I am writing this post shortly after the tragic shooting of a tremendous patriot and hero of the faith, Charlie Kirk. When I started to type this I had to pray, for strength to process my emotions as I was feeling a myriad of heavy emotions.

I have enjoyed listening to Charlie Kirk for years, he was a talented debater with a gift from God, and a falling to reach the most in need and vulnerable of our nation, our youth.

During the last few years the attacks targeting outspoken conservative, and particularly conservative Christians has been on the rise. Now we know as believers that this should be no surprise, I have heard countless conservative Christians express the same view of how blessed we have been to have the religious freedom to worship without fear, but that it could all be taken away from us if we allowed it .

I could use this (very small) outlet to respond in flesh and anger, but I won’t do that, which is why I had to pray before this post. We are coming to a head, a pivotal moment in American history is coming before us, and now more than ever American Christians need to rise to meet the age.

Darkness and evil are emboldened, lashing out against truth and light at every corner, many so called leaders are leading the people of our nation astray, promoting that which is evil and calling it good.

Everywhere you turn, from small towns in the middle of conservative America, to mega cities the people are challenging God’s truth and what is right, fighting for sin to be praised and not the truth of God’s word. And many of us Christians, myself included, have been sitting idly by and allowing the rampant sin to plague our nation, while we go to work, and entertain ourselves, forgetting the Godly duty we have.

I am not a promoter of physical violence, it is not the way for Christianity, but I do believe in organization, being active and outspoken for our faith. I do believe in standing up before wickedness and not backing down, but standing bold as a lion and declaring over our nation and our families, that the enemy will have no more.

We need to stand against the violence plaguing our nation, and we need to stand against the perpetrators of evil, violence, sin and self indulgent lies. It is time for more Christians to raise the banner high, and proclaim Jesus, without wavering in the face of a nation and culture that seem to be moving further and further away from the good news of Christ.

It is heartbreaking to see where our nation is heading, to see the patterns that lead to the evil socialist regimes in Russia, Nazi Germany and Italy, as well as countless nations in our own time, being fully accepted and advanced in our own nation.

We can become upset, we can choose to do nothing and go back to our tv and video games, or we can begin to mobilize and organize. It is time for the Christian to live up to the full call of Revelation 12:11, to overcome by the blood of of Jesus, the word of our testimonies and to not love our lives only to death.

That Christ and His kingdom would be our heart’s proclamation; and that we would do our part to advance the kingdom on Earth, not with violence, but in love, with true love that does not condone sin, but loves through it into a place of freedom from sin.

I pray that from this tragedy more Christians will find the strength, the will and the courage to challenge evil, darkness, sin and lies boldly, that we will all rise up to challenge the culture of political violence that seems to be swarming the nation.