In an instant, Joe and Claryce Holcombe lost children, grandchildren, great-grandchildren and a future great-grandchild in what is now being called the deadliest mass murder in Texas history.
“We lost more than Belle yesterday, and one thing that gives me a sliver of encouragement is the fact that Belle was surrounded yesterday by her church family, who she loved fiercely, and vice versa.”
"AGAIN? I found myself questioning WHY God, does this keep happening? WHY are we losing precious souls—lives You created and formed with your own hands—to the monstrous acts of true evil?"
“It’s interesting — on one hand we honor Hugh Hefner when he passes away — the dude was a pornographer. But yet Harvey Weinstein is this demon in culture right now and I said, we’ve got to pick our poison.”
"So if true love speaks the truth as given in God’s word, and as believers we are commanded to love our neighbors as ourselves, then isn’t it a given that to love is to share what we have been given openly and honesty? Wouldn’t holding that back be the opposite of love?"
"I've just kind of dreaded telling you because I think people will think, 'What in the world? Like how in the world could this be added on to everything else you've already faced?'"