by Garris Elkins | Mar 2, 2009 | Holy Spirit, Hope, Kingdom of God, Leadership, Obedience, Prayer, Restoration
In our family, I grew up hunting and fishing. Each fall we would make a man-trek into the wilds to pursue deer. I loved the coming of fall. The preparation and plans for the annual hunt was something that occupied my boyhood thoughts from the start of hunting season...
by Garris Elkins | Mar 2, 2009 | Evangelism, Holy Spirit, Obedience, Restoration, Vision.
My grandmother ran a beer and wine bar in San Francisco in the 1930’s. Grandma didn’t get into that business overnight. It was the result of a life of hard-nocks that started many years earlier when my grandfather left the house one day to find work and...
by Garris Elkins | Mar 3, 2008 | Church, Culture, Evangelism, Obedience
A few weeks ago I did something as a husband that turned out to be pretty smart. I bought my wife a dozen beautiful red roses for no other reason than I wanted to tell her that I loved her. It wasn’t Jan’s birthday; it wasn’t our anniversary, or any...
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...
