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The Call to Abraham

The Jordan B. Peterson Podcast

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The Story of Abram

The Lord made a covenant with Abram saying unto thy seed, I haven't given this land from the river of Egypt unto the great river. The action is an adventure story essentially and the adventures repeat and they're punctuated by success and sacrifice or re-contemplation. It's the hero's journey uphill. Whether you plan out your life or not, it's going to be punctuated like that. So what sort of container do you need to be in in order to tolerate the movement up and down? And that's what the story of Abraham provides. It provides a description of the covenant that's like the Ark. That's the covenant and the story is that's the best possible

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