It has only been a few weeks since the assassination of Charlie Kirk, and it is a tragedy with what I believe is a silver lining to a very dark, storm cloud in the spiritual realm.
I have waited to share my thoughts out of respect for those who loved him and for his immediate family. His legacy shall live on.
I have entitled this message, “Tipping Point or Turning Point.” I want to explain my heart in all the differences between the two. Turning Point is referenced in this letter not because of the name of Charlie Kirk’s organization. It is because of the definition of turning point which I will get to.
I will start with “tipping” point. It is the threshold of a moment when a gradual change becomes sudden, dramatic, and often irreversible, leading to rapid and significant shifts in a situation, system, or behavior. This is a fact in this death and horrific assassination of a true Martyr and minister of the Gospel of Jesus Christ.
Like a ball rolling down a hill or a virus spreading, the physics and theories behind this energy is not debatable. For a system or situation to tip, it requires the right context or environment for the change to catch on, thus the energy released as the ball rolls down the hill.
The accelerated change, and irreversibility of the situation is hardly ever reversed. Not in science but can be reversed according to the scripture in the Bible.
“Then his brothers (referring to Joseph’s brothers) also went and fell down before his face, and they said, Behold, we are your servants.” Joseph said to them, “Do not be afraid, for am I in the place of God? But as for you, you meant evil against me; but God meant it for good, in order to bring it about as it is this day, to save many people alive.” Genesis 50: 18-20.
Joseph had brothers who sold him into slavery, and at that time, cared less for the well-being of their brother. Now, after all that had happened, they fell down before his face and declared that they would be his servants. A complete change. Repented hearts towards their brother.
Joseph comforted them and spoke kindly to them. A complete irreversible situation turned into good in an accelerated time period. A tipping point.
On to the Turning Point. “A time or event in our lives when something happens that shifts, or in some cases totally changes, and alters our inner landscape and consequently our world view. In time, the ones around us change too.
Turning point also means a pivotal moment of significant change and transformation, either in the story of humanity, a nation, or an individual's life, often altering the course of history or faith.
This is what happened and is continuing to happen since the loss of a true man of God. Charlie Kirk.
I can’t understand all that has happened. I do know the difference between the tipping point and the turning point as I have tried to explain.
The main difference is that a true “turning point” will change more than the people who it affected the most. Obviously, Charlie’s wife and two children will never be the same after what happened on September 10, 2025.
God does cause all things to work together for good.
Another set of turning points in the Bible include the fall of man in Genesis 3; God’s call to Abraham in Genesis 12, the covenant with Moses, and, most significantly, the Crucifixion and Resurrection of Jesus, which completely changed the narrative and offered hope for redemption. Hope for the entire world, if they will receive what was accomplished on the Cross of Calvary.
Since Charlie died, countless tens of thousands of people world-wide have come to the knowledge of Jesus. His death, though tragic, is causing perhaps millions to receive Christ in time, and a true revival in our youth is already exploding.
It has affected my two young sons. One is 25, and the other is 24.
This generation, or GEN-Z, is the first to grow up with the internet and digital technology as a constant presence in their lives. Good or bad, it is here, and many use it daily. Sometimes too much.
This Generation Z is known for their pragmatic and resourceful skills and abilities with high levels of anxiety and a strong focus on social justice and environmental concerns. Not so much for the Christians in this age group, like my two sons.
The term Zoomers is sometimes used as a moniker for those born between 2001 and 2012.
The tipping point, in my opinion, is when their communication skills get limited to text. Text to talk. Instagram, X, or other forms of computer dialogue rather than simply picking up a phone and calling home.
The turning point is when they recognize the true value of a life lost like Charlie Kirk’s life.
His legacy is one of specific communication. Led by the Holy Ghost, he was able to debate every topic imaginable to man. He spoke to the Zoomers and beyond with love, sternness and Biblical precedence. His love for the youth of America is evident in the way he was willing to put himself in the crosshairs of liberal debate. These crosshairs are not a reference to his demise but simply put; a pin-point accuracy in his skills as a communicator and a skilled lover of mankind.
His ministry and the name Turning Point USA is one that has already garnered interest from over a hundred thousand inquiries to add his agendas to the schools that have inquired.
This is historic.
Revival. True revival has always been birthed out of some sort of pain. The nature of pain in revival starts with conviction of sin. This stark recognition of one’s own sin, self-centeredness, or spiritual apathy, which brings sorrow and a sense of loss, is the seed of repentance towards the God Charlie served. Jesus the Christ.
Emotional intensity is the process of repentance which can involve loud weeping, wailing, and even physical actions as people confront their spiritual bondages. This pain is real and chaotic yet powerful back in the early church revivals. We need kneeling benches and boxes of tissues at our altars in America’s churches. Move aside the offering buckets for later and replace them with the true money of repentance. Tears are more valuable than dollars.
Birth pains are the struggle and sorrows of repentance which can be understood better by the labor pains in a woman giving birth. Like childbirth, the pain is temporary and replaced with the joy of the baby who is near to her bosom, moments after birth.
She does forget the pain but remembers what she went through to arrive with a child.
Holy violence or radical actions such as the destruction of idols or harmful habits, must be destroyed to make clear space for spiritual growth. Painful yes. Needed, absolutely.
I can imagine a world with revival. I can see a small glimpse of what Charlie Kirk may have seen in his young life. True revival which lasts, always brings a certain sorrow with it.
Those who paved the way in revival are too many to mention. Yet, Charlie will leave a mark on this world like has never been seen before. If not now, when?
I say now. I believe with his widow and two small children, that his legacy WILL NOT DIE.
Her own words at his funeral.
The tipping point in America has already happened.
Now, we await the results of this turning point in time.
The climax of the speech and its most memorable phrase of JFK’s famous line in the 1961 Inaugural Address was:
“Ask not what your country can do for you-ask what you can do for your country.”
Less than six weeks after his inauguration, President Kennedy issued an executive order establishing the Peace Corps as a pilot program within the Department of State. He envisioned the Peace Corps as a pool of trained American volunteers who would go overseas to help foreign countries meet their needs for skilled manpower. Later that year, Congress passed the Peace Corps Act, making the program permanent.
Charlie Kirk “DID” so much for the United States of America. He did not ask what his country could do for him. He went past the tipping point of chaos in the college campuses in America. He tried his best to tell the truth and what and who he believed in. Jesus.
So, John F. Kennedy on January 20, 1961, declared, “We observe today not a victory of party but a celebration of freedom, symbolizing an end as well as a beginning, signifying renewal as well as change. For I have sworn before you and Almighty God the same solemn oath our forebears prescribed nearly a century and three-quarters ago. The world is very different now. For man holds in his mortal hands the power to abolish all forms of human poverty and all forms of human life. And yet the same revolutionary beliefs for which our forebears fought are still at issue around the globe-the belief that the rights of man come not from the generosity of the state but from the hand of God.”
If I had to guess, I believe Charlie Kirk will be remembered in the same way. Not that he and John F. Kennedy, our 35th President of these United States of America, were both taken early from us.
But that they both believed God, and God alone, gave us His generosity to serve Him.
It will go down in history. That date. September 10, 2025. Not a date to remember a loss. But a man to remember who multiplied himself, with God’s help, in millions of young Americans around this world.
To God be the Glory. The true turning point has begun. May the silver lining shine through the clouds, and let our mandate to serve Jesus, grow stronger each day. It is not only what I believe Mr. Kirk may have wanted. I believe Jesus wants us to pass the torch to the next generation. Let the next one be called Generation J.C. “You know what that means.”
Copyright © 2025 by Joe Wilkins