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Charlie Kirk\u2019s final book, Stop in the Name of God: Why Honoring the Sabbath Will Transform Your Life, <\/em>is out and it\u2019s an instant bestseller, selling out on Amazon and low in stock on numerous other sites. The book\u2019s purpose is to \u201chelp you discover how observing the Sabbath isn’t a rejection of modern life but a rebellion against busyness and a pathway to genuine connection, peace, and presence.\u201d The book had been completed just prior to Kirk\u2019s assassination on September 10.<\/p>\n

Speaking to Chris Cuomo on News Nation<\/em><\/a> Turning Point USA\u2019s Senior Director of Faith, Lucas Miles, discussed the heart behind the book. \u201cThis book is about what Charlie found in life, which he lived out. He had peace; he experienced rest. It was it refreshed him. It\u2019s what allowed him to do and to be as effective as he was,\u201d he told Cuomo. \u201cIt\u2019s what allowed him to have such a good marriage and be such a good father and to, you know, just find that fulfillment in life. A major part of that was him shutting down, cutting out the distractions from his life, focusing on this Sabbath day.\u201d<\/p>\n

David Engelhardt, pastor of Kings Church in New York City, spoke with The New York Post<\/em><\/a> to describe what first inspired Kirk to add a Sabbath rest into his life. \u201cCharlie was under duress, stressed out and said he was having a hard time sleeping. I just said, you need to start observing the Sabbath, you need to start taking 24 hours \u2014 block it out and just hang out with God, hang out with your family,\u201d he said. Engelhardt said they \u201csquabbled\u201d over the concept, but that a few months later Kirk called and told him he\u2019d incorporated into his schedule. It became a practice that both Kirk and his wife Erika became devoted to, unplugging from Friday night into Saturday, with the couple often touting the benefits it had done for their family. Soon after then presidential candidate Donald Trump was nearly assassinated in Butler, PA, Kirk posted a comment acknowledging the practice to his followers. \u201cAs I prepare to unplug for the Sabbath I am filled with a profound gratitude and joy. This week could have been one of the hardest, darkest, in history,\u201d he wrote. \u201cInstead, by God\u2019s grace, by a few centimeters, our movement continues.\u201d<\/p>\n

Engelhardt called the new book \u201cdeep.\u201d \u201cIt is by far, in my estimation, the best thing he\u2019s ever written ever before. I didn\u2019t expect it to be philosophically deep. It\u2019s philosophically deep. It\u2019s rich. It reads really well. I\u2019m sure he was immensely proud of it.\u201d Kirk outlines his struggles with incorporating a Sabbath rest into his life, noting his responsibilities as the founder of Turning Point USA, his three-hour show, and numerous other tasks. While Kirk was a Christian and not Jewish, Engelhardt discussed the good that Christians can still draw from incorporating a weekly rest into their schedules. \u201cFor Christians, the practice of the Sabbath fundamentally says, do I trust God or do I not trust God?\u201d he said. \u201cIf you\u2019re not a Christian. I mean, the argument would be the Earth itself has cycles and seasons of rest. Creatures have cycles and seasons of rest, and we as humans need cycles and seasons of rest.\u201d<\/p>\n

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