CAL THOMAS COMMENTARY OCTOBER 17, 2025
IN THE WEEKS SINCE CHARLIE KIRK’S ASSASSINATION THERE HAS BEEN MUCH TALK IN CHRISTIAN CIRCLES ABOUT REVIVAL. EVIDENCE IS PRESENTED OF FULL STADIUMS, YOUNGER PEOPLE ATTENDING CHURCH SERVICES AND MORE COLLEGE STUDENTS REGISTERING AS REPUBLICANS.
SORRY TO DISAPPOINT, BUT NONE OF THESE ARE SIGNS OF REVIVAL. DAVID FRENCH. WHO ISN’T ADMIRED BY TRUMP SUPPORTERS, IS CORRECT WHEN HE WRITES IN THURSDAY’S NEW YORK TIMES THAT REAL REVIVAL STARTS WITH REPENTANCE. AFTER REPENTANCE FOR ONE’S OWN SINS, IT MOVES TO FORGIVENESS FOR THE SINS OF OTHERS. ERIKA KIRK FORGAVE THE MAN WHO MURDERED HER HUSBAND.
IF WE CONSIDER REVIVALS OF THE PAST THIS HAS BEEN THEIR PATTERN: HUMBLING ONE’S SELF BEFORE GOD, REPENTING OF ONE’S SINS, FORGIVING OTHERS WHO HAVE SINNED AGAINST YOU, EFFECTUAL PRAYER, AND THEN LOVING YOUR ENEMIES AS JESUS COMMANDED. PRESIDENT TRUMP HAS SAID MORE THAN ONCE HE “HATES’ HIS ENEMIES. THAT IS NOT A SIGN OF REVIVAL FOR HIM OR FOR THE NATION. THAT IS A SIGN OF REVENGE. SCRIPTURE ADMONISHES THOSE SEEKING REVENGE: “’VENGEANCE IS MINE,’ SAYS THE LORD. I’M CAL THOMAS.
