by Garris Elkins | Oct 9, 2018 | Apostle, Church, Courage, Culture, Discipleship, Five-Fold Ministry, Future, Gifts, Kingdom of God, Leadership, Ministry, Pride, Reformation, Revival, Teaching, Truth, Wisdom
A man named Jerry Cook radically changed how I view the Church. Over a span of thirty years, I listened to Jerry speak at conferences and read his writing. I also had the opportunity to sit in several small group settings with Jerry and glean his wisdom. Toward the...
by Garris Elkins | Oct 5, 2018 | Creativity, Culture, Death, Deliverance, Discipleship, Fear, Freedom, Healing, Intimacy, Jesus, Love, Relationships, Trust, Truth, Worship
When I was on the football team at Whitworth University in Spokane, Washington, our coach asked if any members of the team could help a friend. The coach’s friend was a doctor who lived in the northern panhandle of Idaho. He was a sheep rancher. In the winter of 1969,...
by Garris Elkins | Sep 30, 2018 | Grace, Relationships, Revelation, Trust, Truth
We are standing on a cultural boundary line entertaining the possibility of two very different futures. A new direction is being determined. The rule of law, right and trusted as it has been despite our human failings, has proven it cannot be the guarantor of our...
by Garris Elkins | Sep 25, 2018 | Deliverance, Destiny, Fear, Freedom, Future, Identity, Love, Pride, Redemption, Restoration, Truth, Wisdom
Wisdom does not always provide easy answers. Neither does it answer the deep questions about life from the same shallow resource pool of information used by the asker to frame their inquiry. Wisdom responds from a deeper source of revelation not considered when...
by Garris Elkins | Sep 18, 2018 | Creativity, Culture, Discipline, Freedom, Gifts, Honor, Humility, Justice, Pride, Promotion, Reconciliation, Relationships, Teaching, Truth, Wisdom
I use a writing program called Grammarly. Grammarly was suggested to me by a friend who is an accomplished, best-selling author. The program has been very helpful. It has revealed the places in my grammar that need improvement. Each month, I get a copy of...
by Garris Elkins | Sep 12, 2018 | Future, Trust, Truth, Wisdom
The greatest achievements do not come from conquest or control. These victories only come when the wise ones in the intransient crowd are willing to step forward and cross the aisle of division, many times in private, to form an alliance against what ultimately hurts...
