It's Tuesday, September 16, 2025. I'm Albert Moller, and this is the briefing, a daily analysis of

news and events from a Christian worldview. Events are happening very fast. Headlines are spreading,

and interpretations are spreading as well. It is incumbent upon Christians. It's a part of

our responsibility to try to understand these things rightly and to know the signs of the times

and to understand what really is going on. And the Wall Street Journal just in recent days ran a piece

with a headline, Charlie Kirk's death unites a global right that sees its movement

under siege. Vera Bergen-Gruin is the reporter, and I think this is a big story. I think this is

one of those headlines that deserves some attention. We are told that the assassination of Charlie

Kirk, quote, unites a global right, that is global conservatism that sees this movement under siege.

Now, she goes on to talk about why this is the case, and it's not just the assassination of

Charlie Kirk in this country that has significance. It is also significant actions being taken

elsewhere. You have conservatives in many countries being arrested for what amounts to hate speech

or thought crimes. You do have a cancel culture very much in place. And this is something that has,

of course, arisen to conservative attention long ago. And in this sense, we just need to understand

that when you have conservative use in this phrase,

Christian is also very much associated, because, for instance, so many of these things have to do with any kind of negative statement about, say, transgender identity. And so if you dare to speak out

against the legitimacy of transgender claims, then you're going to be accused of hate speech.

And you also see the fact that across much of Europe, you have a resurgent conservative energy among the electorate,

but in nations like Germany, you have the very real threat that the prevailing government is

simply going to disqualify conservative parties from participating in the political equation.

That same thing is not possible in the United States, but there are other efforts to try

to shut down conservative speech. The assassination of Charlie Kirk clearly has been one of those

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