On the principle that the weirdest, most alarming stories from the Bible are generally the ones with the most to teach us, we are going to be very brave and read the story of the time Abraham almost sacrificed Isaac. It seems a story that is not only alarming, but also completely alien to our world. Is there anything life-giving, or even useful, in it at all?

Every Tuesday evening we gather together to talk about what it means to be Jesus’ disciples in contemporary Melbourne. Sometimes that’s a Bible Study, sometimes something more thematic, and sometimes something more reflective.

We eat together at 7pm - bring your own dinner, or buy something from one of the many takeaway options on the street - and the “serious bit” begins at 8. We’re done by 9:15

Image: Swanson, John August. Abraham and Isaac, from Art in the Christian Tradition, a project of the Vanderbilt Divinity Library, Nashville, TN. https://diglib.library.vanderbilt.edu/act-imagelink.pl?RC=56537 [retrieved June 29, 2023]. Original source: Estate of John August Swanson, https://www.johnaugustswanson.com/.