Christian pastor and best-selling author Max Lucado has urged Christians to pray for the return of Jesus Christ, and for the demise of the devil, in the wake of the church shooting at First Baptist Church of Sutherland Springs, Texas, that left 26 people dead.
“We pray for their recovery and for peace. And we are reminded that our battle is not against flesh and blood but against the principalities and powers of this present darkness,” Lucado, senior pastor of Oak Hills Church in San Antonio, said on his website Tuesday.
“We are praying for the quick and speedy demise of the devil. And we are urgent in our prayers for the return of Christ in which He will establish a kingdom of peace, once and for all, with the banishment of evil, and filled with the goodness of God.”
Gunman Devin Patrick Kelley was identified as the suspect in the deadliest mass shooting at a church in United States history, with officials stating that the attack does not appear to be racially or religiously motivated.
Lucado wrote in an op-ed for Fox News Monday that Jesus warned his followers to expect extreme hardships. He recalled several instances in the Bible, including one in the…
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