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“And he answered, saying, ‘My name is Legion; for we are many.'” – Matthew 5:9b
“For we wrestle not against flesh and blood, but against principalities, against powers, against the rulers of the darkness of this world, against spiritual wickedness in high places.” – Ephesians 6:12
Charles James “Charlie” Kirk was assassinated on Wednesday, 10 September 2025, while holding an open, civil debate. Coupled with the (racially motivated) murder of Iryna Zarutska on the Charlotte light rail, my heart has been heavy.
I saw the Zarutska surveillance footage on Telegram before I even knew the story. When I first saw it, I thought she’d been punched violently in the throat—until I noticed her bleeding out. I watched it a second time and realized with horror that I had just seen a woman die. The look of utter fear and confusion on her face still haunts me, and will for some time.
I’ve been on that light rail. The murder occurred very close to where Dr. Fiancée purchased her wedding dress. It is a good, generally safe part of the city. But evil goes where it wants, and it took the train that night.
So far I’ve avoided the close-up footage of Kirk’s assassination, but I’ve seen long-range footage. From the commentary I’ve heard, as well as Dr. Fiancée’s medical expertise, it is likely that he died instantly, or at least very quickly. He may not have felt it before he went into the loving arms of Jesus.
Yours portly was never a big Charlie Kirk listener, but I certainly knew of his impact. He was a bog standard conservative Christian, very much like most people I know and love. He might have been a bit milquetoast on some policy positions, but he was an incredibly effective speaker, debater, and organizer. His organization, Turning Point USA, did real yeoman’s work to reach out to people that historically have not found a ready place in the modern Republican Party: young people, blacks, Hispanics, homosexuals, etc. Kirk’s efforts likely won Pennsylvania and other key States for President Trump in 2024.
Kirk was also openly and unapologetically a Christian. He spoke boldly about his faith in Christ, and urged Americans not to be afraid, but to find strength and peace in a saving knowledge of Christ. He never, it seems, brandished his faith as a way to gain cheap political points, but espoused it sincerely, forcefully, and effectively.
His effectiveness is, likely, one part of why he was murdered. I believe that his faith had an even larger role to play.
Satan is powerful. He will lose in the end, yes—and that is why he tries to drag so many souls to Hell with him. Satan can only be in one place at a time, but his demons are many—and manifest.
His favorite tool right now seems to be the inherently atheistic, nihilistic, life-hating, angry doctrine of Cultural Marxism. Masquerading in a cloak of compassion and understanding, this woke ideology demonizes anyone that is not in complete lockstep with its ever-changing orthodoxies. Just like Satan, this ideology twists good concepts like compassion, sympathy, and health and applies them to the most wicked of goals: abortion, assisted suicide, catch-and-release policies, racial division, and on and on.
The modern Left is demonic. It promises that every person can be their own god, but all it produces is misery, emptiness, corruption, and death.
When the bullet ripped through Kirk’s neck, I am sure that Hell was rejoicing. But Christ, not Satan, Is King, and He Uses even horrible acts of evil for His Glory.
Turn away from this wicked ideology and embrace Jesus. Please—please!
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