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The WallBuilders Show

The Legacy of Charlie Kirk: A Life Cut Short, A Movement Ignited

The WallBuilders Show

Tim Barton, David Barton & Rick Green

Wallbuilders Show, Education, Constitutional, Church, Christianity, History, Conservative, America, Family, Christian, Biblical, Religion & Spirituality, Wallbuilders.show, Government, News, Politics

4.82.2K Ratings

🗓️ 11 September 2025

⏱️ 27 minutes

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Summary

September 11, 2025 marks not only the anniversary of 9/11 but now the day after Charlie Kirk's assassination—a profound loss that has shaken the conservative movement and faith communities across America. Charlie, martyred at just 31 years old while speaking to students in Utah, lived a life of extraordinary impact that far exceeded what most accomplish in decades of public service. The shocking news reached us during a pastor's briefing in Washington DC, transforming what should have been a...

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0:00.0

It is September 11th, 2025 here on the Wall Builder Show.

0:12.6

A tough show to do today, guys.

0:14.3

This is not only the anniversary, of course, of 9-11, but good friend, all three of us, Charlie Kirk,

0:24.7

a martyr yesterday. I don't even know what the right word is. Murdered, assassinated. I think martyred is the correct word. And so a lot to discuss. It's early in the morning on 9-11, as far as we

0:32.5

know at this point. The shooter has not been, the murderer has not been apprehended. Maybe by the time this program

0:38.6

airs, that will have happened. But the guys in incredible life in 31 years, Charlie had more of an

0:46.1

impact than the next thousand guys in 80 years of each life. And so we're thankful to have

0:52.3

served with him. He died doing what he loves and standing up for

0:56.8

the truths of Christ. And, you know, the fact that he was staring the gospel right there in front of all

1:01.7

those students in Utah, just like he does every time and put in his life at risk, knowing that his

1:06.4

security team, even right there around him can only do so much. He knew about all the death threats,

1:12.7

and yet he was always willing to be courageous in his faith, and that's what he wanted to be

1:16.0

remembered for. Yeah, it's something that, you know, as we've navigated this, when we found out

1:21.7

about it yesterday, we actually, my dad and I were up in Washington, D.C. We were in the middle

1:26.0

of the pastor's briefing. We were in the middle of a pastor's briefing.

1:33.1

We were inviting the next speaker up, Congressman Eric Berluson from Missouri.

1:40.3

And as he was coming up, he said, guys, I just got word that Charlie Kirk was just shot.

1:46.2

And in the room of pastors, there were several pastors connected to Turning Point Faith,

1:52.3

which, of course, all of us have done stuff with Turning Point Faith with Charlie Kirk. And things outside of that, we've known Charlie for a lot of years. But it was a really somber time

2:00.0

there for the pastor's briefing. next several congressmen we had some

2:03.8

that couldn't come because some committees but some that were having to navigate conversations

2:10.6

and on the phone with you know whoever knows what kind of intelligence or FBI or whoever was,

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