by Garris Elkins | Jul 30, 2009 | Culture, Forgiveness, Humility, Restoration
A few years ago a trivia game emerged called “Kevin Bacon and the Six Degrees of Separation.” The theory goes that in this game any actor could be linked through their acting roles to Kevin Bacon, a fellow actor, within six relationships. While this trivia game is fun...
by Garris Elkins | Jun 30, 2009 | Forgiveness, Hope, Humility, Prayer, Restoration
“The one who trusts in the Lord will never be put to shame.“ Romans 9:33 When I was 12 years old I entered Junior High School. As a boy in the 6th grade I was warned by my classmates that the big kids in Junior High liked to pick on the incoming 7th graders. The...
by Garris Elkins | Jun 15, 2009 | Humility, Revival
(This is part one in a five-part article about the “H.O.P.² E.” acronym taken from the book, “They Told Me Their Stories,” where the environment of faith was described that attracted God’s healing power to the Azusa Street revival. This article deals the first...
by Garris Elkins | Mar 3, 2008 | Hope, Humility, Obedience, Restoration
Embedded somewhere, in each act of betrayal, is the purpose of God waiting to be discovered. As you read the following list of names what would they have in common? Benedict Arnold, Alger Hiss, Ethel and Julius Rosenberg and Judas Iscariot. They were all traitors or...