by Gary Prickett | Mar 12, 2021 | The Story of Everything Daily Devotional
Watching Paul defend and proclaim the gospel to the Galatians fascinates me. In particular the way he frames New Testament fulfillment against one of the oldest promises of God: his promise to Abraham that “in him all the families of the earth shall be blessed....
by Gary Prickett | Mar 12, 2021 | The Story of Everything Daily Devotional
During 2019, in the United States alone, the expenditure on motivational self-improvement programs and products was $11 billion.[1] This included books, DVDs, infomercials, motivational speakers, webinars, retreats, and personal coaches. Often, we already know...
by Gary Prickett | Mar 10, 2021 | The Story of Everything Daily Devotional
Growing up in Niagara Region I was exposed at an early age to some of the tremendous tales of various Niagara Falls ‘daredevils’. Certainly the most famous of these being the great French tight-rope walker Charles Blondin. In the summer 1859 he crossed the roiling...
by Gary Prickett | Mar 9, 2021 | The Story of Everything Daily Devotional
By the middle of the first century, Christian churches dotted the southern region of the Roman province of Galatia (part of modern-day Turkey). They had accepted the Good News preached by Paul. However, some ‘head office’ types started to infiltrate the ‘branch...
by Gary Prickett | Mar 5, 2021 | The Story of Everything Daily Devotional
We have encouraged you to see the glory of Christ throughout the Scriptures and the Fall of Jericho is no different. I encouraged you to consider Joshua 5:13 as the start of the narrative for there we see Joshua’s encounter with the pre-incarnate Christ – ‘the...
by Gary Prickett | Mar 3, 2021 | The Story of Everything Daily Devotional
Perhaps the most striking aspect of the Jericho narrative is obedience. Joshua receives instructions from the Lord in verses 3-5; and what instructions they were: march, blow trumpets, and shout. How easy it would have been to question God: “Um, are you sure you...
