Abraham and Isaac: Does God condone child sacrifice?

Ask Away

Vince and Jo Vitale

Religion & Spirituality

4.9 • 714 Ratings

🗓️ 4 March 2026

⏱️ 41 minutes

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One of the most harrowing accounts in the Old Testament, this story from Genesis 22 raises all kinds of troubling questions for us: Does God condone child sacrifice? Does this story teach that it’s permissible for us to commit evil in the name of God? What about the impact on Isaac? And perhaps most relevant for us today: with texts such as this in the Bible, how can we trust that God is good and that he will be good to us? ------ We’re so glad you joined us for Ask Away. If you have a question that needs answering, we’d love to hear it. Send us an email at askawayquestion@gmail.com or call and leave a voicemail at ‪(321) 213-9670‬. Ask Away is hosted by Vince and Jo Vitale, and produced by Studio D Podcast Production. New episodes come out regularly, so make sure to subscribe. The best way you can support Ask Away is to leave a review. All you have to do is open up the Podcast App on your phone, look for Ask Away, scroll down until you see ‘Write a Review’ and tell us what you think. If you’d like to see videos from Vince and me, invite us to speak, or make a financial gift so that more people’s questions can be heard on Ask Away, visit Kardiaquestions.com See you next time, and remember, if you have a question, it’s worth asking.

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0:00.0	I was a skeptic who came to faith through asking hard questions.
0:04.0	I'm a long-time Christian whose faith was challenged by hard questions.
0:08.5	Whatever your story is, we all ask questions.
0:12.0	But some questions are more difficult to answer than others.
0:16.0	And some questions keep us up at night.
0:18.5	Who am I?
0:19.5	Does my life have value?
0:21.2	What determines my identity and purpose?
0:23.7	Is there a God?
0:24.9	Does he care?
0:26.0	What will happen when I die?
0:27.8	Is it even possible to know the truth?
0:29.7	We believe every question is valuable, and we receive every question as a gift.
0:35.8	So welcome to the podcast, where we invite you to Ask Away.
0:42.1	Hi, everyone. Welcome to Ask Away. I'm Joe Vitale, and I'm so glad that you could join us
0:47.2	for this episode. Typically, I would be here hosting with my husband Vince, but he is in the
0:52.7	middle of a very hectic travel schedule, so you have
0:56.3	me representing the Vitale's today. But I'm glad that you're here. And the purpose of this
1:01.5	podcast is really just to engage with the questions that you or your friends or people in your
1:06.7	life might be struggling with. We all have questions, different seasons of our lives. There's
1:12.7	nothing shameful about that, but there can be something very meaningful about not keeping them to
1:17.0	ourselves, but sharing them with others and gaining a wider perspective. And so Vince and I are here
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