Must we bid a sad adieu to human empathy and civility? Is the human family losing its humanness? One has to wonder. The assassination of Charlie Kirk evinced deep grief in multitudes, while others “erupted in satanic celebration.”
LifeSite News reported: “A Toronto teacher was suspended after reportedly forcing students to watch the assassination video while lecturing them about ‘anti-fascism, anti-trans,’ and how Kirk ‘deserved’ it.” Tell that to his grief-stricken widow and fatherless children. A life has been taken. And say what you will about Charlie Kirk, I have nothing but respect for a man who has impacted a generation of youth, boldly declaring his faith in God, and speaking against the destructive anti-God, anti-family, anti-human agenda. — S. Mutch
This was not a political attack; it was spiritual in its very core. A man was targeted…because he dared to speak of absolute truths in a culture that has made idols of ambiguity. He dared to say that good and evil are not social constructs, that truth and falsehood are not interchangeable, that gender is not fluid, that abortion is murder, that Godly masculinity underpins a functional civilization, and that there are divine standards much higher than the whims of men. For that, he was despised, and for that, he was ultimately silenced.
There is a palpable stirring among the young people of the world, restless and searching, weary of the barren promises of a life without the transformational power of Jesus Christ. They are tired of being told that nothing matters, that life is an accident, that truth is whatever you decide it to be. They are longing for something higher, something that binds them to eternity, and Charlie, though imperfect like every man, was a spark that lit that yearning into flame for many of them. He pointed them toward God when the culture around them insisted on pointing them only toward themselves, and for millions, that spark will not die simply because the man who struck it has been struck down.
We are engaged in nothing less than an existential struggle–the eternal one between light and darkness. The reason Charlie’s words cut so deeply is because they exposed what moral relativists wish to hide. Deep inside, everyone knows that absolutes exist and multitudes are now conditioned to be terrified of a world that forces them to confront that reality. His presence reminded them that their cynicism is a hollow refuge, and his voice tore through the fog they had built around themselves; thus when reason failed, they reached for the weapon.
He has stirred a generation that will not be silenced, by God’s grace. The time for silence is gone and the time for courage is now.
