Centerpoint News Remembers Charlie Kirk Episode

Centerpoint News Remembers Charlie Kirk

September 14, 2025 | 57:10

Centerpoint News Remembers Charlie Kirk

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Centerpoint News Remembers Charlie Kirk | Centerpoint News Remembers Charlie Kirk | September 14, 2025

Good evening everyone.
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I'm cody crouch.
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Welcome to this centrepoint special report
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Remembering the life of our dear friend charlie kirk.
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Charlie was a member of the tbn family.
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His program aired daily right here on tbn.
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He was the founder of turning point usa.
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A bold defender of christian values
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Whose voice
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Carried into college campuses and living rooms across america.
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At just 31 years old, he was assassinated while
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Speaking to students at utah valley university.
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It was a moment that shook us all.
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But what the enemy meant for evil.
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We believe god will turn for good.
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That tragic moment ignited millions of young people
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To rise up and stand for truth in the face of evil.
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Authorities identified the shooter as 22 year old tyler
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Robinson, after a family member came forward
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And told investigators he had confessed.
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He was then arrested.
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A family member said that robinson had grown increasingly
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Political, openly hostile to charlie kirk's beliefs.
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But thanks to the courage of his own family,
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Who refused to remain silent.
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Law enforcement was able to act.
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Fbi director kash patel said
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More than 11,000 leads poured into their offices.
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And then later friday evening
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Came the first public remarks from erica kirk.
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Charlie's wife.
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My husband laid
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Down his life for me,
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For our nation,
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For our children.
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He showed the ultimate
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And true covenantal love.
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I will never, ever
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Have the words to describe the loss
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That i feel in my heart.
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I honestly have no idea what any of this means.
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I know that god does, but i tell.
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Charlie, baby, i know you do too.
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I know you do.
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Read more.
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They killed charlie
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Because he preached a message of patriotism.
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Faith, and of god's merciful love.
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They should all know this.
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If you thought
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That my husband's mission
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Was powerful before,
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You have no idea.
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You have no idea what you just have
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Unleashed across this entire country.
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In this world, you have no idea.
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You have no idea.
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The fire that you have ignited within this life.
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The cries of this widow will
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Echo around the world like a battle cry.
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To everyone listening tonight across america,
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The movement my husband built will not die.
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It won't.
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I refuse to let that happen.
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It will not die.
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Through the tears she spoke with grace and courage.
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A beautiful testimony of faith
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In the face of unimaginable loss.
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Tonight we paused not only to mourn
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The tragedy of our dear friend charlie kirk's death,
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But to remember his life, his mission, and the legacy
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Of this young man who stood fearlessly for freedom and faith
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And to declare that his mission lives on.
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I talked to a lot of young people on campuses
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At our events, on my radio show, podcast and social media
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Said differently.
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I visit college campuses so you don't have to.
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We're talking to so
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Many voters that no, it is time for change.
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They know that something is wrong.
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America's future is a series of choices.
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Our current state of slow motion
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National decline is a choice.
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Today is our two year olds birthday and.
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And i look at my daughter and that is my wife.
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For those that are parents, you know exactly what i mean.
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There is no mountain that stands tall
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As your faithful love.
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Charlie kirk's life was built on more than just politics.
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It was rooted in faith, family, and an unshakable love
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For jesus christ.
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Charlie kirk grew up in the chicago suburbs
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In a middle class family.
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He accepted christ as just a fifth grader and credited
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His faith as the foundation for his worldview.
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At just 18 years old, in 2012, he founded turning point usa.
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Turning point usa built a nationwide campus
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Presence, chapters, conferences and media.
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Mobilizing millions of young americans
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To defend faith, freedom,
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And the constitution with unapologetic activism.
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When describing charlie, turning point usa put it plainly
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In their official statement
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After his passing charlie loved america.
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Its people, its constitution,
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Its freedom and the limitless good
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All of them have done for the world.
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But above all, charlie lived every day
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With an overflowing love of the christ.
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He knew he would one day get to see
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That faith was not a private matter.
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It was a driving force for his public mission, far
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More than any political victory.
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Charlie longed
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To see a spiritual revival sweep across america's youth.
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He wanted to see strong families built on god's
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Word, flourishing across this land.
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He wanted to see the church speaking with courage
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Into the public square, unafraid to confront the culture
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With truth.
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World leaders recognized this same truth.
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President donald trump
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Considered charlie both an ally and a friend.
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He said it best the great and even legendary charlie
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Kirk is dead.
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No one understood or had the heart of the youth
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In the united states of america better than charlie.
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Benjamin netanyahu called him a lion hearted friend of israel
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Who was murdered for speaking truth and defending freedom.
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He fought the
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Lies and stood tall for judeo-christian civilization.
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We lost an incredible human being
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Just a few months
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Before his assassination.
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Charlie reflected on how he wanted his life
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To be remembered.
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He said that above all else, when it came time,
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He wanted to be remembered for his christian faith.
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In the wake of his death, that clip resurfaced and went viral.
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If everything
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Completely goes away, how do you want to be remembered?
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If i die, everything just goes away.
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How would you if you could be associated with one thing?
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How would you want to be remembered?
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I want to be. i want to be remembered for.
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For courage, for my faith.
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That would be the most important.
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The most important thing is my faith in god.
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With thousands sharing his words online as a final testimony,
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One user wrote,
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I want to be closer to god because of charlie kirk.
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Your death will fuel millions back to christ.
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Another added
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He wasn't afraid or ashamed to talk about his faith.
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Watching him makes me want to be even more bold.
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And pastor jack hibbs of calvary chapel, chino hills said,
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I have had the honor of knowing charlie kirk
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Well and personally for many years now.
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I cannot express how incredibly proud
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I have been of his faithful christian witness, and the way
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He has honored the lord jesus christ with his life.
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Charlie loved america and recognized it
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As a gift from god, burst on biblical principles
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And worth defending for future generations.
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In the hours after charlie's passing,
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The tributes began to pour in,
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Not only from presidents and prime ministers,
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But from pastors, teachers and friends who knew the heart
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Behind his mission.
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Perhaps the most moving words came from erika kirk, his wife,
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Standing in the spotlight of national grief.
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She spoke with quiet strength.
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Her tears were real, but so was her faith.
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She reminded america that even though
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Her husband's voice has been silenced on earth,
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His message would echo
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On through the lives of those he discipled, encouraged,
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And inspired.
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Pastor jack graham, senior pastor of preston wood baptist
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Church, said it best charlie kirk is with the lord.
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To live is christ and to die is gain.
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His voice in witness of truth will not be silenced,
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But will rather inspire courage in a generation of young men
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And women who will continue
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To boldly proclaim the message of life and hope.
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Jesus is lord.
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Every message charlie delivered, every debate
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He entered, every event he hosted.
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He carried the conviction that god had called him to
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Be a light in the darkness.
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Pastor alan jackson is going to join us.
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Pastor jackson, i just.
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It's so hard to find words at a time like this.
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I mean, it's we were in shock.
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But i know that you you have faithfully pastored for years.
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When something like this happens,
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What do you say to us as a pastor?
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Well, sheila, i think you're right.
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And we're all in shock.
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You know, whatever your perspective was on charlie kirk,
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When there's a tragedy like this and you hear the news
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With any compassion, i think it leaves you in a state of shock.
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And i think there's layers to it.
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There'll be there's time
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As we walk through this to celebrate charlie's life.
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Because it's a life that's worth celebrating.
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His family certainly deserve our prayers.
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Whatever we can do to provide comfort for them, it's
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Overwhelming for erica and the children.
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I mean, you've already addressed that today.
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But i think, you know, for everybody
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That's listening, grief is a part of this.
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Death is a part of life.
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I have done, as you said, funerals
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With hundreds of families and death is very seldom welcome.
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And so it leaves us with a whole multitude
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Of emotions and different emotions.
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Come, you know, all the
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All the elements of emotion that come with grief,
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But they come to visit, but you don't want them to stay.
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So if you're overwhelmed with sadness, it's
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Appropriate to weep for charlie.
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Or you may be angry,
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And it's appropriate to be angry when a life is terminated,
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But it's seemingly far short of what it should have been.
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There's a
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There's a host of emotions, but you don't want to
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Welcome them as as permanent residents.
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You welcome them.
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You walk through those emotions and then you move forward.
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Because the reality is that we have to move beyond death
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And we haven't done that.
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There's a shock. we're going to grieve for charlie.
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We're going to grieve with his family,
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But we're going to go forward
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And we will overcome this.
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You know, the awkward reality is charlie has become a martyr
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For the truths that he espoused.
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And they were they weren't primarily political.
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They were given expression in a political realm,
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Because that's the way authority is expressed in our nation.
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But charlie was fundamentally
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An advocate for a biblical worldview,
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And that was not diminished.
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Today.
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God's intent in the earth has not been diminished. no.
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You know, a fellow traveler, a fellow,
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A voice amongst us has been silenced.
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But the one who called that voice into
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Existence has been silenced.
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And for the people listening that are either frightened
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Or terrified or overwhelmed
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With grief, it's appropriate in the moment.
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But then turn loose of those things
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And pick back up to god, who deserves our attention.
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We can grieve with those who grieve,
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But then we will walk forward into the balance of this day,
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In the new day that will come in the morning
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With a hope that is transcendent.
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That's very difficult in the midst of a tragedy.
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Yes, ma'am.
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How are you?
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Good.
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How are you?
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What's your name?
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Dakota. nice to meet you, dakota.
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How old are you? i'm 11. amazing.
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Give it up for dakota being here today.
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So i'm pro-life.
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I'm a fiscal conservative,
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And i know i want to get into politics when i grow up.
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I don't want again to.
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Massive debt for a political science degree.
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What concrete steps can i take now
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In order to achieve the goal of doing my part to make america
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Great again? oh great.
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You should go to hillsdale college, the america's
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Greatest college, and start studying now.
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Start taking classes, reading books.
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You have to be in charge of your own education.
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And the fact you're thinking like this
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At 11, is a great sign. god bless you.
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And the future is very bright.
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Thank you.
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Graham allen from turning point here as part of charlie
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Kirk's tv family, it's hard for us to find words to
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To tell you how desperately sorry we are, how sad we are,
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And yet how incredibly proud we are of charlie kirk.
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I agree.
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I agree as well.
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You know, my my my story is a little, little different.
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Charlie, charlie and me
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Met many years ago when we both
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Were coming up in this crazy world.
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And what is this thing about politics?
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And what is this thing about
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Fighting for judeo-christian values in america? and,
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You know, i was on an earlier and they were showing
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They were showing photos of me and charlie ten, 11 years ago
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On, on, on, on benches, like having the very
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Conversations at universities that he was having today
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That has turned into this massive, massive thing.
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My wife was just talking to erica, charlie's wife,
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Just two days ago.
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It's it's in the.
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Yeah, there we are right there.
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And it's it's,
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It is, charlie kirk
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In this business, in this line of work,
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In this thing that we do.
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Charlie was as real and as authentic as it comes.
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Charlie did everything with conviction,
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And he did everything with passion.
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And even at times when people would share things of
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Of charlie owning someone, it was done in compassion
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For or showing these people the truth.
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Ken, let me ask you a question.
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I know that that charlie was very outspoken on truths,
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And at times that invites a lot of feedback in our culture.
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Did you ever get the sense from charlie that he was afraid of
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What was out there, of what could potentially happen to him?
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I think
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I think charlie absolutely knew that there's inherent risk.
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I mean,
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We saw it with the assassination attempt of president trump.
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I think everyone that.
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Everyone that stands for something.
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Yeah, everyone. every everyone.
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The bible,
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The bible is, is filled with the stories of what happens
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When you pick up your cross and you follow the lord.
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And when you're bold about it,
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And i think, charlie, i mean, i can't,
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I can't speak for him, but but but
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But there's no way that he didn't.
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There's no way that, you know, i,
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I worry and have the same not worry.
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I have the same thoughts as well.
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Evil is real.
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Yeah.
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And that has been confirmed to us yet again today.
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That evil is real.
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And charlie kirk was a fighter for good.
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Charlie kirk was a christian
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First above everything else,
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Followed by a husband, a father, and then a patriot
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And then a friend.
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And the list goes on and on.
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And i watch charlie.
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Charlie's a bit younger than me
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A couple of years and and i watch charlie turn in from this.
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He was never little.
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He was always so tall.
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But but i watched him turn into this.
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From this kid, into this man that became this force.
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Yeah.
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That so many people, my kids, my kids don't watch my show.
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They watch charlie kirk and and and and
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And and what i do know is this.
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What charlie stood for
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And what he brought in such a such a supernatural way
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That can only the energy he had the ability to to
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To do what he did on the level.
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It was only because god was with him
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And allowed him to be able to do that.
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For i going to college campus it.
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My prayer is very simple. god, use me for your will. amen.
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Because there is a plan above us all.
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God is sovereign above all.
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So what is god's plan?
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When i go on a college campus,
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I just believe i will only tell truth.
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I will not compromise and i'll love on the lost.
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The specific teachings of christ
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Is go make disciples of all nations.
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I'm trying my best to do that,
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And i'm trying to do it first in this nation.
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Because this nation impacts
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Every other nation on the planet,
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You cannot impact the world that impacting america.
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That's the way that god has designed the universe
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In this particular being that as america goes, the world goes.
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Jesus called us to love children.
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Jesus called us to tell truth.
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God. jesus called us to contest in the public square
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For his purposes.
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I'm far more interested in
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What god wants of me than what i want from god,
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And what god wants from me as a life fighting for truth.
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We're going to be joined now by one of our dear friends.
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He's pastor greg laurie from harvest church,
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And i just love to hear your perspective on your wisdom.
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What's on your heart for us?
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Well,
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I'm in a state of shock, deep sorrow.
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Now and thinking about charlie and his life.
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You know, it was creighton boom.
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Who you knew, i believe.
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Sheila, great woman of god who once made this statement.
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A life is not measured by its duration, but by its donation.
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Yeah.
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Charlie did not live tragically.
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He did not, sadly, live a long life.
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Only 31 years.
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But, boy, in those 31 years, he sure accomplished a lot.
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I mean, really, at the age of 18, he started
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Turning point usa.
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In fact,
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I just spoke at one of their events only a few weeks ago.
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And then i said to the pastors who gathered how important
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I thought charlie's voice was.
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And as it has been said, he was such a profound voice
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On political issues, but also on spiritual issues.
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And i think when you really boil charlie down to who he was,
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You know,
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Because i've seen him described, you know,
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There's an article in the news magazine, political activist or
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Right wing activist, you know, these terms that they use.
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But really,
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What he was first and foremost, he was charlie kirk.
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Christian. yes.
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And then he was charlie kirk, husband and father.
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And and when he would do these events on campuses
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And then watch many videos of them,
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He was very patient with people.
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They would insult him to his face
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And say the most unkind
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And horrible things to him,
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And he would just take it, even smile.
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Then he would come back and respond logically
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And calmly to the inflamed rhetoric that people would,
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Would use against him.
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And that's probably what drove people crazy, is
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He was such a clear headed, logical communicator.
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We wished he had lived a longer life, but he he lived.
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It was.
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I remember the words of jim elliot who said, i seek
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Not a long life, but a full one like you, lord jesus.
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Charlie lived a full life.
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He lived his life well.
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He made a great donation.
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And i believe now, because of media and all that
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We have of charlie and his many speeches and
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And things,
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He said that his message will actually become stronger
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And more people around the world will will know his name
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And hear what he said,
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And then ultimately reach more people than
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Maybe he would have ever read.
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But but that doesn't, you know,
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Replace this wonderful man and the great loss it is.
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But we thank god that he lived his life well.
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But when did you accept christ?
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Fifth grade at christian heritage academy.
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When i remember, i heard a hot gospel.
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And i heard, what happens if you don't give your life
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To jesus?
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And it's very important
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That when we share the gospel, the modern gospel is
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God has this beautiful, amazing, wonderful life for you.
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And if you give your life to christ,
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Your life will infinitely improve.
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That is somewhat true, but it's very misleading
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Because you're basically trying to sell people and christianity
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Of a life without difficulty,
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Where the better way to teach the gospel is.
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Here's the ten commandments.
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How many these are you violating?
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Oh, you deserve to go to hell,
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And you probably will unless you give your life to christ.
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That is the proper way to evangelize.
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And so i realized the stakes in fifth grade.
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I was like, oh my goodness, i'm a sinner.
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I'm selfish, i'm broken.
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And only thanks to jesus's perfect sacrifice coming
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And living a perfect life that i get something
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I do not earn but has been given to me.
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This free gift of eternal life.
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We have our good friend john.
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I'm in trouble with this right now.
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Pastor john, you're a pastor.
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You're a man of god, number one.
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Number two, you work with charlie closely.
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Obviously a turning point.
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Your first impressions on this day,
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Charlie is in the presence of almighty god is at rest.
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Is that peace?
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If he could come back and table another event,
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He wouldn't do it because he's caught a glimpse
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Of our lord and savior, jesus christ.
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Everything with charlie came from a biblical basis.
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Can you talk a little bit more about that,
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His biblical worldview and how everything for him
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Started and ended with the gospel?
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You know,
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Men like jack hibbs in pastor rob mccoy and pastor
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Hibbs, they, they tutored and taught,
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Charlie kirk the ways of the lord.
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They were his pastors.
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And charlie had a deep, abiding faith.
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Everything that he did, for the kingdom and through
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Turning point pointed back to the cross of calvary.
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Charlie was never off task or mission.
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The mission was ultimately to make jesus christ famous.
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And along with that came defending the truth,
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Fighting against, political tyrants,
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Building out
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The most robust campus movement that america has ever seen.
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Shepherding, turning point, faith
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Creating, turning point, turning point academy
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Leading from,
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The front at all junctures.
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That's something that charlie did.
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And to see his faith
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Deepen over the years and him go from, you know,
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Being initially silent
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On some issues, but then evolving into this,
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I mean, this beacon of hope, a modern day,
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Billy graham, so to speak.
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You know, it was just it was just, transformative.
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And, i know that there are many people right now
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Who are grieving and mourning his loss, and i am as well.
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My family is also.
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But we take hope in the fact
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That the god of charlie kirk is still on the throne,
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And there's much work out there still needs to be done.
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Can you please explain to everyone out here
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What jesus stood for,
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And especially
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The qualities of love, how to love your neighbor, even
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If they don't agree with you?
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So what is your name again? to least to least.
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That's a beautiful question. i'm glad you came up to ask it.
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So john eight.
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If i'm drawing from memory
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Correctly, best embodies both christ's mercy and love,
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But also his commitment to truth.
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And sometimes in the modern gospel,
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We overemphasize the grace and we under emphasize the truth.
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And so we are far too willing to say, hey,
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Jesus loves everybody,
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But we don't get to the second part
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Of the conversation that says, jesus
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Doesn't want you to live in sin.
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So this is in john eight. it's best embodied, right?
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Almost every christian in this audience will be able
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To tell you the first part of this,
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Which is a bunch of sadducees and pharisees
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Are sitting around, standing around with rocks,
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And they're about to stone, the prostitute woman.
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And jesus comes up and says,
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Let the first among you without sin cast the first stone
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And everyone starts dropping the rocks.
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But what comes next shows
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That christ is not just grace focused.
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He's simultaneously truth focused.
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He goes up to the woman who had a career
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In selling herself for sex and said, sin no more.
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Now imagine today how much trouble you would get in
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If you would go up to somebody and say, stop sinning,
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That, oh, you're being too judgmental.
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No, no, you're actually being christ like.
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So jesus stood.
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He was 100% grace and truth.
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And that tension is very hard in a modern world,
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Because we want to overemphasize grace when in reality christ
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Loves us too much to have us continue to live in sin.
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He wants us to try to elevate our actions, to glorify god
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And all that we do.
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Charlie kirk's mission always found its sharpest
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Focus in the lives of young people.
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He believed the battle for america's
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Future would be won
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Or lost on the campuses, and in the culture
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Of the next generation.
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One memorable exchange captured
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The heart of his devoted followers.
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A college student admitted she had been caught
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Between two worlds.
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Her parents were divorced,
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Her mom conservative, her dad liberal, and she asked
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Charlie, which parent should i lean more towards?
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Charlie didn't rush to take sides.
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Instead, he gently turned her heart towards something higher,
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Reminding her that the real question wasn't which
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Political label to wear, but how to live in a way
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That honors god and seeks the truth in his word.
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He treated her with tenderness, with kindness, showing
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That his first concern wasn't winning an argument
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But shepherding a soul.
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That posture was at the heart of his events.
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This is very important, everybody.
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Even if your parents share values and views and a worldview
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That you do not have, you are biblically obligated
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To honor them, which means to spend
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Time with them
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And to love on them and to go visit them
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Even if they are wearing a black lives matter.
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And in this home that we have no hate and trans lives,
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You still go and spend time with your parents,
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Because if you are incapable, in this case
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Of honoring your earthly father, you will never honor
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Your heavenly father. and it's very clear
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In the ten commandments, and they'll get back down
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To the specific advice in the ten commandments.
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It is the only commandment honor your mother and father
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So that you may live long in the land of which you are in.
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It is the only commandment that deals with a promise,
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And your country.
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You will cease to have a strong country, america.
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If we do not have kids honoring their parents, you,
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Everyone out there every day, you you should call your parents
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On a weekly basis.
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Find out what you believe and why you believe it.
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If a parent ever tells you to do something that is sinful
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Or goes against god,
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That is a violation of what it means to honor them.
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It doesn't mean you have to blindly obey them,
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But you must honor them,
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Which really means to treat them heavily.
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Basically, to treat that with a lot of weight,
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I would instead be close to both of them.
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It's a very difficult situation.
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You're going to grow up a lot quicker because of it,
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And come to your own independent political views
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And let them be known to each appropriate parent.
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So instead, i wouldn't even take strong political views.
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I would say, mom and dad, i don't want to talk politics.
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I just want to talk the bible.
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It's not a political thing.
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It's a biblical thing.
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That would be my advice to you.
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Charlie understood the challenges young people face.
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He once said, i see the angst of young people
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As well as the challenges facing new parents.
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That's why his message resonated so deeply.
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He wasn't just addressing abstract political theories.
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He was speaking into the very real struggles of identity,
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Family and faith.
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And then there's jason
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At a prayer vigil
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Following charlie's death, jason stepped forward
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To share his story.
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I had tickets to see charlie october 29th at ole miss.
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I was really looking forward to it.
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I've been a lifelong atheist.
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I never believe in god,
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But i saw the joy that it brought to charlie and,
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It brought me to god.
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And, really moved me to see him. and,
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I was looking forward to meeting him
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And telling him that you helped me find god.
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And i saw that piece that he had.
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And so i'm here today to celebrate his life
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And make sure that people don't forget
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How much of an impact he had for all of us.
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Jason's voice trembled as he spoke,
00:28:53.845 --> 00:28:56.281
But his message was clear.
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Charlie had the ability to reach even those
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Who thought they were beyond the reach of god.
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Charlie saw hope on the horizon and declared,
00:29:04.122 --> 00:29:06.991
We are seeing gen z go back to church in record numbers.
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We are seeing a christian revival.
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It's the greatest news happening in america right now.
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To charlie, this wasn't wishful thinking.
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It was a movement already underway, a spark of revival
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That he believed would shape the future of the nation.
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While headlines often portray young people as drifting
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And moving from faith, new research tells another story.
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Barna, a christian research
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Organization, found that most gen z teens
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Want to know more about
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Jesus, and many are choosing to follow him in fresh ways.
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The american bible society reports that bible engagement
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Is on the rise, with more young people
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And adults opening scripture for the very first time.
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Even bible sales
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Have spiked, driven largely by first time buyers.
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Charlie believed this hunger
00:29:55.073 --> 00:29:56.474
For truth was a spark that could ignite revival.
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His words an example, lit countless fires of faith
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In young men and women who will now carry the mission forward.
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Joining us now, our good friend sage steele.
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Sage, it's
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Great to see you usually,
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And i wish i was under different circumstances.
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Obviously hard to put this into words.
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What has happened today, what it means for our country
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And the legacy that charlie kirk left.
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Can you talk a bit about your relationship with charlie
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And the charlie kirk?
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You knew he was a lion.
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He was bold and it went much deeper than politics.
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This was a man of god as well.
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Talk more about him as a husband, a father and a friend.
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That is what i hope people remember the most.
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What you just said husband, father, friend.
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Incredible. inspiring.
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I was always and of him, i think hopefully in a healthy way
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Because i just couldn't believe the maturity,
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The wisdom and his 31 years
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And what he had accomplished in 31 years again.
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And those areas, first and foremost,
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I know of him, and he made me better.
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He made me more courageous.
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He made me less fearful.
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The first time i met him was july of 2024,
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And he and his team invited me to speak at the turning point
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Usa faith summit in palm beach.
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And i remember just being overwhelmed
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And honored that they asked
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And being so nervous because i wanted to,
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You know, be good for him.
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It really changed my life
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Because not only was it for charlie kirk, but it was a
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It was his
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The faith arm of what he's doing with turning point usa,
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Which gave me the courage to keep speaking about faith
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And realizing what comes from that
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And how we can influence by, you know, proclaiming our faith.
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And that's what he did the loudest.
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That's what i don't know that people are fully
00:31:50.021 --> 00:31:53.358
Focusing on today.
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I hope that they will continue to do so.
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He was so kind.
00:31:57.895 --> 00:31:59.897
I was with him at his am first event, turning point usa
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American america fest in december.
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I sat down with him and his wife, erica, separately.
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I'm going to try to post
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Some clips on my social media of that chat with her,
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Because that was so incredible to me.
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Again, these people like half my age, eric,
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And they're inspiring me because of the way
00:32:16.280 --> 00:32:18.082
They chose to live their life and their wisdom.
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I was supposed to be on stage with him next week
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At a church in tennessee
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And at liberty university next month.
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I've been thinking about that because
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A church and obviously liberty university faith
00:32:32.430 --> 00:32:34.832
Based christian university,
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I hope
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We can continue to do that, because now more than ever,
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We need to come together and we need to pray together
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And continue this legacy that charlie began with such courage.
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And you know this.
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I mean, he knew the dangers.
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He knew it.
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He had a huge security team around him,
00:32:52.984 --> 00:32:55.653
But he felt it was worth it because he saw the difference
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He was making.
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And i will forever
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Contend that he's one of the most influential americans ever.
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And i've been saying that for two years.
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Charlie kirk's voice carried a consistent theme freedom.
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Not just political freedom, but the kind of liberty
00:33:09.934 --> 00:33:12.537
That flows from truth, from scripture,
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And from the foundation on which america was built.
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The american way of life means you follow the law.
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You work hard, you honor god.
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You raise your kids with strong values,
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And you work to create a civil society.
00:33:26.517 --> 00:33:30.688
The american way of life means you speak your mind
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Without retribution, without being kicked off
00:33:33.758 --> 00:33:36.494
Social media by a self-righteous censor.
00:33:36.494 --> 00:33:38.963
And silicon valley.
00:33:38.963 --> 00:33:40.832
It means you can freely practice your religion and that church
00:33:40.832 --> 00:33:44.836
Is more essential than a casino.
00:33:44.836 --> 00:33:47.572
Those words aren't abstract ideals.
00:33:47.572 --> 00:33:49.574
They were the values charlie lived by, values
00:33:49.574 --> 00:33:52.410
He defended with boldness in the public square.
00:33:52.410 --> 00:33:55.947
Whether standing before a crowd of college students,
00:33:55.947 --> 00:33:58.082
Testifying in media interviews, or addressing a church,
00:33:58.082 --> 00:34:01.052
He championed freedom of speech,
00:34:01.052 --> 00:34:03.221
Freedom of religion, and the biblical values
00:34:03.221 --> 00:34:05.690
That support both for charlie, freedom of speech was
00:34:05.690 --> 00:34:09.527
A touchstone.
00:34:09.527 --> 00:34:10.728
He built much of his work under the banner of open dialog,
00:34:10.728 --> 00:34:14.665
Going viral for challenging students
00:34:14.665 --> 00:34:17.068
And critics alike to prove me wrong,
00:34:17.068 --> 00:34:19.737
He accused the political extreme of shying away
00:34:19.737 --> 00:34:22.273
From honest conversations, and he created forums
00:34:22.273 --> 00:34:25.343
Where ideas could be tested in the marketplace of debate.
00:34:25.343 --> 00:34:29.413
But charlie's convictions extended beyond just speech.
00:34:29.413 --> 00:34:33.184
He was unafraid to confront the moral issues of his time,
00:34:33.184 --> 00:34:36.587
Speaking out against abortion and the lgbtq activism.
00:34:36.587 --> 00:34:41.192
He encouraged young people to get married, start families
00:34:41.192 --> 00:34:44.629
And build
00:34:44.629 --> 00:34:45.863
Their futures on biblical truth rather than cultural traits.
00:34:45.863 --> 00:34:49.133
He saw clearly the rising tide of gender ideology,
00:34:49.133 --> 00:34:52.803
And he answered
00:34:52.803 --> 00:34:53.971
With unwavering conviction that god's design for life,
00:34:53.971 --> 00:34:58.042
Marriage and family is good and worth defending.
00:34:58.042 --> 00:35:01.946
Charlie often reminded audiences that christians cannot afford
00:35:01.946 --> 00:35:06.017
To stay silent while others advance their worldview
00:35:06.017 --> 00:35:09.086
With boldness.
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He once declared, i challenge christians to be as bold
00:35:10.421 --> 00:35:13.891
And evangelistic and persuasive as atheists are.
00:35:13.891 --> 00:35:17.161
That challenge still rings today a reminder
00:35:17.161 --> 00:35:20.064
That truth must be proclaimed, not hidden.
00:35:20.064 --> 00:35:23.701
God's vision for his people is to be counselors to the king,
00:35:23.701 --> 00:35:27.905
To correct error,
00:35:27.905 --> 00:35:29.373
Into right, to correct lies, into truth, right?
00:35:29.373 --> 00:35:32.543
So should we delete?
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We take scissors and remove joseph, daniel, mordecai,
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Esther, nehemiah and jeremiah.
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No, we should look to daniel.
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What did daniel do
00:35:40.351 --> 00:35:41.586
When a tyrannical government told him to stop praying?
00:35:41.586 --> 00:35:46.023
What a daniel do you kept praying
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And he opened up the window and he said, screw you!
00:35:48.960 --> 00:35:52.163
I'm going to keep on worshiping hashem adonai jehovah lmg.
00:35:52.163 --> 00:35:56.867
I am not going to listen to your tyrannical order.
00:35:56.867 --> 00:35:59.403
We talk about daniel, the lion's den,
00:35:59.403 --> 00:36:01.439
But we forget how we got in the lion's den.
00:36:01.439 --> 00:36:04.141
He got in the lion's den because he did not put up
00:36:04.141 --> 00:36:06.844
With tyrannical government.
00:36:06.844 --> 00:36:08.813
If we do not stand and fight for liberty, which is god's idea,
00:36:08.813 --> 00:36:13.517
Not man's idea,
00:36:13.517 --> 00:36:14.986
We'll be having theological disputes from prison,
00:36:14.986 --> 00:36:17.955
And we're all going to be running prison ministries.
00:36:17.955 --> 00:36:21.158
But if we are
00:36:21.525 --> 00:36:22.460
Stand for self-government and the promise
00:36:22.460 --> 00:36:24.562
The founders handed down to us,
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There's a chance that we can continue
00:36:26.230 --> 00:36:28.299
To fight for righteousness righteously. goodness.
00:36:28.299 --> 00:36:30.601
He also never separated faith from his own testimony.
00:36:30.601 --> 00:36:33.571
In a candid interview
00:36:33.571 --> 00:36:34.639
He had with russell brand, charlie once said,
00:36:34.639 --> 00:36:37.408
I mean, i'm nothing without jesus.
00:36:37.408 --> 00:36:39.510
I am a sinner.
00:36:39.510 --> 00:36:40.511
I fall incredibly short of the glory of god.
00:36:40.511 --> 00:36:43.281
We all do.
00:36:43.281 --> 00:36:44.348
I gave my life to the lord in fifth grade,
00:36:44.348 --> 00:36:46.951
And it's the most important decision i've ever made.
00:36:46.951 --> 00:36:49.654
And everything i do incorporates jesus christ
00:36:49.654 --> 00:36:53.124
Even on social media.
00:36:53.124 --> 00:36:54.091
Charlie's faith was front and center.
00:36:54.091 --> 00:36:56.394
Just days before his death, he posted on
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Jesus defeated death so that you can live.
00:36:59.230 --> 00:37:02.133
Charlie had a deep love for israel, calling the jewish
00:37:02.133 --> 00:37:05.670
People survival in restoration.
00:37:05.670 --> 00:37:07.772
One of the greatest testimonies of god's faithfulness to him.
00:37:07.772 --> 00:37:11.642
Supporting israel wasn't just geopolitics.
00:37:11.642 --> 00:37:14.412
In defending israel, charlie saw himself
00:37:14.412 --> 00:37:16.714
Standing with god's promises and aligning with scripture.
00:37:16.714 --> 00:37:20.551
But in our scriptures, it does say that we should bless
00:37:20.551 --> 00:37:23.621
The jews, that you know genesis 12 three bless those.
00:37:23.621 --> 00:37:28.025
I will bless those descendants that blessed me.
00:37:28.025 --> 00:37:30.628
And we have a covenant with israel.
00:37:30.628 --> 00:37:32.763
Paul explicitly says that we should bless the jews.
00:37:32.763 --> 00:37:35.132
And from it you know, we should honor the jews.
00:37:35.132 --> 00:37:37.201
We're not going to agree on that.
00:37:37.201 --> 00:37:38.235
But so you say you're palestinian.
00:37:38.235 --> 00:37:41.005
That's great.
00:37:41.005 --> 00:37:41.939
Do you think israel has a right to exist?
00:37:41.939 --> 00:37:44.308
Of course. okay, then we can agree.
00:37:44.308 --> 00:37:46.043
Yeah, that's a big statement.
00:37:46.043 --> 00:37:47.411
Do you think that anti-semitism is real?
00:37:47.411 --> 00:37:51.015
Of course. okay, great.
00:37:51.015 --> 00:37:52.216
Then i really don't have much to disagree with.
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I'm with you on
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Because the
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Major issue is, does israel have a rightful right to exist?
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But it wasn't only nations that charlie supported
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And cared about, it was families.
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He wanted to see strong, godly households across america's
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Fathers and mothers, raising their children
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With the fear and knowledge of the lord.
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He longed for a generation, unashamed
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To bring their christian voice into every arena the classroom,
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The newsroom, the town square, the halls of congress.
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Robert f kennedy jr recognized charlie's courage
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When he called charlie
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A relentless and courageous crusader for freedom of speech.
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Those words captured the heart of charlie's mission
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To tell the truth, to defend freedom,
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And to point his generation back to god.
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Charlie kirk knew that freedom, apart from faith, is fragile,
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But freedom anchored in biblical values.
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That's the kind of freedom that lasts.
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I'm not going to be joined, by
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Pastor greg farrington and
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Church pastor.
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I know that you were a friend of charlie.
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And so i just want to say, as part of the tbn family,
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We we grieve with you and are praying for charlie's family.
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Can you just give us your thoughts?
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I know that charlie was your friend,
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Incredibly hard.
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Charlie and i were really close friends, and,
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He, came into my life in the midst of covid.
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He came to our church.
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We were one of the few churches in california
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That opened their doors and defied the governor's orders.
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Charlie saw us out, and,
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He became, a great cheerleader.
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But we then we became friends, and, i'm stunned.
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I'm. i'm shocked.
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I can't even believe, we're at this point now.
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It's unbelievable to me.
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So sad, but i just.
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Charlie was bigger than life.
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He was one of those guys. was bigger than life.
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He was in my house.
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We we had lunch dinners together,
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Watch football together, in our church.
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And, so for me, this is a personal loss.
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I it's hard to put it into words
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Exactly how i feel right now because it's so surreal
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And unbelievable to me that charlie is not with us anymore.
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Well, pastor, thank you for joining us.
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We pray for great comfort for you and for all those
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Who are who loved charlie, joined now by pastor
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Mike hayes and
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And mike, i'm so grateful that you would take a few moments
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To be with us in the midst of something
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That is so hard to process and understand.
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I'm just going to hand over to you.
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I met charlie one time a few years ago,
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I think it was 2018, in washington, dc,
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And i was having lunch in a hotel with a
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With a mutual friend,
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And he came and joined us, and i, i was so impressed
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By charlie as a young man, as young as he was
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And as impassioned as he was
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For his love for god and his love for the nation.
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And i knew that he was destined to to do great things.
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When you think about some of the statistics here,
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Sheila, charlie started turning point when he was 18.
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He built a movement of young people, primarily young people
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In college
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With 85,000,
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85 million social media followers.
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Listening to his message.
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By anyone's measure, this was a life of success
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For the message that he shared.
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All of us would hope to reach those kind of numbers
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With good news for people, of the gospel.
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Charlie had a bent toward
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The nation and hence was placed
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A lot of times in a political setting.
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I think there are things way deeper than politics.
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The work of the kingdom goes much deeper.
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And, sheila, when i was last year
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On the island of patmos,
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Where john wrote the book of revelation,
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I was there in the cave where he wrote it.
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And this is what i heard in my spirit.
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It didn't sound that profound, but it's coming to be
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So powerful for me.
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And the holy spirit said in my heart,
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Darkness is not a force.
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Light is a force, and you are the light of the world.
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All you have to do to push back darkness is shine the light.
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Wow. and charlie kirk shined a light broadly
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And deeply into this society.
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I don't know of another 31 year old that got this much living
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In, and this much effectiveness for causing people to stop
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And think
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As charlie kirk.
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Charlie kirk never shied away from proclaiming the gospel,
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Whether he was on a college campus, in a packed auditorium,
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Or on national television, he returned again and again
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To the same central truth that jesus christ is real,
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That he lived, died, and rose again,
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And that faith in him changes everything.
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Charlie was bold in defending america's founding principles,
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But he was even bolder in declaring the good news
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For charlie, sharing the gospel wasn't an occasional add on.
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It was the foundation of everything he did.
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He presented the resurrection not as a lofty, unapproachable
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Idea, but as the reason he lived with courage and hope.
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And, charlie,
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I remember when we were starting these out
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And it was that like that, you know, it was like this.
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It was like.
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It was like your average three rows.
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It was like your average political meeting
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Where there was like 12 people in a room.
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And, this is this is awesome.
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Like this, in my personal opinion, was the most
00:43:55.345 --> 00:43:59.450
Over-the-top trump event that i've ever covered.
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This is the number one boots
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On the ground operation in the country.
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We're working directly in harmony with the trump campaign.
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It's been vetted.
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It's been cleared.
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It's been blessed, as you can see there.
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And we're going to try to win this thing.
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No guarantees. it's what we do that matters.
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Mr. president, i can tell you this room is 100% with you
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And we have your back. god bless you.
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Thank you.
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As you know, we are heading on campus here
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Momentarily at the university of south florida,
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Throwing it down with the students.
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It's going to be a lot of fun.
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We are excited
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To continue this cultural movement
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That we have started at turning point usa.
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More high school chapters, more college chapters.
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And disagreement is not just welcome, it is invited.
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We want to have those tough conversations.
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That's what it's all about.
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We have here in this country.
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We are a country of flourishing.
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We're a country of risk taking.
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We're a country of building.
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We will achieve american greatness.
00:45:02.913 --> 00:45:05.616
And we are just getting started.
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All the days
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You heard steve, all.
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Charlie also knew how to speak faith into moments
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Of national grief just weeks before his own assassination.
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He joined in, grieving for the victims
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Of the annunciation catholic church shooting in minneapolis.
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He wrestled openly with the question of suffering,
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Declaring the cross is god's answer to evil.
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The question should not be why does evil exist?
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Instead, it should be what has god done about it?
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And the cross is the answer.
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Charlie's consistent message of christ crucified
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And risen remains.
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It lives on in the countless lives touched and in the example
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He set for what it means to stand unashamed of the gospel.
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We have a dear friend of mine, of charlie kirk of tbn,
00:45:56.066 --> 00:46:00.804
Our good friend pastor jakob, senior pastor of calvary chapel,
00:46:00.804 --> 00:46:04.374
Chino hill,
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Host of the real life network real life with jack hibbs.
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Charlie was a lion.
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He was 31 years old.
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He was a giant.
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And you know first hand about his growth in the lord.
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I said earlier, pastor jack, i met him.
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He was maybe 23 years old, a fiery
00:46:19.790 --> 00:46:22.025
Young conservative activist, which was great.
00:46:22.025 --> 00:46:24.962
But we saw, i think, in real time,
00:46:24.962 --> 00:46:26.964
His growth in the lord, in jesus,
00:46:26.964 --> 00:46:29.266
He became a lion for the gospel in a very public way,
00:46:29.266 --> 00:46:33.070
Including at calvary chapel chino hills.
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On your stage.
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Tell us more about that, pastor jack, about the the faith
00:46:36.874 --> 00:46:41.545
Behind the man. charlie kirk.
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Eric, first of all, thank you for having me.
00:46:44.982 --> 00:46:46.650
And you said it right.
00:46:46.650 --> 00:46:47.517
So here here's charlie kirk, young guy.
00:46:47.517 --> 00:46:50.621
Extremely, extremely adept at learning,
00:46:50.621 --> 00:46:54.691
Not normal, super bright and, with his early days.
00:46:54.691 --> 00:46:59.963
He had all of the knowledge, right.
00:46:59.963 --> 00:47:01.765
And he could just do what he did so wonderfully.
00:47:01.765 --> 00:47:05.402
But the beautiful thing was, as
00:47:05.402 --> 00:47:08.705
He invested more and more in jesus
00:47:08.705 --> 00:47:11.041
And in the word of god, you could see this young man,
00:47:11.041 --> 00:47:14.845
So to speak, in the soul age, eric,
00:47:14.845 --> 00:47:18.215
From from being, as it were, a spiritual teenager
00:47:18.215 --> 00:47:21.151
To a spiritual, giant, as you said.
00:47:21.151 --> 00:47:24.288
And he loved the word of god.
00:47:24.288 --> 00:47:26.823
Charlie kirk would send me verses in the morning.
00:47:26.823 --> 00:47:30.294
The his growth in christ was awesome.
00:47:30.294 --> 00:47:34.331
And like his intellect, so his spirit, he
00:47:34.331 --> 00:47:37.834
He was a remarkable treasure.
00:47:37.834 --> 00:47:39.770
Of course, he had this brain power of his.
00:47:39.770 --> 00:47:42.839
He had this.
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He had just salvation.
00:47:43.407 --> 00:47:45.575
But the beautiful thing that we watched eric with him
00:47:45.575 --> 00:47:48.545
Was his ability to be under the control of the holy spirit.
00:47:48.545 --> 00:47:52.082
When people would get in line to rail on him, to attack
00:47:52.082 --> 00:47:56.019
Him, to yell, to be ugly and throw words at him.
00:47:56.019 --> 00:48:00.123
I never saw him, russell.
00:48:00.123 --> 00:48:01.792
I never saw him, get angry.
00:48:01.792 --> 00:48:04.261
I never saw him go personal.
00:48:04.261 --> 00:48:06.330
And he let them vent themselves.
00:48:06.330 --> 00:48:08.498
He would answer their question and then always give them
00:48:08.498 --> 00:48:11.234
The hope that their life could be changed through jesus.
00:48:11.234 --> 00:48:14.104
And that actually made them more angry.
00:48:14.104 --> 00:48:16.239
But he gave them the truth.
00:48:16.239 --> 00:48:17.774
And, yeah,
00:48:17.774 --> 00:48:20.410
Pastor jack so well said.
00:48:20.978 --> 00:48:22.846
He was unflappable.
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I would say, and he did it with a smile on his face.
00:48:24.181 --> 00:48:28.518
I mean, he would just cut through the clutter.
00:48:28.518 --> 00:48:30.220
These young college kids, god bless them.
00:48:30.220 --> 00:48:31.822
They're 18, 19, 20, 21.
00:48:31.822 --> 00:48:33.323
They think they know everything.
00:48:33.323 --> 00:48:34.992
And they'd come up, they'd confront they to cost.
00:48:34.992 --> 00:48:37.561
They even insult charlie.
00:48:37.561 --> 00:48:39.663
He listened patiently with a smile on his face.
00:48:39.663 --> 00:48:41.898
And then he would give a withering but graceful
00:48:41.898 --> 00:48:46.036
And factual and gospel rooted response every time.
00:48:46.036 --> 00:48:50.340
And pastor jack, in real time,
00:48:50.340 --> 00:48:51.975
You could see those kids faces, their countenance change,
00:48:51.975 --> 00:48:55.412
And in real time you could see a heart
00:48:55.412 --> 00:48:57.347
And a mind being changed by charlie kirk.
00:48:57.347 --> 00:49:01.151
Look, we read the end of the book, eric.
00:49:01.151 --> 00:49:02.953
You and i know it. well.
00:49:02.953 --> 00:49:04.154
We we win in the end, but we're not at the end yet.
00:49:04.154 --> 00:49:06.990
Until now.
00:49:06.990 --> 00:49:07.958
We fight and we fight like charlie kirk did.
00:49:07.958 --> 00:49:10.527
He finished his course.
00:49:10.527 --> 00:49:12.095
He was faithful.
00:49:12.095 --> 00:49:13.663
Charlie kirk was assassinated by a political ideology,
00:49:13.663 --> 00:49:19.069
A cultural ideology, ology
00:49:19.069 --> 00:49:22.072
That seeks to destroy any and all who oppose it.
00:49:22.072 --> 00:49:26.910
And charlie, i think maybe is like a canary in the cage,
00:49:26.910 --> 00:49:30.547
Proverbially speaking, whereby charlie has lived out
00:49:30.547 --> 00:49:34.084
And he has given his life as an indicator.
00:49:34.084 --> 00:49:37.154
We are so far from god, we gotta turn back.
00:49:37.154 --> 00:49:39.423
It's urgent that we turn back.
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I'm going to be joined now from los angeles
00:49:42.826 --> 00:49:44.661
By someone who is very dear to us at trinity broadcasting.
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Pastor graham, thank you so much for being with us.
00:49:48.632 --> 00:49:50.867
What's on your heart as you listen to this tragic news?
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Jesus said, let not your heart be troubled.
00:49:54.905 --> 00:49:58.175
You believe in god.
00:49:58.642 --> 00:49:59.609
Believe also in me.
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And he said, in my father's house are many mansions.
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And what i saw told you, i go to prepare a place, for
00:50:03.814 --> 00:50:06.950
I will come again and receive you unto myself.
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Charlie has graduated today.
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He's in the presence of almighty god.
00:50:12.989 --> 00:50:15.292
And he he's not there because he was.
00:50:15.292 --> 00:50:17.761
He he motivated people.
00:50:17.761 --> 00:50:19.696
He's not there because, he was a good guy name.
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You know, he was a good guy.
00:50:22.866 --> 00:50:24.901
But that's not how you get to heaven.
00:50:24.901 --> 00:50:27.437
He's in the presence of almighty god,
00:50:27.437 --> 00:50:29.372
And he's going to take hold of
00:50:29.372 --> 00:50:30.440
That mansion that, the lord jesus prepared for him.
00:50:30.440 --> 00:50:34.211
He's there right now.
00:50:34.211 --> 00:50:35.912
But he's there
00:50:35.912 --> 00:50:37.114
Because he put his faith and trust in jesus christ.
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And, you see, we're all sinners
00:50:40.350 --> 00:50:42.452
And we're all under a death sentence from god.
00:50:42.452 --> 00:50:45.789
The wages of sin is death.
00:50:45.789 --> 00:50:47.991
And when the first man and woman,
00:50:47.991 --> 00:50:50.060
Adam and eve, when they disobeyed god, sin
00:50:50.060 --> 00:50:52.863
Came into the world and infected the world.
00:50:52.863 --> 00:50:55.832
Like a cancer of the human soul.
00:50:55.832 --> 00:50:58.568
And we we see evidence of sin all around us.
00:50:58.568 --> 00:51:01.304
We saw it. charlie was murdered there. you tell that,
00:51:01.304 --> 00:51:05.375
It just it breaks your heart.
00:51:06.009 --> 00:51:07.911
But we we can't, i mean, i my heart is broken
00:51:07.911 --> 00:51:10.847
For his wife, for his kids, but,
00:51:10.847 --> 00:51:14.951
I praise god he's he's in god's presence, and he's he's
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He's taken hold that mansion that was promised to him
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And for all of us.
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We put our faith and trust in christ.
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But charlie put his faith and trust in jesus christ.
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He confessed his sins.
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He repented, and he believed by faith
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That jesus christ was god's son, that jesus died and shed
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His blood on the cross, that he was buried for our sins.
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And on the third day god raised him to life.
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And that's our hope
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For all of us,
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That one day we'll be in the presence of almighty god.
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And so, you know you missing.
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We'll miss his voice.
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Did they have a young man like that so articulate?
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You know, we just say, how can we replace him?
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I pray that god will raise up 10,000 more just like him.
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That will go to all the college
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Campuses and go out on the streets.
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And who will be a, a champion, for the lord jesus christ.
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So, i pray that this, this death is not
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End in despair, but the hope that many more will rise up
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And they'll say, look, charlie, i can do it. i can do it.
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If god can do that through charlie, i can do that and
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Just pray that there will be an army of young men and women
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Taking a stand for the lord jesus christ,
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Motivated by what they saw today,
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That god will just touch their hearts
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To go out and do the same.
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As someone who is the same age as charlie,
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One thing i personally loved
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About him,
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Something that stood out
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Every time i was scrolling through social media or online,
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Was that there he was, again and again,
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Standing unapologetically for biblical truth.
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In a world that often
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Forces compromise and punishes conviction.
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Charlie refused to bend.
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He always held a biblical line.
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We all got to witness him ferociously advocate for truth.
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He was a light in some of the darkest corners of our culture.
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And in a time when silence seemed safer,
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He never shied away from battle.
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It took a rare courage to do what he did,
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A kind of fire deeply rooted in both faith and patriotism.
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And you could see it not only in the way he talked
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And the words he said,
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But in the way he lived his life and loved his country.
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Charlie believed america could do better
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Because its people could do better.
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And there he was, day in and day out, educating,
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Challenging and teaching us how to be better as a nation.
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He was bold but never cruel.
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I admire that he spoke with dignity
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To those he engaged with and never with hate or anger.
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His mission was never to destroy his opponent,
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But to call them higher toward truth.
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It is
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All the more heartbreaking that his life was taken
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In a moment intended for discussion and dialog.
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He was speaking and engaging,
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And he died doing what he dedicated his life to.
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But even though charlie has died,
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The fight does not end here.
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His mission lives on our prayer here at tbn.
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My prayer is that his tragedy has awakened
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A whole new generation that i am included in.
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Charlie and i are the same age now.
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Millions of us must rise up to carry that torch forward
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For our generation,
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For our families and for the future of this nation.
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We must stand boldly for truth, courage, and christ.
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This is our time in the arena.
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It's time for us as christians to engage, be
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Salt and light in our culture, and make an impact
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That will outlive us and touch generations to come.
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I'm cody crouch,
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Thank you for watching.
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How do you want to be remembered? i want to be.
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I want to be remembered for for courage, for my faith. you.
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Love me.
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Centerpoint News Remembers Charlie Kirk

September 14, 2025 | 57:10

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