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Musicetc.org. I'm still pondering why so many were so profoundly affected by the assassination of Charlie Kirk.

It certainly has something to do with the fact

that many of us watched it happen almost in real time in that unfiltered way that only

social media and the internet can provide, but there has to be more to it than just the shock

of seeing a man shot in cold blood. It has in some ways, in some ways, galvanized what Kirk was attempting to do in life,

which was gathering people together, having honest, open conversations without a compromise of the truth.

Is it too much to say because he was also a very bold Christian witness

that Charlie Kirk was a martyr. Welcome back to Issues, Et cetera. I'm Todd Wilkin,

joining us for some pastoral reflections on the assassination of Charlie Kirk. Pastor Hans Feeney,

he's pastor of Prince of Peace, Lutheran Church in St. Louis.

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