Erika Kirk kicked off her “Make Heaven Crowded” tour Jan. 21 at Harvest Christian Fellowship in metro Los Angeles, where controversial pastor Greg Laurie was on the program. Laurie is senior pastor of Harvest Christian Fellowship in Riverside, Calif., and…
JD Vance’s Fifty Shades of Lies
JD Vance sells lies in various shades: Pants on fire, bald-faced lies, falsehoods, conspiracies, half-truths, political lies. The vice president, speaking at the Turning Point USA rally just before Christmas, told more lies in a single speech than any politician…
‘When the wicked are in power …’
“Advent is the season that, when properly understood, does not flinch from the darkness that stalks us all in this world,” Fleming Rutledge says in Advent: The Once and Future Coming of Jesus Christ. In these final days of Advent, we…
Ramaswamy’s TPUSA moment leaves believers asking, ‘Why is Hinduism so hard to explain?’
Vivek Ramaswamy, who got further than any other Hindu in his run for president and is a veteran of Charlie Kirk’s “Prove me wrong” campus colloquies, is no stranger to discussing religious beliefs. But earlier this month, Ramaswamy, challenged at…
How Charlie Kirk mastered the illusion of stump debates
Charlie Kirk did not invent the method of traveling “stump debates” or campus spectacles; that tradition reaches back centuries. But he did master a modern version of it by bullying underprepared college kids rather than engaging seasoned orators, scholars or…
Now Ryan Walters wants TPUSA in every Oklahoma high school
The Oklahoma leader who wants a Trump Bible in every classroom and who commanded all students to pray for the president now wants to use the power of the state to establish Turning Point USA chapters in all 451 public…
Erika Kirk will lead Turning Point USA, Sunday memorial planned
Charlie Kirk’s widow will take over leadership of Turning Point USA, the organization said Sept. 18. Erika Kirk will serve as CEO and chair the group’s board of directors. An announcement from the board said Charlie Kirk had said he…
Will Charlie Kirk’s legacy really live on?
Jerry Falwell Sr. was a fundamentalist pastor who became engaged in politics. Charlie Kirk was a political activist who wrapped his speech in evangelical garb. There is a big difference between the two. Falwell, the legendary pastor of Thomas Road…
How Charlie Kirk went from college dropout to Trump influencer
From BNG’s coverage earlier this year, first published April 15, 2025: It seems Charlie Kirk — the Millennial founder of the Christian nationalist powerhouse Turning Point USA — is everywhere these days. He was part of a handful of…
MAGA influencer Charlie Kirk shot dead in Utah
Charlie Kirk, a 31-year-old Christian nationalist political activist and founder of Turning Point USA, was shot dead during an event he was hosting Sept. 10 at Utah Valley University near Provo. According to multiple media reports, Kirk was the only…
Where does Sean Feucht’s money come from?
In recent years, Sean Feucht has been everywhere: Singing in Washington, D.C.; engaging in “worship warfare” at every state Capitol and becoming the guitar-strumming frontman for Christian nationalism. What Franklin Graham and Jack Graham and Robert Jeffress have done for…
How Charlie Kirk went from college dropout to Trump influencer
From BNG’s coverage earlier this year, first published April 15, 2025: It seems Charlie Kirk — the Millennial founder of the Christian nationalist powerhouse Turning Point USA — is everywhere these days. He was part of a handful of…