by Garris Elkins | Jun 6, 2019 | Apostle, Church, Culture, Discernment, Freedom, Kingdom of God, Obedience, Promise, Prophecy, Reformation, Revival, Spiritual Warfare, Truth
I write the following knowing the unease it can create, especially since it is so easy to put our hope in a political process. The Lord gave me an image of Him riding in Washington, DC atop a donkey. The image of a donkey represents the Democrat Party in the United...
by Garris Elkins | Jun 5, 2019 | Change, Discipleship, Evangelism, Family, Favor, Freedom, Future, God, Grace, Kingdom of God, Promise, Reconciliation, Redemption, Relationships, Restoration, Thankfulness, Vision.
Over the years, friends have given me unique gifts from antiquity. The coin and the frame in which it is displayed sit atop a bookshelf in our living room. There have been times in the last 20 years when I stopped to look at the coin and wondered through whose hands...
by Garris Elkins | May 27, 2019 | Apostle, Courage, Discipline, Fathers, Freedom, God, Healing, Honor, Kingdom of God, Leadership, Mercy, Peace, Promotion, repentance. hope future, Sacrifice, Spiritual Warfare, Truth, Wisdom
If you are not familiar with the term “stolen valor” a quick YouTube search will reveal in vivid detail what it means. Stolen valor takes place when someone who never served in the military dons a uniform and medals and tries to impersonate a veteran. There is always...
by Garris Elkins | May 25, 2019 | Apostle, Change, Church, Culture, Discipleship, Five-Fold Ministry, Future, Kingdom of God, Reformation, Revelation, Revival
Recently, I spoke at a gathering of social reformers and cultural influencers. My assignment was to unpack the teaching gift from within the five equipping gifts Paul mentioned in Ephesians 4. In my presentation, I shared there are three expressions of a teaching gift...
by Garris Elkins | May 23, 2019 | Apostle, Discipleship, Gifts, God, Grace, Holy Spirit, Kingdom of God, Leadership, Reformation, Revival, Supernatural
A few decades ago, a local church that believed in the supernatural works of God self-described itself as Full Gospel. The term noted an on-going belief in the supernatural works of God including the function of all the gifts of the Spirit. They did not believe in a...
by Garris Elkins | May 20, 2019 | Discernment, Discipleship, Discipline, Five-fold, Five-Fold Ministry, Healing, Kingdom of God, Leadership, Pride, Revelation, Truth, Word
The soul and the spirit need to remain separate in the formation of our worldview and theology. Only the Word of God can make the separating cut revealing the distinction between these two components of our life. Theologies and doctrines formed by human logic in the...
