Charlie Kirk and Spiritual Warfare: Faith’s Role in Politics and Culture

What did Charlie Kirk really mean when he talked about spiritual warfare? How did faith shape his approach to politics, power, and culture in America?

In this thought-provoking episode of “One Nation Under God,” Catholic author and theologian Dan Burke explores the fascinating connection between spiritual warfare, political influence, democracy, and even demonic possession and exorcism. He unpacks how Charlie Kirk’s unapologetic Christian worldview drove his activism - and what that reveals about the modern spiritual and ideological battles shaping our nation.

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Guest:
Dan Burke, bestselling spiritual author, President of the Avila Institute and author of SpiritualDirection.com 


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Charlie Kirk: In His Own Words | TRENDING: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1jBV_YynHOw

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Credits:
Host: Susie Pinto
Executive Producer: Andy Gipson
Editorial Producer: Meagan Ourada
Segment Producer: Christine Jenkinson
Editor: John Nock

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Chapter Summary:
1:06 Introduction to Dan Burke, bestselling author of Spiritual Warfare and the Discernment of Spirits, Devil in the Castle: St. Teresa of Avila, Spiritual Warfare and the Progress of Souls, and Discernment of Spirits for Beginners, president and founder of the Avila Institute and former president of ETWN News
3:00 Broader context since the Enlightenment, science doesn’t explain everything, and the most important questions in life
5:40 What is spiritual warfare, according to the Catholic Church? Spiritual author Dan Burke explains
7:44 Interest in spiritual warfare in the cultural and political realm
8:40 Politics and spiritual issues don’t typically cross over
9:45 Charlie Kirk and his deepening spiritual transformation
11:37 Charlie Kirk was not caustic
12:22 Dan Burke says he suspects Charlie Kirk loved the people he debated
12:31 Why did Charlie Kirk win so many people over? Dan Burke answers that question
14:00 Charlie Kirk led with his faith
15:00 Tucker Carlson talks about being attacked by a demon
15:44 Dan Burke describes working on an exorcism team
16:45 Dan Burke describes the cases of exorcism that he’s been involved in
16:53 Dan Burke describes what happens during exorcism
17:50 Dan Burke describes the types of demonic possession
19:00 Dan Burke describes how people become possessed by demons
20:55 Can anxiety/negative thoughts be traced to demons? What are the sources of negative, dark thoughts?
22:00 How to know if your negative thoughts/anxiety are from the devil
23:00 Depression and possible demonic possession
23:22 Examples of negative thoughts that could be demonic
23:40 Dan Burke leads Susie in an exorcistic prayer to dispel negative thoughts
24:36 Biblical source about how to wage spiritual warfare
26:40 Tactics that Charlie Kirk used to engage with people he debated with
28:00 How Charlie Kirk took down the temperature to talk with people
29:55 Dan Burke gives an example of how the devil creates division in couples
30:30 How the devil can isolate and divide us, and even cause physical violence and even Charlie Kirk’s assassination
31:30 Dan Burke says the devil is at the root of political violence
33:00 Dan Burke defines the antidote to the devil
34:00 Charlie Kirk listened to his enemies, didn’t shout down his enemies
35:00 Charlie Kirk’s impact on political figures and Washington, D.C.
35:30 Dan Burke describes his conversion and his skepticism of political power
37:00 Transformation of the heart
38:00 What Alexis de Tocqueville said about the American experiment and faith
40:30 Dan Burke says Charlie Kirk was thinking about becoming Catholic
41:00 Charlie Kirk’s coalition was multi-denominational
42:00 How Evangelicals and Catholics started working together
43:00 Why socialism and communism are demonic at their core, according to Dan Burke
44:25 Tucker Carlson described being attacked by a demon
45:18 Dan Burke tells us how the Catholic Church deals with exorcisms
46:42 How the Catholic Church assesses cases of demonic possession
48:00 What happens during the rite of exorcism?
51:10 Catholic Church is more open about exorcism now. Why?
52:00 Jesus was the first exorcist
54:00 Can non-Catholic people get an exorcism?
55:45 Devout people can become possessed
56:00 How pop culture represents exorcism
56:00 The Exorcist
57:26 The movie Nefarious is accurate
58:00 Dan Burke’s ministry SpiritualDirection.com / Avila Institute