WorldNetDaily columnists made sure to lionize right-wing activist Charlie Kirk after his death. First up was Josh Hammer in his Sept. 13 column (also published at Newsmax):
It is difficult enough to write about the most high-profile political assassination in this country since the Martin Luther King Jr. and Robert F. Kennedy killings of 1968. It is considerably more difficult to do so when the victim was a personal friend. The pain is profound. Charlie Kirk and I had gotten close, and we had spoken less than 24 hours before the fatal bullet struck to discuss his upcoming campus tour. But if there is one thing that I know about Charlie, the quintessential public square warrior, it is that he would not have wanted us to sit on the sidelines.
The stakes are too high. We have a nation – and a civilization – to save. So, we fight back our tears and we summon the fortitude to plow ahead. We do so not because it is easy but because it is right. An assassin may have permanently silenced Charlie, but we won’t let him silence us too. As it says in the book of Psalms, one of Charlie’s favorite books of the Bible: “Hope for the Lord, be strong and He will give your heart courage, and hope for the Lord.” We must all now channel that courage – Charlie’s signature trait.
Charlie Kirk died, as so often seems to happen to the greats, doing what he loved: modeling civil discourse in the public battle of ideas. The living embodiment of the First Amendment in his tragically truncated life, Charlie died as a (literal) martyr for free speech. He was murdered one day after the Foundation for Individual Rights and Expression released a discomfiting survey showing that one-third of university students believe violence is an appropriate response to speech. The celebratory reaction to Charlie’s assassination across swaths of left-wing social media was also positively chilling.
[…]There are two easy ways we can all honor Charlie’s legacy. At the time of his death, Charlie was putting the finishing touches on a book about the Sabbath – yet another biblical concept he championed in his personal life. It would be a fitting tribute to Charlie – and the Hebrew Bible-rooted form of Christianity that he, like the American Founders, so greatly championed – for more Christians and Jews alike to honor Charlie by committing to honor the Sabbath just like he did. We must also double down like never before in our commitment to free speech and the civil exchange of ideas. His martyrdom must galvanize younger conservatives like never before. We must not allow Charlie to have died in vain as a free speech martyr.
Jerry Newcombe also played the martyrdom card in his Sept. 16 column:
Christianity has never been politically correct. It never will be. Therefore, there have been numerous attempts to snuff it out, beginning with its very Founder. As the saying goes, if you don’t like the message, shoot the messenger. But beginning with Him, there’s always a resurrection that its opponents had not counted on.
The killing of Charlie Kirk last week was a Christian martyrdom. And that assassination could well see a positive turning point in the life of America.
[…]The secret of Charlie’s fearlessness came through loud and clear. He only cared about God’s opinion of him, not that of man. He said the Woke have been “weaponizing name-calling” throughout the West, but that can end when Christians exhibit more courage.
He argued: “We need to care less about what the bad guys call us. I can’t tell you how many people are just paralyzed, and they’re in a place of almost hypnosis by what the bad guys call them or what the Woke call us when they call you ‘racist’ or ‘bigot’ or ‘misogynist’ or all that nonsense. No, you should not care what they call you. You should care about your close relationships. You should only fear the Lord.”
The ultimate case of “cancel culture” is murder. And so, the hatred against Charlie Kirk canceled him on Sept., 10, 2025. As Gary Bauer notes: “All this hatred simply because he promoted Faith, Family and Freedom.”
But because of his faith in Jesus, Charlie Kirk was hopeful, even for the future of America – knowing he was on the winning side.
Joe Kovacs hyped that upcoming Kirk book about the Sabbath in a Sept. 14 article:
As Americans continue to try to make sense of last week’s assassination of Christian champion and civil rights leader Charlie Kirk, videos are emerging of the outspoken Jesus worshiper issuing a challenge to fellow believers about what he calls “the most ignored commandment” of the Ten Commandments.
“I speak at hundreds of churches of all different denominations,” Kirk told the Wisdom Pearl, “and I will challenge the Christian church because I believe this is the most ignored commandment of the Decalogue to our own detriment.”
“We do a horrible job of honoring the Sabbath,” he explained. “We do a really bad job of that as American Christians.”
And what may come as a surprise to millions of Christians, the Sabbath he observed and promoted is NOT Sunday when many congregate to worship on the first day of the week, but rather the seventh day of the week, when Jews and some Christians cease from their work.
[…]Prior to his shocking assassination Wednesday at Utah Valley University in Orem, Utah, Kirk had completed a book on the subject titled “Stop, in the Name of God: Why Honoring the Sabbath Will Change Your Life,” which is now set for release posthumously in December.
“It’s honestly how the Sabbath saved my life and helped preserve my family and helped preserve my career,” Kirk noted of the book.
Kovacs went on to hype: “In 2008, WorldNetDaily published an in-depth report on when precisely is God’s Sabbath day to be observed, titled “Deception’: Christians war over worship day.” Kovacs — who wrote that “in-depth report” — is a self-styled Bible expert, having written (largely WND-published) books like “Shocked By the Bible,” so it seems he’s trying to use a little self-promotion to capitalize on Kirk’s death.