Meditations on
Staying In the Grace for Today
September 29, 2025
Arise From Your Life in Christ
“Let your bearing
for one another arise out of your life in Christ Jesus”
(Philippians 2:5, The New English Bible, 1961)
Soon after Charlie Kirk was martyred for Christ on September 10, Catholic Bishop Robert Barron wrote this:
“I first met Charlie
Kirk about four years ago when I was in Phoenix for a speaking engagement. He
reached out and invited me to breakfast. I was deeply impressed by him that
day. He was a man of great intelligence, considerable charm, and real goodness
of heart.
I reconnected with
him just last year, after I saw him debate twenty-five young people who were,
to put it mildly, hostile to his views. I texted him that I was so struck by
how he kept his cool and his charitable attitude in the face of some pretty
obnoxious opposition. I then asked him to appear as a guest on my interview
program, “Bishop Barron Presents,” and he eagerly accepted my invitation. He
was scheduled to come to Rochester, Minnesota in about ten days. The last
contact we had was two nights ago. After I appeared on one of the evening news
shows to talk about the Religious Liberty Commission, he texted me and told me
how much he appreciated what I said and then added, “I’m excited to join you on
your show soon. God bless you.”
That last sentence shows what was most important to Charlie. He was indeed a great debater and also one of the best advocates in our country for civil discourse, but he was, first and last, a passionate Christian. In fact, when we had that breakfast in Phoenix, we didn’t talk much about politics. We talked about theology, in which he had a deep interest, and about Christ. I know I’m joining millions of people around the world in praying that he rests now in the peace of the Lord.”
Charlie was most certainly passionate about conservative political issues, and this has caused some to conflate his political advocacy with his Christian beliefs and dismiss him as controversial. But as Bishop Barron noted above, Charlie was truly seeking to make the life in Christ his way of life.
My Takeaway: Charlie Kirk loved God, loved his family, and loved our country. He took seriously the Biblical imperative; “let the redeemed of the Lord say so.” (Psalm 107) May this imperative guide me as I seek to stay in God’s grace for today. Will you join me?
Sē’lah
My book on
prayer,
First Think, Then
Pray
is now available
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(Selah is a word that appears in the
Book of Psalms that I often use as the Complimentary Closing in my
correspondence. Its meaning, as I use the word, is to pause and think about
these things.)
These
meditations are written by Alex M. Knight as he seeks the life in Christ as his
way of life. The meditations are
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