan 37
5 From Canaan to Egypt 42
6 Abram and Lot 49
7 Abram and Melchizedek 55
8 Justification by faith 62
9 God's covenant with Abram 68
10 The new covenant 71
GENESIS 16.1-19.38
11 A surrogate son 81
12 The covenant of circumcision 88
13 The judgement of Sodom 93
Part 4
GENESIS 20.1-22.19
14 Sarah and Hagar 101
15 God tests Abraham 109
16 Applying the Moriah experience 115
Part 5
GENESIS 22.20-25.11
17 Lessons from the life of Sarah 119
18 A bride for the promised seed 123
19 The last days of Abraham - and beyond 128
Notes 131