The Assassination of Charlie Kirk



On Wednesday, September 10, 2025, Charlie Kirk was shot and killed by an assassin while holding his usual campus Q and A at Utah Valley State University. Most of you have heard of Charlie Kirk but if you haven’t he was a devout 31- year old Christian who was one of the best known activists on college campuses across America. For both educational and entertainment value go on YouTube and watch any of the hundreds of videos and shorts of Charlie on campus.

I became acquainted with him just a couple of years ago. I was drawn to his brilliant ripostes to questions by liberal students and professors, but even more I was drawn to his fervent and intelligent answers to questions about his Christian faith. He would answer questions about God and abortion and everything else but he routinely pleaded with students to give their lives to Christ and trust Him as Savior. I loved watching those Charlie Kirk videos and I mourn and grieve the tragedy of his passing.

Tributes have come from everywhere. President Trump called Kirk a “wonderful American” who embodied the values of faith, freedom, and courage. Trump’s wife, Melania, said "Charlie Kirk’s life should serve as a reminder that compassionate awareness elevates family, love, and country.” Tim Tebow said, "I’m shocked and devastated to learn about the passing of Charlie Kirk. Above all else, Charlie was a follower of Jesus, a husband, and a dad. He was a man of passion, courage, and devotion to making an eternal impact.” Tebow added that Kirk’s death should remind us all that “evil is real.” Franklin Graham called him a “Christian martyr.”

Al Mohler wrote about Kirk in World magazine: “I first met Charlie Kirk several years ago…I was impressed by his gifts but turned off by his demeanor. That was during Charlie’s years of bare-fisted libertarianism. Back then, he saw Christianity as a huge drag on conservative progress…Not long thereafter, Charlie embraced two things that had been missing from his earlier approach. He openly and boldly claimed the gospel of Christ and courageously identified himself as a Christian believer. He also began to argue with consistency that a recovery of Christian truth was essential for a lasting conservatism. He was right.”

Many political writers are trying to discern the impact of this tragedy. Matthew Continetti in the Free Press said, “At the time of writing, we don’t know who shot Charlie Kirk, or why. But we do know anarchy has been loosed [by] the American left. In the throes of socialist ideology, climate apocalypticism, and anti-Zionist fervor, radicals have become untethered from reality and the rule of law. What their nineteenth-century ancestors called “propaganda of the deed”—riots, vandalism, harassment, assault, and worse—has returned to America’s campuses and city streets, with deadly consequences. Stopping its growth is no easy task.”

R.R. Reno in First Things: I mourn for Kirk and his family and friends. The death of a loved one is a heavy blow, especially under circumstances so evil. But I take some small consolation in this fact: Assassinations are sometimes more than symptoms; they can become catalysts. Innocent blood is a powerful reality. It turns the wheel of history. I believe Kirk’s murder will have this effect… The evil deed of September 10, 2025, will expose the desperation of the old and failed consensus that Kirk opposed. The consensus he hoped to turn us toward, one that restores faith, family, and flag, will triumph.

Kylee Griswold in the Federalist: “Watch any of Kirk’s videos from the past several years. Read his articles. Listen to his speeches and debates. Peruse his tweets. Kirk talked frequently about abortion and euthanasia. He schooled Gen Z on the founding of our great country. He reiterated often that boys are boys, and girls are girls. He opposed the institutional racism of “equity” politics and the violent Black Lives Matter movement…

But the policy battles Charlie Kirk fought were second-tier issues, and he knew that…He was under no delusion that Donald Trump or the GOP was his savior.

No, the core of Kirk’s beliefs, his work, and his identity was and is his unwavering faith in Jesus Christ for the salvation of his soul from the eternal death his sin had wrought. Kirk wasn’t ultimately killed for his second-order political beliefs but for his first-order belief in Jesus, out of which his other beliefs flowed.”

I cannot begin to describe the grief I feel at Charlie Kirk’s passing. When I heard of his death I thought, this must be the way many African-Americans felt when they heard of the assassination of Martin Luther King.

But this is the strangest thing of all about the Christian faith that Charlie Kirk embraced. As of right now the police have identified a college-age male as Kirk’s assassin. If that is true then that man will probably be captured and imprisoned. While in prison he could embrace Jesus Christ as Savior and upon his own death would be welcomed into heaven. And Charlie Kirk would be one of the first go greet him. I can see why our faith must seem crazy to the unbeliever.

On the cross, Jesus said, “Father forgive them for they know not what they do.” Today we need to do the same thing. To the assassin and all the Leftists who are pouring out hatred for Charlie Kirk and our faith, we must say, “Father forgive them.” After all, Jesus forgave us.

Matthew Continetti: https://www.thefp.com/p/who-will-stop-americas-slide-into-abyss-charlie-kirk-violence?utm_source=substack&utm_medium=email

America’s universities are petri dishes of the new nihilism. Speech codes, bullying, and the heckler’s veto foreclose debate. Students marinate in postmodern relativism, racial essentialism, gender ideology, atheism, and antisemitism. They’ve been instructed in the sins of their civilization and urged to take “direct action” against white supremacy, patriarchy, capitalism, and the Zionist entity.

More:

Mohler: https://wng.org/opinions/a-most-tragic-turning-point-1757563042?mkt_tok=NzEwLVFSUi0yMDkAAAGc1wDRoJOKqMpf_a25ERF-3143AidipzRvbsZ3wSWJ-Qz6bc5xg73uAk873tZB5xjYxzyVA2TxZigMNw9gjGACEHzvb_7M8D0RRhSyimhwW5HtVg

Christian Post: https://www.christianpost.com/news/pastors-evangelical-leaders-react-to-charlie-kirks-death.html?utm_source=Daily&utm_campaign=Daily&utm_medium=newsletter

David Marcus blames Progressives: https://www.foxnews.com/opinion/david-marcus-progressive-madness-killed-charlie-kirk-once-in-a-generation-leader?lid=zxpqq35mxobl

Charlie is a martyr: https://thefederalist.com/2025/09/11/charlie-kirk-wasnt-just-assassinated-he-was-martyred/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=charlie-kirk-wasnt-just-assassinated-he-was-martyred&utm_term=2025-09-11

The Left’s demonic reactions: https://thefederalist.com/2025/09/10/hope-the-bullets-okay-here-are-the-demonic-reactions-from-leftists-to-charlie-kirk-assassination/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=hope-the-bullets-okay-here-are-the-demonic-reactions-from-leftists-to-charlie-kirk-assassination&utm_term=2025-09-11