September 10 2025
Today, our hearts are heavy, and not in a simple way. Charlie Kirk, a 31 year old young man, with a wife and two very young children, was gunned down while standing before a crowd, answering questions, living the public life he chose. Violence has struck again, and a family is shattered. That alone demands sobriety, not celebration. The taking of a human life is never righteous.
Charlie lived out loud. He did not hide. He stood openly under the sun, declaring what he believed and challenging others to do the same. But living out loud also means a life is visible in all its parts, not only the parts we want to remember.
The world will argue about politics, and that is expected. But Scripture forces us to deal with something deeper and harder: truth without sentimentality. Charlie Kirk publicly professed faith in Yeshua. At the same time, he also made public statements about race and history that were prejudiced, dismissive, and harmful. He spoke favorably about aspects of the Jim Crow era, minimized its cruelty, and openly opposed the Civil Rights Act that dismantled legalized racial oppression. Those statements are on record. They are not rumors. They are not inventions of his enemies. That matters.
Scripture warns clearly against hypocrisy, the very act of professing faith while publicly denying the character of God in action. Yeshua said, “Why do you call Me ‘Lord, Lord,’ and do not do what I say?” (Luke 6:46). He condemned those who honored God with words while neglecting justice, mercy, and love (Matt 23:23). Charlie’s words and positions on race and justice stand in tension with his profession of faith. That tension is uncomfortable, but it is real, and it is biblical.
Scripture never teaches that professing belief excuses injustice, prejudice, or blindness toward the suffering of others. In fact, it teaches the opposite. The prophets were relentless in condemning those who claimed allegiance to God while trampling people made in His image. Yeshua Himself rebuked religious leaders who spoke loudly about righteousness while neglecting mercy, justice, and love.
So we must speak truthfully. Charlie’s words on race were wrong. They did not reflect the heart of Messiah, who broke down dividing walls and refused to rank human worth by lineage, power, or skin. Calling this out is not hatred. It is discernment.
At the same time, Scripture also forbids us from celebrating death or delighting in violence. Vengeance does not belong to us. God does not rejoice when a sinner dies, and neither should we. A flawed life cut short is still a tragedy. A man killed before repentance, correction, or growth could continue is not a victory for truth. It is a wound.
Some will rush to call him a martyr. Others will sneer and say he deserved what he got. Both responses miss the weight of the moment. Martyrdom in Scripture is not granted by ideology or popularity. The Greek word martys means witness. A witness is measured by faithfulness, not fame. Scripture records witnesses who stood bravely and witnesses who stumbled badly. God alone sorts that out.
Nothing is wasted in God’s hands. Even mixed legacies, even contradictory lives, even unfinished stories are gathered into His justice and His mercy. The blood of Abel cried out from the ground, and so does the blood of every unjustly killed person. God hears. He will judge rightly, without blind spots, without political lenses, without favoritism.
This message is not for those who mock death or cheer violence. Isaiah warned, “Woe to those who call evil good and good evil.” Rejoicing over bloodshed reveals a hardened heart. God does not forget such things.
But this message is also not for those who want to canonize a man without telling the truth. Love does not lie. Honoring the dead does not require whitewashing harm. Scripture never asks us to confuse boldness with righteousness or conviction with holiness.
This message is for those who love the Lord and hate evil, including the evil of prejudice, the evil of injustice, and the evil of violence. It is for those who know that following Yeshua means loving people one by one, not defending systems that crush them.
Science tells us that trauma floods the brain with fear and tribal instinct. Scripture tells us to fix our eyes elsewhere. When Peter walked on the water, the storm did not stop. The physics did not change. His focus did. When his gaze shifted, he sank. That is where we are now. If our eyes fix on outrage or fear, we sink. If they are fixed on Messiah, we stand.
Charlie Kirk’s voice is now silent, but his life leaves us with questions we cannot dodge. What does it mean to speak boldly without hardening the heart. What does it mean to claim Christ while confronting one’s own blind spots. What does repentance look like when pride has been public.
The call of a disciple has never been comfort. It has always been courage shaped by humility, truth fused with love, conviction purified by justice. Scripture tells us to overcome evil with good, not with denial, not with bitterness, and not with bloodshed.
Our battle is not against flesh and blood, not against political opponents, not against flawed men. It is against powers that thrive on hatred, division, and death. YHWH still reigns. Yeshua has conquered death. The Spirit still convicts, corrects, and calls us higher.
We NEED to be faithful and true witnesses. Not shallow. Not sentimental. Not cruel. We can grieve a life lost, reject the lies he spoke, refuse the violence that took him, and walk the narrow road with clean hands and honest hearts.
May God comfort the grieving.
May truth stand without compromise.
And may we never confuse loud faith with faithful love.
For those who read this and are skeptical, I encourage you to do your own research. Charlie Kirk’s public statements about race, the Jim Crow era, and the Civil Rights Act are on record. They are not rumors or exaggerations. Look up the Jim Crow era itself, and examine how countless people were marginalized, oppressed, and even killed under those laws. Measure the reality against Scripture and let discernment guide your understanding. Truth is never afraid of inquiry.