There’s no shortage of tributes and reactions to the assassination of Charlie Kirk, but I still felt compelled to add my voice.
The more I discovered about Charlie, the more I saw a man integrated around truth, goodness, and beauty. Charlie loved truth. He showed up with courage, living with a character that embodied truth expressed in love.
At Family Dynasty, one of our deepest desires is to see families thrive intergenerationally—if the Lord tarries—for centuries to come. We long for families to exert outsized influence for good, living as Scripture says in 1 Timothy 2:2–4: “that we may lead a peaceful and quiet life, godly and dignified in every way. This is good, and it is pleasing in the sight of God our Savior, who desires all people to be saved and to come to the knowledge of the truth.”
It rips my heart out that Charlie’s family will not be able to live out their lives together as God’s ideals would dictate—cut short by the evil intent of a heart and a culture increasingly hostile to truth, goodness, order, and beauty.
Charlie entered the public square with conviction and courage so that Americans might still have a future where families could live quietly and peacefully, just as Paul envisioned in 1 Timothy. Because of Charlie’s work, our nation is on a better course than it likely would have been without his cultural influence. Our nation—and our families—owe him a deep debt of gratitude.
Today, I honor Charlie’s courage and conviction, and his willingness to sacrifice a life of peaceful contentment so that other families, like yours and mine, might still experience it.
This week, the documentary Truth Rising was released by Focus on the Family and the Colson Center. The timing is remarkable. In it, Os Guinness speaks of the “civilizational moment” we are living through: Is the Western ideal of freedom sustainable?
Charlie believed with everything in him that it is—if our hearts and minds are reformed to truth, goodness, and beauty. He fought for the very soul of what is good in Western and American culture. His fight was not in vain.
Charlie is rightly called a political martyr, but even more, he is a Christian martyr. Throughout history, Christian martyrdom has been the highest badge of honor—and it remains so today.
1 Peter 2:23 describes Christ’s character, which Charlie mirrored: “When he was reviled, he did not revile in return; when he suffered, he did not threaten, but continued entrusting himself to him who judges justly.”
I grieve deeply for us as a nation, and especially for Charlie’s family and friends. But as for Charlie himself, I hold on to 1 Peter 4:13: “But rejoice insofar as you share Christ’s sufferings, that you may also rejoice and be glad when his glory is revealed.” Charlie’s sufferings are over.
Revelation 2:10 promises: “Be faithful unto death, and I will give you the crown of life.” Charlie’s reward is the crown of life. He has been welcomed into eternal glory and will receive the martyr’s reward.
Now Charlie joins the great cloud of witnesses surrounding us. As we look to Jesus, the author and perfecter of our faith, may we be spurred on to boldly enter the public sphere with Charlie’s same truth, conviction, and courage. Let us take up the mantle in our generation, so that more families across this land might live dignified, peaceful lives in pursuit of holiness, goodness, beauty, and truth.
May justice once again ring in our land. May God’s mercy pour out, bringing our society from its present darkness into the light of truth.
As I mourn Charlie Kirk’s loss, reflect on his life, and consider his legacy, I pray boldly that—because of Christ’s mercy, shown in part through Charlie’s witness—justice will ring once again, and God’s mercy will cover us all. May His light pierce our darkness and bring a revival of contrition, humility, and civility for the good of all. Amen.
