Isaac Guess

Saved by grace, father of 5, pastor, married way up, marathoner, basketball junkie, in a word- blessed

[Dan Wetzel @DanWetzel]

This is GFed's most important work yet ... he tours the hotel in Memphis that NBA players complain about.

[Breaking911 @Breaking911]

🚨 🚨 🚨 TRUMP: “WE GOT HIM!” WE WILL NEVER LEAVE AN AMERICAN WARFIGHTER BEHIND!”

[Drew Hill @DrewHill_DM]

Column: He's a Memphis March Madness success story -- and a tremendous example of this community's power.

From the Mt. Moriah police precinct courts to the NCAA Tournament: https://t.co/nsW8p5F04I

[Denny Burk @DennyBurk]

I can’t even begin to express what Ben Sasse’s testimony has meant to me since his cancer diagnosis in December.

He’s a living, breathing testament to the power of God in the gospel. Hallelujah.

Watch all of this.
@BenSasse, @UncKnowledge, @P_M_Robinson

[John Varlas @johnvarlas]

You can add David Abram of MHEA to the list of talented local kids in the 2028 class. He’s really good.

[Denny Burk @DennyBurk]

No frenemies to the right?
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We must defend truth and oppose moral evil, even if it means criticizing the home team.
https://t.co/9oDBs0mPZQ

[WORLD @WNGdotorg]

We must defend truth and oppose moral evil, even if it means criticizing the home team, @DennyBurk writes.

"Conservatism is about conserving the good, the beautiful, and the true."
https://t.co/0tWlSgXOOr

[Tom Ascol @tomascol @tomascol]

As I await my flight home from seeing Voddie’s family an announcement in @DFWAirport says “all are welcome” to a “prayer service” in the chapel. With broken heart I went hoping maybe Scripture would at least be read. Instead I found this & was denied access. Imam-led Salah.

[Tom Ascol @tomascol @tomascol]

Many have asked how they can help the Baucham family. I have spent time with them today and Bridget is full of faith as she grieves Voddie’s death. A fund has been established to help care for their family in the years ahead. Consider giving to help.

https://t.co/s3CxDSpXSp

[Kelsey Piper @KelseyTuoc]

wrote today about how even if you've heard of Mississippi's surge in reading scores, you're probably underestimating it:

[The Wall Street Journal @WSJ]

Speaking at Charlie Kirk’s memorial, Erika Kirk said of her husband’s shooter: “I forgive him.”

Read more about the service: https://t.co/gJ07Y4W2jg

[Andrew T. Walker @AndrewTWalker]

Someone, somewhere at the New York Times is currently drafting a column expressing “concern” about Christian Nationalism on display at Kirk’s memorial, and how such ostentatious displays of public Christianity are offensive to Pakistani drag queens.

[JD Vance @JDVance]

A while ago, probably in 2017, I appeared on Tucker Carlson's Fox show to talk about God knows what. Afterwards a name I barely knew sent me a DM on twitter and told me I did a great job. It was Charlie Kirk, and that moment of kindness began a friendship that lasted until today.

Charlie was fascinated by ideas and always willing to learn and change his mind. Like me, he was skeptical of Donald Trump in 2016. Like me, he came to see President Trump as the only figure capable of moving American politics away from the globalism that had dominated for our entire lives. When others were right, he learned from them. When he was right--as he usually was--he was generous. With Charlie, the attitude was never, "I told you so." But: "welcome."

Charlie was one of the first people I called when I thought about running for senate in early 2021. I was interested but skeptical there was a pathway. We talked through everything, from the strategy to the fundraising to the grassroots of the movement he knew so well. He introduced me to some of the people who would run my campaign and also to Donald Trump Jr. "Like his dad, he's misunderstood. He's extremely smart, and very much on our wavelength." Don took a call from me because Charlie asked him too.

Long before I ever committed (even in my mind) to running, Charlie had me speak to his donors at a TPUSA event. He walked me around the room and introduced me. He gave me honest feedback on my remarks. He had no reason to do this, no expectation that I'd go anywhere. I was polling, at that point, well below 5 percent. He did it because we were friends, and because he was a good man.

When I became the VP nominee--something Charlie advocated for both in public and private--Charlie was there for me. I was so glad to be part of the president's team, but candidly surprised by the effect it had on our family. Our kids, especially our oldest, struggled with the attention and the constant presence of the protective detail. I felt this acute sense of guilt, that I had conscripted my kids into this life without getting their permission. And Charlie was constantly calling and texting, checking on our family and offering guidance and prayers. Some of our most successful events were organized not by the campaign, but by TPUSA. He wasn't just a thinker, he was a doer, turning big ideas into bigger events with thousands of activists. And after every event, he would give me a big hug, tell me he was praying for me, and ask me what he could do. "You focus on Wisconsin," he'd tell me. "Arizona is in the bag." And it was.

Charlie genuinely believed in and loved Jesus Christ. He had a profound faith. We used to argue about Catholicism and Protestantism and who was right about minor doctrinal questions. Because he loved God, he wanted to understand him.

Someone else pointed out that Charlie died doing what he loved: discussing ideas. He would go into these hostile crowds and answer their questions. If it was a friendly crowd, and a progressive asked a question to jeers from the audience, he'd encourage his fans to calm down and let everyone speak. He exemplified a foundational virtue of our Republic: the willingness to speak openly and debate ideas.

Charlie had an uncanny ability to know when to push the envelope and when to be more conventional. I've seen people attack him for years for being wrong on this or that issue publicly, never realizing that privately he was working to broaden the scope of acceptable debate.

He was a great family man. I was talking to President Trump in the Oval Office today, and he said, "I know he was a very good friend of yours." I nodded silently, and President Trump observed that Charlie really loved his family. The president was right. Charlie was so proud of Erika and the two kids. He was so happy to be a father. And he felt such gratitude for having found a woman of God with whom he could build a family.

Charlie Kirk was a true friend. The kind of guy you could say something to and know it would always stay with him. I am on more than a few group chats with Charlie and people he introduced me to over the years. We celebrate weddings and babies, bust each other's chops, and mourn the loss of loved ones. We talk about politics and policy and sports and life. These group chats include people at the very highest level of our government. They trusted him, loved him, and knew he'd always have their backs. And because he was a true friend ,you could instinctively trust the people Charlie introduced you to. So much of the success we've had in this administration traces directly to Charlie's ability to organize and convene. He didn't just help us win in 2024, he helped us staff the entire government.

I was in a meeting in the West Wing when those group chats started lighting up with people telling Charlie they were praying for him. And that's how I learned the news that my friend had been shot. I prayed a lot over the next hour, as first good news and then bad trickled in.

God didn't answer those prayers, and that's OK. He had other plans. And now that Charlie is in heaven, I'll ask him to talk to big man directly on behalf of his family, his friends, and the country he loved so dearly.

You ran a good race, my friend.

We've got it from here.

[Colin J. Smothers @colinsmo]

You may feel at a loss as to what you can do personally in response to such abject evil. Do this:

-Pray.
-Go to church.
-Get plugged in deep.
-And then build Christian community that emanates far beyond the church doors.

-Let's make this a Turning Point.

[Memphis Women's Basketball @MemphisWBB]

We are deeply saddened to hear of the passing of former head coach Joye Lee-McNelis.

Joye changed the lives of so many Memphis student-athletes and staff, and she will be dearly missed.

[Justin Morgan @Justinmorgan_15]

Truly blessed to have played for Murray State. Wish I had the chance to finish my last year but still have so much love for this place! Thankful for everything! Proverbs 3:5-6

[Isaac Guess @GuessIsaac]

@CoachChearis @johnvarlas @CourtneyHoops90 @GCSportsWriter @memphispreps @preps_sun @ChuckLawson901 @MajorPrepSports @wynstonw_ @west10sports Well deserved. Starting to see some gray in that hair!

[Nick Freitas @NickJFreitas]

It’s hard to hear…but if she is brave enough to let her story be told, we should have brave enough to give her a hearing.

[Isaac Guess @GuessIsaac]

@MHEA_Basketball moves to 22-4 with a 76-49 win over Pure Youth. @hooperSean2x with 31 on 10-14 from 3! @johnvarlas @PrepHoopsTN @wynstonw_ @ChuckLawson901 @CourtneyHoops90

[John Varlas @johnvarlas]

Ballgame. MASE wins its first title in program history, 36-14 over South Pitt. What a moment for those kids.