by Garris Elkins | Mar 1, 2019 | Culture, Discipleship, Evangelism, Family, Future, Gifts, Giving, God, Kingdom of God, Marriage, Redemption, Spiritual Warfare, Truth, Wisdom
Years ago, I was on a long, cross-country flight across America. For the duration of the flight, I sat next to a film producer who created television ads for Nissan. As we talked about her assignment and how she creates ads, she made a comment, “You are what you...
by Garris Elkins | Feb 10, 2019 | Change, Culture, Holy Spirit, Kingdom of God, Reformation, Revelation, Spiritual Warfare
In the Spirit, I saw the image of multiple cultural volcanoes beginning an eruption cycle. This eruption cycle has not been detected by natural observation. These volcanoes have been smoldering inside each of the 7 mountains of societal influence (Government,...
by Garris Elkins | Jan 29, 2019 | Apostle, Church, Culture, Death, Discipleship, Eternity, Freedom, Future, Holy Spirit, Kingdom of God, Ministry, Reformation, Restoration, Teaching
Three years ago, the Lord took me on a journey to discover the impact of reformation, both within the Church and within the culture. Like others interested in the subject, I began to study, write and speak about the different spheres of cultural influence and what it...
by Garris Elkins | Jan 26, 2019 | Church, Creativity, Culture, Deliverance, Holy Spirit, Kingdom of God, Prophecy, Revival, Spiritual Warfare
In 1969, the Rolling Stones released an album titled, Let It Bleed. In the album is an iconic song, Gimme Shelter. It is a song expressing the angst of my generation. Cultural change was taking place with rapidity. Our prejudices were being exposed and confronted. The...
by Garris Elkins | Jan 25, 2019 | Church planting, Courage, Culture, Five-Fold Ministry, Power, Reformation, Revelation, Revival, Spiritual Warfare, Teaching
I heard the Spirit say, “A great unraveling has begun.” We are about to see dark agendas unravel and spill their deceptive contents into the public square of our nation for all to see. Several recent events have initiated this unraveling. Many people...
by Garris Elkins | Jan 24, 2019 | Church planting, Courage, Culture, Death, Deliverance
With the glut of self-appointed social media theologians, one would think God was neurotic and had a personality disorder. He has been described in a variety of ways. Some of these descriptions give angels pause. God did not change between covenants. There is no Old...