1 00:00:04,879 --> 00:00:07,160 Speaker 1: What's going on. Thank you so much for listening to 2 00:00:07,200 --> 00:00:09,640 this podcast. It is heard live every day from noon 3 00:00:09,679 --> 00:00:12,519 to three on WBT Radio in Charlotte. And if you 4 00:00:12,560 --> 00:00:16,719 want exclusive content like invitations to events, the weekly live stream, 5 00:00:16,760 --> 00:00:19,239 my daily show prep with all the links, become a patron, 6 00:00:19,320 --> 00:00:22,640 go to dpeakclendershow dot com. Make sure you hit the 7 00:00:22,640 --> 00:00:25,160 subscribe button. Get every episode for free, write to your 8 00:00:25,160 --> 00:00:27,719 smartphone or tablet, and again, thank you so much for 9 00:00:27,760 --> 00:00:38,520 your support. Charlie Kirk always wanted to be remembered for courage, 10 00:00:38,560 --> 00:00:42,240 for his faith. That's what he said, And so, as 11 00:00:42,320 --> 00:00:47,439 Jordan Boyd writes over at the Federalist dot com, it 12 00:00:47,479 --> 00:00:50,320 was only fitting that more than one hundred million people 13 00:00:50,359 --> 00:00:54,640 around the world heard the good news that Jesus Christ 14 00:00:54,759 --> 00:00:58,240 saves at his memorial service yesterday. 15 00:00:59,600 --> 00:01:00,479 Speaker 2: I watch the whole thing. 16 00:01:00,520 --> 00:01:02,359 Speaker 1: I was not aware it was supposed to go as 17 00:01:02,399 --> 00:01:04,319 long as it did. I thought it was only supposed 18 00:01:04,319 --> 00:01:06,879 to go about three hours. It ended up ended up 19 00:01:06,879 --> 00:01:12,840 going like five. Highly recommend it. If you have the 20 00:01:12,920 --> 00:01:15,079 time to watch it, you can break it apart. There 21 00:01:15,120 --> 00:01:19,920 are lots of a lot of speakers, each one running 22 00:01:20,000 --> 00:01:23,920 between you like three to five minutes. Most of them 23 00:01:23,959 --> 00:01:27,680 three to five minutes. As you got towards the end 24 00:01:27,680 --> 00:01:31,120 of the program, people spoke for longer periods of time. 25 00:01:32,480 --> 00:01:36,879 It started with more than an hour of worship focused 26 00:01:36,920 --> 00:01:43,079 on spreading the faith that Charlie had in God. I 27 00:01:43,120 --> 00:01:46,760 will tell you that as I watched it, and this 28 00:01:46,920 --> 00:01:50,680 was just my reaction, and of course over the course 29 00:01:50,760 --> 00:01:55,200 of five hours there was there was a lot of 30 00:01:55,439 --> 00:01:57,640 different people, a lot of things that were said, a 31 00:01:57,640 --> 00:02:02,319 lot of performances. All the performances, the musical performances were amazing, 32 00:02:05,000 --> 00:02:10,280 and I found a lot more. I'd say I felt 33 00:02:10,319 --> 00:02:18,120 like it was predominantly about God and Christ, which I 34 00:02:18,120 --> 00:02:22,000 thought was entirely appropriate for a memorial service for somebody 35 00:02:22,560 --> 00:02:27,960 who was as practicing a Christian as Charlie Kirk was. 36 00:02:29,439 --> 00:02:34,719 So a lot of profoundly moving moments, a lot of 37 00:02:35,039 --> 00:02:40,599 comforting moments, a lot of defiance. Yeah, there were political 38 00:02:40,680 --> 00:02:42,439 messages as well, which I could. 39 00:02:42,199 --> 00:02:43,400 Speaker 2: Have frankly done without. 40 00:02:43,439 --> 00:02:45,000 Speaker 1: I didn't need to hear any of that, but I 41 00:02:45,080 --> 00:02:49,919 understand that was the work of Charlie Kirk's life. And 42 00:02:49,960 --> 00:02:52,199 there's a comment here I'm gonna play from his pastor, 43 00:02:52,280 --> 00:02:58,719 Rob McCoy, who explained why there was also some cringey moments, 44 00:03:00,000 --> 00:03:04,120 which like honestly, every funeral and memorial I think I've 45 00:03:04,159 --> 00:03:06,879 ever been to had some cringy moments. It's just like, 46 00:03:08,199 --> 00:03:13,960 it's what happens, right. I saw people were questioning why 47 00:03:14,000 --> 00:03:19,840 there were fireworks they did like sparklers like these, uh 48 00:03:20,080 --> 00:03:23,759 you know it's like floor mounted or ceiling mounted. Uh, 49 00:03:24,639 --> 00:03:26,759 just like sparklers that were just that were just like 50 00:03:26,800 --> 00:03:32,520 constantly going off, and people were like, oh my god, 51 00:03:32,919 --> 00:03:35,280 I have that stuff on there. And I admit, like 52 00:03:35,319 --> 00:03:38,479 I watched it too, and I was like, that's odd 53 00:03:38,960 --> 00:03:41,280 for a memorial service, But when you think of it 54 00:03:41,280 --> 00:03:43,439 in terms of a celebration of life, it makes a 55 00:03:43,479 --> 00:03:46,599 little bit more sense. But also according to Andrew Colvett, 56 00:03:47,039 --> 00:03:52,560 who worked with Charlie at Turning Point, USA, he said, 57 00:03:52,599 --> 00:03:57,879 the staff at Turning Point loves that effect. They see 58 00:03:57,919 --> 00:04:01,360 it as one of the event signature for all of 59 00:04:01,360 --> 00:04:04,479 their events that they do, and like it was a 60 00:04:04,520 --> 00:04:09,520 marvel to behold the amount of planning necessary to put 61 00:04:09,560 --> 00:04:13,879 together this kind of a service that had like the 62 00:04:13,960 --> 00:04:18,279 top level security that you would afford like the Super Bowl. 63 00:04:19,319 --> 00:04:22,480 You had like every member of the cabinet was there. 64 00:04:22,480 --> 00:04:24,480 You had the President, the Vice president. You had all 65 00:04:24,519 --> 00:04:29,720 of these, you know, famous people on the right that 66 00:04:30,519 --> 00:04:33,959 are targets for more violence, and. 67 00:04:35,639 --> 00:04:36,879 Speaker 2: It went off without a hitch. 68 00:04:37,399 --> 00:04:41,959 Speaker 1: And the amount of planning that was done in such 69 00:04:41,959 --> 00:04:45,120 a short period of time by a whole operation that 70 00:04:45,319 --> 00:04:50,120 was mourning, it's remarkable, absolutely remarkable what they were able to. 71 00:04:50,079 --> 00:04:51,560 Speaker 2: Pull off yesterday. 72 00:04:53,560 --> 00:04:56,040 Speaker 1: But here's the other thing is that Charlie Kirk loved 73 00:04:56,120 --> 00:05:01,879 those special effects. He loved them, and so as Covett 74 00:05:02,120 --> 00:05:06,920 Andrew Corvette pointed out, they did this because the staff 75 00:05:06,959 --> 00:05:09,279 loves it. Charlie loved it. It was a part of 76 00:05:09,319 --> 00:05:12,720 their events. And he said, we do not grieve the 77 00:05:12,759 --> 00:05:16,759 way the world grieves. We refuse to let the evil 78 00:05:16,800 --> 00:05:20,279 that killed Charlie rob us of our joy in remembering 79 00:05:20,360 --> 00:05:25,079 his incredible life and legacy. See, if you've ever been 80 00:05:25,160 --> 00:05:29,120 to a celebration of life versus like just a funeral, 81 00:05:29,319 --> 00:05:30,879 you know they're different. 82 00:05:31,399 --> 00:05:32,279 Speaker 2: And that's what this. 83 00:05:33,680 --> 00:05:33,759 Speaker 3: Was. 84 00:05:34,240 --> 00:05:37,839 Speaker 1: That's the way I interpreted it as more of a 85 00:05:37,959 --> 00:05:43,240 celebration of Charlie Kirk's life. And I do have some 86 00:05:43,279 --> 00:05:44,720 audio I'm going to play here. In fact, let me 87 00:05:44,759 --> 00:05:50,560 start with Pastor Rob McCoy. This was Charlie's pastor, and 88 00:05:50,639 --> 00:05:54,040 he was the first speaker I believe, of the afternoon. 89 00:05:55,040 --> 00:05:57,160 Speaker 4: He kept calling me his pastor, and I stopped him. 90 00:05:57,199 --> 00:06:00,639 Speaker 5: I said, Charlie, since the president's got an elect your 91 00:06:00,680 --> 00:06:04,959 stock has risen through the stratosphere, and I don't see 92 00:06:05,040 --> 00:06:07,199 much of you. I mean, he wasn't a very good congregant. 93 00:06:07,279 --> 00:06:09,639 He was on the road three hundred and twenty days 94 00:06:09,639 --> 00:06:14,560 a year. But he said, Rob, not only are you 95 00:06:14,600 --> 00:06:18,199 my pastor, but you're America's pastor. 96 00:06:19,040 --> 00:06:20,360 Speaker 4: And I said, Charlie, if. 97 00:06:20,199 --> 00:06:23,439 Speaker 5: We were at a tabling event on a campus where 98 00:06:23,519 --> 00:06:26,120 you had the table set, prove me wrong, I'd win. 99 00:06:28,000 --> 00:06:29,800 And he looked at me with that sheepish grin that 100 00:06:29,800 --> 00:06:36,240 he always has Doug gone and if he wasn't right, 101 00:06:36,480 --> 00:06:39,000 I mean, I wasn't America's pastor two minutes ago, and I. 102 00:06:39,000 --> 00:06:42,480 Speaker 4: Won't be after this. But for right now, he proved 103 00:06:42,480 --> 00:06:42,879 me wrong. 104 00:06:44,439 --> 00:06:48,160 Speaker 1: He offered insight. I thought this was really profound into 105 00:06:48,240 --> 00:06:52,439 why Charlie Kirk was so politically active, why this was 106 00:06:52,560 --> 00:06:54,399 the work of his life. 107 00:06:54,639 --> 00:06:58,040 Speaker 5: Now my responsibility and trusted to be by my friend 108 00:06:58,040 --> 00:07:02,120 and his wife. You're gonna hear of what Charlie did 109 00:07:02,160 --> 00:07:05,480 but I'm here today to tell you the why in 110 00:07:05,560 --> 00:07:10,920 what he did. The why brought him the courage, The 111 00:07:10,959 --> 00:07:16,079 why brought him the wisdom and the strength. The why 112 00:07:17,079 --> 00:07:20,199 is the one that Charlie wanted to welcome as the 113 00:07:20,240 --> 00:07:20,959 guest of honor. 114 00:07:24,319 --> 00:07:29,079 Speaker 4: The guest of honor. His resume is long. He's the 115 00:07:29,160 --> 00:07:34,040 King of Glory. He's the Prince of Peace. He's the 116 00:07:34,079 --> 00:07:37,399 Savior of the world. He's the Living God. 117 00:07:38,279 --> 00:07:42,759 Speaker 5: He's the God of all mercy and grace, the total 118 00:07:42,839 --> 00:07:47,639 embodiment of love, the total embodiment of truth. And he's 119 00:07:47,680 --> 00:07:58,000 here today to call his children back to him. 120 00:07:58,040 --> 00:07:59,839 Speaker 4: From the thin veil of heaven. 121 00:08:00,120 --> 00:08:03,720 Speaker 5: Charlie declares to all earthly powers and principalities who will 122 00:08:03,720 --> 00:08:09,160 gather here, they have come into the presence of the 123 00:08:09,160 --> 00:08:14,480 God of all creation. Charlie wanted his Savior to be 124 00:08:14,560 --> 00:08:17,360 the guest of honor. He wanted all of you to 125 00:08:17,439 --> 00:08:20,399 receive this gift from him, the why and what he did. 126 00:08:21,879 --> 00:08:25,720 Charlie was never afraid, because he knew his life was 127 00:08:25,759 --> 00:08:33,480 secure in the hand of God. Jesus left the glory 128 00:08:33,480 --> 00:08:36,320 of Heaven's throne for the humiliation of an earthly cross. 129 00:08:38,200 --> 00:08:42,039 He was fully tempted yet was without sin. For those 130 00:08:42,039 --> 00:08:46,440 of you who struggle with the word sin, it's real simple. 131 00:08:46,480 --> 00:08:50,200 It's an archer's term. Where the bullseye is and where 132 00:08:50,200 --> 00:08:52,840 the arrow lands that's called the sin distance. How far 133 00:08:52,840 --> 00:08:55,960 are you fallen from perfection? And there are none righteous, no, 134 00:08:56,000 --> 00:09:00,639 not one. We've all missed the mark the bullseye, and 135 00:09:00,679 --> 00:09:02,960 we try to get to God by our efforts, but 136 00:09:03,039 --> 00:09:05,080 there is no effort that will bring us back into 137 00:09:05,080 --> 00:09:07,200 the presence of a righteous God. 138 00:09:08,879 --> 00:09:10,600 Speaker 4: You see, the wages of sin is death. 139 00:09:11,519 --> 00:09:13,879 Speaker 5: Charlie knew this, and at an early age he entrusted 140 00:09:13,879 --> 00:09:19,360 his life to the savior of the world. Jesus came 141 00:09:19,399 --> 00:09:22,360 to this earth, was tempted in all ways, yet was 142 00:09:22,399 --> 00:09:24,559 without sin, was crucified upon a cross. 143 00:09:24,600 --> 00:09:27,080 Speaker 4: His blood was poured out, because blood. 144 00:09:26,840 --> 00:09:29,919 Speaker 5: Must be shed for the remission of sins, and his 145 00:09:30,000 --> 00:09:33,159 death upon that cross was sufficient for all the world's sins, 146 00:09:33,159 --> 00:09:36,960 but only efficient for those who, like Charlie, would receive 147 00:09:37,080 --> 00:09:42,759 him as their savior. Jesus has come to seek and 148 00:09:42,840 --> 00:09:44,480 saved that which is lost. 149 00:09:46,480 --> 00:09:47,320 Speaker 2: And I would say this. 150 00:09:47,320 --> 00:09:52,759 Speaker 4: To all of you. The Lord loves you. 151 00:09:54,440 --> 00:09:58,600 Speaker 5: He wants to save you, He wants to give you 152 00:10:00,039 --> 00:10:03,399 a new life. He wants to cover the multitude of 153 00:10:03,440 --> 00:10:05,679 your sins by the blood he shed upon the cross. 154 00:10:07,600 --> 00:10:09,320 The Bible says, if you believe in your heart and 155 00:10:09,360 --> 00:10:11,600 you confess with your tongue Jesus's Lord, you will be 156 00:10:11,679 --> 00:10:12,240 saved to the. 157 00:10:12,159 --> 00:10:13,039 Speaker 4: Glory of the Father. 158 00:10:14,559 --> 00:10:17,559 Speaker 5: You see, Charlie looked at politics as an on ramp 159 00:10:17,600 --> 00:10:19,960 to Jesus. He knew if he could get all of 160 00:10:20,000 --> 00:10:22,039 you rowing in the streams of liberty, you'd come to 161 00:10:22,120 --> 00:10:23,799 its source, and that's the Lord. 162 00:10:24,240 --> 00:10:24,759 Speaker 2: There it is. 163 00:10:26,039 --> 00:10:30,039 Speaker 1: Politics was the on ramp to Jesus that if you're 164 00:10:30,120 --> 00:10:33,480 rowing in the waters of liberty, you will find its source, 165 00:10:34,559 --> 00:10:38,559 and that's God. So I did expect there to be 166 00:10:39,159 --> 00:10:46,279 political speeches and comments during the memorial service yesterday, and 167 00:10:46,360 --> 00:10:48,240 there were some. I'm not going to give you a 168 00:10:48,279 --> 00:10:50,879 lot of those, if any, because to me, it was 169 00:10:50,919 --> 00:10:55,440 all secondary, right, because those were just the waters. 170 00:10:56,039 --> 00:10:57,799 Speaker 2: I'd rather focus on the source. 171 00:10:58,759 --> 00:11:01,879 Speaker 1: So when I was a kid, my grandpa died with Alzheimer's, 172 00:11:01,919 --> 00:11:04,120 and before he died, my mom and my dad took 173 00:11:04,159 --> 00:11:06,399 care of him as he got worse. Forty years ago, 174 00:11:06,480 --> 00:11:09,559 there were no treatments and not much support for caregivers 175 00:11:09,600 --> 00:11:12,159 and family, but things are different today because of the 176 00:11:12,200 --> 00:11:15,360 work of so many people, including the Alzheimer's Association of 177 00:11:15,399 --> 00:11:19,000 Western Carolina. It's a great organization with awesome people with 178 00:11:19,159 --> 00:11:21,960 huge hearts. I've been a supporter for twenty five years. 179 00:11:22,000 --> 00:11:25,279 This cause means a lot to me. I participate in 180 00:11:25,360 --> 00:11:28,159 the annual Walk to end Alzheimer's and I'm leading a 181 00:11:28,279 --> 00:11:31,360 Charlotte team again this year, and it's called once again 182 00:11:31,480 --> 00:11:33,840 Pete's Pack. You can sign up and you can join 183 00:11:33,879 --> 00:11:36,720 the team and walk with us. It's on October eighteenth, 184 00:11:36,720 --> 00:11:40,799 that truest field. Sign up at alz dot org slash 185 00:11:40,840 --> 00:11:43,240 Walk and then you could search for my team name 186 00:11:43,360 --> 00:11:46,799 Pete's Pack. There's also a link at thepetepod dot com. 187 00:11:46,799 --> 00:11:49,519 There's also a link in the description of this podcast. Also, 188 00:11:49,879 --> 00:11:53,200 I'll be am seeing the Gastonia Walk on October eleventh, 189 00:11:53,240 --> 00:11:55,080 and so you can make a team and join that 190 00:11:55,120 --> 00:11:57,440 one too, or make a donation and help me hit 191 00:11:57,440 --> 00:11:59,679 my goal of five thousand dollars. If you do, I 192 00:11:59,720 --> 00:12:02,159 really appreciate it. There are a bunch of other walks 193 00:12:02,240 --> 00:12:04,879 all over the Carolinas. You can go to alz dot 194 00:12:05,000 --> 00:12:07,960 org slash Walk for all the dates and locations. We're 195 00:12:08,000 --> 00:12:10,840 closer than ever to stopping Alzheimer's. Can you help us 196 00:12:10,840 --> 00:12:13,200 get there? Will you walk with me? For a different future, 197 00:12:13,360 --> 00:12:17,039 for families, for more time for treatments. This is why 198 00:12:17,080 --> 00:12:22,120 we walk. We heard from Charlie's pastor Rob McCoy, old 199 00:12:22,159 --> 00:12:25,559 fashioned alter call, right, And if you've never been, if 200 00:12:25,679 --> 00:12:27,960 I know, there are a lot of transplants from up 201 00:12:28,080 --> 00:12:31,559 north that probably have never seen something like this at 202 00:12:31,600 --> 00:12:35,759 a funeral or a memorial service. When I first came 203 00:12:35,799 --> 00:12:38,480 down south, and I was younger, and so I didn't 204 00:12:38,480 --> 00:12:40,600 attend a lot of funerals because all of the people 205 00:12:40,639 --> 00:12:43,559 I knew were all younger. It was something I had 206 00:12:43,600 --> 00:12:47,960 never seen until oh, probably my thirties. But I've seen 207 00:12:47,960 --> 00:12:49,600 a lot of them now as I've gotten older, and 208 00:12:49,720 --> 00:12:52,039 you know, I know more people who are passing away, 209 00:12:53,039 --> 00:12:58,480 and so this is pretty standard too. Next up was 210 00:12:58,600 --> 00:13:04,080 Larry Arne, who is the president of Hillsdale College, and 211 00:13:04,600 --> 00:13:09,440 you can tell this deeply affected him in his comments here. 212 00:13:09,600 --> 00:13:12,200 Speaker 6: He became a friend of mine because I interrogated him 213 00:13:12,240 --> 00:13:12,679 one time. 214 00:13:13,080 --> 00:13:16,480 Speaker 4: Nineteen year olds are my specialty. 215 00:13:16,600 --> 00:13:19,559 Speaker 6: I asked him some questions he couldn't answer, and he 216 00:13:19,639 --> 00:13:23,279 was already becoming famous, and I noticed his reaction. 217 00:13:23,399 --> 00:13:24,480 Speaker 2: He said, what should I do? 218 00:13:25,440 --> 00:13:28,080 Speaker 6: And I said, well, you have to suffer. If you 219 00:13:28,120 --> 00:13:31,279 want to grow, you have to suffer hard to learn 220 00:13:32,440 --> 00:13:36,679 into the night, crack the dawn in the morning. Start 221 00:13:36,720 --> 00:13:43,039 with the Bible, read the classics, study the founding of America. 222 00:13:43,320 --> 00:13:47,080 In those places you will find that there's a letter 223 00:13:47,120 --> 00:13:48,480 that reaches up toward God. 224 00:13:49,600 --> 00:13:50,519 Speaker 4: And at the bottom of. 225 00:13:50,480 --> 00:13:53,919 Speaker 6: It is the ordinary good things that are around us everywhere. 226 00:13:54,879 --> 00:13:57,759 If we can call them by their names, they have being, 227 00:13:58,919 --> 00:14:03,039 and the beings of the good things are figments of God. 228 00:14:03,440 --> 00:14:06,399 You will find that article in Aristotle, you will find 229 00:14:06,399 --> 00:14:10,360 it in the Bible. You will find it in Madison 230 00:14:10,399 --> 00:14:14,399 and Jefferson. How do I learn that? He said, And 231 00:14:14,440 --> 00:14:18,080 I said, you have to suffer. You have to study, 232 00:14:18,600 --> 00:14:21,840 You have to think. I thought I'd never hear from 233 00:14:21,879 --> 00:14:25,120 him again. Within a month, he got hold of my 234 00:14:25,159 --> 00:14:28,559 cell phone number and he texted me a copy of 235 00:14:28,679 --> 00:14:32,960 a certificate of completion of a Hillsdale College online course. 236 00:14:35,120 --> 00:14:37,440 He would go on to do that thirty one times. 237 00:14:39,360 --> 00:14:42,240 I keep a list in my head of the six 238 00:14:42,360 --> 00:14:45,120 or eight young people, and I'm very privileged. I get 239 00:14:45,200 --> 00:14:49,519 to know many inspiring young people who. 240 00:14:49,440 --> 00:14:50,600 Speaker 2: Are the best I ever saw. 241 00:14:52,679 --> 00:14:54,679 Speaker 6: Charlie is the only one who is never a full 242 00:14:54,679 --> 00:14:57,039 time student at Hillsdale College who was on that list. 243 00:14:58,559 --> 00:14:59,679 We will miss him dearly. 244 00:15:00,639 --> 00:15:02,440 Speaker 1: He went on to say that he and his wife 245 00:15:02,440 --> 00:15:06,799 have set up a college scholarship for Charlie's two kids, 246 00:15:07,600 --> 00:15:13,000 and that he's granting an honorary degree to Charlie, which 247 00:15:13,039 --> 00:15:17,200 is the highest honor college can bestow upon someone who 248 00:15:17,279 --> 00:15:21,879 did not go to that college. Obviously, he had a 249 00:15:21,879 --> 00:15:25,600 bunch of staffers speak at his memorial, people that worked 250 00:15:25,600 --> 00:15:27,799 with Charlie, one of. 251 00:15:27,720 --> 00:15:29,279 Speaker 2: Whom Mikey McCoy. 252 00:15:29,559 --> 00:15:35,240 Speaker 1: And this was a fella who Charlie met and Charlie 253 00:15:35,279 --> 00:15:39,559 told him, Hey, don't go to college. Come work for me, 254 00:15:39,960 --> 00:15:42,279 and McCoy did so, just like Charlie didn't go to 255 00:15:42,360 --> 00:15:45,679 college based on advice from a mentor of his who said, 256 00:15:46,080 --> 00:15:47,679 there's no reason for you to do that. You can 257 00:15:47,720 --> 00:15:51,279 always go back to college. You're building something else right now. 258 00:15:52,639 --> 00:15:56,679 Mikey McCoy, he was defiant. He said, we'll never surrender 259 00:15:57,559 --> 00:16:00,759 and are resolved to live free from life lies and 260 00:16:00,840 --> 00:16:05,200 seek out what is true. We will respectfully, boldly challenge 261 00:16:05,240 --> 00:16:08,480 what is accepted by culture in order to seek out 262 00:16:08,519 --> 00:16:11,600 what is acceptable and true to God Almighty alone. 263 00:16:12,120 --> 00:16:15,960 Speaker 7: My friend was martyred for using his voice to engage 264 00:16:16,000 --> 00:16:21,080 in peaceful dialogue. Charlie's assassin thought that he could steal 265 00:16:21,240 --> 00:16:24,360 and silence his voice by putting a bullet in his neck. 266 00:16:25,159 --> 00:16:29,200 In the words of sore and Keeregarden, the tyrant dies 267 00:16:29,279 --> 00:16:32,559 and his rule is over. The martyr dies in His 268 00:16:32,759 --> 00:16:34,240 rule has just begun. 269 00:16:37,360 --> 00:16:37,559 Speaker 2: Right. 270 00:16:37,840 --> 00:16:40,480 Speaker 1: This is why people on the right are saying and 271 00:16:40,519 --> 00:16:43,840 have been saying that. A lot of our friends on 272 00:16:43,919 --> 00:16:46,679 the left and in the media, but I repeat myself, 273 00:16:47,519 --> 00:16:49,200 have misjudged this moment. 274 00:16:51,399 --> 00:16:53,399 Speaker 2: This isn't going away right. 275 00:16:53,480 --> 00:16:57,879 Speaker 1: The defiance and the faith that was on display yesterday 276 00:16:57,960 --> 00:17:01,120 is proof of that. So you've heard me talk about 277 00:17:01,120 --> 00:17:03,519 Creative Video for almost a year. But did you know 278 00:17:03,600 --> 00:17:06,839 they also offer a game changing app for businesses that 279 00:17:06,920 --> 00:17:09,000 reward their teams with incentive trips. 280 00:17:09,160 --> 00:17:09,680 Speaker 2: Well they do. 281 00:17:09,880 --> 00:17:12,559 Speaker 1: It's called Incentive Trip Kit. If you want a business 282 00:17:12,680 --> 00:17:15,359 or work at one that offers these incentive trips, this 283 00:17:15,559 --> 00:17:18,680 is a must have. It maximizes the impact and value 284 00:17:18,680 --> 00:17:21,759 of these motivational trips. It's a super easy to use 285 00:17:21,880 --> 00:17:25,960 app built just for your group, with private messaging, shared photos, 286 00:17:26,079 --> 00:17:29,759 important trip documents, even a find the group locator just 287 00:17:29,839 --> 00:17:32,440 in case somebody gets separated. And when I say it's private, 288 00:17:32,519 --> 00:17:35,880 I mean it. 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More fun, 296 00:17:57,200 --> 00:18:00,799 more memories, more ROI check it out now at incentive 297 00:18:00,839 --> 00:18:03,960 tripkit dot com or call Eric at eight eight eight 298 00:18:04,079 --> 00:18:07,200 five three three seventy six thirty seven Extension two O 299 00:18:07,319 --> 00:18:10,400 seven for the details. Going over some of the highlights 300 00:18:10,440 --> 00:18:15,920 from the Charlie Kirk memorial service yesterday, the stat I 301 00:18:15,920 --> 00:18:18,759 saw and read to you earlier one hundred million views 302 00:18:19,039 --> 00:18:27,279 of the service yesterday remarkable. One of the speakers named 303 00:18:27,319 --> 00:18:32,119 Stacy Sheridan. She worked at Turning Point, USA, and she 304 00:18:32,200 --> 00:18:35,799 said she viewed Charlie as sort of a younger brother. 305 00:18:37,119 --> 00:18:41,119 And she told a story just of her own personal 306 00:18:41,279 --> 00:18:46,039 tragedy she lost her husband to cancer and during the 307 00:18:46,599 --> 00:18:52,200 and he died on their daughter's ninth birthday. And he 308 00:18:52,279 --> 00:18:56,680 battled the cancer for two years, and Charlie would constantly 309 00:18:56,759 --> 00:18:59,200 call her to check in on her, check on the family, 310 00:18:59,279 --> 00:19:03,599 see if she needed anything. He sent her critical medication 311 00:19:03,920 --> 00:19:06,880 and an oxygen machine directly to her house and she said, 312 00:19:06,880 --> 00:19:09,000 she still has no idea how he was able to 313 00:19:09,039 --> 00:19:13,799 do that. She said, he helped because that's what a 314 00:19:13,920 --> 00:19:18,200 Christian is supposed to do. When she apologized to him 315 00:19:18,240 --> 00:19:21,799 repeatedly over the two years for you know, not being 316 00:19:21,839 --> 00:19:24,839 able to get into work, and she had to, you know, 317 00:19:25,279 --> 00:19:28,200 put some of her responsibilities aside because she had to 318 00:19:28,240 --> 00:19:33,480 care for her husband. And he would always say family first. 319 00:19:33,759 --> 00:19:39,359 And then she lost her home in the Pacific Palisades fire, 320 00:19:40,640 --> 00:19:46,319 and Charlie said, well, you know, you should move to Arizona, 321 00:19:46,880 --> 00:19:50,319 where Talking Point or sorry, Turning Point, USA is located. 322 00:19:50,319 --> 00:19:50,880 Speaker 2: And she did. 323 00:19:52,079 --> 00:19:56,319 Speaker 8: And then she said this while and during our various tragedies, 324 00:19:56,839 --> 00:20:01,759 my daughter Grace would ask me at least once, why 325 00:20:01,759 --> 00:20:02,519 would God. 326 00:20:02,400 --> 00:20:04,039 Speaker 9: Do this to us? Mom? 327 00:20:04,799 --> 00:20:08,759 Speaker 8: My honest and only answer was, someday we will look 328 00:20:08,759 --> 00:20:12,400 at each other and instantly know why all of this 329 00:20:12,480 --> 00:20:15,799 had to happen, and it will be for something far 330 00:20:16,160 --> 00:20:21,000 greater than we can ever imagine. In my first conversation 331 00:20:21,119 --> 00:20:24,599 with Grace after Charlie's death, Grace said to me through 332 00:20:24,640 --> 00:20:29,799 tears over the phone, Mom, this is the answer to 333 00:20:30,160 --> 00:20:30,839 my question. 334 00:20:32,160 --> 00:20:33,480 Speaker 4: This is our why. 335 00:20:35,200 --> 00:20:37,400 Speaker 2: Now we can be there for Erica. 336 00:20:37,559 --> 00:20:40,599 Speaker 8: And Gigi at mac the way they. 337 00:20:40,480 --> 00:20:41,480 Speaker 4: Were there for us. 338 00:20:44,079 --> 00:20:45,960 Speaker 1: One of the things that comes through when you hear 339 00:20:46,480 --> 00:20:48,359 and for a lot of people they may have never 340 00:20:48,480 --> 00:20:54,160 heard have heard this kind of eulogizing in these types 341 00:20:54,200 --> 00:20:57,960 of Christian sentiments expressed. Which is also another reason why 342 00:20:58,039 --> 00:21:00,240 yesterday's service I think was so profound, as that a 343 00:21:00,240 --> 00:21:04,640 lot of people may not be accustomed to hearing these 344 00:21:04,680 --> 00:21:09,559 types of messages, is that this is all about your 345 00:21:09,759 --> 00:21:13,759 personal not just relationship with Christ and God, but it's 346 00:21:13,839 --> 00:21:19,240 your personal responsibility the things that Christ called you to do, 347 00:21:19,839 --> 00:21:24,400 not to offload that responsibility to somebody else or some 348 00:21:24,720 --> 00:21:29,839 entity like government. I've said for years, right, if we 349 00:21:30,599 --> 00:21:35,599 on the right Christians want government to do less, we 350 00:21:35,720 --> 00:21:38,400 need to do more. There was no reason for the 351 00:21:38,440 --> 00:21:42,279 government to do things if those things are being addressed 352 00:21:43,400 --> 00:21:49,839 by individuals, by churches. Frank Tuik he was a mentor 353 00:21:49,920 --> 00:21:53,000 to Charlie Kirk. He's a Christian apologist guy and author. 354 00:21:53,720 --> 00:21:57,799 And he was there when Charlie was murdered, just five 355 00:21:57,839 --> 00:22:02,640 feet away, standing off to Charlie's side, and so he 356 00:22:03,559 --> 00:22:06,720 was there with him in the vehicle as well as 357 00:22:06,759 --> 00:22:11,480 they raced to the hospital, and he told the audience 358 00:22:11,559 --> 00:22:15,480 that Charlie Kirk was killed instantly, there was no suffering. 359 00:22:15,559 --> 00:22:17,960 Speaker 10: Now, I want you to know that Charlie right now 360 00:22:18,079 --> 00:22:23,119 is in heaven. Not because he was a great husband 361 00:22:23,160 --> 00:22:27,400 and father, not because he saved millions of kids out 362 00:22:27,440 --> 00:22:34,000 of darkness on college campuses, not because he changed minds 363 00:22:34,039 --> 00:22:38,640 and chased votes to save the country, not because he 364 00:22:38,839 --> 00:22:44,680 sacrificed himself for his savior. Charlie Kirk is in heaven 365 00:22:44,799 --> 00:22:48,319 because his Savior sacrificed himself for Charlie Kirk. 366 00:22:50,240 --> 00:22:53,759 Speaker 1: So over the next hour, then after this weird speeches 367 00:22:53,839 --> 00:23:00,000 from Stephen Miller, Susie Wiles, Tucker Carlson, then Telsea Gaber 368 00:23:00,240 --> 00:23:03,920 spoke and she said, Charlie took his message to the 369 00:23:04,039 --> 00:23:07,279 very places where that message was needed most. 370 00:23:07,880 --> 00:23:12,799 Speaker 9: And Charlie did this so well. He was winning so much, 371 00:23:12,880 --> 00:23:18,519 winning so much so that the forces of darkness, hate, 372 00:23:18,599 --> 00:23:24,680 and evil were threatened by him and tried to silence him. 373 00:23:24,839 --> 00:23:29,799 History shows this dark pattern that when ideas cannot withstand scrutiny, 374 00:23:29,920 --> 00:23:33,000 whether it's the ideology of so called religious fanatics or 375 00:23:33,039 --> 00:23:37,720 political fanatics, their defenders, terrified that their weak ideas will 376 00:23:37,759 --> 00:23:42,359 be exposed for what they are, turned to intimidation, censorship, 377 00:23:42,880 --> 00:23:48,519 and violence. They kill and terrorize their opponents, hoping to 378 00:23:48,640 --> 00:23:52,720 silence them. But in this evil that we have experienced 379 00:23:53,279 --> 00:23:57,759 that Charlie faced their flawed ideology as exposed. Because by 380 00:23:57,839 --> 00:24:03,440 trying to silence Charlie, his voice is now louder than ever, 381 00:24:07,599 --> 00:24:14,279 His message is more powerful and impactful than ever. The 382 00:24:14,400 --> 00:24:17,440 truths that he spoke have spread hundredfold. 383 00:24:18,200 --> 00:24:18,400 Speaker 2: Right. 384 00:24:19,680 --> 00:24:24,519 Speaker 1: This is why I'm not sure people who hate Charlie 385 00:24:24,599 --> 00:24:29,519 Kirk call everybody on the right Nazis and fascists and 386 00:24:29,559 --> 00:24:34,279 every sort of phobe and ist. This is why I'm 387 00:24:34,319 --> 00:24:40,319 not so sure that you recognize what is happening and 388 00:24:40,359 --> 00:24:44,000 what has happened in the wake of this murder. I 389 00:24:44,039 --> 00:24:49,000 said it right after the assassination when we came back 390 00:24:49,039 --> 00:24:53,160 on the air. It is very much like the line 391 00:24:53,200 --> 00:24:55,720 from the Star Wars movie You strike me down, I 392 00:24:55,759 --> 00:24:57,119 will become more powerful. 393 00:24:57,480 --> 00:24:58,440 Speaker 2: That's what happens. 394 00:25:01,119 --> 00:25:03,480 Speaker 1: That doesn't happen, as she says here, it doesn't happen 395 00:25:03,559 --> 00:25:09,319 when you strike down the tyrant. The tyranny ends. But 396 00:25:09,480 --> 00:25:15,400 the message and the attempts to spread the message, those 397 00:25:15,440 --> 00:25:20,119 are only threatening to people who would use violence and 398 00:25:20,160 --> 00:25:24,599 intimidation against you because they cannot debate the ideas. They 399 00:25:24,640 --> 00:25:28,759 cannot answer for the ideas. That's why I've said for 400 00:25:28,880 --> 00:25:32,920 years also, unchallenged ideas are easy to hold. If you 401 00:25:32,960 --> 00:25:37,759 can defend your ideas, then you debate them, and if 402 00:25:37,759 --> 00:25:42,440 you can't, then you should either scrap them. But if 403 00:25:42,480 --> 00:25:46,359 you kind of like build your entire personality and everything 404 00:25:46,839 --> 00:25:49,759 that you think is interesting about you around your political ideas, 405 00:25:51,119 --> 00:25:55,559 then that's why we see this this, you know, resorting 406 00:25:55,599 --> 00:26:02,119 to violence and cancelation and intimidation. It's been going on 407 00:26:02,920 --> 00:26:07,119 for fifteen years at least against conservatives on college campuses. 408 00:26:07,759 --> 00:26:12,400 I've been talking about it literally my entire radio host career, 409 00:26:14,960 --> 00:26:16,799 and I think we might be at a turning point. 410 00:26:17,559 --> 00:26:20,640 Game on Week one starts now, and every touchdown brings 411 00:26:20,720 --> 00:26:23,319 you closer to a payout. 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Restrictions apply additional NFL Sunday Ticket terms 438 00:27:50,359 --> 00:27:53,279 or at YouTube dot com slash Go Slash NFL Sunday 439 00:27:53,279 --> 00:27:57,599 Ticket Slash terms Limited time offer, Chris, Welcome to the program. 440 00:27:57,680 --> 00:28:01,279 Speaker 3: Hello Chris, good morning, Pee, how you going, Hey, I'm. 441 00:28:01,119 --> 00:28:02,839 Speaker 2: Good, good afternoon. What's going on. 442 00:28:03,880 --> 00:28:06,319 Speaker 3: I've just been listening to you for a long time, man, 443 00:28:06,440 --> 00:28:08,599 and now I got it. Just I just felt called 444 00:28:08,599 --> 00:28:11,480 to say, dude, thank you for who you are, for 445 00:28:11,640 --> 00:28:17,279 being a truth seeker. I'm one who has very limited 446 00:28:17,319 --> 00:28:22,880 patients with people who I would say are blind, and 447 00:28:23,119 --> 00:28:26,680 I am reminded in the last couple of weeks just 448 00:28:26,799 --> 00:28:30,160 how I have to stop, like I have to drop 449 00:28:30,200 --> 00:28:32,680 to my knees and thank God that I can see 450 00:28:33,039 --> 00:28:35,240 that the veil has been lifted from my eyes, and 451 00:28:35,279 --> 00:28:39,119 those that can't are to be dealt with with more 452 00:28:39,200 --> 00:28:44,079 patience and kindness because they're blind. Like it's they're cursed 453 00:28:44,160 --> 00:28:46,200 in a way. I'm not trying to put myself on 454 00:28:46,240 --> 00:28:49,920 some morally superior pedestal. I just have the ability to 455 00:28:50,000 --> 00:28:52,599 see the highest order. I'm not saying that I live 456 00:28:52,640 --> 00:28:55,839 it or I am, but I certainly can tell. And 457 00:28:55,960 --> 00:28:58,440 men like you who just you know, put me in 458 00:28:58,480 --> 00:29:01,799 my place at times and remind me how long about 459 00:29:01,839 --> 00:29:05,519 things I have been And I just appreciate you man, 460 00:29:05,880 --> 00:29:08,440 Thank you. I'll watch, yes, sir, well. 461 00:29:08,279 --> 00:29:08,960 Speaker 2: I appreciate that. 462 00:29:09,039 --> 00:29:13,160 Speaker 1: I think though there there requires a level of humility 463 00:29:13,480 --> 00:29:16,880 to say what you have said about your relationship with God, 464 00:29:16,920 --> 00:29:21,240 to get down on your knees and to recognize that 465 00:29:21,240 --> 00:29:24,880 that relationship, you know, And I think that's what inspires 466 00:29:24,920 --> 00:29:27,519 so much hatred from a lot of people that are, 467 00:29:27,559 --> 00:29:32,079 as you say blind. I always get this suspicion that 468 00:29:32,160 --> 00:29:37,079 they kind of know right, and and rather than humble themselves, 469 00:29:37,480 --> 00:29:43,000 they they lash out and deny, you know, because that 470 00:29:43,160 --> 00:29:46,279 allows them to continue doing what they're doing, living the 471 00:29:46,279 --> 00:29:47,799 way they would prefer to live. 472 00:29:48,400 --> 00:29:50,039 Speaker 2: And I think. 473 00:29:49,920 --> 00:29:54,480 Speaker 1: That that was also Charlie Kirk's mission was to open 474 00:29:54,519 --> 00:29:58,160 people's eyes and to give especially young men a different 475 00:29:58,319 --> 00:30:01,400 direction when they are ready to see. 476 00:30:03,000 --> 00:30:05,039 Speaker 3: Yeah, and the older we get, the harder it is 477 00:30:05,079 --> 00:30:08,400 to realize that maybe I've got this wrong. Maybe I 478 00:30:08,480 --> 00:30:12,319 actually am not the bad guy in the situation, but 479 00:30:12,359 --> 00:30:15,319 I just I've been wrong in this situation. And the 480 00:30:15,359 --> 00:30:18,079 more steadfast and the more dug in we get, the 481 00:30:18,119 --> 00:30:21,319 older we get, it's just harder and harder and harder 482 00:30:21,359 --> 00:30:24,319 to rip that part of us that's wrong off and 483 00:30:24,440 --> 00:30:26,839 let it die and let something new grow there. I mean, 484 00:30:26,839 --> 00:30:28,559 it's really difficult. It hurts. 485 00:30:29,839 --> 00:30:33,279 Speaker 1: Well, that's what Larry Arne was saying from Hillsdale College, right, 486 00:30:33,359 --> 00:30:35,880 he said, in order to grow, you have to suffer. 487 00:30:36,839 --> 00:30:38,440 And a lot of people don't want to do that. 488 00:30:38,720 --> 00:30:40,559 They don't want to put in the work, you know, 489 00:30:40,640 --> 00:30:43,799 they don't want to challenge their own ideas that have 490 00:30:43,839 --> 00:30:45,640 become so central to who they think they are. 491 00:30:46,279 --> 00:30:46,480 Speaker 2: You know. 492 00:30:46,920 --> 00:30:49,759 Speaker 3: Well, you keep sending that suffering my way, peepe. 493 00:30:49,480 --> 00:30:52,960 Speaker 1: All right, man, I'm gonna try my hardest, right all right, 494 00:30:52,960 --> 00:30:57,000 bless you. I appreciate the call, man, Thank you along 495 00:30:57,000 --> 00:30:59,759 those lines. There was a headline at the Wall Street 496 00:30:59,799 --> 00:31:03,960 Jo to listen to this invoking a quote revival. GOP 497 00:31:04,279 --> 00:31:09,720 hopes Kirk's legacy unites and endures. They hope the slain 498 00:31:09,799 --> 00:31:12,480 activists work will carry them into a new era of 499 00:31:12,480 --> 00:31:16,400 influence and dominance. Hugh Hewitt talks your host out in California. 500 00:31:17,039 --> 00:31:21,559 He said, this headline illustrates a point secular media, not 501 00:31:21,640 --> 00:31:26,279 just media staffed overwhelmingly bi secular people, but secular media 502 00:31:26,680 --> 00:31:32,119 lack the language and background to understand yesterday's service. It 503 00:31:32,160 --> 00:31:35,519 was the largest witness to the objective truth of Christianity 504 00:31:35,640 --> 00:31:39,559 in history. The regular roster of guests and sources who 505 00:31:39,599 --> 00:31:44,359 comment on matters politics and policy, they're not equipped to 506 00:31:44,480 --> 00:31:48,720 analyze or even comment coherently on what they saw. Some 507 00:31:48,839 --> 00:31:53,000 won't even be inclined to try. It was not primarily 508 00:31:53,039 --> 00:31:56,279 a political event. It was a religious event, and a 509 00:31:56,440 --> 00:32:00,839 uniquely powerful one. Reported that way, and you won't miss 510 00:32:00,960 --> 00:32:05,079 by much. Though it is hard, the Christian view is 511 00:32:05,119 --> 00:32:05,799 a large one. 512 00:32:07,720 --> 00:32:08,119 Speaker 2: All right. 513 00:32:08,119 --> 00:32:10,480 Speaker 1: That'll do it for this episode. Thank you so much 514 00:32:10,519 --> 00:32:12,559 for listening. 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