Good and Evil Face Off in Woodstock

A small portion of the Patriots in Woodstock
rallying for Charlie Kirk.

Larry and I returned today from a two day stay in Staunton. It was not a planned vacation. We had tickets for a conference on regenerative farming being hosted by the Brownstone Institute. When they sent an email saying they had a long waiting list for the event, we decided younger folks would benefit more than we would. So we gave up our tickets. But I had booked a hotel reservation already paid for that couldn't be canceled. So instead of the conference we decided to take a mini vacation in Staunton. We planned a late lunch in Salem on Thursday with our five grandkids who attend Virginia Tech followed by two nights in Staunton doing a little exploring of the area. 

At the hotel, we watched a lot of the coverage on Charlie Kirk and marveled at the statement from his wife, Erika. What a testimony of faith and love! No hate, no unbridled anger, just determination to carry on Charlie's goal of "making heaven crowded."

This morning we headed home. As we exited at Woodstock we saw a large pride flag flying over the interstate and a small group of folks with resist signs and a big Epstein banner attacking Trump. A woman had a "Welcome the stranger." sign. I opened the window and asked if she welcomed the babies in the womb. I couldn't hear her answer. 

But the lefties weren't the only ones there with their signs. About 50 feet farther on was a much larger crowd calling for justice for Charlie Kirk. No pride flags there, just huge American flags, young people, and families with children -- in other words, the future of the country. These were patriots celebrating the life of a man whose main message was love for spouse and family, but first of all for Jesus Christ. I opened the window again and thanked them. In my younger days I would have stopped to join them, but Larry and I were both tired and headed home.

My experience this morning emphasized the reality of life in the U.S.A. today. We live with two world views. One celebrates sodomy, the mutilation of children, assisted suicide, and abortion...and they hate God and His laws! (Remember when the Democrats at their 2012 presidential convention booed God being added to the platform?) The Left is well described as the culture of death. When they get riled up they riot, burn, loot, injure police officers and others, and even murder and assassinate. The other world view responds to crises with peaceful prayer vigils and rallies. It's the culture of faith and life. The difference between those two world views could not be more stark and more clear. 

Charlie Kirk showed the way we should engage -- with the truth spoken in love. He's been accused by many brainwashed lefties of all the things they are guilty of: hatred, racism, misogyny, white privilege, fascism, you name it. Not all liberals are radical lefties, but many of them are silent in the face of evil, and silence implies consent. Silence and toleration of evil is a significant source of the crisis in the United States today.

Last April, NCRI [Network Contagion Research Institute] of Rutgers University reported on Assassination Culture: How Burning Teslas and Killing Billionaires Became a Meme Aesthetic for Political Violence. The study points out how assassination culture is an increasing threat in our society coming from the "extreme left." In brief, the study reported:

A broader “assassination culture” appears to be emerging within segments of the U.S. public on the extreme left. NCRI empirically assessed this shift with original survey data and open source intelligence analysis to assess how normalized and justified violence against the administration has become in public discourse....

The survey revealed several troubling trends. Over half of those who self-identified as left of center (56%) reported that if someone murdered Donald Trump, they would be at least somewhat justified (see Figure 1; similar proportions supported murdering Musk and destroying Tesla dealerships). Thisincludes 14.1% who said this murder would be “Completely Justified.” Similarly, half (50.2%) of those who self-identified as left of center said the murder of Elon Musk would be somewhat justified (or greater), with about 10.7% saying this is “Completely Justified” (see Figure 3). Over ⅓ of all respondents believe it is at least somewhat acceptable to destroy Tesla dealerships to protest Elon Musk’s involvement in the Presidential administration....

This report points to disturbingly high levels of support for political violence, particularly targeting President Donald Trump and Elon Musk. Across survey responses, nearly one-third of respondents—and a significantly higher share of left-leaning respondents—expressed some degree of justification for acts of lethal violence.

We are increasingly seeing the war that began when the angels, led by Lucifer, said, "We will not serve." It is fundamentally a war against God with increasing attacks on churches. Think of all the politicians and media figures who ridiculed prayer after the school shooting in Minnesota that claimed the lives of two students and seriously injured many others. Former White House spokesman and MSNBC host, Jen Psaki, wrote this on X.

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Jen Psaki

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Prayer is not freaking enough. Prayers does not end school shootings. prayers do not make parents feel safe sending their kids to school. Prayer does not bring these kids back. Enough with the thoughts and prayers.

And of course, what happened next? Renewed calls for gun control. The left are seasoned Alinskyites who never let a crisis go to waste. They use children, whether those murdered in Minnesota or innocent little ones going to the library for story hour, to advance their evil agenda. They must be stopped, but not by us imitating their violence. Turning to God is our best response and prayer and fasting are our best weapons. I truly believe Charlie Kirk's assassination may be a real "turning point" in our time. Let's pray that a resurgence of faith and family sweeps across this great country.
May Jesus Christ be praised!