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The bullet that killed Charlie Kirk at Utah Valley University did not only strike down a man. It announced something deeper, something darker — the arrival of open spiritual warfare in America. For years, the signs were there: classrooms colonized by ideology, churches emptied by apathy, communities corroded by contempt. But Kirk’s assassination and the celebrations that followed crushed the last illusions. The age of debate has ended. The age of spiritual battle has begun. (RELATED: Charlie Kirk: The Last Debater) Charlie was 31. A husband, a father, a leader who built Turning Point USA into a force for young conservatives. He was gunned down for daring to defend the faith and the family. Yet the greater shock came after the trigger was pulled. Academics mocked his death. Students sniggered. City councilors joked about it. Online mobs raised their glasses as if assassination were a sport. Apparel companies cashed in with t-shirts glorifying the crime. They delighted in his destruction. They rejoiced in widowhood. They chuckled at fatherless children. That response was downright demonic. (RELATED: Demons and Demonization) This is what spiritual war looks like when it pierces the surface of politics. One side clings to eternal truths, to the God who gives life meaning, to the dignity of the human soul. The other side has surrendered to nihilism. They deny transcendence, they scorn faith, they sanctify power. In their world, opponents are not individuals but problems. And problems, once identified, must be eliminated. (RELATED: Charlie Kirk Is a Casualty of the Cultural Counterrevolution) When a young father’s murder is met with laughter, we are staring into the pit of evil Scripture foretold. The Bible warns that our struggle is not against flesh and blood but against the rulers of darkness. That warning is no longer distant. It is here. We see it on our streets in the rise of senseless violence. We hear it in classrooms where faith is mocked and vice excused. We witness it online where cruelty is condoned and death becomes a punchline. When a young father’s murder is met with laughter, we are staring into the pit of evil Scripture foretold. (RELATED: The Blood of the Martyrs: Charlie Kirk’s Witness and Movement) The psychology of the modern left reveals a sickness that is both personal and political. Studies confirm what functioning eyeballs and brains make plain: heightened anxiety, emotional volatility, and a hypersensitivity to offense. Social science surveys show left-leaning young people consistently scoring higher on measures of fragility and neuroticism. Their identity is fragile, their worldview brittle. Challenge them, and they feel annihilated. Disagree with them, and they feel violated. And so they lash out, not with argument but with rage. That rage metastasizes into violence, first on campuses, then in city streets. And when the violence is done, they do not mourn it. They cheer. (RELATED: Charlie Kirk’s Assassination Exposes a Generation in Crisis) Charlie Kirk became intolerable because he embodied what they could not stand. He was rooted when they were rootless. He was faithful when they were faithless. He was effective where they were impotent. He represented the things they had abandoned. His life was proof that another way was possible, and that proof was unbearable. So they purged the proof. History shows what happens when societies slip into the abyss. Revolutionary France turned ideals into guillotines. Bolshevik Russia turned promises of genuine equality into gulags. Each time the old order was obliterated, the old faith cast aside, and brutality rushed in to fill the void. America now stands at a similar precipice. We have crossed the threshold where culture does not recoil from violence but actively rewards it. We must be clear. The days of negotiation are over. The left has made it abundantly clear that it does not want compromise. It doesn’t want debate. It wants domination. It wants silence. It wants death. This is not hyperbole. But we must be equally clear. This is not a call to arms. Our task is unity, clarity, and courage. The right must wake up to the scale of the threat. We are not facing policy disagreements. We are facing an existential struggle between heaven and hell, light and darkness, facts and fiction. Until that is recognized, we will remain disorganized and divided while our enemies grow bold. The answer is not to beg for crumbs from institutions that despise us. They cannot be reformed. They laughed at Charlie’s passing. Their corruption is complete. Our task is to build anew. Churches that preach truth without fear. Schools that teach wisdom instead of propaganda. Businesses that honor the worker instead of worshiping ideology. We cannot borrow broken tools. We must build our own. Charlie Kirk’s death is a piercing wound. It is also a profound revelation. The malice has unmasked itself. It has shown us what it is, what it craves, what it crowns. We cannot unsee it. We cannot pretend it is otherwise. We cannot bargain with it. We can only resist it together, united, steadfast, without fear. (RELATED: An Immense Ray of Light Pierces the Heart of the West) Civilization hangs by a few threads. Those threads are faith, family, and freedom. When they are severed, ruin comes swiftly. Yet hope endures. That is the promise we cling to, the promise that must animate us now. Our answer must be solidarity and love stronger than death. Only then can we weather the storm. Only then can we rise and rebuild. One needn’t believe in heaven to believe in hell. Millions of Americans already dwell in it, revel in their place there, and are desperate to drag the rest of us down with them. 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I have not known what to say in light of Charlie Kirk’s death. I wish I could say I am so enlightened and spiritually “on the path” that my first reaction to the news was to turn to my rosary beads, but my reaction was less pious. I prayed, yes, but I was angry during my prayer. Mostly, I am in shock and continually having to remind myself that he is dead. Kirk’s death will have an outsized impact. Of course, we cannot ignore the real familial cost: the two children without a father, the wife without a husband. But Kirk’s murder was seismic precisely because Charlie was ordinary, not extraordinary. He did not have fringe opinions. In fact, many Americans share his worldview: that men and women are different, that killing babies is murder, and that the government is not to be trusted. The fact that an ordinary conservative was assassinated has led many of us to give up hope that the “other side” can be reasoned with. “Charlie was one of the last true believers in that idea, and we saw what happened to him,” we think. This reaction is not rational, but it is understandable, especially if you have had the misfortune of reading the hateful rhetoric that is being spouted by bots and our brothers and sisters in the wake of Charlie’s death. (RELATED: Demons and Demonization) A more reasoned response I saw to Charlie’s assassination was that, now, “It’s Christ or chaos.” It is no coincidence that all of the recent mass shooters have been wholly without Christ. But it’s not just “Christ or chaos,” it’s Christianity (specifically Catholicism) or nihilism. It’s Aristotle or Nietzsche. Aquinas or Foucault. What we saw with Charlie’s murder is that the bad ideas of the 1700s (e.g., the “Enlightenment,” Cartesian philosophy, and the French Revolution) and the 1970s (e.g., critical theory, anything written by Jean-Paul Sartre, Jacques Derrida, or Michel Foucault) are coming home to roost, especially in listless, community-less young people. (RELATED: Charlie Kirk Is a Casualty of the Cultural Counterrevolution) I am a member of Generation Z, the same generation as Charlie’s shooter. Our generation tends to be fatalistic, and an undercurrent of nihilism is inherent to our sense of humor. We have been taught our whole lives — by experience and by those who proclaim that America is systemically racist, homophobic, and built for the rich — that our lives are not in our control. Numerous economic crises in our short lives have driven this point home, along with our lack of close social ties that have been brought about by our liberal, technocratic state. (RELATED: Charlie Kirk’s Assassination Exposes a Generation in Crisis) This alienation and division is the fertile soil that the Devil and his minions need to foster a new scaffold of “moral” systems within us. In a word, we “free agents” are not free at all. We are alienated from ourselves, our bodies, and each other. This alienation and division is the fertile soil that the Devil and his minions need to foster a new scaffold of “moral” systems within us. Because the truth is that all of us desperately want moral issues to be black and white. That is why there is a concurrent resurgence: One group of young people seeks traditional forms of Christianity, while another seeks refuge in rigid, atheistic, leftist politics.  You can see this divide on display in the Israel–Palestine debate. When presented with the same photos and evidence, two members of Gen Z can see wildly different things. But the left-wing radical Gen Zer has one guiding principle: “Supporting the oppressed is good, and since I am a good person, I must support the oppressed. Anyone who does not support the oppressed is therefore a bad person and can be eliminated.” It is this stark, dichotomous thinking that got Charlie killed. “Charlie Kirk is bad, evil even, because he does not agree with me, a good person, on everything.” If you or I disagree — like Charlie did — with the Omnicause that has coalesced on the Left since 2015, we also are bad people trying to “destroy democracy and the environment,” fascists, Nazis, or literally Hitler. And what did we do with Nazis? We killed them. What the shooter did this week was attempt to assert his Nietzschean will to power against a “fascist.” He declared with one bullet what many of us have already suspected: Big-L Liberalism is no longer working in America, or anywhere else. The once-roaring flame held by Lady Liberty has dwindled to embers. The fuel that was once provided by traditional family structures and moral systems no longer holds sway. Instead of freeing us, Liberalism has enabled the never-ending expansion of the state and its consumerist markets, all run by geriatrics who feel no sense of duty to their children. Next year marks the 250th anniversary of our liberal country’s founding. Two hundred fifty years is as good a time as any to right this ship. I still have hope we can. C. S. Lewis said the true progressive is the man who, when he realizes he is going down the wrong path, turns around. And we can turn around. But we have to start now. Surveys reveal that young people across the political spectrum are only becoming more tolerant of political violence, not less. Here are our options. We can either stoop to the violence of our enemies or continue using Charlie’s peaceful approach. There are camps on the right calling for both options. This is why we need to loudly assert the fact that the most effective revolutions in history were characterized by nonviolence. Catholic apologist Trent Horn had this to say: “Our Lord was the victim of a political assassination, but it did not invalidate his nonviolent approach.” I have seen others say that the solution is more state power. More intervention. But that is how we got into this mess. Our last Civil War was fought over slavery, yes, but also over how much authority the wig-wearers in Washington could exert over the South. Washington won, and thus began the slow march to where we are today: fatherless homes, hollowed communities, thin ties. Let’s not make the same mistake we did post-9/11 with the Patriot Act. We do not need to go back to the 1960s, either. Another COINTELPRO will only make things worse. Federal intervention, even the dismantling of extremist groups, will not restore the brotherhood that we have lost. Social media and being “chronically online” (as most of these mass shooters are) have already thinned out the ties we currently have. These platforms turn us into abrasive memelords who can’t trust each other. The reason the COVID pandemic was so destabilizing was that it exposed this fact. It showed us that many of our fellow Americans lived in an alternate reality — one where the experts were always right, masks worked, vaccines stopped transmission, school closures were “good for children,” and narcing on your neighbors was morally upright.  Charlie Kirk’s death is a similar revelation. The number of men and women celebrating his death makes every one of us — Right and Left — less able to trust our fellow citizens. We now have no idea if we’re talking to a ghoul or a person who is real. Maybe we were in an illusion 20 years ago about this, but I don’t think so. My elementary school was safe; you could ask a stranger for directions, and you could rely on a random man to protect you from a predatory one. Now, everyone is on their own. And humans, who are inherently tribal, cannot survive this way. Cue the absolute avalanche of comments across the internet of people saying that they are going to church for the first time in 20 years due to Charlie Kirk’s death. This is not necessarily because Charlie Kirk was a Christian. No, it’s because now we know we’re fighting against spiritual powers. We know we cannot navigate this world alone. We need to be around people who believe in something, anything that is higher than politics and themselves. And we can find this higher thing in the sanctuary of a church. Americans finding faith again is the only thing that can recreate the bedrock of this country. Americans finding faith again is the only thing that can recreate the bedrock of this country. It is the most important piece of our history that we’ve lost, as Charlie himself realized over time. But while we find our faith, we also need to reassert basic rules in the marketplace of ideas. Shaming those who celebrate Kirk’s murder is a great place to start. Shaming and shunning are not inherently evil acts. They are a sign that something you have said or done is so monstrous, so heinous, that you are no longer a good-faith actor with whom we have to verbally spar. This does not mean we shout down our opponents, or worse, silence them through violence. It means we fight bad speech with more speech, better speech. The terrorist who shot Charlie wants to end the conversation entirely. He will not be successful. Abortion, COVID, the events of October 7, 2023, and the death of Charlie Kirk have laid bare many things about people we thought we once knew. It has made the Jews who traded Jesus for the revolutionary–murderer Barabbas look like sane, rational individuals. We shouldn’t forget these things we have learned about our friends and family, but we must try to forgive and pray for them, as they are clearly lost and spiritually bankrupt.  At the end of the day, we can only control ourselves. So get baptized and get to know Jesus, His Father, and the Holy Spirit. Speak up in your home, at work, at church, and online. And for God’s sake, don’t compromise your values. The time of putting your pronouns in your bio is over. Because, at the end of the day, I am Charlie, and so are you. READ MORE: The Blood of the Martyrs: Charlie Kirk’s Witness and Movement  It’s Charlie Kirk’s America Now The Trigger on Charlie Kirk’s Slow-Motion Assassination Was Pulled Before His Birth

Political violence and bloodshed have no place in our society, or so we’ve been told. That was elected officials’ message when Rep. Steve Scalise (R-LA) was nearly killed at a congressional baseball practice in June 2017 by a gunman with a Republican hit list. We heard it amid the Christophobic killing sprees at the Covenant School in Tennessee, the Abundant Life Christian School in Wisconsin, and Minnesota’s Annunciation Catholic School, and again when a would-be assassin attempted to kill President Donald Trump at a Pennsylvania rally last year. (RELATED: The Trigger on Charlie Kirk’s Slow-Motion Assassination Was Pulled Before His Birth) While the carefully scripted condemnations have long since stopped ringing true, they have never sounded hollower than they do now. (RELATED: The Shameless Exploitation of Charlie Kirk’s Murder) The September 10 assassination of Turning Point USA Founder and CEO Charlie Kirk hit me and countless others harder than we ever could have imagined. The cold-blooded killing of this young, charismatic patriot felt like a gut punch from hell — a personal attack on our country, freedoms, and everything we believe in. And that’s precisely what it was. According to investigators, Charlie’s assassin engraved his ammo with such messages as “Hey fascist! Catch!” and a reference to “Bella Ciao,” an Italian folk song embraced by left-wing anti-fascist extremists. The suspect — who deserves no name recognition — also reportedly lives with his trans-identifying boyfriend, and has a fascination with so-called “furries.” (RELATED: Furries Are Having a Dangerous Cultural Moment) While authorities have not officially provided a motive, all evidence points to yet another killing by a radicalized left-wing extremist who cannot tolerate the existence of those with other opinions. This time, however, the usual condemnations and calls to “lower the temperature” were mixed with a more honest response from many on the Left: celebration. (RELATED:  It’s Charlie Kirk’s America Now) As Charlie’s widow, Erika, struggled to explain to their 3-year-old daughter why Daddy wasn’t coming home (“He’s on a work trip with Jesus”), liberals across the country posted videos of themselves laughing, dancing, and mocking his murder. (RELATED: The Blood of the Martyrs: Charlie Kirk’s Witness and Movement) A celebration compilation of the death of Charlie Kirk that makes me ill. But we need to see it and know that Politics, the algorithm, mental illness, etc has broken such people. https://t.co/zQShX5hm6y pic.twitter.com/SuxQZqsjqQ — Randall Winston (@randall_wins) September 11, 2025 What could Charlie have possibly done to invoke such indecency? What was so horrific that the only justifiable response was a public execution? Did he stab a woman on a train? Shoot up a school or a congressional baseball practice? Take aim at the president of the United States? No. Charlie was not a violent man. In fact, when an older man challenged him to a “gentleman’s fistfight” at a college campus event earlier this year, Charlie refused to engage. “I would like to think that we are elevated above trying to go have a fight in the streets, or in front of 2,000 people,” he said. “In fact, a mark of civilization is that we don’t have to go to blows or bullets, that we can have discourse and debate.” Our civilization would appear to be crumbling. An old guy came up and told me the Holy Spirit instructed him to challenge me to a fist fight. This is how I handled it. pic.twitter.com/KsUUquopIo — Charlie Kirk (@charliekirk11) April 22, 2025 While Charlie was an intellectual giant, he never wielded his words as a weapon. He merely pointed others to the truth, calmly guiding them down the path of reason to a final, logical destination. He fostered civil discourse, reminding college students that it’s OK to disagree. He also encouraged them to think critically, artfully communicating the merits of conservatism and Christianity. (RELATED: Charlie Kirk Is a Casualty of the Cultural Counterrevolution) In truth, the only threat Charlie posed was his effectiveness. Armed with seemingly encyclopedic knowledge and a wisdom far beyond his years, he could deftly dismantle any argument. With his tireless work ethic and boundless optimism, he inspired a new generation of conservatives and delivered the youth vote for the president he loved. That, ultimately, is what cost him his life. (RELATED: Charlie Kirk: The Last Debater) Charlie’s final opponent brought a gun to a mental fight. Undoubtedly aware that he could not best Charlie in a debate, he tried to silence him with a bullet instead. But in that respect, the assassin’s plan utterly failed. As Turning Point USA staffer Brandon Drey noted: “When you kill the messenger, his message becomes immortal.” Charlie’s life was stolen by this generation’s shot heard round the world, and the spark from that bullet ignited a wildfire that cannot and will not be tamed. Charlie’s life was stolen by this generation’s shot heard round the world, and the spark from that bullet ignited a wildfire that cannot and will not be tamed. Millions who had never even heard of Charlie Kirk now know his name, his principles, and, most importantly, his God. “My Bible-believing church was overflowing today,” Turning Point USA contributor and political activist Riley Gaines shared via her X account on Sept. 14. “No place to park, no empty seats, people waiting in the lobby for the next service. I saw so many people hungry for truth, guidance, and salvation. You have to imagine Charlie is smiling down from Heaven.” Thousands of similar posts flooded social media over the weekend as users shared pictures of packed pews and their newly purchased Bibles, all pointing to Charlie as their inspiration. His message also appears to be reaching those of various political backgrounds. At a Sept. 14 memorial service for Charlie in Washington, D.C., Health and Human Services Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr., an independent, said he had seen the impacts of what some have dubbed “the Charlie effect” in his own family. (RELATED: The Role Model Generation Z Needed — Charlie Kirk) RFK JR: “My 17-year-old niece left for Europe to go to college and while she was packing, she had put a Bible in her suitcase and she said I want to live like Charlie Kirk.” pic.twitter.com/oaXhiFuGBT — Benny Johnson (@bennyjohnson) September 15, 2025 “My 17-year-old niece left for Europe to go to college, and while she was packing, her mother, Amaryllis, my daughter-in-law, noticed she had put a Bible in her suitcase …. Zoe said to her, ‘I want to live like Charlie Kirk,’” Kennedy said to thunderous applause. Conversations over who will take up the mantle Charlie left behind have already begun. But Charlie was truly in a league of his own — an irreplaceable force not only in the conservative movement but also for God’s kingdom. Thank you, @charliekirk11 . A true man of God, a legend. You may have left the mic behind, but the message lives on. pic.twitter.com/uPEA5VJ3Un — Arkitekyuklid (@arkitekyuklid) September 11, 2025 Perhaps it’s time that the rest of us who know and value the truth stopped relying on others to lead the charge and stepped up to the plate, together, as individuals. We all have our roles to play in this fight, whether that’s by organizing outreach campaigns, educating the youth about our constitutional freedoms, defending the Christian faith against those who misrepresent it, or simply raising our own children with an unwavering love of God, family, and country. (RELATED: Charlie Kirk Must Now Be Made Immortal) This is the Turning Point. We are all Charlie Kirk now, and we will avenge his death and eradicate the hateful ideology of the Left in the way he would have wanted: with better ideas. Samantha Flom is a senior investigative researcher for Restoration News covering life issues. 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