HOW GOD USED CHARLIE KIRK’S MEMORIAL FOR GLORY AND THE GOSPEL

Wretched Radio with Todd Friel

Fortis Institute

Religion, Christianity, Religion & Spirituality

4.9 • 3.1K Ratings

🗓️ 22 September 2025

⏱️ 55 minutes

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Summary

Segment 1

• Charlie Kirk’s memorial pleasantly shocked man who heard hours of Christ-exalting preaching.

• Sin, repentance, and the gospel were actually spoken from the stage.

• Rob McCoy set the tone: the guest of honor was the King of kings.

Segment 2

• Frank Turek gave a bold, gospel-centered proclamation—Charlie is in heaven only because of Christ’s sacrifice.

• Even political figures like Marco Rubio clearly pointed people to Jesus.

• Memorial wasn’t just about Charlie—it was about the Savior he served.

Segment 3

• Tucker Carlson showed genuine hunger for Christianity but mixed in politics that need clarity.

• He highlighted that repentance, not politics, is the starting point for answers.

• Other high-profile voices (RFK Jr., Donald Trump Jr.) also mentioned Jesus, surprising many.

Segment 4

• The widow Erika Kirk delivered the most Christ-saturated message of all.

• Her words cut deep: “Charlie wanted to do God’s will” and “Choose Christ above all.”

• She even extended forgiveness to the man who killed her husband—radical love on display.

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0:00.0	Richard Radio begins in three, two, one.
0:09.2	What is the Bible? Who wrote the Bible?
0:11.2	The church will continue to be even more irrelevant when it quotes letters from 2,000 years ago.
0:16.6	Jesus loves me, this I know, for the Bible tells me so, is where our trouble began.
0:21.7	This sounds to me like the voice of someone who really has an appalling ignorance of what the Bible says about itself and what Jesus said about it.
0:30.0	It's time for Wretched Radio with Todd Friel.
0:33.2	Should we be cheering or criticizing the Charlie Kirk Memorial?
0:40.5	This is Rretched Radio.
0:44.3	It was unlike anything I have ever witnessed on national television.
0:50.7	Think back to the funeral of a president, a good one, a bad one, otherwise.
0:56.5	How much time was dedicated on national TV to talking about Jesus Christ?
1:02.1	And I'm not talking about in generalities.
1:05.2	I'm talking about with specificity.
1:07.9	Using words like sin, repentance, forgiveness.
1:13.4	When was the last time you saw a national event
1:18.7	where Jesus Christ was in the spotlight for hours
1:24.6	until the last speaker?
1:27.3	I mean, he was just central to all of it. Yeah, there was
1:30.0	political talk and there were accolades for Charlie's boldness and his interaction with students.
1:36.9	No, there was that, but there was so much emphasis on Jesus Christ and what motivated him to do what he did.
1:47.4	There was talk about the importance of marriage, having children, free speech, free religion.
1:55.3	They're kind of intertwined.
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