SBC Pastor Drags Charlie Kirk During His Sermon, Suggesting He Was ‘Carnal,’ Unempathetic, and Racist

James T. Roberson III is the senior pastor of Bridge Church NYC, which is a congregation part of the Southern Baptist Convention. Roberson is tight with the North American Mission’s Board, given that the Send Network helped plant his church, and he is speaking at a Send Network event this October.

During his recent sermon, he denounced the assassination of Charlie Kirk, but still managed to spend roughly half his statement (and even the following prayer) dragging the man’s name through the mud.

This morning before we pray, I want to lean into some of the political tension in our country and the recent assassination of gentleman named Charlie Kirk, who was assassinated this past Thursday, I believe. And I’ve written out a statement here.

2 Corinthians 10:3-5 reads this way: “For though we walk in the flesh, we are not waging war according to the flesh. For the weapons of our warfare are not of the flesh, but have divine power to destroy strongholds. We destroy arguments and every lofty opinion raised against the knowledge of God. And we take every thought captive to obey Christ.”

In this text, Paul is reminding us that as believers, our battle is not a physical battle. It’s a spiritual battle God has called us to be a part of. And it is therefore not fought with carnal weapons but with spiritual ones. And I think in this political tension that we live in, Charlie Kirk and other political activists, particularly some on the evangelical right, often see ideas and policies that claim to be Christian, but they’re fought with in a carnal posture. They’re fighting for Jesus with anger and harshness and rage. And the danger of that is when you when you fight spiritual battles in a carnal way, the world responds with that same carnality. It’s as if the world says we know how to do worldly better than you.

So, let me be clear. I denounce his assassination veheminently [sic], and we all should. That shouldn’t be hard. It’s wicked. That’s obvious. It is also wicked to celebrate his death. It is carnal to celebrate his death. To lack empathy for someone who doesn’t have empathy for you is to live in carnality.

At the same time, while he fought for ideals that he believed were Christian, I also denounced the way he carried himself and especially the way he talked about black people.

So, here’s what I want us to remember as a church, what I need all of us to know. People are not defined by their ideology. They are defined by the image of God. Genesis 1 says “God created them in his own image.” So here’s what we’ve got to understand. Charlie Kirk, at his core, is not a Republican or a conservative. He is a child of God made in the image of God who has right-wing positions. And as a believer, we’re called to see people not politically but spiritually. The Bible says in 2 Corinthians 5, “From now on, therefore, we regard no one according to the flesh, even though we once regarded Christ according to the flesh.” I think we’re getting some feedback over here, FYI.

So, let’s be clear. We should be grieving with his wife, his kids who have woken up this morning without a father. We should weep with those who weep, and we should be praying for their families. But I also grieve for our country that elevates people into hero status and martyr status so quickly.

Disagreement is not wrong, but it’s how we disagree that matters. And my prayer is that we, the people of God, would resist the temptation to fight our battles with carnal weapons. Instead, let us choose a spiritual posture that Christ has given us, because truly, the weapons of our warfare are spiritual and not carnal. Amen. Pray with me.

Father, we pray right now that as we jump into the word here, we do lift up the Kirk family. We lift up those who are weeping this morning. And I pray, God, for a spirit of compassion in this room. Make us wise with what we post online. Make us wise with what we watch online. But just because someone fought for Jesus doesn’t mean they fought like Jesus. God, I pray for a spirit of peace. I pray that a spirit of fruit in our community and I pray that we would renounce all elements of the flesh. Now, God, be with us. Speak to us in this time. In Jesus’ name. Amen? Amen.

This is in sharp contrast how he spoke about the death of George Floyd at an event their church put on, The Stories We Tell: Why America Continues to be a Racist Country, where he sought to comfort the flock:

“His death started a riot. One African proverb said it this way: The child who is not embraced by the village will burn it down to feel its warmth’ To be clear I’m not condoning violence, but I’m affirming their voices. I hear you. I hear you as you spraypaint. I hear you as you yell their name in protest. As as you say…. ‘George Floyd’. I want you to know as a pastor I hear you, but I’m here today to tell you not only does God hear you, God is in the protest and he is saying George Floyd’s name.”


h/t WokePreacher TV for the transcript, text and vids.

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    Like many, He has and presents an unbliblical view of Jesus and the Apostles as weak, soft, effeminate boys. And this is the sort of thinking that leads to suppression of the truth, often for seemingly good and loving reasons. But between the lines, what he’s really saying is that he knows Charlie spoke the truth. If all that can be said bad about him is that he said things in a way some didn’t like, then that would make him one of the best men to ever walk the earth, short of Jesus Himself. If Mr. Roberson claims to have never said things the wrong way, or to have gotten worked up about certain issues, he’s lying through his teeth. Jesus and the Apostles spoke with authority like men. The Bible says that people marveled at the authority with which they spoke. They were not softies. If the truth was found offensive, well that was just too bad. They did not apologize for doing nothing wrong.

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