Last night a gunman opened fire in a movie theater in Aurora, Colorado, at the opening of the new Batman movie. Information is still coming in, but as of this moment, 12 people are dead and at least 50 have been injured.

Early reports say that members of the audience were slow to react to the violence because they thought it was part of the entertainment.

The church has been slow to react to the violence that has been perpetrated against our society. We are supposed to be the light that shines and the salt that preserves. But while the church remained seated, more than a tenth of our nation’s population has been aborted, killed in the womb. While the church watches passively, the God-given institution of marriage is being denigrated by people of all sexual preferences. While the church is frozen in place, greedy and lazy people are given money that is taken from hard-working taxpayers.

The church needs to wake up and realize that we are not mere spectators at a movie. We are involved in spiritual warfare. Satan is attacking our nation. He is attacking the American family. He wants to destroy as many lives as he possibly can.

This is no time for slow reactions. It’s time to fight back!

“Be self-controlled and alert. Your enemy the devil prowls around like a roaring lion looking for someone to devour. Resist him, standing firm in the faith, because you know that your brothers throughout the world are undergoing the same kind of sufferings.”—1 Peter 5:8-9.