A controversial pastor is planning a “huge burning” of Harry Potter and Twilight books, in addition to different objects, in Tennessee.
World Imaginative and prescient Bible Church pastor Greg Locke was met with cries of approval on Sunday when he declared there could be a “burning service” this week.
Locke, who operates out of Mt. Juliet close to Nashville, advised them to carry Ouija boards, which he known as a “portal to hell,” and different objects he mentioned have been related to witchcraft.
He then doubled down on his feedback in a Monday Fb publish, the place he declared the burning could be a part of a “continued sequence on deliverance from demons.”
The publish learn: “We have now stuff coming in from throughout that we are going to be burning. We’re not enjoying video games. Witchcraft and accursed issues should go.”
Locke then justified the occasion by referring to Acts 19, a Biblical chapter that offers with current converts to Christianity renouncing their previous, together with by burning scrolls referring to sorcery.
Christian hate-preacher Greg Locke is planning a “burning service” on Wednesday evening.
Targets embody Ouija boards (“a portal to Hell”), tarot playing cards, and Harry Potter books (“full-blown witchcraft”). pic.twitter.com/9iO2sr5F59
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His Fb publish continued: “Ring all of your Harry Potter stuff. Chortle all you’ll haters. I do not care. It is witchcraft 100%.
“All of your “Twilight” books and films. That mess is filled with spells, demonism, shape-shifting and occultism. Carry tarot playing cards, ouija birds, therapeutic crystals, idol statues, spell books and all the things else tied to the occult. It is obtained to go.
“If you happen to assume we’re loopy, then scroll on. We’re exposing the Kingdom of Darkness for what it’s. It is time for individuals to be delivered.”
The assertion concluded: “We is not going to tolerate witchcraft and we is not going to be compromising with satan worshippers.
“Everyone seems to be welcome, however that is World Imaginative and prescient and we do not do issues just like the church down the street or the one you grew up in.
“We will not unsee the miracles which are taking place round us. It is time to break covenant with the satan and develop within the Lord. Get there early. It is going to be completely wonderful.”
Newsweek has contacted World Imaginative and prescient Bible Church and quite a few church buildings within the Nashville space for remark.
Pastor Locke has pushed COVID-19 misinformation and beforehand branded the pandemic as “faux.” He additionally discouraged his supporters from getting inoculated in opposition to the virus throughout his sermons.
He has embraced debunked conspiracy theories associated to the 2020 Presidential Election and insisted Joe Biden was not legitimately voted in.
Whereas Locke has been an avid supporter of Donald Trump, he beforehand declared the previous president would lose assist over his endorsement of the COVID-19 vaccine.
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