by Garris Elkins | Dec 14, 2017 | Change, Discipleship, Discipline, Evangelism, Faith, Faithfulness, Fear, Future, Holy Spirit, Hope, Humility, Kingdom of God, Peace, Promotion, Reformation, Spiritual Warfare, Truth, Wisdom
I grew up in a construction family. My father built houses. Most of my summers were spent on the end of a shovel. My brother and I were human backhoes. Many times our father would say, “Give me a ditch three feet deep from here to the house. See you at lunch.” It was...
by Garris Elkins | Dec 6, 2017 | Church, Culture, Destiny, Evangelism, Faith, Five-Fold Ministry, Honor, Hope, Humility, Kingdom of God, Miracles, Prayer, Prophecy, Reformation, Revelation, Transition, Word
I visited the old Soviet Union when it was known as the USSR. At that time, the USSR still carried many of the old Cold War images we associate with Communism. I was traveling as a guest of a large travel agency who invited a group of us to see the nation and...
by Garris Elkins | Nov 17, 2017 | Change, Church, Culture, Evangelism, Reconciliation, Reformation
Refuse to battle people and institutions. The real battle for the soul of a culture is a warfare empowered by love. It is always waged beyond the most visible and heated battle lines drawn by sensitive social issues like cultural diversity, race, gender, sexual...
by Garris Elkins | Oct 25, 2017 | Creativity, Culture, Discipleship, Evangelism, Faith, Gifts, Kingdom of God, Reformation
I was sitting in front of my computer in a hotel room writing and listening to a random YouTube selection of music from the 60’s, when the classic Paul Simon song, The Sounds of Silence, began to play. Toward the end of the song, one line in the lyrics caught my...
by Garris Elkins | Oct 24, 2017 | Evangelism, Freedom, Giving, Holiness, Identity, Justice, Love, Obedience, Relationships, Thankfulness
This week, I was driving between meetings in Oregon. Just before checking into my hotel, I filled up my car in anticipation of a morning departure. Oregon is a state where you are not allowed to pump your own gas. When I pulled into the station the attendant came to...
by Garris Elkins | Sep 1, 2017 | Courage, Creativity, Culture, Evangelism, Holy Spirit, Hope, Jesus, Kingdom of God, Leadership, Prophecy, Restoration, Spiritual Warfare, Teaching
The words we write and speak are like artillery rounds that strike the shoreline of a human heart. Communication in any form, verbal or written, is like a pre-invasion artillery barrage that a navy will use to pound a hardened and fortified shoreline just before...
