{"id":11713,"date":"2025-09-12T09:33:47","date_gmt":"2025-09-12T13:33:47","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/lifesurge.com\/?p=11713"},"modified":"2025-09-12T09:34:43","modified_gmt":"2025-09-12T13:34:43","slug":"remembering-charlie-kirk","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/lifesurge.com\/remembering-charlie-kirk\/","title":{"rendered":"Remembering Charlie Kirk: A Faithful Witness for Christ"},"content":{"rendered":"\t\t<div data-elementor-type=\"wp-post\" data-elementor-id=\"11713\" class=\"elementor elementor-11713\" data-elementor-post-type=\"post\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"has_eae_slider elementor-element elementor-element-455f5e4 e-flex e-con-boxed e-con e-parent\" data-eae-slider=\"90811\" data-id=\"455f5e4\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-e-type=\"container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"e-con-inner\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-bb41b2b elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"bb41b2b\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<h1 class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\">Remembering Charlie Kirk: A Faithful Witness for Christ<\/h1>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<div class=\"has_eae_slider elementor-element elementor-element-dafd24e e-flex e-con-boxed e-con e-parent\" data-eae-slider=\"76872\" data-id=\"dafd24e\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-e-type=\"container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"e-con-inner\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-4b8f661 elementor-widget elementor-widget-image\" data-id=\"4b8f661\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"image.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<img fetchpriority=\"high\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"600\" height=\"600\" src=\"https:\/\/lifesurge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/charlie-kirk-memorial-tribute.webp\" class=\"attachment-medium_large size-medium_large wp-image-11714\" alt=\"Charlie Kirk memorial tribute portrait\" srcset=\"https:\/\/lifesurge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/charlie-kirk-memorial-tribute.webp 600w, https:\/\/lifesurge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/charlie-kirk-memorial-tribute-300x300.webp 300w, https:\/\/lifesurge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/charlie-kirk-memorial-tribute-150x150.webp 150w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 600px) 100vw, 600px\" \/>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<div class=\"has_eae_slider elementor-element elementor-element-d0665b1 e-flex e-con-boxed e-con e-parent\" data-eae-slider=\"29985\" data-id=\"d0665b1\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-e-type=\"container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"e-con-inner\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-877ae06 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"877ae06\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div style=\"font-family: 'Metropolis', sans-serif;\"><p>We are devastated by the assassination of our brother in Christ, Charlie Kirk. 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