by Garris Elkins | Jun 24, 2020 | Love, Truth
You have a God-given right to address any ill of humanity no matter what color your skin, your gender, or your social status. Do not let any person or social movement try to silence your voice through shame. The only requirement is that when you speak, you are...
by Garris Elkins | Jun 20, 2020 | Discernment, Pride, Reconciliation, Truth, Vision., Wisdom
I recently read a term I had not seen before – Accelerationist. The word is used to describe people who live on the extreme edges of the social spectrum, either far left and far right. An accelerationist is someone who uses social causes that might not even be...
by Garris Elkins | Jun 14, 2020 | Discipline, Trust, Truth, Wisdom
The Lord is about to reward your restraint. You have bitten your lip on several occasions as foolish and harmful words have been tossed about without discernment. More than once, you almost spoke, but you did not. Heaven has taken notice of your discipline. You have...
by Garris Elkins | Jun 11, 2020 | Honor, Justice, Truth
Years ago, I had an insightful conversation with a friend. He shared a story that helped me create a decision-making process in my life. A troubling situation was taking place that required him to make a difficult choice. He said the decision he was asked to...
by Garris Elkins | May 21, 2020 | Church, Family, Trust, Truth
When we allow our personal opinion to become doctrine, we will always harm and divide the unity of the Church. At no point in my lifetime have I seen the importance of making that distinction as it has become in this moment of history.
by Garris Elkins | May 20, 2020 | Truth, Vision., Wisdom
God has been inviting some of us to go to a deeper place, away from the overwhelming and never-ending surface clatter we hear in the public sphere. Fear has bullied its way into our cultural dialogue. Some of what is being vented is our unresolved fears – fear of what...
