From Chasing a Name to Declaring a Name (Genesis 12:1-9) [Jay Thomas]

The three essential ingredients in the basics of the faith are covenant, discipleship, and mission. Those three ideas are introduced to us in even clearer form in our passage this week, Genesis 12:1-9. God makes a covenant (promise) with Abram. That promise is the foundation of faith and faith is the fuel of discipleship. And, once faithful disciples rest in God's promises, they joyfully go on mission with and for God as he calls us to go and make His Name great.