On September 10, 2025, our brother in Christ, Charlie Kirk, was assassinated on the campus of Utah Valley University, at age 31.

My heart grieves over the loss of this dear soul, but not as the world does:

[13] But we do not want you to be uninformed, brothers, about those who are asleep, that you may not grieve as others do who have no hope.

1 THESSALONIANS 4:13

As members of the body of Christ, we hold to the hope of the resurrection of the living and the dead at the glorious return of our Lord Jesus Christ. 

One day, we will see our Lord face to face. This is what our soul longs for.

Charlie Kirk woke up that morning, put his shoes on, probably drank his coffee, ready to go out and do what he does. He did not know that someone would gun him down in the street like an animal that day.

This really goes to show you the fleeting vapor of this life. Any day it could be us who are called home to the Lord. Any day that we leave behind our family, our friends, the pleasures that our gracious God is pleased to bless us with here in this life.

And in light of this, we must remember, this is not our home. We are pilgrims and aliens in a world that we do not belong to, passing through on our way to an eternal dwelling place with God.

So with that in mind, the question is, what are you doing to store up things in that eternal Kingdom in which you will reside? Where neither moth nor rust destroys, nor thief breaks in to steal (Matthew 6:19-24).

Set your mind on the things above. There is a time for grieving, but not as the world does, dear Christian. 

We all know Charlie Kirk from the very thing he was murdered doing: talking on college campuses and owning the libs. Not that we can rightly call them ‘liberal’ anymore. I partially kid, though it doesn’t feel right to do so. But that really is how I came to know him.

Charlie Kirk was a big voice in my life for a few years after I was saved. As I was red-pilling and becoming perpetually more based in my political leanings, he was one who really guided me there. 

He made it cool to be conservative again. 

There were other commentators I would accredit to that process, but the difference with Charlie was he was a Christian first. He was not afraid to base his reasoning in the truth of God’s word.

A lot of guys out there today with big platforms in the culture war type spaces are more than happy to passingly nod their head to Jesus, but when their feet are held to the fire, they prefer to “keep religion out of it”. Charlie Kirk actually made his faith his foremost identity.

He was one of those Christians who don’t just play Christian at church on Sunday, it affected every area of his life. 

I had so much respect for him for that. It was another thing that showed me as a young man and a new Christian, it’s okay to be different for Jesus. And it’s okay to love your country.

I had my disagreements with brother Kirk, both politically and theologically. Least of which being his anti-abolitionist leanings with regard to abortion.

The moments between him being shot and dying stirred a lot of different emotions in me.

My immediate reaction was anger. Righteous anger against a wicked deed that has taken place. Anger mixed with sadness and anxiety. The reports were conflicting in the hour or so before he was pronounced dead.

One moment there would be word that he was in stable condition, the next that he had died, and then back to stable again.

But another thing I felt at that time was encouragement and joy, because despite our very real and serious disagreements with Charlie about abortion, the abolitionist community showed an outpouring of love and concern and prayer for him and his family.

It really put things into perspective. While yes, we disagree with anything other than the complete and immediate abolition of abortion in this nation, we are still brothers in Christ. No matter how wrong we think the other is.

That is a powerful testimony to the world that otherwise sees us arguing back and forth so often online.

I use the abolitionist movement as an example because fireworks often fly over this issue of abortion between abolitionists and pro-lifers, but any difference between brothers today is broadcasted for the world to see online.

The murder of innocent children is not one of them, but more and more are small disagreements blown up into huge scuffles online between Christians and the world grabs their popcorn.

To me, this was a powerful witness to the world in this age of social media, that there is something different about those Christians.


Not only in the way we mourn, not like those without hope, but also in the love we share for one another as members of the same body. In fact, our Lord says that’s how they will know us (John13:35).

My final thoughts come from Matthew chapter 10:

28 And do not fear those who kill the body but cannot kill the soul. Rather fear him who can destroy both soul and body in hell.

Matthew 10:28

Do not fear flesh and blood, for we wrestle not against it.

Father, thank you for our brother’s work here, and may your Holy Spirit comfort and protect his widow and fatherless children. May justice be swift and righteous.