The Seth Gruber Show Your Favorite Christian Elites Refused to Mourn Their Martyred Brother | Megan Basham
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Sep 18, 2025 Megan Basham, an insightful journalist and author known for critiquing evangelical leadership, joins the discussion on the aftermath of Charlie Kirk's assassination. She and Seth Gruber expose the feeble responses from 'Big Eva' and explore Christianity Today's biased headlines. They highlight the hypocrisy of evangelical elites who prioritize political alliances over truth. Megan also critiques the belated praise from The Gospel Coalition and weighs in on institutional shifts and victories within the church. This candid conversation reveals the uncomfortable realities within evangelicalism.
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Institutional Caution Masks Political Cause
- Many evangelical institutions downplayed Charlie Kirk's assassination by framing it as a generic tragedy instead of naming the ideological cause.
- Megan Basham attributes this to managerial leaders protecting relationships with the left they cultivated for years.
Appeasement Blocks Honest Diagnosis
- Churches and leaders avoid calling out leftist ideology because they fear alienating audiences they cultivated.
- That accommodation prevents honest identification of what motivated violent acts like Charlie's murder.
Headlines Reveal Editorial Alignment
- Christianity Today's coverage treated Charlie Kirk's death with neutral language while lavishing a 'gospel legacy' headline on George Floyd.
- That contrast signals editorial alignment and selective framing to readers.
