What are Defining Moments?
in the last week, I have read many dictionary entries and articles about Defining Moments. The following are contained in these definitions and descriptions.
Defining Moments are events that bring us into adult issues or ways of thinking for the first time.
Defining Moments are events that lead us to commit to a cause.
Defining Moments are events with different responses that divide a generation.
Defining Moments are events we always look back on as changing our lives.
Some Defining Moments:
9/11
The Reagan Presidency and assassination attempt
Woodstock
JFK’s assassination
The end of World War 2
Pearl Harbor
The 1930s
The Crash
The 1920s
The Lost Generation
The Assassination of Charlie Kirk?
Erika Kirk’s words after her husband’s death:
“You have no idea the fire that you have ignited within this wife, the cries of this widow will echo around the world like a battle cry,”
“To everyone listening tonight across America, the movement my husband built will not die. It won’t, I refuse to let that happen … All of us will refuse to let that happen. No one will ever forget my husband’s name, and I will make sure of it.”
Conclusions:
Charlie Kirk is dead. His assassination is and will become a defining moment for many people.
Will some start a chapter of his ministry?
Will some go into politics?
Will some go into Christian apologetics?
Will some commit to a lifetime of focussed study and writing?
These are not all of the possibilities but I am convinced this will change many Christians, Americans and people worldwide.
Reactions so far:
I have received dozens of comments about the assassination in the first week. The range of comments have been unbelievable. Some people have lost their jobs and some have sued others. Families have been divided. The is just a small sample of what I have read.
More from Erika Kirk
Erika Kirk: ‘I’ll Make Turning Point USA the Biggest Thing This Nation Has Ever Seen’
From a Roman Catholic Bishop
Bishop Barron praises late controversial activist Charlie Kirk after fatal shooting
From Newsweek
Charlie Kirk: Turning Point USA Flooded With Requests to Start New Chapters
From Randy Alcorn author of Heaven
Charlie Kirk, the Brevity of Life, God’s Sovereignty, and Our Rock-Solid Hope
From a post comparing Charlie Kirk to the Apostle Paul
How Charlie Kirk should inspire us
From the Gospel Coalition
Is Charlie Kirk’s Assassination a Turning Point?
From social commentator Victor Davis Hanson
Was the Current Madness Birthed in the University?
From a post addressing cancel culture on the right and left
It’s Too Late to Cry “Cancel Culture”
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