Episode 40: Weird Bible Stories Part Four--Cutting A Deal

We live in a world of contracts, deals, and terms-of-service agreements. We sign or stamp or notarize important documents, and the world in which we live makes a big fuss over those who proclaim themselves to be expert "deal makers" who squeeze others to get more out of them.  And then there is the surprising God of the Bible, who cuts a strange kind of deal... by giving away everything, and making all the promises, without getting a single "concession" or "perk." That is the strange way of the God who met Abraham out under a starry sky one night...