by Garris Elkins | Sep 8, 2020 | Discernment, Spirit, Spiritual Warfare
It is 2:00 a.m. as I write these words. I awoke an hour ago to the strong smell of smoke. We have experienced smoke from forest fires before, but this was the strongest yet, almost like a billowing smoke warning us that fire was near. Since we are surrounded by...
by Garris Elkins | Sep 7, 2020 | Church, Kingdom of God, Reformation, Revival
We currently have at our disposal the fastest vehicle of migration ever known to humanity: the Internet. We are moving at warp speed through time and space, exposed to differing worldviews and ideas previously isolated within a specific culture and not easily...
by Garris Elkins | Sep 6, 2020 | Prophetic
I used to read Psalm 133:1 differently than I do today. “How wonderful and pleasant it is when brothers live together in harmony!“ I thought the verse meant we all had to come to an agreement on every point of our preferred theology and understanding of...
by Garris Elkins | Sep 6, 2020 | Prophetic
Tomorrow is Sunday. Give your pastor a gift. The gift is believing the best about them. Everyone has an opinion, and those opinions can go in a hundred different directions. Every pastor that I know tries to do their best to love God and serve people. Even on their...
by Garris Elkins | Sep 5, 2020 | Prophetic
We have spent decades telling and re-telling followers of Christ who they are as believers and how to live a blessed life. Those are all necessary and good, but there is something we may have missed. Today, many in the Church know nothing of spiritual warfare,...