I have spent hours reading tributes to Charlie Kirk and watching his videos. I have avoided as much as possible the unbelievable, hate-filled responses that rejoice in his death.
For some time now I have said I have felt privileged to live in the time of several individuals, Kirk very much among them. The fact that he is no longer with us devastates me.
If you can’t see that Charlie Kirk’s life was animated by love, I pity you. You do not have eyes to see or ears to hear. You are allowing the hate-filled to shape your views.
Charlie did not go out to the wilderness of college campuses, he did not leave his beloved family for days on end, he did not work long hours for love of anything but Truth (and that means Jesus Himself). He did not risk his life for his own pleasure and profit. He loved those who have rejected the truth, who were duped by the lies of our culture and entangled by its moral corruption.
Although he spent only one semester in college, Charlie defeated everyone he debated, even students at Oxford and Cambridge. He defeated them because he was more brilliant, more learned, and more in love with the Truth than they who could only spout politically-correct ideas. If you doubt me, spend an hour watching his videos. I predict you will come to respect him if not love him.
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