Charlie Kirk Saved Baby Oliver’s Life

Radio, television, the internet and the human voice have power.

Charlie Kirk, thanks to the radio and the internet, along with his voice, plus a whole lot more, had power, too.

Case in point: There’s a beautiful photo of a precious baby making its way around social meeting platforms. It’s of a newborn baby named Oliver.

“Meet Oliver,” the post begins. “He was almost aborted. Charlie Kirk saved his life. He was unplanned. His mom was scared. But after hearing God-given truths spoken by Charlie, she chose life. Thank you.”

There’s another post, this one of a video of a young man who appears to be maybe ten years or so old.

“Meet Zachariah. He was almost aborted. Charlie Kirk saved his life. He was unplanned. His mom was scared and pressured to abort – but after hearing God-given truths spoken by Charlie, she chose life.”

Notice a pattern?

Back in 2010, Focus on the Family felt led to purchase a Super Bowl commercial. Given the price tag ($2.5 million) for the 30 seconds, it was an audacious and some even thought reckless proposition.

The spot featured Tim and Pam Tebow. At the time, Tim had just won the Heisman Trophy and was preparing to graduate from the University of Florida and enter the NFL draft. The playful advertisement celebrated Pam’s courageous and defiant decision to carry Tim to term after receiving a devastating prenatal diagnosis.

On the morning of February 7, 2010, Susan had told her boyfriend she was pregnant. He was incensed and demanded she get an abortion. She agreed. Later that night she went to a friend’s home to watch the Super Bowl. She saw Focus on the Family’s ad in the first quarter of the game.

Ironically, Susan knew nothing about football and couldn’t identify any players except for one. While folding clothes and watching television a few weeks earlier, she had stumbled upon a special on Tim Tebow. Because of her recent familiarity with him – and her present crisis – she couldn’t get the Focus ad out of her head.

“I wanted to be critical,” Susan says. “I wanted to bash this horrible ‘anti-choice’ commercial. But as we watched, everyone agreed that it was a positive commercial with an encouraging message — not one of judgment or condemnation.”

After reaching out to Focus on the Family, Susan decided not to abort her baby. Avita Grace was born in September. She’s now 15 years old.

Charlie Kirk is being rightly lauded for his bravery and willingness to apply his Christian faith to his politics. There are countless videos circulating in social media of him engaging students in debate over the most controversial issues of the day.

New York Archbishop Cardinal Timothy Dolan was interviewed on Fox & Friends on Friday. Prior to the assassination, the head of the New York City diocese said he was unfamiliar with Charlie but immediately began researching him.

“The more I learned about him, I thought, ‘This guy’s a modern-day Saint Paul. He was a missionary, he’s an evangelist, he’s a hero.’ He’s one that knew what Jesus meant when He said, ‘The truth will set you free.’ He was pretty direct. He didn’t try to avoid any controversy. He didn’t even try to avoid confrontation. The difference is the way, the mode, the style he did it, always with respect.”

It was that mode and style that helped Charlie Kirk connect and influence people with biblical truth, including abortion-minded women like Oliver and Zachariah’s mothers.

People are watching and listening. Our witness matters. Our witness can save lives.

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