Belief in the divine has taken many different forms in history. The primitive idolatrous approach took the existence of a deity for granted, the question being which god (idol) to choose for worship. The deities demanded worship and sacrifice, and in return they were to provide a man with various benefits and protection. The point was not, however, a search for the highest moral path or even a real transformation of man; moreover, the idol deity was a collective, tribal affair.

Such religions no longer exist in developed countries today (if so, only among people looking for extreme alternatives). But what does exist are various forms of agnosticism, deism and "something" - a belief there may be a God, but it may have virtually no effect on one's life, except for the vague feeling that there is "something above." Or he may call God a personal God, but that also ends with everything personal. Various religions resemble this, including Sunday's indulgent Christianity. The main thing is the answer to the question, "what is it that faith can give you?"

And yet, once upon a time, almost 4.000 years ago, there lived a man in Ur of the Chaldeans, who began to follow an invisible, hitherto unknown God at a mature age. Unlike the surrounding cults, he followed him on a completely personal basis, and his life was dramatically transformed by what he experienced.