Posts Tagged With: Charlie Kirk

Online Course and Resource Update; Prayer Always Needed

I presented two great opportunities to you in my August 14 post. Here’s an update.

My Bible study, A Traveler’s Guide through Suffering and Joy, is still on sale, but the price has risen, so now you can buy 2 books for the price of one rather than three. Still a great deal.

My second opportunity presented was about an online class I planned to start this fall. It is being delayed. Here is what’s up:

I am working with a tech man to help me update my website, hoping to add some printable resources and video recordings. I think that’s all I’ll be able to handle this fall, and I will let you know when they are uploaded on my website for you to use and share.  I will also let you know when we’ll be ready to proceed with the online class/community in which we’ll travel through the Bible study. Please pray over all of this! Thank you!!

New Season Of Prayer

Is there ever a time not to pray? No! The time is always now (I Thes. 5:17). There is no doubt that the Holy Spirit is wooing and moving, as He did over the formless void of the watery, deep darkness in Genesis 1:2. Let us pray in agreement with the Spirit.

Lord, through the darkness of Charlie Kirk’s martyrdom, we hear Your voice exclaiming, “Let there be light,” and You are banishing darkness from hearts now softened through the light of the gospel proclaimed by Charlie and by Christ-followers around the globe. Here we are, Lord! Send us. Use us. Connect us. Bring healing through Christ’s death for us and His resurrection, as one, two, tens, thousands, and millions call to You.

“All who call upon the name of the Lord shall be saved” (Romans 10:13), for “if you confess with your mouth Jesus as Lord, and believe in your heart that

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How Can We Make Sense of the Senseless? (Podcast interview at end)

Consider two September days, separated by twenty-four years. September 11, 2001 (9/11) with the loss of some 3000 people. Then, the assassination of Charlie Kirk on September 10, 2025.

Charlie wanted to be remembered first for his faith in Jesus Christ.  On this foundation he built his life as well as his work as a conservative influencer, founding Turning Point USA at the age of 18. Lethally shot, Charlie (a mere 31) left a beautiful wife and two little ones, the ages of my youngest grandchildren. His life’s race is completed.

I have heard people refer to these tragedies as senseless. I think they mean they are acts of injustice. The 3,000 lives lost were innocent victims. Charlie was an innocent victim. Thus, terrorism is senseless, but of course, we know there is some sense (logic, reason, however unhinged or demonic) behind the violence. So, we ask, “Why?” We ask, “How do I make sense of the senseless?”

This reminds me of an ancient story, providing us a wider perspective plus some balm for grieving hearts. Continue reading

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