Pastors help their congregations process Charlie Kirk’s assassination: ‘How could this be, God?’

Pastors have a sacred duty. They are shepherds of flocks and responsible for discipleship, biblical teaching, spiritual counseling, and the administration of sacraments. It’s a high calling.

In recent days, pastors from all across the nation did something they might not do at a “typical” church gathering: They preached based on what happened last week, helping their congregations process the assassination of Charlie Kirk.

‘I’m sad. I’m mournful. But I’m not in despair, because we serve a God of hope.’

And how could they not?

Speak to almost anyone — aside from the liberals celebrating Charlie’s death — and they will tell you that something about this tragedy feels different. It’s heavy in a way we cannot understand, process, or describe. Charlie’s murder represents the collision of good and

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