A Diagnostic Moment For The Church: When “Just Asking Questions” Stops Being Discernment

In the days following Charlie Kirk’s murder, something unexpected happened and the world witnessed it: people returned to church, conversations turned to repentance, and Christ was openly exalted. But whenever God begins to move, the enemy seeks to interrupt the work with confusion and accusation. Jesus told us plainly that Satan is “the father of lies” (John 8:44), and there is no better moment to sow deception than when truth is advancing.

This is not a distraction. This is a diagnostic moment for the Church.‍

Some are saying, “Don’t give attention to Candace Owens or Erika Kirk. This is what the enemy wants.” That sounds spiritual, but it misses what is actually happening. This is not a side issue, because there are not two equal sides. There is one stream marked by slander, insinuation, and corrosive suspicion, all baptized under the phrase “just asking questions.” Scripture has a word for that: deception.

What we are witnessing is not discernment, it is conditioning. A clip here, a text there, an unnamed source, endless “what ifs.” Over time, this trains people not to seek truth, but to distrust everything. That is how confusion becomes conviction. And many sincere believers are being pulled into it.

This moment has become an autopsy. Not of salvation, but of spiritual maturity. It is revealing how quickly discernment collapses when patience and wisdom are abandoned. Some are discovering they were never taught how to weigh truth carefully, only how to react quickly. And tragically, many don’t even realize this, because they have confused discernment with distrust and labeled it righteousness.‍

I speak here not as a commentator, but as a pastor. I do not claim authority over strangers online. But I do carry responsibility for those the Lord has entrusted to me at Landmark Church.

So I want to say this with clarity and care: if you have embraced speculation, suspicion, or slander, I am urging you to repent and return to wisdom. Not in shame, but in humility. Not to be cast out, but to be restored.

If I am merely a voice you listen to on Sundays, this may sound harsh. But if I am your shepherd, then understand this comes from love and responsibility. I do not lord authority over the Body, but I take my responsibility to the Body very seriously. Scripture reminds us that pastors are called to watch over souls and will give an account before God for how they do so (Hebrews 13:17).

My heart is not to police you, but to protect you. Correction is not rejection; it is care. Unholy voices shape unholy conclusions, and sheep are not strengthened by constant suspicion.

The facts, as reported, are not erratic or shifting. A suspect is in custody. He was turned in by his own parents. Evidence and surveillance corroborated the account. Due process followed. The story has remained consistent; it is only the speculation that has multiplied.

Scripture warns us about rushing to judgment: “The first one to plead his cause seems right, until his neighbor comes and examines him” (Proverbs 18:17). ‍

That examination is precisely what a trial and due process are meant to provide.

Biblical discernment waits. It listens. It allows truth to be examined rather than assumed. Biblical discernment submits questions to truth; it does not submit truth to questions. In addition, discernment does not conform truth to sight, it brings sight into submission to truth.

Let me be clear, this is not about silencing questions; it’s about aiming them toward truth rather than suspicion. So let me ask the questions that actually matter.‍

When did discernment become distrusting everything except the voice that confirms our suspicions? When did “testing the spirits” start meaning rejecting every witness, every process, every fact? If parents cannot be trusted, evidence cannot be trusted, and verification itself is dismissed—who becomes our authority?‍

A personality? An influencer? An unnamed source? That is not biblical wisdom. It is a posture that leaves believers vulnerable, not vigilant.‍

When every explanation is dismissed as a cover-up and every unanswered question is treated as proof, the issue is no longer intelligence, it’s allegiance.

If you are genuinely wrestling (confused, unsettled, or unsure), don’t retreat into speculation. Pray, seek the Lord’s wisdom, and allow the truth to be examined in time. I’m always willing to walk with you toward clarity, but not through endless theories or borrowed opinions. Wisdom grows in the light, not in isolation.

The Bible does not commend suspicion; it calls us to truth, patience, and sober judgment. A mind trained to doubt everything is not protected, it is easily led. This is how believers drift: not by denying Christ outright, but by abandoning discernment, humility, and restraint.

And Christian, hear this plainly: This is what it means to “just ask questions.”

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