Recovering Sarah

BySkip Moen, Ph.D.

Sarah said, “God has made laughter for me; everyone who hears will laugh with me.”  Genesis 21:6  NASB Laughter – Why does Peter list Sarah as a heroine of the faith (1 Peter 3:6)?  With all that we have learned about her, it seems that Zornberg’s assessment, a life of “grim realism,” is more accurate than Peter’s praise. …

History and Story (1)

BySkip Moen, Ph.D.

just as Sarah obeyed Abraham, calling him lord, and you have become her children if you do what is right without being frightened by any fear.  1 Peter 3:6 NASB Calling him lord – Peter places Sarah in the hall of saints.  But of course he would.  She is the matriarch of all matriarchs, the first, the original. …