2009-10-02T15:11:39-05:00 GCI info@gospel.com /feeds/topics/bravery/ http://biblegateway.com/passage/?search=Genesis%2012:1-9&version=NIV 2009-10-02T15:11:39-05:00 Abram--later renamed Abraham--was asked by God to do a truly remarkable thing: to pick up and leave his comfortable life to follow God's promise. He did so, and God went on to reward Him with a long lineage that culminated in Jesus Christ.