by Garris Elkins | Dec 13, 2022 | Prophetic
When our faith gains traction in the real world, where people live and suffer, a variety of responses take place as people have those realities pointed out for them. Those responses vary from disgust to praise that such things would be mentioned. Attempting to live a...
by Garris Elkins | Dec 12, 2022 | Prophetic
A pastor wrote me a series of messages beginning at the start of the pandemic up until recently to let me know what I was writing was causing problems in his church and his family. In one message he said because I am no longer a pastor that I should remain silent...
by Garris Elkins | Dec 11, 2022 | Prophetic
In some cases, it is no longer the blind leading the blind. It is the blind leading an increasingly informed group of followers. This has created a disconnect wrongly discerned as rebellion. It is a winnowing work in the ranks of Church leadership initiated by the...
by Garris Elkins | Dec 11, 2022 | Prophetic
Yesterday, I cleaned out the accumulated ash inside our woodstove. After removing the ash, I stacked firewood inside the stove in preparation for the next burn. This morning it was warm enough to not fire up the stove. I will wait until tomorrow when the temperatures...
by Garris Elkins | Dec 10, 2022 | Prophetic
Perhaps an adjustment in our language would be in order regarding the popular phrase “Conspiracy Theory.” In some cases, it would be better to rewrite that phrase to read as “A-Yet-To-Be-Confirmed Theory.” To a highly programmed mind hearing that adjusted phrase will...
by Garris Elkins | Dec 10, 2022 | Prophetic
This week a WNBA player who was arrested for a drug offense and recently sentenced to prison in Russia was released in a prisoner exchange for a convicted arms dealer held in U.S. custody. Objections have been raised regarding the exchange since a Marine who has been...
