by Garris Elkins | May 24, 2017 | Church, Courage, Discipleship, Holy Spirit, Jesus, Truth, Word
Have you ever heard someone say, “If it’s not in the Bible, I won’t believe it!” While I understand the desire for truth expressed in that statement, we need to understand a much larger reality about Jesus who is the Word and the partial presentation of His life given...
by Garris Elkins | May 24, 2017 | Honor, Integrity, Truth
Last week, I had some time to kill so I began to scroll through Facebook. I came to something called a sponsored post. “Sponsored” means someone paid to have the posting show up on your Facebook feed more than normal because they want to sell you something. I normally...
by Garris Elkins | May 23, 2017 | Honor, Identiy, Leadership
The most impactful and authentic things that take place in your life do not come from self-promotion or unbridled personal ambition. They are dropped into your life by the grace of God. These deposits are many times given in critical moments of spiritual growth as...
by Garris Elkins | May 22, 2017 | Five-Fold Ministry, Kingdom of God, Reformation
As we begin to proof and format my new book, The Sound of Reformation, it is becoming clear to me the next reformation of the Church will not take place inside the Church as a structure or institution. It will take place between people in moments of human interaction...
by Garris Elkins | May 21, 2017 | Leadership, Peace, Prophetic, Transition, Trust
You have been searching for a way to move forward. You thought the discovery of that way would be part of a complicated process. God does not work through complication. He is profound because He is able to communicate the greatest of truth in the simplest of terms....
