When Erika Kirk was being driven in a hearse with the body of her husband, she held a cross in her hand out of the window. Any camera focused on that hearse could not avoid the cross. People who hate the cross of Jesus had just killed her husband and the father of her children, and she is boldly displaying that cross. Her courage should inspire all of us.
We should expect our pastors and church leaders to be as brave as that widow. For those of us who are Christian men, shame on us if we come up with more cowardly excuses about why we are not in this battle for our country.
Erika Kirk vowed to continue her husband’s work, and she urged men and women of faith to rise up and stand with her. She said: