by Garris Elkins | Jun 2, 2020 | Honor, Justice, Relationships, Trust, Wisdom
The title of Jerry Cook’s book, “A Few Things I’ve Learned Since I Knew It All,” seems to express what many of us are experiencing as we discover the shallowness of our opinions in this heated time of social unrest. The title of Jerry’s...
by Garris Elkins | Jun 2, 2020 | Forgivness, Freedom, Kingdom of God, Restoration
When a friendship is healed and restored after an experience of misunderstanding and separation, it forms the deepest kind of friendship. If something takes place that separates good friends, and they come back together through mutual humility and forgiveness, a...
by Garris Elkins | Jun 1, 2020 | Freedom, Future, Kingdom of God, Reformation, Spiritual Warfare, Teaching, Transition
When I look down at the gear shift area in my truck’s center console, the shift knob indicates several choices that will create motion. The only position that produces no movement is neutral. Perhaps my car’s transmission is a metaphor for life. Without...
by Garris Elkins | May 31, 2020 | Change, Church, Courage, Culture, Deliverance, Discernment, Discipleship, Family, Freedom, Grace, Healing
We all react with disgust when we see a video of evil brutality or images of an inner-city burning in protest. The problem comes when we fail to realize the deeper issues in play that brought these images into view. Being willing to move past our initial emotional...
by Garris Elkins | May 29, 2020 | Apostle, Change, Church, Culture, Death, Deliverance
The world “collapse” came to me this morning. It’s not a very positive word, but it is part of life. One dictionary defines collapse as: “to fall or cave in; crumble suddenly.” I remember looking out from the roof of our apartment in LA during the Rodney...
