by Garris Elkins | Oct 3, 2019 | Culture, Discernment, Favor, Fear, Future, Grace, Healing, Kingdom of God, Promise, Redemption, Spiritual Warfare, Truth, Wisdom, Worship
The title comes from the world of journalism. Blood and gore catch the attention of an audience. It’s not just the blood and gore of murder, catastrophe, or natural disaster that gains our attention; it is the blood and gore of broken lives, broken political systems,...
by Garris Elkins | Oct 2, 2019 | Deliverance, Father, Love, Trust
Some of the imbalance you are feeling could be God applying the brakes on your self-effort and worry. It’s like sitting in a car when someone uses the brakes to avoid a crash, and you are thrown forward under the force of deacceleration. Not everything in God’s...
by Garris Elkins | Oct 2, 2019 | Creativity, Discernment, Discipleship, Grace, Humility, Promotion, Reformation, Relationships, Restoration, Wisdom
This morning, I am making pancakes for breakfast. After I got the coffee going, I melted some butter in a pan, then added a cup of fresh blueberries, some maple syrup and set the pan on the stove at a slow simmer. I went about a few more morning tasks then turned off...
by Garris Elkins | Oct 1, 2019 | Apostle, Courage, Culture, Discernment, Five-Fold Ministry, Freedom, Grace, Kingdom of God, Leadership, Truth
G. K. Chesterton, the British writer, philosopher and lay theologian of the last century once wrote, “Art, like morality, consists of drawing the line somewhere.” Faith without the presence of lines is not faith. It is an emotion. In the public square, drawing a...
by Garris Elkins | Sep 30, 2019 | Discipleship, Family, Fathers, Favor, Healing, Identity, Love, Marriage, Mercy, Relationships, Spiritual Warfare, Trust, Truth, Worship
Last week, Jan and I were taking communion and praying together like we do each day. After we received the bread and wine, we prayed over our children, our marriage and some of you who are reading these words. It was still early in the day, and the morning sunlight...
