by Garris Elkins | Mar 21, 2024 | Prophetic
I had a teacher in high school who was interested in his student’s lives. He attended various after-school events, from sports to drama, to show his support for his students. During one of my swim meets, he attended the event. Everything was fine until the...
by Garris Elkins | Jan 14, 2024 | Prophetic
Repeatedly throughout the book of Ezekiel, a theme emerges after Israel disobeys God, “Then you will know that I am the Lord.” Typically, this follows Israel disobeying God following the ways of foreign lands, and worshipping other gods. As the judgments of God and...
by Garris Elkins | Aug 17, 2023 | Prophetic
When I worked as a homicide detective one of the most unpleasant of all my duties was attending an autopsy. It is a brutal but necessary procedure to discover the cause of a person’s death. What was once a living and breathing human being with hopes and dreams was...
by Garris Elkins | May 24, 2023 | Prophetic
Recently, I wrote about the intersection of history we have entered where spiritual deception, emotional instability, and mental illness are colliding with truth. The unresolved issues creating these collisions are being celebrated in the news and within the social...
by Garris Elkins | Oct 3, 2022 | Prophetic
This morning, I saw something I had not noticed in previous readings of chapter 8 of John’s Gospel. The chapter begins with a story of a woman caught in adultery. People picked up stones to kill her. The chapter ends with a similar response from people who did not...
