by Garris Elkins | Jan 24, 2025 | Prophetic
I remember when Jan and I drove through the modern city of Philippi, Greece. It was not the ancient city depicted in Scripture. I had to pause for a moment and remember it was a modern city to the people of the day when Paul wrote his letter to the Philippians. What...
by Garris Elkins | Jan 23, 2025 | Prophetic
When discussing a husband-wife relationship, we can fail to understand the full context of Paul’s writing regarding what it means to have a healthy marriage. Some will quote Paul commanding that a wife must submit without question to their husband. They have...
by Garris Elkins | Jan 22, 2025 | Prophetic
There are times when it can seem appropriate to a person who holds a public position or office to challenge someone publicly with whom they disagree. That public challenge will gain support from people of a like mind, but it will not build trust with the one who is...
by Garris Elkins | Jan 22, 2025 | Prophetic
All of us are imprisoned by something. How we choose to live will indicate the kind of prison we have chosen. When Paul wrote his prison epistles, he wrote with firsthand knowledge of what it meant to be imprisoned. He was kept behind bars which restricted his...
by Garris Elkins | Jan 21, 2025 | Prophetic
The night before the Inauguration, I had a very troubling dream. It wasn’t about politics or who would be selected to lead our nation. It was about the spiritual condition of the Church. In the dream, I was conducting a wedding ceremony. The ceremony unfolded like...