I have been quiet- watched, listened and prayed. I feel deep sorrow and pain, but nothing like Kirk's widow and family.
Yesterday’s memorial service for Charlie was something that I honestly cannot articulate. I posted on X:
It was a moment of grief, honor, and resolve.
And yet, questions remain.
First, did the assassin truly know Charlie’s message first-hand, or was he a product of endless propaganda from those who marketed Charlie’s words as hate? I don’t know the answer. But I do know this: each of us has a responsibility not to be shaped only by secondhand rhetoric. We must be willing to go to authentic first sources, listen for ourselves, and make up our own minds.
Second, what goes so wrong in a human’s moral compass that he feels compelled to gun down a man in cold blood, from a coward’s distance? This is not only about ideology — it is about the human heart, and what happens when hatred consumes it.
Third, the ultimate question is the one Jesus raised in Luke 13.
There were some present at that very time who told him about the Galileans whose blood Pilate had mingled with their sacrifices. And he answered them, “Do you think that these Galileans were worse sinners than all the other Galileans, because they suffered in this way? No, I tell you; but unless you repent, you will all likewise perish. Or those eighteen on whom the tower in Siloam fell and killed them: do you think that they were worse offenders than all the others who lived in Jerusalem? No, I tell you; but unless you repent, you will all likewise perish.” (Luke 13:1–5)
When Jesus was confronted with tragedy and evil, He did not explain why these things happened. He did not indulge the speculation of whether the victims were especially guilty or cursed. Instead, He turned the question around: “Do you think they were worse sinners? No… but unless you repent, you will all likewise perish.”
In other words, Jesus shifted the conversation away from “why did this happen to them?” to the far more personal question: “What if this were to happen to you? Are you ready to meet God?”
That is the heart of the matter. Charlie’s death confronts us all with our own mortality. The assassin’s actions confront us with the reality of evil and guilt. And Jesus’ words confront us with eternity: unless we repent, we will perish — not merely in body, but in soul.
I have seen many tears, both public and private, shed when Erika Kirk spoke forgiveness to her husband’s killer. But that forgiveness does not assuage the guilt of the deed. The life of the suspect may indeed be taken by the state as a punishment for his actions, and even that is not enough to pay for his crimes. There is only one way to escape the wrath of God that hangs over every human, and that is through the ransom payment of the blood of the Son of God.
If you were to die today, do you know where you would spend eternity?
“And this is the testimony, that God gave us eternal life, and this life is in his Son. Whoever has the Son has life; whoever does not have the Son of God does not have life. I write these things to you who believe in the name of the Son of God, that you may know that you have eternal life.” (1 John 5:11–13)
Finally, I have to say it......
I deeply grieve those who still double down on hate. In my 20 plus years of posting on this blog, I have always done my best to stay 'on Bible and off politics'. But I'm getting to the point now where there is no more "Left vs Right".... the radical progressives, militant and anti-American have moved the needle. In my view it feels more like "Left vs Light". When many of the best speeches Sunday were from former democrats, you have to understand now why they HAD to leave.
The best message from Sunday? Politics will NOT solve our deepest needs or heal our deepest wounds.. this is a spiritual condition and we are in need of a Savior.
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