by Garris Elkins | May 19, 2021 | Prophetic
I am not alone when I say the challenges faced during the last year have been painful on many fronts. The most painful of those challenges haven’t been the pandemic and its restrictions or the heated election cycle of 2020. Those events are just instigators. For me...
by Garris Elkins | May 16, 2021 | Prophetic
Fearful people will often use shaming to silence those who offer an opposing point of view. This is done by making questioning statements like “How is that choice an expression of Christ’s love?” or “Are you more informed than the experts?” This questioning saw cuts...
by Garris Elkins | May 8, 2021 | Prophetic
Overprotection is never an act of love. It is the by-product of fear. Parents can overprotect a child to the point the child is unprepared to engage the real world when they leave home. A pastor can overprotect those under their care calling it love when in reality it...
by Garris Elkins | May 7, 2021 | Prophetic
Perhaps in some ways, we have allowed our spiritual teeth to be pulled. As a result, we can succumb to only gumming soft and easily digested portions of a greater truth, some of which is uncomfortable to hear in a culture that demands an unhealthy inclusiveness, even...
by Garris Elkins | May 5, 2021 | Prophetic
In the dream, our family was traveling through a distant city during a vacation. We read a notice in our hotel lobby about a church meeting taking place in a school auditorium. When we arrived, the place was packed to the walls. It reminded me of my days in the Jesus...
