by Garris Elkins | Nov 22, 2017 | Creativity, Discipline, Family, Freedom, Giving, Honor, Intimacy, Love, Marriage, Ministry, Obedience, Peace, Relationships, Wisdom
My pastor, Roy Hicks, Jr., told a humorous story about how his wife Kay got his attention late one night. After many years pastoring the Eugene Faith Center, Roy became the Director of Missions for the Foursquare Church. It was a demanding job. Roy spent many...
by Garris Elkins | Sep 5, 2017 | Apostle, Church, Courage, Five-Fold Ministry, Humility, Leadership, Ministry, Reconciliation, Truth, Wisdom
I saw a recent interchange on a social media account where people were condemning a nationally recognized pastor about the style and substance of his ministry. The condemning volleys were fired from the misinformed distance provided to the accusers by a Google search...
by Garris Elkins | Jun 30, 2017 | Courage, Jesus, Ministry, Power, Spiritual Warfare
This morning, I awoke to a strange, yet familiar feeling. Forty-three years ago as a young rookie cop in training, I experienced my first car stop. I was riding with a training officer and relied on his wisdom to survive. Car stops present a vulnerable situation...
by Garris Elkins | Apr 7, 2017 | Courage, Holy Spirit, Kingdom of God, Ministry, Spiritual Warfare, Teaching, Trust, Truth
These are interesting times to be alive. Great truths are being uncovered hidden beneath the rubble pile of contemporary theological error. At the same time, other forms of deception that first surfaced in the Early Church will attempt to walk back into the...
by Garris Elkins | Apr 6, 2017 | Honor, Integrity, Leadership, Ministry, Promotion, Relationships, Truth
Our ministry schedule has Jan and I traveling several times each month. Most of the time the host church or conference coordinator arranges a hotel room for our stay. In each hotel we visit, there are things available to us in case we forgot to bring all our...
by Garris Elkins | Apr 2, 2017 | Apostle, Church, Culture, Faith, Five-Fold Ministry, God, Kingdom, Leadership, Ministry, Promotion, Restoration, Spiritual Warfare, Tranistion, Truth, Vision., Wisdom
A discovery of God’s original intent of Scripture is taking place. God is unveiling what has been hidden behind walls of human understanding. The primary interpretive tool used in this time of discovery will not be our learned skills of interpretation. Some of these...
