Charlie's death, aftermath in pursuit. September 24th, 2025.

Introduction. In the aftermath of the murderous assassination of Charlie Kirk and in light of the moving memorial of his life this last Sunday, there are a number of things

that still need to be said. Some of them are brand new, and others will be said by way of salty

reminder. What I say below will have a common theme that will tie them all together, but will not

be part of one sustained argument. It is rather a collection of distinct observations that were

provoked by the same event.

I want to talk about various aspects of an American transformation that now appears to be underway,

a hot reality that was precipitated by a very cold murder.

A few personal words about Charlie.

Charlie was courageous, and he was a true man.

His was a very masculine courage. In his book Orthodoxy,

Chesterton summarized this principle of courage nicely. Quote, courage is almost a contradiction in terms.

It means a strong desire to live, taking the form of a readiness to die.

Charlie took the initiative. He went into the arena. He did not build an impressively large

organization so that he might sit through endless board meetings doodling on a yellow legal pad.

As I said, he went into the arena. He was not the first Christian to surrender his life in that

arena, and he most certainly won't be the last. And this man, the best of us, was a product of

broad evangelicalism. Think about that for a

minute. When the devil went after us, he went after the dangerous one, and the dangerous one came

from quite an unexpected place. And so I would urge all the brothers who do their theology,

the way Mary Poppins cleans up nurseries, Spitspot, to remember that Charlie had more active

Kiperianism in his little finger than the scores of edge lords who love typing instead

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