The Weekly Perspective
by Burke Shade, Associate Pastor
If you do any reading on the assassin of Charlie Kirk, it’s not long before you start reading about the markings on the bullet casings, his dark web subculture, The Groyper Army, Black Pill culture, etc. He is surely a representative of an angry, lonely, and anchor-less subculture that believes there is no future for men, mankind, or the world, and that cultures and institutions are irreformable. Hence, their focus is tearing down and destroying because that is all there is to do; there is no hope for the future. If you hate God, you love death and destruction.
This is where you come in! You are a bright light of hope for these lonely, dislocated and disillusioned people! In Jesus, you have hope, having been “born again to a living hope through the resurrection of Jesus Christ from the dead…” In Jesus you have joy, because “by God’s power your are guarded through faith for a salvation ready to be revealed…” You have community, being united to other believers through God’s word, worship, baptism, the Lord’s Supper, and fellowship where all are fed by his grace and kindness. Having your eyes fixed on Jesus the Lord of America and the world, you have purpose and peace.
That’s what Charlie’s assassin and all his friends, associates, and fellow unbelievers need, but desperately lack. This is not a conflict between left and right, liberal and conservative, generation X versus generation XX; it is a conflict between believers in Christ and believers in self or Satan or nothing at all.
So as you enjoy the life of a Christian that has hope and joy and love and family, look around and invite these unbelievers into your life and home, and especially to worship. Listen and speak the truth, with kindness and boldness, for you alone, of all the peoples on the planet, have the soul-satisfying answers!