Blog
Last night, I had a very emotional dream. It was a dream that came to me in segments between times of sleep and times of being awake. In the dream, I found myself in a cave high on a tall mountain, bordering a steep and impassable cliff with no way to escape. The...
When I was 12 years old, my dad took my brother and me hunting in part of the Hunter-Liggett Army base located in Monterey County, California. It was early fall, and it was still hot, just like it had been in mid-summer. As we hiked, we crossed a dirt road. As we...
To the faithful subscribers on my blog, (www.garriselkins.com), you may have noticed the subscription service that sends notices for my articles, has not been working for several months. We had to cancel the contract with our previous subscription email provider due...
When we foolishly think our single piece of a much larger puzzle offers a complete and accurate interpretation of reality and what will take place in the future, God will surprise us. We are like people sitting together with friends who don’t have the puzzle box cover...
While we can underestimate the power of darkness, we should never overestimate its power. A single believer exercising faith is more powerful than an army of hell. “Each one of you will put to flight a thousand of the enemy, for the Lord your God fights for you, just...
Anything can be believed if the evidence is presented as an absolute fact giving the impression that it carries an unchangeable status, as unchangeable as God’s word. Only Scripture has the final and unchangeable word on matters of truth. All other forms of evidence...
A significant movement in world financial markets is taking place. I used to consider such things as something mysterious or too complicated and not the business of the Church. Now I see those movements in a different light. They are prophetic reminders that the...
What we are seeing taking place in our world that is disrupting its systems is the drawn sword of God’s truth, His word. He is slicing through those things that are causing the bondage of sorrow and death and leaving people hopeless. If you have limited God’s word to...
I have long felt that leaders of a government who have not been to war should not flippantly be able to make decisions that send men and women into harm’s way. I feel the same regarding those who lead the Church. A leader without spiritual combat experience or one who...
This week, I looked out our front window and saw a bird nest. The tree where the nest was built had shed all its leaves allowing the nest to become visible. I’ve never seen a nest in that tree in the last 20 years. As I stood in front of the window still gazing at the...
Judge: Sir, today you are being charged with violating the federal Climate Protection Act. Do you understand the charge? Defendant: Yes, your Honor. Judge: I’m not sure you do. I want the prosecutor to inform you of why you are appearing before the court today....
The writer of Hebrews, after affirming the supremacy of Jesus, inserted the following verse, “Therefore, angels are only servants – spirits sent to care for people who will inherit salvation” (Hebrews 1:14). If we understand the supremacy of Jesus Christ and the...
When our faith gains traction in the real world, where people live and suffer, a variety of responses take place as people have those realities pointed out for them. Those responses vary from disgust to praise that such things would be mentioned. Attempting to live a...
A pastor wrote me a series of messages beginning at the start of the pandemic up until recently to let me know what I was writing was causing problems in his church and his family. In one message he said because I am no longer a pastor that I should remain silent...
In some cases, it is no longer the blind leading the blind. It is the blind leading an increasingly informed group of followers. This has created a disconnect wrongly discerned as rebellion. It is a winnowing work in the ranks of Church leadership initiated by the...