Where Was God When Charlie Kirk Got Shot?
The 9941 Podcast
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🗓️ 22 September 2025
⏱️ 59 minutes
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Summary
This week, Granger and AntMan wrestle with a hard question: where is God when tragedy strikes? The conversation centers on the recent shooting of Charlie Kirk and how moments like this stir up doubts and fears. They look to Scripture for examples of suffering and persecution, and talk honestly about why God allows evil in a broken world.
Granger shares how our response to pain reveals what we truly believe about God’s character. AntMan adds perspective on how easy it is to seek quick answers, but how the Bible calls us to trust even when life doesn’t make sense. Together, they remind listeners that God has not abandoned us, even in times of chaos.
The episode is both sobering and hopeful, pointing us back to the truth that faith is not about avoiding hardship but about holding on to Christ when everything else feels uncertain.
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| 0:00.0 | Good email came in, and I think it's one of these questions that we could hear and we could think |
| 0:05.3 | that maybe it's a little immature, maybe it's a little stupid, but in the back of our minds, all of us want it answered. |
| 0:12.3 | And it could apply this to any kind of evil or suffering. |
| 0:15.3 | And the question is this, specifically in this context, where was God when Charlie Kirk got assassinated? |
| 0:24.6 | Let's unpack this on this episode. |
| 0:37.3 | Back on the podcast, man the most consistent guest i have these days sometimes and i said that |
| 0:45.9 | on purpose because sometimes people say you and your co-host well maybe and then i thought maybe i |
| 0:52.1 | don't say his name enough the ant man is with me me. And then that feels weird. Why do you call him that? Then it goes, yeah. Your name's Anthony, but that's no fun. No, it, no, that's good. You always felt, because it started in radio. It started radio, yeah. And Anthony feels like a mouthful to say on the radio oh okay i got it and once my very first |
| 1:15.6 | job i was a a morning show producer and the morning show host just started calling me aunt man i was like |
| 1:23.8 | well that's way easier to say yeah i, I like it. End up using it. |
| 1:34.3 | So here we are discussing another topic, another category of the same topic, I should say. |
| 1:46.1 | And the reason I said it because we covered on Yee podcast, we covered it on the Smith, of course, extensively on social media, but we're back to these charlie kirk things you got an email and that's that's why we're going to address this yes and i think it's |
| 1:49.9 | important so let's dive into this it's been a big uh been a big week week and a half since uh yeah and so |
| 1:57.1 | uh a lot of questions but i thought and this is so, and it fits kind of how we do the podcast. |
| 2:04.0 | It said, I've got a question for you, Granger. |
| 2:05.7 | It's been weighing on me. |
| 2:07.3 | Where was God when Charlie Kirk got shot? |
| 2:12.1 | It's hard to make sense of something like this. |
| 2:14.2 | And I'd love to hear your perspective on how we can trust God in moments |
| 2:17.7 | that feels so dark. Thanks, Brian. Yeah. And totally normal question to think. And it's funny because |
| 2:29.3 | we're doing a show on this today. And's a question that probably i'm assuming most people |
| 2:36.2 | they think about it but i don't want to ask it because it kind of sounds stupid maybe maybe there's |
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