Woke up this morning to really distressing news. Charlie Kirk, aged 31, was a fine Christian debater who took the Christian message (as well as his politics) to University campus's where, although abused and mocked, he presented his arguments with respect, kindness, reason and intelligence. He was doing this last night at the University of Utah - where he was shot. President Trump just announced that he has died. Having tried to do what Charlie did (to a much lesser extent) I know how hard it is to go into those kind of hostile environments and not be intimidated. I admired him enormously. I watched him at the Cambridge Union graciously dismantle an arrogant young man who thought he had all the indisputable anti-Christian arguments. It was a master class.
What a mess America is in (according to a recent survey one third of students in elite universities in the US think violence is justified to silence 'bad' speech).....and what a sick world we live in. (there are already people on social media (and in the MSM) who have been excusing and even celebrating his death. Charlie has his reward. We pray for his young family. The rest of us can only cry - "how long, O Lord, how long'?