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Political Grief and the False Comfort of Enemies: A Gospel Response to Violence

Political Grief and the False Comfort of Enemies: A Gospel Response to Violence

Update: 2025-09-25
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Charlie Kirk's assassination and the contrasting responses at his memorial service—his widow's radical forgiveness versus calls for political warfare—reveal the collision between authentic Gospel witness and civil religion in American Christianity. Our culture's addiction to immediate mobilisation after tragedy robs us of the contemplative space necessary for genuine transformation, replacing the narrow path of forgiveness with the broad highway of tribal retaliation.

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Political Grief and the False Comfort of Enemies: A Gospel Response to Violence

Political Grief and the False Comfort of Enemies: A Gospel Response to Violence

Andy Otto