This past week, the public assassination of American Charles (Charlie) Kirk on September 10 2025 in Utah, USA has dominated the news and our social media feeds.
For someone who did not follow him or what he did, I quickly came to learn in the days following his death that he was a vocal Christian with strong opinions, who often evoked even stronger reactions in people, particularly in his native America.
Many loved him, but many did not.
Kirk has been described as a right-wing political activist, entrepreneur and media personality. He co-founded Turning Point USA, an organisation that advocates for conservative ideals at high school, college and university campuses. He authored several books and hosted his own daily radio talk show, The Charlie Kirk Show. He was just 31 years old.
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He was opposed to abortion, gun control and LGBT rights amongst others. Some of his remarks led to him being labelled a white supremacist and racist.
Being the controversial person that he was, he must have considered the possibility that someone would disagree with him even to the point of wanting him dead. Surely, he must have reconciled himself to this possibility because he continued doing what he was doing, anyway.
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And what was it that Kirk was doing? Perhaps a more important question: what was it that Kirk believed he was doing?
When asked in one of his many interviews, how he would like to be remembered, Kirk answered: “for courage in my faith”. He said that it was the most important thing for him. This, despite the fact that by all accounts, he adored his wife and two young children, and marriage and family were important values for him personally.
Charlie Kirk wanted to be known for his courageous faith.
Now many may criticise whether, given some of his views and remarks, Kirk accurately reflected the Christian worldview.
While I don’t necessarily agree with everything he said, I do know that there is no one capable of accurately reflecting Jesus in this world. No one. We have all fallen short (Romans 3:23).
So may we be guided by Scripture and let God be his judge.
It is my belief that Kirk counted the cost of openly following Jesus and living a Word-based life (Luke 14:28) on the public stage, as imperfect as it may have been.
I also believe that as difficult as it might have been to consider, he made the decision to continue doing what he was doing, knowing that it might eventually cost him his life and end in his death (John 12:25 and Revelation 12:11).
May his soul rest in eternal peace.
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