It was a long drive to and from Arizona and the whole way back I couldn’t stop thinking about what I had witnessed in Phoenix at Charlie Kirk’s memorial.

It wasn’t just another service. It was history in the making.

As a student of history, I remember learning how the assassination of Archduke Franz Ferdinand in 1914 lit the fuse that started World War I. One act of hate triggering global chaos.

Charlie’s widow, Erika, faced that kind of moment. Two hundred thousand people were right there watching her. The most powerful people in the United States government were at her beck and call. She had every reason to be angry, to call for vengeance. The world was listening.

But she didn’t. She chose love. Christ’s love. In her darkest hour, she pointed all of us toward hope instead of hate and forgave the killer. That choice matters. That choice was historic.

Before her speech, Secretary of War Pete Hegseth told the world to put Christ at the center of our lives. Think about that: head of our military saying faith is the answer. That is powerful.

Friends, hatred is loud in today’s world especially in the corporate media. But what I saw and literally felt in Phoenix convinced me that love is louder. Christ’s love is devouring hate. Erika Kirk showed us how.

That is a moment I’ll never forget. And I believe one day the world will see it as a turning point.

Take care and God bless.

I also spoke about this in my recent podcast.