Thoughts on the Life and Legacy of Charlie Kirk

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In my previous writings, I referenced Charlie Kirk only once, and that was somewhat recently in my Substack entitled, “The Road to Perdition-The Frost Family, Josh McKoon and the Seven Mountains Mandate.” In that article, I criticized a certain movement among supposed Christians whose beliefs and actions, I believe, erroneously extrapolate authority well beyond that which can be reasonably attributed to Christ’s Great Commission:

19 Go ye therefore, and teach all nations, baptizing them in the name of the Father, and of the Son, and of the Holy Ghost:

20 Teaching them to observe all things whatsoever I have commanded you: and, lo, I am with you always, even unto the end of the world. Amen.

Matthew 28:19-20 KJV

There are politicians among us, however, who believe America is designed to be what they term, a “Christian nation,” which means that those who do not believe what they believe have no discernible right to become a candidate, or to occupy elected offices in American Government. In that article, I provided examples of individuals who believe what I describe and who profess what I consider to be an extra-biblical doctrine known as as the “Seven Mountains Mandate.” That doctrine, in my opinion, is not “mandated” in the Great Commission. In fact, that “mandate” is neither authorized in America’s founding document, the Declaration of Independence. The Declaration alleges quite the opposite, that all men, regardless of race, national origin, or religious belief, are created equal by their Creator, and endowed with identical rights, among which are life, liberty and the pursuit of happiness.

Furthermore, among those rights is “the right of the people to alter or abolish a government” especially once it becomes tyrannical, in other words, a government that becomes sufficiently destructive of the rights of men. But when that might occur, the Declaration does not empower men to themselves become tyrannical and institute a theocracy, Christian or otherwise, at the expense of empowering individuals of competing beliefs, in all aspects of life, to participate in governing. And the reason is exactly because those who wrote and endorsed the Declaration of Independence were of abiding Christian faith, wizened through their faith to recognize that God gives us all the freedom to decide matters for ourselves. The gift of free-will was awarded mankind in the Garden of Eden. A nation that does not respect free-will is therefore not a Christian nation.

That said, many “Christian Nationalists” purport that only Christians have the right to participate in American Government. And those who promote the “Seven Mountains Mandate” AKA the “Dominionist” movement invariably promulgate the notion that God MANDATES Christians to absorb all political positions in American government, in essence embodying a theocracy which, if history is our teacher, invariably becomes the tyrannical government those who instituted it sought to escape. Meet the new boss, same as the old boss.

During the 2020 CPAC conference, Charlie Kirk referenced what he termed the “Seven Mountains of cultural influence,” alleging to the crowd that President Trump understands what that term means and is heavily influenced by that meaning in his presidency. Having heard Charlie Kirk make that claim, in my Substack I asked the question whether Charlie Kirk was himself a “Dominionist,” a term describing those who believe in “hard core” Christian Nationalism, bent on establishing theocratic dominion over America. In the article, I concluded that there exists insufficient evidence for me to make such a claim and therefore refrained from doing so.

Since his death, the Internet has been overwhelmed with videos of Charlie Kirk doing what he enjoyed immensely, speaking and debating with students on college campuses. Last week, practically in reply to my previous question, one such video found its way to me, which seemed to answer whether Charlie Kirk supported Christian Nationalism. I will now show you that video, and then finalize my comments.

You can read it all on Hank Sullivan's Substack.

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