We Are All Charlie Kirk

On September 10, 2025, Charlie Kirk was gunned down for his faith and convictions. He was not killed because he stole, cheated, or lived in gross sin. He was guilty of no crime. He was assassinated because he dared to believe something, articulate it clearly, and refuse to be intimidated into silence. His death was not random. It was targeted. This was not just an attack on one man, it was an attack on truth.

Charlie Kirk is a modern day martyr of the Christian faith. His blood stains the conscience of a nation that is more comfortable silencing truth than it is in wrestling with it. And it is time to name that reality without euphemism: a man was assassinated, murdered in cold blood because he spoke openly about his Christian worldview in a culture that can no longer tolerate disagreement.

But because of his faith, Charlie’s story does not end with tragedy. His story is one of eternal life.

His life, and now his death, leave us with a calling that cannot be ignored.

In a very real sense:

We are all Charlie Kirk.

Charlie’s Example — A Model for Us All

Charlie Kirk lived the way Christians are commanded to live. Not perfectly. Not sinlessly. But faithfully, and boldly. He offered us a model that we must take seriously:

1. Charlie knew what he believed. Charlie was not adrift on the shifting winds of cultural opinion. He was anchored. Grounded. Rooted. He was not a child “tossed to and fro by the waves and carried about by every wind of doctrine” (Ephesians 4:14). Charlie studied, he read, he learned, and he thought. He built his life on biblical convictions, not fickle feelings.

2. Charlie could articulate his beliefs. It is not enough to hold onto convictions privately. The Bible commands us: “Always be prepared to give an answer to everyone who asks you to give the reason for the hope that you have” (1 Peter 3:15). Charlie obeyed that command. The Bible also says, “How, then, can they call on the one they have not believed in? And how can they believe in the one of whom they have not heard? And how can they hear without someone preaching to them?” (Romans 10:14). Charlie used his voice in the public square. He spoke clearly and boldly.

3. Charlie was courageous in the face of opposition. Every time Charlie stepped on stage or out in public, he knew the risk. Every time he opened his mouth, he knew the hatred it might stir. But courage is not the absence of fear. Courage is choosing to do this right thing in spite of fear. “Be strong and courageous. Do not be frightened, and do not be dismayed, for the LORD your God is with you wherever you go” (Joshua 1:9). Charlie lived that.

And so the question presses in on us: If this is how Charlie lived, why should we live any differently?

Our Call: We Are All Charlie Kirk

If his assassination teaches us anything, it is this: Christians cannot afford to be passive. We are all called to live boldly for Christ now more than ever! Here is how:

Find Your Purpose

Stop pretending you don’t know why you’re here. God told Jeremiah: “Before I formed you in the womb I knew you, before you were born I set you apart” (Jeremiah 1:5). You are not an accident. You are not a placeholder. You are not here to be served. And you are not here for pleasure. Your life has divine assignment. If you don’t know it, seek God until you do.

Solidify Your Positions

People say we live in an age of compromise. I say we live in a compromised age. We live in an age where people build their lives on sand and then wonder why everything collapses. Jesus warned: “Everyone who hears these words of mine and puts them into practice is like a wise man who built his house on the rock” (Matthew 7:24). Stop wavering. Set your feet on the immovable Word of God. Stand up and stand firm.

Pick Up the Mic

Romans 10:14 asks: “How can they believe in the one of whom they have not heard? And how can they hear without someone preaching to them?” You may never stand on a stage in front of thousands, but your voice is still a mic. Your conversations at work, at home, in your community are platforms. Ben Shapiro vowed to “pick up that blood-stained microphone where Charlie left it.” You probably don’t have an international platform. But you do have a voice. Stop being silent. Pick up the mic.

Begin

Stop waiting for perfect conditions. Stop waiting to finish something else first. Stop waiting until you “feel ready.” James 1:22 commands us: “Do not merely listen to the word, and so deceive yourselves. Do what it says.” Obedience is not theoretical. It is action. Start doing something now.

Turn Your Anger Into Energy

We live in an outrage culture where anger is weaponized into bitterness, cynicism, and destruction. But Scripture commands us: “In your anger do not sin” (Ephesians 4:26). Righteous anger must be channeled into courageous action, prayer, testimony, and holy resolve. Let the injustices you feel fuel your faithfulness, not your despair. Turn your anger into energy and use it to engage in open discourse.

If we commit to these things, then Charlie’s example is not wasted. His voice isn’t silenced, his courage is multiplied through us.

Cultural Diagnosis

Here is where radical candor is necessary. We must name our cultural sickness without euphemism.

America has become a place where disagreement is treated as violence and speech is treated as a crime. Debate is no longer tolerated; instead, dissenters are de-platformed, canceled, or worse, physically attacked. What began as social shaming first escalated into cultural violence, and now literal violence.

And what is the dominant explanation? Excuses. Labels. Diagnoses. Double standards. Weak arguments. We just won't call sin what it is. Sin. We package it in psychological jargon. We dismiss evil as illness. We avoid the word “wicked” and replace it with “misguided.” It is cowardice.

Scripture does not mince words: “The heart is deceitful above all things, and desperately sick” (Jeremiah 17:9). Murder is not a mental health crisis. It is a sin crisis. Until we recover that moral clarity, our culture will continue to spiral. Evil is only addressed through redemption. “We know that our old sinful selves were crucified with Christ so that sin might lose its power in our lives. We are no longer slaves to sin. For when we died with Christ we were set free from the power of sin. ” (Romans 6:6-7). Sin cannot be cured, it must be killed.

The Bigger Picture of Courage and Suffering

Here’s the paradox: the more the world tries to silence Christians, the louder the gospel echoes.

This isn’t new. Stephen was stoned, and the church spread like wild fire. Paul was imprisoned, and the gospel advanced. The disciples were martyred and the kingdom multiplied. For over two thousand years, persecution has purified and multiplied the church. As the church father Tertullian said, “The blood of the martyrs is the seed of the church.”

Charlie Kirk is now part of that lineage. His blood being spilt will not silence the message. It will amplify it.

Genesis 50:20 reminds us: “You intended to harm me, but God intended it for good to accomplish what is now being done, the saving of many lives.” What men meant for evil, God bends for redemption.

And this is why you cannot afford to cower. Because when one suffers, all suffer (1 Corinthians 12:26). Likewise, when one is bold, all must be bold.

Hope and the Gospel Connection

We cannot leave this conversation at anger or activism. Our hope is not in Charlie Kirk, but in Christ.

Evil is real. Murder is real. Hatred is real. But redemption is real and it is greater. The ultimate injustice was not the heinous assassination of Charlie Kirk and the devastating impact on his precious family. The ultimate injustice was the crucifixion of Jesus Christ, the sinless, righteous, Son of God, who was silenced by nails and spear. And yet, His death became the very means of our salvation.

This is the gospel:

• Sin is humanity’s rebellion against God.

• Jesus Christ is God’s rescue plan through His death and resurrection.

• Faith is our response, repenting from sin and trusting Christ as both Savior and Lord.

Consider this: Truth cannot be silenced, because Truth is not an idea. Truth is a person. “I am the way and the truth and the life,” Jesus declared (John 14:6). You can assassinate a man, but you cannot assassinate the Son of God who willing laid down His own life, with full authority “to take it up again” (John 10:18).

A Call to Action

Christians, we are all Charlie Kirk. Not because we agree with every argument he ever made, but because we share the same calling: to stand boldly, to speak clearly, to live courageously for Christ in a culture that would rather we stay silent, or worse, willing to silence us.

The time for half-measures is over. The time for euphemisms is gone. Truth must be spoken, even when it costs us. Especially when it costs us.

So here’s your directive:

• Refuse to be silent.

• Live courageously.

• Speak truth in love, but speak truth plainly.

• Honor Charlie’s courage by multiplying it in your own life.

• Share the gospel of Jesus Christ with a world that desperately need it.

In the end, courage is contagious. Conviction is contagious. Faithfulness is contagious. And the only way darkness wins is if the light refuses to shine.

So shine. Find your purpose. Solidify your positions. Take up the mic. Begin. Proclaim Christ. And when indignant righteous anger rises at the state of evil in our culture, let it drive you deeper into bold obedience.

Charlie Kirk was faithful to the end. His race is complete. Ours is still before us.

The mantle has fallen on us all.

We are all Charlie Kirk.