by Garris Elkins | Oct 10, 2019 | Apostle, Change, Discipleship, Five-Fold Ministry, Future, Kingdom of God, Leadership, Ministry, Obedience, Reformation, Revival
Between the Day of Pentecost mentioned in Acts 2 and the persecution noted in Acts 8, a span of 3-4 years had transpired. During those years, the Church gathered around Solomon’s Collonade. It was a beautiful time of sharing resources, feeding the poor, and seeing...
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 23, 2019 | Apostle, Change, Culture, Deliverance, Discernment, Favor, Future, Kingdom of God, Promise, Prophecy, Prophetic
Tomorrow is the first day of fall. This is a reoccurring change of seasons in the natural world. While natural seasons come and go year after year, changes of seasons in the spiritual realm are not so predictable. This week, apart from a change in the...
by Garris Elkins | Sep 12, 2019 | Apostle, Church, Five-Fold Ministry, Holy Spirit, Kingdom of God, Reformation, Revival
Jan and I take communion every day. We pray for our family, friends, and our marriage. During communion, we remember God’s faithfulness in all things. We use a small thimble-sized brass goblet from Israel to serve the wine and matzo crackers for our bread. When we...
by Garris Elkins | Sep 7, 2019 | Apostle, Change, Courage, Culture, Deliverance, Honor, Hope, Justice
I try to recognize the repetitive things I notice throughout the day to see if God is trying to get my attention. In the last few days, I have seen the word “dichotomy” in print, once on someone’s Facebook post and once on a delivery box. After these notices, I...
by Garris Elkins | Aug 31, 2019 | Apostle, Church, Discipleship, Five-Fold Ministry, Gifts, God, Grace, Holy Spirit, Identity, Kingdom of God, Mercy, Promotion, Redemption, Spiritual Warfare, Supernatural
About 30 years ago, I was escorted through the West Wing of the White House. A friend of mine who knew one of President George H. W. Bush’s correspondent secretaries arranged for us to get an after-hours guided tour. During the tour, we came to the Oval...
