A Line Has Been Crossed: Truth, Darkness, and the Legacy of Charlie Kirk

A line has indeed been crossed. It happened so quickly you might not have seen it, but you can feel it. And it is being felt in a very real way. The spiritual darkness upon our land is the direct result of godless people and policies that have brought America to her knees.

I saw someone comment that Charlie Kirk was responsible for our nation’s divisiveness. But that mindset itself is what breeds division. To accuse truth-tellers of being the problem is to invert reality. “The further a society drifts from the truth, the more it will hate those who speak it” (George Orwell). It is not those who expose lies that divide a nation, but those who build their platforms on lies, pit neighbor against neighbor, and weaponize power against the very foundations of faith and freedom. Even worse, we now see reprobate minds openly celebrating Charlie’s murder. That is disturbing in itself, but the fact that people feel emboldened enough to broadcast such wickedness on the world’s stage reveals a deeper kind of sinister darkness. Scrolling through social media, I can see exactly what Jesus meant when He said, “because lawlessness will abound, the love of many will grow cold” (Matthew 24:12). The darker the days, the colder the hearts.

Charlie, however, was the tip of the spear against such godless, Marxist ideologies, uniting those with sound and sober minds. His movement (patriotic yet diverse in walk, talk, color, and background) was centered on Christ. At the core of his platform was the gospel, which compelled him to fight for common-sense truth.

The tragedy is that he was murdered in the very setting where those freedoms he cherished (speech, assembly, and faith) were being exercised. He welcomed debate and opposing discourse, trusting that the best ideas would rise. Yet a demonically incited coward fired a bullet that silenced not his argument, but his life; his blood spilled before millions (and now cries out; Genesis 4:10). A young man in his prime, bearing the Imago Dei, was not defeated by reason but cut down by evil.

But the devil never learns. Throughout history, whenever the enemy has tried to silence God’s messengers, the gospel has only spread with greater power. The blood of the faithful has always been seed for revival. What the enemy meant for intimidation will only ignite boldness in the church.

Our hearts ache for Charlie’s family, for his friends, and for every life touched by his bold witness. We grieve deeply, but not as those without hope, for Charlie’s cause was never ultimately political, it was spiritual. His hope, and ours, rests in the cross and resurrection of Jesus Christ.

Now is the time for Christians to rise with courage, not cower in fear. To speak the truth in love, not shrink back in silence. To stand firm in Christ, knowing that while bullets can silence a voice, they cannot silence the truth. Death does not have the final word: Jesus does. And until He returns, may we carry the torch Charlie held high: unashamed of the gospel, unwavering in conviction,and unafraid of the cost.‍

“Therefore, my beloved brethren, be steadfast, immovable, always abounding in the work of the Lord, knowing that your labor is not in vain in the Lord” (1 Corinthians 15:58).

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