by Garris Elkins | May 28, 2017 | Church, Discipleship, Evangelism, Kingdom of God, Obedience, Peace, Reformation, Restoration
Last week, I went fishing. It’s been a really long time since I last enjoyed that long abandoned pleasure. Jan had a full day of appointments so I packed my pole and fishing gear and drove to a beautiful lake near our home. I found a quiet cove that was off the windy...
by Garris Elkins | May 27, 2017 | Deliverance, Redemption, Restoration, Trust
Your second attempt to follow Jesus will prove to be a turning point in your life. You learned a valuable lesson in the failed first attempt. This second time around will define your life in ways you never thought possible. Peter was called twice to follow Jesus. The...
by Garris Elkins | May 26, 2017 | Faith, Truth
Thomas Jefferson, one of the founding fathers of our nation, created his own version of the Bible. Jefferson did not care for the miraculous aspects of Scripture, the resurrection of Jesus or His followers who wrote the New Testament. He called them “ignorant,...
by Garris Elkins | May 25, 2017 | Change, Culture, Five-Fold Ministry, Reformation
Martin Luther had to nail his 95 Theses to the outside of the church door in Wittenberg, Germany. He did this because those inside were not yet willing to receive the transformation that a reformation of their thinking would produce. Reformers are currently nailing...
by Garris Elkins | May 25, 2017 | Prayer, Provision, Resurrection, Spiritual Warfare
Last night, as I lay in bed just before falling asleep, an image came. I was being carried underneath the belly of a huge bird in flight. In my peripheral vision, I could see its massive wings working up and down. We were flying over something large but from our...
