Episode · The Charlie Kirk Show · 2026-09-20
Books mentioned on How Charlie Became America's Most Famous Christian Witness, In His Own Words
How did Charlie go from someone who spoke only at schools to someone who visited churches all over America? In his 2023 visit to the Seattle Revival Center, Charlie tells his story of how Covid tyranny supercharged his Christian faith and convinced him that faith and politics can't be treated separately.
Charlie Kirk recommended The Pentateuch by Lloyd R. Bailey, and discussed Deuteronomy by Gary Harlan Hall, Book of Joshua, Genesis by Bernard Beckett, Exodus by Leon Uris, First Chronicles by Gary N. Knoppers, and John by Merrill C. Tenney.
Books mentioned, in the order they came up
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Deuteronomy
Deuteronomy serves as the final book of the Torah, containing Moses's parting speeches to the Israelites as they stand on the precipice of the promised land.
Discussed“or the entire book of deuteronomy the entire book of deuteronomy is a political book it's moses's farewell address where he doesn't get to go into the promised land”
Where to get it
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Book of Joshua
The Book of Joshua is a foundational biblical text detailing the leadership of Joshua, the conquest of Canaan, and the theological history of ancient Israel.
Discussed“i think it's an unclean spirit from the pit of hell to get us into a place of passivity and timidity not of strength or courage as it says in joshua 1 9 so the joshua generation was the one that heard moses's farewell address”
Where to get it
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Genesis
Genesis is a foundational biblical text detailing creation, early human history, and the patriarchal origins of the Israelites.
Discussed“every single one of those things not even mentioned in exodus or leviticus or uh deuteronomy which it is the first 11 books of genesis answers all these questions”
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Exodus
Exodus by Leon Uris is a sweeping historical novel that chronicles the turbulent founding of the State of Israel and the events leading up to it.
Discussed“if you go to kind of your typical woke church they'll tell you that when in reality 55 out of 56 of the signers of the declaration of independence were bible believing church attending christians the american founding which by the way to this day is the greatest political accomplishment post what we see in exodus”
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First Chronicles
Discussed“which is that if you do not repent it says in first chronicles a nation that does not repent first and foremost and i don't know the i don't remember the exact scripture but it basically says you will be condemned”
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John
John by Merrill C.
Discussed“it says in john 10 10 i've come to give life and life more abundantly where the enemy is here to steal plot and deceive and destroy”
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The Pentateuch
The Pentateuch by Lloyd R.
Recommended“now i encourage you if you're going to reread the first five books of the bible which you should the pentateuch and the our lord jesus christ loved the first five books of the bible far too often churches stay away from it”
Where to get it
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“every single one of those things not even mentioned in exodus or leviticus or uh deuteronomy which it is the first 11 books of genesis answers all these questions”
“every single one of those things not even mentioned in exodus or leviticus or uh deuteronomy which it is the first 11 books of genesis answers all these questions”
“every single one of those things not even mentioned in exodus or leviticus or uh deuteronomy which it is the first 11 books of genesis answers all these questions”