Let me be honest. I wanted to stay Muslim so badly.
Not even because of God at first, but because of the life attached to it.
My dad’s businesses were waiting for me. Signed and ready.
My mom’s community. Doctors, lawyers, politicians. Connections everywhere.
Success was laid out in front of me.
There was even an arranged marriage lined up. A doctor. Beautiful future. House. Wedding. Stability.
All I had to do was say one sentence:
“Yeah, I still believe.”
That was it.
Keep the money.
Keep the family approval.
Keep the life.
But here’s what ruined it for me:
I could not unsee Jesus.
Once I really read the Quran and compared it to the Gospel, I couldn’t force myself back into pretending.
And honestly, knowledge becomes heavy at that point.
Because I didn’t leave Islam to rebel.
I left because I could not betray what I believed was true.
No business opportunity, no relationship, no comfortable future was worth denying the King who gave His life for me.
So yeah, my life would have been easier if I stayed.
But when Jesus says, “I am the way,” you don’t answer with, “But the other path feels safer.”
You pick up your cross and walk.
The Roman Catholic backlash to @gavinortlund and @WesleyLHuff has been instructive. Both men are irenic, careful, and respectful in how they address what they believe are errors in Roman Catholic doctrine. Yet both have drawn deeply personal attacks for their apologetic work. This raises an important question many Protestants are asking: why do thoughtful, respectful critiques of Roman Catholicism often provoke such a visceral response?
The visceral reaction many Catholics have when Rome is challenged makes sense once we understand the Roman Catholic system. Rome is not merely one church among others in their theology. It is the visible institution possessing the fullness of the means of salvation, the sacramental economy, the authentic interpretation of Scripture and Tradition, and the Petrine office of universal authority. Therefore, to challenge Rome is not received as a mere doctrinal disagreement. Rather, it is received as an attack on the what they believe is the very structure by which Christ supposedly teaches, governs, absolves, and saves.
In contrast, Protestants are less threatened by challenges to a particular church tradition because Protestantism, at its best, does not locate salvation in institutional submission. The Baptist does not need the Baptist church to be indefectible. The Presbyterian does not need every presbytery to be incapable of grave error. The Lutheran does not need Wittenberg to be the necessary center of visible unity. Protestants argue fiercely, but their assurance rests finally in Christ’s finished work received by faith, not in the claim that one visible hierarchy or institution uniquely dispenses the fullness of saving grace.
That is the real issue: Rome’s authority claims make historical criticism an existential threat. Protestantism can admit that church history is messy because the visible Church is always in need of reform. Protestants can also recognize ambiguity in the historical record and draw reasoned conclusions that differ from others without collapsing the faith. Rome cannot do this so easily. If too much historical complexity is admitted, Rome’s claim to be the indefectible guardian and interpreter of the apostolic deposit begins to weaken. History must produce clear answers because Rome must show that she has always taught what she now requires believers to confess—whether baptismal regeneration, Eucharistic transubstantiation, or papal supremacy. If the historical record shows change, ambiguity, contradiction, or later accretion rather than apostolic continuity, the entire sacerdotal system is threatened.
So when a Roman Catholic lashes out at a protestant theologian or historian who is making an argument that runs counter to the approved narrative, the issue is often deeper than the topic being debated. The Protestant is arguing about history or doctrine. The Catholic may feel that their whole edifice of certainty, grace, authority, and salvation is being pulled down. And in a sense, the Catholic is right to feel critical importance of the stakes. If Rome is wrong about herself, then she is not merely wrong about secondary matters. She is wrong about the very place she has assigned herself between Christ and the believer.
Those who stayed silent while the Islamic Republic slaughtered tens of thousands of innocent Iranians don’t get to suddenly discover their “anti-war” principles today.
You don’t get to ignore our dead and then condemn those who confront the regime.
The majority of Iranians want this regime gone and support Israel and the United States's actions.
And I'm saying this as someone who has family in Iran.
#IranRevoIution2026
I needed time to process what happened on Oct 28, because it was beyond reason.
My father, Pastor Son, appeared in court wearing a prison uniform after being jailed for over 50 days.
The prosecutor, despite being asked multiple times by the defense, failed to present even a single piece of evidence.
Not ONE.
The hearing ended in just 15 minutes, yet the judge postponed the next trial for another month, meaning my father will have been detained for nearly 80 days without a single charge proven.
The judge even excused the prosecutor, saying, “They must be busy,” as if this were normal.
A pastor who has served the same church for 33 years, preaching to 10,000 worshipers on Sundays, is treated as a criminal for speaking biblical truth and standing for freedom.
This is not justice.
This is persecution.
This is political retaliation.
We need your prayers, we need you to have the word out there.🙏🏽
Charlie Kirk wasn’t the only member of the body of Christ who was m*rdered on Sept 10,2025
This man’s name is Assur and he’s from Syria but lived in France. He preached Christ boldly in love to Muslims from his wheelchair and was st@bbed to death by a Muslim the same day Charlie was m*rdered.
The world didn’t know his name but our God did. See you soon, brother.
Now you know his name 🩷👇🏻
What you don’t see in the published version of this debate is my first opponent approaching me and saying, “I’m so sorry about your friend Charlie.”
It was the day before his memorial. This sincere gesture set the tone.
I had already made it my aim to disarm them with kindness, but the truth is, many of them disarmed me, too.
I’ve seen a lot of people say this was different than other Jubilee debates. Everyone felt that in the moment — even the producers, who are progressive, said so.
You’ll just have to believe me when I tell you the Holy Spirit was there. And while all the credit goes to Jesus, I have to thank Charlie for how he coached me before this debate and how, even in death, he helped bring honor to Jesus.
…there is no linear blueprint for grief. One day you’re collapsed on the floor crying out the name Jesus in between labored breaths. The next you’re playing with your children in the living room, surrounded by family photos, and feeling a rush of something you can only attempt to define as divinely planted and bittersweet joy as a smile breaks through on your face.
They say time heals. But love doesn’t ask to be healed. Love asks to be remembered. It’s humbling to realize that this magnitude of suffering didn’t steal my love for my husband. It amplified it. It crystallized it.
I carry my Charlie in every breath, in every ache, and in every quiet act of day to day living as I attempt to relearn what that rhythm will be.
And what I’ve realized through these past 30 days is the greater the suffering, the purer the love. And I have never loved him more than I do now.
Pastor Rob McCoy is speaking live tonight at 9:30 pm EDT from Pusan Segeyro Church of Pastor Hyun Bo Song who was arrested by the Korean Prosecutors in a church crackdown.
Here is a photo of imprisoned Pastor Hyun Bo Song and Charlie Kirk during Charlies only visit to Korea in which he came to defend Religious Liberty and send a message to US Secretary of State Marco Rubio about a crisis in Korea. Also, a photo of Pastor Rob McCoy at the Charlie Kirk memorial.
Over the past several months I have grappled with religion. I have been agnostic my entire adult life. At 14 I left god behind and became a militant atheist, arguing online about religion.
As I got older, I stopped caring - I stopped using the word “atheist” and began using the word “agnostic” as I began to believe again in something higher. This year I took two trips to the holy land, and encountered two near impossible coincidences that brought me even closer.
When Charlie was murdered I went to Church for the first time in my adult life. I began praying again. I spoke with my Christian friends, and about a week ago I prayed and accepted Jesus. I repented for denying him, and since I have prayed almost every night before I have gone to sleep. This video was filmed the day after I began praying again.
I’ve also began working on remolding my life into one that more closely reflects what I believe god would want. I am not a biblical expert - and I haven’t read most of the verses. That’s the next step, I have however seen the verses that I do know come to life in the places they happened when I went to Israel.
This photo was taken the day before my dad was put behind bars in front of Segero Church.
Dang, I miss him a lot.
When will we be allowed to freely take selfies again?
I call upon all of our supporters to stop the violence against innocent beer cans.
And I call upon all left wing radicals to stop inciting violence against innocent people.
Preparing to prepare today’s radio/podcast. Psalms have been speaking to me lately. I feel so lost sometimes. Life is constant change and it seems so easy to slip behind the wave. “Then I said, “here I am, I have come - it is written about me in the scroll. I desire to do your will my God. Your law is within my heart.”
At my father Pastor Son’s detention review yesterday, the court ignored the facts:
• No risk of destroying evidence (all on video on YouTube)
• No risk of flight, he has served the same church & city for 33 years
Instead, the judge compared him to traitor Lee Wan-yong (from Japanese colonization) & labeled him ‘far-right’, for speaking against the LGBTQ+ agenda pushed by Democrats and leading peaceful prayer rallies for freedom.
This is not justice. It is political persecution and religious oppression.
Where would he have fled to? leaving behind the church members, next generation and the family?
He genuinely loved and dedicated for the next generation’s biblical education.
ONE OF CHARLIE KIRK'S FINAL PROMISES: Make the world know the name of Pastor Sun Hyun-bo, who was arrested for speaking out against the new South Korean regime.
Charlie was killed before he could fulfill that promise. But Charlie’s pastor @robmccoyus calls on America to pick up that torch:
“Charlie said to [Pastor Son], ‘if you’re arrested, I’m going to call the Secretary of State. If he answers, I’m going to make sure he hears this. I’m going to do everything I can to get attention to this.’
I would say, ‘President Trump, you gave Korea 15% tariffs. If they’re going to be raiding churches and imprisoning pastors and threatening the equivalent of Turning Point in Korea, I think 15% is WAY TOO LOW.’”
NC BOY: "I skipped school today. I was wondering if I could get a picture with you."
VP: "I guess you gotta have some excuse to skip school, might as well be a photo with Henry."