A fictional conversation between Jesus Christ and Charlie Kirk on life philosophy.
Setting: A simple, unadorned room, filled with a soft, ambient light. Two chairs face each other. Jesus, in simple robes, sits calmly, his expression one of profound peace. Charlie Kirk, dressed in his familiar suit, appears earnest and intense, a notebook resting unopened on his lap. The air is still, free from the noise of rallies or news cycles.
Jesus: Charles. Peace be with you.
Charlie Kirk: Lord. It is… an honor beyond words. I am speechless. Everything I have worked for, everything I have fought for, has been in your name.
Jesus: I have watched you. You speak with great fire, and you gather many to your cause. You speak of nations and of restoring them to foundations you believe are mine. Tell me of this work.
Charlie Kirk: We are in a war, Lord. A spiritual war for the soul of America. I founded Turning Point USA to awaken the next generation, to fight the tide of secularism, Marxism, and moral relativism that is poisoning our culture. We are trying to reclaim our nation for you, to restore the Christian principles that once made it great. We fight against abortion, against the redefinition of marriage, against the indoctrination of our children. We must be strong, unapologetic, and victorious for your glory.
Jesus: You use the language of war and victory. When I walked the earth, I spoke of a kingdom, but my kingdom is not of this world. If it were, my servants would take up arms and fight to defend me. You seek to build a kingdom through political power, to legislate righteousness. But I called my followers to build a kingdom within the hearts of men. A kingdom built not on power, but on love. Not on victory, but on service. Not on condemnation, but on mercy.
Charlie Kirk: But they mock your name. They celebrate sin as virtue. They call good evil and evil good. If we do not fight them in the public square, in the halls of government, we will lose everything. We must defeat them. You yourself overturned the tables in the Temple. That was not passive. That was a righteous fight.
Jesus: I overturned the tables of those who exploited the poor and profaned my Father’s house, turning a house of prayer into a den of robbers. They were a barrier between man and God. Are you overturning the tables that create barriers, or are you building new ones? I taught you to love your enemies and pray for those who persecute you. You speak of defeating your opponents, of “owning the libs.” Have you prayed for them? Have you wept for them as I wept for Jerusalem? Have you seen them not as a rival army to be conquered, but as lost sheep to be found?
Charlie Kirk: I believe we are loving them by speaking the truth. The truth is that their path leads to destruction. We are trying to save them from that. And we promote the values that lead to human flourishing, like free markets and capitalism. These systems have lifted more people out of poverty than any other in history. That is a form of compassion.
Jesus: What does it profit a man to gain the whole world, yet forfeit his soul? I said it is easier for a camel to go through the eye of a needle than for a rich man to enter the kingdom of God. Your system creates great wealth, but does it create great love? Does it encourage the pursuit of God, or the pursuit of money, which is a root of all kinds of evil? I commanded you to care for “the least of these”—the poor, the hungry, the stranger, the sick, the imprisoned. Is your primary focus on creating wealth, or on caring for the vulnerable it leaves behind? A man cannot serve both God and money.
Charlie Kirk: That’s why we also founded TPUSA Faith. We are calling the church to be the church, to care for the needy, but also to fight the unbiblical ideas that have infiltrated our society, like DEI—Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion. We see it as a false gospel.
Jesus: You fight against ideas you have labeled. I called you to fight for people. When I spoke of judgment, I did not ask who had the most correct doctrine or who had won the most cultural arguments. I asked: Did you feed the hungry? Did you give the thirsty something to drink? Did you welcome the stranger? Did you clothe the naked? Did you care for the sick? Did you visit the prisoner? Justice is not found in defeating an ideology you call “wokeism.” Justice is found in the love you show to the broken and marginalized. When you serve them, you serve me.(Jesus leans forward, his gaze gentle but piercing.)
Jesus: Charles, your zeal is great. But it is a zeal for a nation, for a political identity, for a cultural victory. I did not call you to build a Christian empire. I called you to be a humble servant. I did not call you to be a political warrior. I called you to be a peacemaker. Do not seek to conquer your enemies, but to love them into my kingdom. Do not store up for yourselves treasures on earth in the form of political power, but store up for yourselves treasures in heaven through acts of compassion, mercy, and selfless love. Your work has made you a martyr for a political cause. I am asking you to be a living sacrifice for the cause of love. Go, and rethink what it means to truly follow me.
(Charlie Kirk looks down at his hands, then at his unopened notebook. He says nothing. The soft light in the room seems to grow a little brighter, and the silence that remains is not empty, but full of contemplation.)
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