No Culture Without God – A Reckoning After the Assassination of Charlie Kirk

I was at work when I saw the first text: Charlie Kirk has been shot. Then came another message, this time with a video of the horrific scene.

Charlie was speaking, then suddenly grabbed his neck, blood pouring as he fell backward. Trying to process what I had just seen was almost unbearable.

This was more than a tragedy. This was a shot heard around the world — the public assassination of an innocent man who dared to walk in the light of truth.

Assassinated for Being a Christian

Pure and simple, Charlie Kirk was assassinated because he was a Christian.

Not because he was a conservative — but because he was a Christian making arguments that evil could not overcome.

Charlie made arguments that most conservatives, because they are either compromised or they reject Christianity, would never make. That is why the left does not see those other conservatives as dangerous — they see them as useful allies in the culture war.

But Charlie was different. He undergirded his political arguments with a Christian worldview. His appeal was rooted in Scripture and the moral law of God, not just in pragmatic politics. That is why he was most dangerous to them — and why he had to be silenced.

People are now trying to justify his murder: “Oh, he quoted the Old Testament about stoning homosexuals.” But Charlie never called for the stoning of homosexuals.

“Oh, he said something that offended black women.” This only shows what affirmative action has become — a weapon to silence those who speak inconvenient truths.

Yes, there were times I publicly disagreed with Charlie Kirk on certain historical points — but those were minor. When it came to biblical interpretation and the moral order, Charlie was right on target.

This man was a wonderful human being, an excellent father — and the world just watched him be mowed down while others tried to justify this inhuman act.

He was assassinated for exercising his free speech — while those celebrating run around usurping God’s order, subverting our constitutional order, and calling it “freedom” and “free speech.”

Charlie’s Christian Worldview and Moral Clarity

Charlie’s worldview was 100% Christian. His convictions were rooted in his faith, but what made him so effective — and so dangerous to the enemies of truth — was that he used reason and common sense to make his case without ever compromising that Christian foundation.

He could tackle difficult subjects like abortion and never reduce the argument to mere politics.

I have said many times before: every law is religious. Every law reflects someone’s vision of right and wrong, someone’s moral standard.

Charlie instinctively knew this. And while he might not have phrased it that way, he reasoned from a common-sense perspective:

• We already have laws against murder.
• The unborn child is a person and should be protected from murder.

That was the beauty of his reasoning. He never deviated from the truth that God is the author and creator of life, and that His image-bearers must be protected. His moral arguments were framed on objective truth and objective reality — that murder is wrong because God says it is wrong.

This is what made Charlie unique: he did not just offer moral opinions; he pointed to the Creator as the standard of morality.

A Shot at the Light

Charlie Kirk was not merely a political figure. He was a Christian who challenged people to think, reason, and examine what they believed. He did this not as a politician, but as a man who took seriously the words of Jesus: “Ye shall know the truth, and the truth shall make you free” (John 8:32).

He engaged young people just as Christ and the apostles engaged their generation (Acts 17:2–3), reasoning, persuading, and planting seeds of truth.

And like Christ, who was mocked as He hung on the cross — “He saved others; himself he cannot save” (Matthew 27:42) — Charlie is mocked even in death.

When Evil Dances

The celebrations, the mocking on social media, the public cheering — none of it surprises me. Jesus warned: “Marvel not, my brethren, if the world hate you” (1 John 3:13).

But let’s be clear: no moral society should tolerate people dancing in the streets over the assassination of an innocent man. That is not free speech — that is the glorification of evil.

Scripture says, “Woe unto them that call evil good, and good evil” (Isaiah 5:20). Free speech was never meant to protect the public celebration of murder or to signal future violence. That is terror by another name.

No Boundaries for Evil

What we are witnessing is not just hatred in the moment — it is the kind of hatred that knows no boundaries.

History gives us examples of this depravity. After Oliver Cromwell’s death in 1658, his enemies exhumed his body in 1661, desecrated it, and publicly displayed it in a grotesque mock execution.

This is the mentality we face today. Some in the LGBTQ movement, radical activists, and the delusional trans movement have shown that death itself is not enough for them. They seek to erase the memory, destroy the legacy, and humiliate those they hate — even after death.

No society can survive such monstrosity. “The thief cometh not, but for to steal, and to kill, and to destroy” (John 10:10). This is the spirit we are confronting — and it must be named for what it is.

A Jacobin Reign of Terror

This is exactly the kind of godless Jacobin terror that destroyed France during its revolution — a cultural mob demanding blood under the banner of liberty.

We are now seeing this same terror foisted on the American republic under the guise of “free speech.”

Signaling that other members of the conservative movement should be targeted and killed is not free speech — it is a declaration of intent. It is a call to action for those who hate the Christian worldview and want more death.

And while I am encouraged to see young people condemning this behavior, the greater problem is that Democrat politicians and their media allies are looking for ways to throw shade, to justify, to excuse, instead of saying plainly: assassinating an innocent man is evil.

This should disturb every American. But just like they defend the dismembering of the unborn, we should not be surprised that they defend — or minimize — this.

A Culture Without God

Here is the hard truth: there is no culture we can win without God. No society can endure without the Christian religion as its moral anchor.

Many in the conservative movement believe they can compromise with sin, support lifestyles contrary to the Word of God, and still call themselves conservative. But James reminds us: “Know ye not that the friendship of the world is enmity with God?” (James 4:4).

The Bible has always been the moral foundation of this republic. John Adams said, “Our Constitution was made only for a moral and religious People. It is wholly inadequate to the government of any other.”

Western civilization will continue sinking into the abyss until we return to this truth. “Except the Lord build the house, they labour in vain that build it” (Psalm 127:1).

Our Institutions Have Failed

Our schools, our churches, our institutions — even many who call themselves Christians — have failed to be the light they were called to be (Matthew 5:14–16).

Secular humanism has hollowed out our culture. Communism, with its godless morality, has invaded our education system. Evil ideologies have turned schools into vacuums of indoctrination.

And anyone who dares to challenge the status quo is demonized, silenced, and now assassinated.

Charlie stood in that gap. He was willing to be hated because he knew the truth was worth defending. He knew that truth is not merely a set of ideas — truth is a Person. Truth is Christ (John 14:6).

Exposing the Rot in Education

Charlie Kirk exposed the rot that has been festering in America for more than 125 years.

When public school attendance became mandatory, it marked the beginning of a systematic attack on the Christian religion and the biblical worldview — the very driving force that had shaped America up to that point.

The result? Generations of citizens with empty heads, unable to think clearly or defend themselves against intellectual opposition. Western thought has been erased from the public arena. Public schooling, instead of teaching truth, has conditioned children into ideological conformity.

This empty-headedness has made students ripe for secular humanist professors, communists, and atheists — who have gone to town unshaping the minds of the next generation. Instead of learning how to think, these students are taught what to think.

When you watch Charlie speak to students on campus, you see what has gone wrong. Many of these young people are incapable of defending even the most basic worldview questions — truths they should have learned at home, in church, and in school.

Instead of education, they have been given indoctrination. Instead of developing the ability to reason, they have been trained to retort with conjecture, name-calling, and ad hominem attacks.

Charlie exposed the emptiness of the American educational system — and he could do it precisely because he only finished high school and escaped the trap. He was a well-read, well-versed man who stood outside the system that seeks to produce compliant, thoughtless citizens.

A Nation at a Moral Tipping Point

One of the greatest tragedies we are witnessing is that many in this country — even some who claim to be part of the conservative movement — have been convinced that good is evil and evil is good.

This is the tragedy of our age: people are trying to justify wrongs, dancing and celebrating because, for them, morality is whatever the crowd says it is. “Every man did that which was right in his own eyes” (Judges 21:25).

We are at a tipping point. We have governors making excuses for Charlie’s murder — it is a tragedy to hear that from the governor of Utah. We have pundits trying to say that “both sides are responsible.”

No — evil is a condition of the heart. This is not “both sides.” There is one ideology that has consistently, throughout history, caused more death and turmoil in Western society: secular humanism.

That is not to say that evil does not appear elsewhere, but we must be clear: the conservative movement, and the philosophy behind our republic, exists precisely because it understands that evil exists — and that it must be restrained.

We do not claim that this system is perfect. But in all of human history, it has been one of the best systems ever created to maintain liberty, to allow upward mobility for the poor, and to protect individual rights.

But its success hinges on our continued relationship with God. Break that relationship, and the whole system collapses.

Conservatism, the Second Amendment, and Moral Order

Some have tried to make Charlie’s death about the Second Amendment — but ask yourself, who would want to live unarmed in a world where those who hate you would celebrate your assassination?

The right to keep and bear arms was enshrined to protect free people from tyranny and violence — and we are seeing both today. Calls to disarm in the face of this hatred are calls to make honest people defenseless.

Yes, there are some trying to talk about “violence on the right,” as though this moment were about conservatives being dangerous. But let’s remind America: conservatism built this nation.

True conservatism is not about supporting godless ideologies that turn God’s order upside down. It does not claim to be the cure for all evil — that day is reserved for the second coming of Christ (Revelation 21:4–5).

But conservatism rooted in Christian morality is about preserving liberty, justice, and order. It is about ensuring that the republic remains a place where truth can be spoken without fear of an assassin’s bullet.

A Moment of Reckoning

This assassination is not just a personal loss — it is a national reckoning.

America, we have allowed communists and godless secular humanists to twist our Constitution into a weapon against its very foundation. Our lawyers and judges have played games with the law while our moral order collapses.

This must be dealt with quickly and severely. Not with mob vengeance, but with lawful, decisive justice. If we fail to act, we signal to future assassins that Christian lives are cheap and free speech is meaningless.

Call to Prayer and Action

I pray for Charlie’s wife and children — that they may be clothed with the peace of Christ (Philippians 4:7). I pray for strength, courage, and clarity for America (2 Chronicles 7:14).

But prayer must lead to action. Christ warned that those who stand for the gospel will be hated (John 15:18–19). This is the cost of discipleship.

This is not the time to retreat. This is the time to shine. “Have no fellowship with the unfruitful works of darkness, but rather reprove them” (Ephesians 5:11).

Charlie’s voice has been silenced — but his mission must not be.

A Final Word

America, this is the moment to stand. Silence is surrender.

No free people can tolerate terror masquerading as free speech. Signaling for death is not liberty — it is war on truth, and it must be answered with courage, justice, and light.

If we do not recover courage, we will lose both our culture and our republic. Let us honor Charlie Kirk not only with words but with action — by reclaiming the public square, by speaking truth without compromise, and by shining the light of Christ in this dark hour.