Originally posted on Facebook on Thursday, September 18, 2025.

Charlie Kirk Post Response #1 – Whiteness

Your whiteness is beautiful.

What I hear from some of your responses is that my use of the phrase white nationalism seems like a blanket accusation that whites are racist. That is not what I meant. I do not believe being white means being racist. I believe my white brothers and sisters are a beautiful facet of God's glorious body that brings a wonderful richness to the Kingdom.

By white nationalism I mean the promotion of policies that center white interests in the politics and culture of a nation. Please hear me: I am not championing or at war with any particular political stance. My only concern is for the body of Christ and the distortion of the Gospel when it is polluted with anything else such as politics. I only used the phrase to name what I see being preached alongside the gospel when Charlie Kirk is exalted as a champion of Christianity.

While we can agree to disagree about whether that naming is accurate, I certainly did not mean to extend "white nationalist" to define all white Christians. I acknowledge and appreciate that there's recently been a context of white people being vilified for being white. So, I understand how the use of such a loaded term could cause some to believe that I'm calling them racists. That's not at all what I mean about whites in general and I'm sorry I communicated that.

I believe your whiteness is beautiful,
as is my blackness,
in their proper place
which is not at the center of everything—
that's where Jesus belongs.

"After these things I looked, and behold, a great multitude which no one could number, of all nations, tribes, peoples, and tongues, standing before the throne and before the Lamb, clothed with white robes, with palm branches in their hands, and crying out with a loud voice, saying, 'Salvation belongs to our God who sits on the throne, and to the Lamb!'" – Revelation 7:9-10

This is the first in a short series of posts where I will respond to some of the concerns many of you raised. Each post will take up one theme at a time where we will exclusively discuss the named topic. I will not be engaging in point-counterpoint contests. This is not a debate for me. I’m not trying to win an argument — I’m trying to win you.

I want to hear you and share my heart. My hope is to pull down what stands between us and Christ, beginning in my own heart. My desire is simple: fuller communion with you in Christ, to the glory of God. If you’re interested in storming the gates of hell with me and fighting toward each other, let’s go.

If we're in Christ, victory is assured. Jesus Himself promised: “I will build My church, and the gates of Hades shall not prevail against it” – Matthew 16:18.

I love you.

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