by Garris Elkins | Mar 13, 2022 | Prophetic
A strong windstorm blew through our area last night. It blew down dead limbs hanging in trees and deposited loads of debris in our yard. It also tipped over two chairs in our front yard. I felt led to take a photo of the upended chairs. As soon as I clicked the photo,...
by Garris Elkins | Mar 13, 2022 | Prophetic
Some of the most dangerous and compromising words we can utter in a time of crisis are “I was just following orders.” Those words have been used in war crime trials as a justification for immoral actions that would later be condemned by reasonable people after a...
by Garris Elkins | Mar 12, 2022 | Prophetic
When we read the story of Jonah it’s easy to focus only on the image of a large fish swallowing a reluctant preacher and the resulting national revival that took place. If we leave the story there and fail to connect the message of the two prophets, Jonah and...
by Garris Elkins | Mar 11, 2022 | Prophetic
During the 1990s, Jan and I were based in Berlin, Germany with an assignment to serve the nations of Eastern Europe, nations that were previously under the rule of the old Soviet Union. Those nations were recovering from decades of dominance under the hard fist of...
by Garris Elkins | Mar 10, 2022 | Prophetic
I am not sure how we arrived at this place. The insensitivity and premature dismissal of others with whom we disagree has been intensified in the last two years of social isolation. There has been a grind taking place where our relational cartilage has worn away...
by Garris Elkins | Mar 9, 2022 | Prophetic
“Indeed, the Sovereign Lord never does anything until he reveals his plans to his servants the prophets” (Amos 3:7). That verse makes a religious spirit nervous. It also makes those under the influence of a religious spirit nervous because the prepared narrative they...
