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An influential Southern Baptist pastor stood Wednesday (Aug. 19) in the headquarters of the world’s largest military and, with no sense of irony, preached a message of hope for Pentagon leaders by pointing to multiple biblical passages where God miraculously delivered people by defeating a large imperial military. The service also featured a prayer to the “God of angel armies” for strengthening the members of the U.S. military, as well as the preacher declaring that God will “fight their battles.”