by Garris Elkins | Oct 1, 2012 | Church, Culture, Faith, Future, Hope, Prophecy, Prophetic, Restoration, Transition, Word
Social media can be a powerful tool when used properly. Along with a Facebook account, I also have a Twitter account. I am coming to appreciate Twitter more because it forces me to be concise. Twitter only allows 140 characters for a user to craft a...
by Garris Elkins | Aug 21, 2012 | Church, Culture, Evangelism, Identity, Kingdom of God, Teaching, Transition, Vision.
When I started in full-time ministry over 30 years ago most of us wore jackets and ties to preach on Sunday morning. Recently, I looked at some old pictures of me back in the early 1980’s and according to the fashion standards of the day we looked just fine....
by Garris Elkins | May 23, 2012 | Church, Culture, Future, Leadership, Prophetic, Revelation, Vision.
Recently, I sent a private Facebook message to a friend of mine who leads an international ministry. My message was prophetic in nature and would seem somewhat cryptic to the casual reader. I trust this leader and knew he would be able to move past the nature of the...
by Garris Elkins | Feb 8, 2012 | Church, Culture, Leadership, Transition, Vision.
I remember the first time I heard a concept that I knew was a leadership principle. At the time I was in my 20’s and studying for the ministry. A wise leader said the Church is like a pendulum – it is constantly swinging back and forth to find a place of balance. As...
by Garris Elkins | Jan 8, 2012 | Church, Culture, Evangelism, Holy Spirit, Kingdom of God
On the Day of Pentecost God released the sound of heaven into the Upper Room to empower the Church to release the sound of heaven into the world. Many supernatural things took place on the Day of Pentecost, like a sudden sound coming to earth from heaven, a...
by Garris Elkins | May 8, 2011 | Church, Culture, Forgiveness, Hope, Transition
Each life is like a photo album that contains snapshots of individual moments in time. No life is fully defined by a single image. We are made up of a composite of our experiences.One snapshot of time does not define our identity.Our identity is in a Person, not in a...
