"The only difference between the age of Abraham and today is the rate at which we do the things they did. What did people do in the time of Abraham? They ate and they drank. They made love and they made war. The only difference is that they travelled on foot or camel instead of by car or plane. The unutterable superficiality of this age to which you and I belong is that because we rush about in a semi-lunatic manner, we say how superior we are, how different.
Read this story of Abraham, and you will see modern life there. You will see how other people coveted his wife and all the troubles to which that led. That is still happening today. There is no difference. We have the same circumstances, the same world, the same difficulties. And yet here is a man who stands out. He overcame it all. He lived like a giant. He lived like a nobleman, the friend of God. That is the life to live."
Martyn Lloyd-Jones (The Gospel in Genesis)