Three significant men -- Abraham : the divine choice -- The starting-point of recovery -- Call and response -- The committed life -- The man in the land -- The heir and the proof of time -- The covenant of grace -- The gifts, or the giver? -- Isaac : the son given -- The wealth of the child of God -- The status of an heir -- The new life indwelling -- Jacob : the real transformation -- Precious stones -- His own medicine -- The divine wounding -- The face of God -- The peaceable fruit.