Pastor Alex’s November 2025 Newsletter Letter

During worship through service Sunday, I had a conversation with one of you all about Charlie Kirk. It was an actual conversation, not an argument, not a one-sided debate, but a general conversation about Charlie Kirk. I made the statement that there “isn’t much I’ll agree with Charlie Kirk on,” to which I was asked “what specifically?”

            That was a good question, because it made me realize that I had assumptions about Charlie’s stances, but I didn’t specifically know what he advocated and believed in. I told this person that I would spend some time studying Charlie Kirk and his beliefs. That I would do this with an open mind, and curiosity to learn.

            So, I did, I watched some of Charlie Kirk’s debates, I researched Turning Point USA and Turning Point USA Faith. I read supportive opinions about Charlie, and opinions that challenged what he stood for. I can now say on the surface there are things I can agree with Charlie about, including that:

 ·         The United States of America is the greatest country in the history of the world.

·         Capitalism is the most moral and proven economic system ever discovered.

 Once we get below the surface and into the weeds, the agreements end. I don’t want to get into the weeds with you all on my disagreements, but I do want to talk about the theological foundation, the core religious belief, that guides all that Charlie Kirk stood for, which is this:

 There are universal moral truths contained in the Bible.

 In my experience and in my learning that is simply not true, and certainly not true in the way that Turning Point USA Faith presents it. Certainly, the Bible has authority, certainly the Bible holds truths, certainly the Bible speaks to us of morality, but to claim that there is a universal moral truth in the Bible is wrong and a fallacy.

I have said before that if you get five pastors in a room and ask them a question, you’ll get twelve answers. If there is such a thing as a “universal moral truth” we will never be able to grasp it. Because we are all subjective people. Everything we take in is filtered through our senses, our experiences, the wiring of our brains, and then we arrive at what we believe. If I were to ask you all to tell me what it means that “Jesus will come again” I’ll get a multitude of responses.

It is arrogant, narcissistic, and egotistic to claim to hold a “universal truth” because the only being that is universal is our God. Rather, we are called, as Christians, to learn the Bible, interpret what it means to the best of our abilities, and share that interpretation to the world. Charlie Kirk’s foundation was that there are “universal moral truths” in the Bible. A rigid foundation that must ultimately crumble. I offer to you, instead, my foundation, which is this “life is better when we do not suffer avoidably or unnecessarily.” When I read the Bible, I interpret all the “truths” through that lens.

What is your foundation?

 Pr. Alex