by Garris Elkins | Dec 28, 2016 | Peace, Rest, Trust
I experienced two significant events 36 years apart that were strangely similar. In 1981, I turned in my badge as a police officer to step into the new role of pastor, a calling to which I had no understanding. Jan and I were rookie church planters traveling to a new...
by Garris Elkins | Nov 23, 2016 | Faith, Rest, Trust
Last week a strange cat entered our backyard. Our cat is named Mister. He considers our backyard his domain and quickly scared the stuffing out of the trespassing cat sending it high up into the branches of a maple tree. Since the leaves were all gone, the only...
by Garris Elkins | Oct 1, 2016 | Rest, Trust
Any form of rest that must be protected will eventually become a place of fatigue. The energy expended in an attempt to protect a situational form of rest will actually produce the very thing you are trying to avoid. The rest you have been given in Jesus Christ...
by Garris Elkins | Oct 1, 2016 | Rest, Trust
Any form of rest that must be protected will eventually become a place of fatigue. The energy expended in an attempt to protect a situational form of rest will actually produce the very thing you are trying to avoid. The rest you have been given in Jesus Christ...
by Garris Elkins | Sep 11, 2016 | God, Mercy, Peace, Prayer, Rest, Supernatural, Trust
There is an unsettling phrase that reads, “Civilization is never more than nine meals away from anarchy.” The Romans manifested the truth of that statement by subtly bribing a dominated culture with the basics of life to gain control and force people to play by the...
by Garris Elkins | Aug 8, 2016 | Eternity, Faith, Fear, Future, God, Joy, Obedience, Peace, Rest
Recently, I was speaking in a church that had three Sunday morning services. For each service hundreds of people would gather for worship. In order to move that many people in and out of their facility it required a great deal of organization, timing and...
