Radio host Steve Dees has spent the past few days in absolute terror at the assassination of conservative commentator Charlie Kirk.
The popular host says he is still shocked that it unfolds as he mourns Kirk’s widow Erika and the couple’s two little children.
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“I probably sobbed more this week than my conversion night,” he said. “But they were different kinds of tears. I think I’m shedding tears, and I think I think of those two little kids, especially his son.
Deace said the whole situation was “surreal” and that he called the loss “immeasurable” and declared that he “knowed correctly where the enemy was raiding us.”
“Charlie was just that towering person,” Dees said. “The last text I got from him was Tuesday, and he told me, ‘You are a dear friend.’ And I think there are hundreds of people in our business and movement who have received such texts from him. ”
Dees said one of the things that made Kirk so effective was his willingness to go to “where the seekers were.” He believes this is why Kirk has become such a target. This is especially true of evil forces that try to prevent the truth from reaching the heart and mind.
“He was reaching the kind of new people, perhaps a new husband and father, or a generation of men who are not yet,” Dees said. “And that’s the cornerstone, it’s the headship, resetting the generational committee on the family line.”
The radio host realized that Kirk had successfully convinced him and many others that it was possible for him to reach the younger generations of America.
“He was one of the few people who still believed that,” Dees said. “They killed them for that and I’m worried about what’s coming next.”
Dees said Kirk was on the Utah Valley University campus.
“They wanted to make sure they were purpose-driven or something for the last 40 years, but they didn’t want to get their hands dirty,” Dees said. “And Charlie did it on their behalf and honestly said that their calling should be willing to take.”
Deace sees it as a “wake moment” by many pastors and churches.
“I hope Charlie’s martists will shame them in a good way,” Deece said.
Dees also said he believes that Kirk has “grown in his faith” over the past few years, and that it is reflected in his work and focus.
“He started to understand that and began prioritizing this further,” he said. “And I don’t think it’s a coincidence that when he did it he experienced a different level of influence and success than he was seen primarily as a political activist.”
One of the most annoying aspects of Kirk’s assassination is that some people enjoy it mostly on social media. Deace took this straight out.
“I am very pleased to beat ideologies that I disagree with in the ballot box, and I hope they do the same for me,” he said. “But with sadistic joy at the cold-blooded murders of people, such as selling t-shirts, Charlie’s bleeding around his neck, “discuss this.”
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