Charlie Kirk is a Christian Martyr
/Charlie Kirk was a martyr who died for his faith. Was he killed because he spoke about a historical figure named Jesus? No. Was he killed because he claimed Jesus was God, was crucified and died for our sins, then rose again? No. Charlie Kirk was killed because he believed Jesus is Lord, lived his life demonstrating his convictions, and allowed his faith to inform his values and politics.
There has been a nonstop propaganda campaign to diminish Kirk. He’s been called a homophobe, even though he’s on the record saying, “How can I hate that which I have a heart for?” and defending the inclusivity of Turning Point USA and the conservative movement. He’s been accused of being a racist, even though he believes we are all made in the image of God, and he’s passionately condemned right-wing extremists who believe the USA should be a white country. He’s been labeled a “Christian nationalist,” even though he’s on the record rejecting Christian nationalism and doesn’t want the US to be a theocracy.
Sports analyst Emmanuel Acho, leftist debater Namia (who has met and debated Kirk), and many others have shared a chopped-up compilation video of Kirk to showcase his racism. The very first “example” was Kirk yelling “Cenk” into a crowd to paint him as a racist, throwing out Chinese slurs. In reality, he was talking to Cenk Uygur from The Young Turks. The New York Times gave a platform to Hassan Piker, who has called for murdering property owners and gutting conservatives, to offer his opinion on Kirk. The Washington Post had to fire Karen Attiah—who had retweeted celebratory tweets about October 7 and other heinous acts—because she made up a quote about Kirk: “Black women do not have the brain processing power to be taken seriously. You have to go steal a white person’s slot.” Many people wrongly believe Kirk said or believed this. The New York Times also had to issue a retraction after falsely attributing an antisemitic quote to him, when he was literally quoting someone else and immediately critiqued them.
There have been many think-pieces, deceptively edited videos, and out-of-context quotes meant to demean Charlie Kirk. Congresswoman Mikie Sherrill claimed Kirk’s assassination was “horrific,” yet she lied about him calling for a Christian nationalist government. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez stood on the House floor and criticized Kirk’s critique of the Civil Rights Act (his position is that it’s abused by the transgender movement). Since Charlie Kirk was assassinated for being “hateful,” perhaps it would be best for Democrats to stop engaging in character assassination for political gain.
Charlie Kirk’s killer is Tyler Robinson. He grew up in a religious Republican household in Utah. Somewhere along the way, he was indoctrinated with Left-wing ideology and became increasingly more political. He expressed to his family that Charlie Kirk was hateful and repeated that Kirk was hateful in his alleged text messages to his trans-identifying boyfriend. He was also into explicit furry content (anthropomorphic animals).
Charlie Kirk professed that his faith taught that marriage is between one man and one woman. Charlie Kirk spoke compassionately to transgender people, stating his wish was for them to be at peace with their bodies, as God made them. He would also be firm and say men cannot become women, women cannot become men, and it is deeply immoral to affirm a lie. Whether you believe the Bible is the inspired word of God, the reality is that there are only 2 genders.
Many Christians have delivered the word in love and then been called hateful for it, but just because you hate the truth doesn’t make it hateful. As Jesus said, “If the world hates you, keep in mind it hated me first.”
Many people will say that it’s wrong to mix beliefs and politics, but policy is formed around beliefs all the time. If you preach that it’s wrong for a person to work multiple jobs, so we must raise the minimum wage despite the harm to small businesses, you are pushing a belief. If you say a small business that cannot afford to pay those raised wages doesn’t deserve to exist, that is a belief. If you believe women should be able to have abortions before 20 weeks because you don’t value living humans until they achieve consciousness, that is a belief—one that justifies homicide.
Former Department of Transportation Secretary Pete Buttigieg stated Democrats have faith but don’t share it out of respect for others, but I don’t believe that’s the case. If you’re outspoken about your faith and it leads you to vote differently from Democrats, you are attacked. For example, Senator Bernie Sanders attacked Russel Vought in 2017 at a confirmation hearing for defending his college’s position on the centrality of Jesus. Of course, Jack Phillips, Hobby Lobby, and the Little Sisters of the Poor have had to fight all the way up to the Supreme Court to stop the government from violating their sincerely held religious beliefs. Yet, according to Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez, the only time religious liberty is invoked is when it’s used for religious bigotry. Does that sound like the political Left is respectful of the Christian faith?
Former CNN host Don Lemon criticized Charlie Kirk’s memorial, stating that he believed faith should be a private matter. That isn’t the Gospel. We’re supposed to go throughout the earth spreading the word of God. Early in his career, Kirk was more hesitant to share his faith. He was discouraged from talking about politics in church, and politicians discouraged him from speaking about his faith. Kirk came to the revelation that silence is unbiblical. Kirk said the most important thing you can do is to win souls for Jesus Christ, and the second most important thing is to make sure you can do the first thing.
In Acts 6, Stephen angered his critics because they “could not withstand the wisdom and the Spirit with which he was speaking.” Then, they secretly stirred up instigators and arranged for false witnesses to claim he was teaching blasphemy. Stephen was seized, continued to speak the Truth, and was stoned.
Saul approved of his execution, but he had an encounter with Jesus that radically changed him, and he became the Apostle Paul.
Erika Kirk was able to stand on stage at Charlie’s memorial and forgive the man who assassinated her husband because he was the type of young man Charlie would have tried to reach, because of Christ’s example, and because that’s what Charlie would have wanted.
Progressive “Christians” often claim Jesus told us not to judge, but they’re ignoring most of Matthew 7. Jesus taught how to judge righteously. He also said that we will know a tree by its fruit. Erika’s act of forgiveness, the testimony of so many people going to church because of Charlie, and the gospel being proclaimed by pastors, apologists, friends, and elected officials (exercising their First Amendment right) is good fruit.
Before attending the Utah University event that ended his life, Charlie Kirk was asked what his favorite quote was. One of them was Romans 8:28. “And we know that in all things God works for the good of those who love him, who have been called according to his purpose.”
When you martyr a Stephen, you receive a Paul. This is the end of Charlie Kirk’s life, but it’s not the end of his mission to reach the lost for Jesus Christ.
