by Garris Elkins | Apr 17, 2015 | Church, Culture, Deliverance, Discipleship, Forgivenss, Kingdom, Love, Prophetic
This morning, as I prepared a message on the section of scripture in John 8 describing the woman caught in adultery, I was struck by something. As the Pharisees brought the woman and put her in front of Jesus they wanted to stone her to death for her sin. ...
by Garris Elkins | Apr 13, 2015 | Church, Culture
How can we blame a culture for their anger and distrust of religious institutions if somewhere along the way we began to think we could displace the merciful voice of God and begin telling people how to live? Paul said, “It isn’t my responsibility to judge...
by Garris Elkins | Mar 25, 2015 | Culture, Evangelism, Faith, Fathers, Future, Gifts, Kingdom, Leadership, Ministry, Provision, Revival, Vision., Word
Be careful of limiting your understanding of God and how He works to only what is written within the pages of scripture. Someone wisely said, “All of the bible is God, but not all of God is in the bible”. Imagine how challenging it would be to press the Almighty...
by Garris Elkins | Mar 15, 2015 | Apostle, Church planting, Courage, Culture, Holy Spirit, Leadership, Ministry, Prophetic, Redemption, Resurrection, Revival
Several years ago, I emailed Dr. Jack Hayford a question about revival. This busy apostle of the church graciously took the time to write a lengthy email response that helped me see a larger picture than the one I had originally framed with my initial question. Gently...
by Garris Elkins | Mar 13, 2015 | Church, Culture, Discipleship, Five-Fold Ministry, Future, Gifts, Identity, Leadership, Rest, Vision.
When I was a young believer, I always admired people who were literalists when it came their understanding of scripture. I felt this way because I thought these people carried a higher level of faith than the rest of us that enabled them to literally believe...
by Garris Elkins | Mar 7, 2015 | Apostle, Church, Culture, Discipleship, Gifts, Holy Spirit, Leadership, Ministry, Revival
The Early Church planted the presence of God before they planted churches. In the Book of Acts, our original church planting manual, the birth of a local church came after the presence of God was released in a community through signs, wonders and...
