by Gary Prickett | Feb 1, 2022 | The Story of Everything Daily Devotional
To most 21st century Canadians the supernatural is something we want confined to our television screens and consumed from the comfort of our family room sofa. That is to say we do not associate demonic activity with the ‘real world’, in spite of our fascination with...
by Gary Prickett | Jan 28, 2022 | The Story of Everything Daily Devotional
If you have ever heard a sermon on the temptation of Jesus you have likely been exhorted to know and use God’s Word against the devil and his wiles, and rightly so, for each of the devil’s propositions was met with the Word of God. But what is sometimes missed is from...
by Gary Prickett | Jan 27, 2022 | The Story of Everything Daily Devotional
Temptation can come in famine or fullness. Adam and Eve lived in paradise yet succumbed to the offering of a single off-limits fruit tree. That said, I suspect most of us relate, in a general way, to the temptations Jesus faces in the wilderness whilst he is hungry,...
by Gary Prickett | Jan 26, 2022 | The Story of Everything Daily Devotional
“I can resist anything except temptation.” ~Oscar Wilde Most temptation comes in the form of something good. For example, I am never tempted to indulge in mushy green peas. Perhaps someday farmers will grow peas that taste like chocolate or pizza! Isn’t it interesting...
by Gary Prickett | Jan 25, 2022 | The Story of Everything Daily Devotional
“All great literature is one of two stories; a man goes on a journey or a stranger comes to town.” ~ Leo Tolstoy The opening to Matthew 4 offers us both of these plot lines: “Then Jesus was led up by the Spirit into the wilderness to be tempted by the devil.” Jesus...
by Gary Prickett | Jan 21, 2022 | The Story of Everything Daily Devotional
The list of essential ceremonial-style practices of the Christian faith is rather short, and surely would include baptism. Jesus, for example, identified it as one of the marks of discipleship (Mt 28:18-20). Peter’s landmark sermon of Acts 2 tells us the response to...
