On Sept.10, Charlie Kirk was speaking at an outdoor event, discussing mass shootings in the U.S., with an attendee, when a single shot rang out, striking Kirk. I doubt if a day has passed since there was not some media reference to this senseless violence.
This murder was not just a political moment, it is being experienced as a human moment, an attack on the sanctity of life. I can’t remember experiencing anything like this, capturing the emotional and civic attention of so many. Someone made this assessment: Evil and wrath triumphed in that moment, and the dignity of the human person was betrayed.
I have a book at the publisher now, God Shaves With a Borrowed Razor, that speaks powerfully to our time and events like these. It holds several reflections on God’s sovereignty and human freedom. The title comes from the account of God using a pagan king in punishing the unfaithfulness of his people, Israel.
Through tears, Charlie’s wife, Erika, said she forgives her husband’s accused assassin. She predicted that thousands of new chapters of her husband’s organization would be created and that the campus events that Kirk had organized would continue.
Director of National Intelligence Tulsi Gabbard praised Charlie Kirk as a “warrior” protecting freedom of speech, saying his voice is now “louder than ever” despite those who she said tried to “silence” him.
God shaves with a borrowed razor. The Christian revelation is that God does not cause our suffering or get rid of it; He uses it for our good and His glory.
