6.3 Application

6.3.1. Questions for individual work /Group work/Discussion 

1. Which of the approaches to interpreting the fathers’ stories (p.20f)  does them the most justice? 
2. How do we as Christians today deal with a demand for obedience  that visibly contradicts the words of Jesus? 
3. Where can the basic Abrahamic blessing (12:1-3) be found in the  fathers’ stories?