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The assassination of Charlie Kirk has sent shockwaves through the nation, especially among conservative Christians. For many of us, his death is more than a political tragedy; it is the silencing of a voice that spoke boldly for Christ and for the values upon which this nation was founded. By every measure of how Protestant Evangelicals understand martyrdom in our age, Charlie Kirk died as a martyr.

In its most historic sense, martyrdom is the sacrifice of one’s life for confessing Christ. Yet even in the modern American context, where few are dragged to the stake for refusing to deny their faith, the word martyr still rightly applies to those who are targeted because their Christian convictions drive them to speak publicly, prophetically, and courageously. Charlie Kirk was

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