by Garris Elkins | Aug 20, 2025 | Prophetic
The prophecy from Zephaniah is only three chapters long, but it is a panoramic view of what happens to a nation that abandons the Lord. Though their days were dark and foreboding because of their disobedience, with God, there would be hope for their future if they...
by Garris Elkins | Aug 10, 2025 | Prophetic
Predictions are different than revelation. Revelation comes from God and can run contrary to the wide variety of human predictions of what people think will happen in the future. Many times, revelation will stand alone, enduring the mockery and dismissal of the...
by Garris Elkins | Jun 28, 2025 | Prophetic
We like to have confidence in what we believe. That confidence is not always the best indicator of what is true. Apart from knowing that Jesus is the way, the truth, and the life, so much of our faith needs to have a place for wonder and mystery to exist, not another...
by Garris Elkins | Jun 20, 2025 | Prophetic
As I read through the book of Revelation once again for the umpteenth time, I’m left with a familiar sense of uncertainty about what John wrote. To fail to admit such a feeling is a mistake that will lead us to a false sense of certainty, which will derail us...
by Garris Elkins | Jun 18, 2025 | Prophetic
This morning, I began reading the book of Revelation. As the world considers yet another war – a war with global implications – its words seem appropriate for this time in history. One hindrance to understanding what John wrote is the systematic forms of...
