adminThe sea of faces in Glendale on Sunday proved what we already knew: conservative America still shows up when it matters. Tens of thousands packed State Farm Stadium to honor Charlie Kirk, turning what the left calls a tragedy into a revival of faith, family, and patriotic resolve.
Charlie Kirk was taken from us on September 10 while doing the work he loved — speaking on a college campus and trying to reach young Americans who are being lost to nihilism and left-wing indoctrination. His death was a brutal reminder that our movement is under physical as well as cultural attack, and it has shocked a nation that for too long shrugged at the moral collapse of our institutions.
Pastor Rob McCoy, the Kirk family pastor, got ahead of the political theater and made the right choice first: he preached the Gospel. He reminded tens of thousands that Charlie’s life was rooted in faith and that the answer to despair among young men is not more secular ideology but the hope and purpose Christianity provides. That spiritual framing is exactly what our country needs now, and McCoy deserved to be first to speak.
President Trump, Vice President Vance and a who’s who of conservative leaders stood shoulder to shoulder in Arizona because Charlie built something real and because his loss lit a righteous fire. The scale of participation — from elected officials to grassroots activists — sent a message that the conservative movement will not be intimidated or silenced. This was not a political stunt; it was a solemn, mobilizing moment of national significance.
Still, let’s be brutally honest: too many American pastors have been AWOL. For years, mainline pulpits have retreated from moral clarity, preferring platitudes to prophetic courage, and that failure helped create a vacuum filled by cultural rot and political venom. If church leaders had been more willing to speak truth to power and shape young hearts, maybe the culture would be healthier and our campuses safer.
That’s why the role Rob McCoy played matters so much — not just as Charlie’s pastor but as a model. He preached without apology, lifted up family and faith, and called for revival instead of revenge. We should celebrate and replicate that courage across our towns and cities, because political power without spiritual renewal is hollow and transient.
Erika Kirk’s public forgiveness of her husband’s accused killer was Christian, brave, and exactly the kind of moral leadership our side should amplify. She vowed to carry on her husband’s work leading Turning Point USA, turning grief into organizing and grief into gospel-driven purpose — the right response to savagery is to build, to teach, and to love.
Now is the moment for conservatives to stop whining and start building institutions that last: stronger churches, bolder parents, honest schools, and fearless pastors willing to teach the next generation how to live and love rightly. Charlie Kirk’s life and death are a call to action — not to hatred, not to panic, but to renewal of faith, family, and the unapologetic defense of America.
