14 October 2025    Charlie Kirk Remembrance Day.    What Do We Remember?

On what would have been his 32^nd Birthday we give pause to remember Charles (Charlie) James Kirk whose life was violently stolen from him, his family, and from us. I say ’us’ because, in many ways, Charlie did not know us personally, yet it seemed like we all knew him.

 

Charlie Kirk – whose last name Kirk, in Scottish and Northern England means church – came to understand that a political forum could draw crowds and, more importantly, the gospel of Jesus Christ could draw souls. He used the bully pulpit very effectively for both.

 

Charlie’s gifting included his ability to dialogue with people, many of whom vehemently disagreed with him. He applied these Scriptures to his craft:

 

Proverbs 15:1 A gentle answer turns away wrath, But a harsh word stirs up anger.

Proverbs 25:15 By forbearance a ruler may be persuaded,

And a soft tongue breaks the bone.

James 1:19 This you know, my beloved brethren. But everyone must be quick to hear, slow to speak and slow to anger;

 

Charlie knew when the verbal exchange of beliefs, thoughts and ideas is halted violence and even war will follow. Such is the fallen condition of man.

 

While free speech was threatened, but not defeated by an assassin’s bullet, the ‘Bridge to Youth’ which Charlie so lovingly built was severely damaged. Somehow, he was able to speak to Generation Z and Generation Alpha, without compromising the message. Consider that one day, those generations will hold the keys to the ship if the Lord continues to tarry.

 

Thinking about Charlie’s mission and ministry led me to connect with Malachi 4:5-6 ⁵ “Behold, I am going to send you Elijah the prophet before the coming of the great and terrible day of the Lord. ⁶ He will restore the hearts of the fathers to their children and the hearts of the children to their fathers, so that I will not come and smite the land with a curse.”

 

Charlie was an Elijah type as evidenced by the plethora of testimonies of people returning to God the Father by way of Jesus the Christ.

 

Today we mourn the lost life of someone so young and so full of promise for the future. As we ponder how much he accomplished in so short of time, there is a nagging sense to wonder about what might have been. Yet his life example has inspired millions and reminds us that we all have the gift of life and a plan from God for how it should be lived out. Let us re-commit ourselves to such a noble cause as that was Charlie’s goal for the masses.

 

Another national treasure struck down by an assassin’s bullet was Abraham Lincolin in 1865. He barely had time to relish the ending of the Civil War.  In 1859, before he became President and six years before his death, Lincoln gave a speech in Illinois outlining our moral and political responsibilities where he said, “Die when I may, I want it said of me that I always plucked a thistle and planted a flower where I thought a flower would grow.”

To Charlie we say the words of Jesus from the Parable of the Talents in Matthew 25:21 “His master said to him, ‘Well done, good and faithful servant…”           Bible verses NASB95