To receive daily emails from Breaking Christian News to your inbox CLICK HERE


SHARE THIS ARTICLE Printer friendly version of this page

Tim Allen Freed from Unforgiveness After Seeing Erika Kirk Forgive Charlie’s Killer: ‘That Moment Deeply Affected Me’

Billy Hallowell : Sep 29, 2025  Faithwire

"...I have struggled for over 60 years to forgive the man who killed my Dad. I will say those words now as I type: 'I forgive the man who killed my father,' Peace be with you all." -Tim Allen

[Faithwire.com] Forgiveness changes absolutely everything, and it's a commandment from the Lord. (Screengrab image via X)

It's also at the core of the Gospel, yet it can often be difficult for humans to look past various forms of pain and horror inflicted by others.

Actor Tim Allen, like many of us, has struggled to offer absolution to the drunk driver who killed his father when the performer was just 11 years old.

But something recently happened that changed all of that for Allen: someone else's stunning act of forgiveness gave him the motivation to offer the same to the man who inflicted pain on his family.

Erika Kirk, the wife of conservative and Christian commentator Charlie Kirk, stunned the world Sunday when she stood on stage at State Farm Stadium in Glendale, Arizona, and forgave the man who allegedly murdered her husband.

"On the cross, our Savior said: 'Father, forgive them, for they know not what they do.' That man — that young man — I forgive him. I forgive him because it's what Christ did. And it's what Charlie would do," Kirk said. "The answer to hate is not hate. The answer — we know from the Gospel — is love. Always love. Love for our enemies. Love for those who persecute us."... Subscribe for free to Breaking Christian News here

Continue reading Here.







SHARE THIS ARTICLE Printer friendly version of this page

To receive daily emails from Breaking Christian News to your inbox CLICK HERE

Other Recent Articles from Breaking Christian News

Remembering 'A Charlie Brown Thanksgiving'

Exposed: Soros Family Has Been Working With the US State Department for 50 Years, Wikileaks Shows

Bishops Vote to Prohibit Trans Surgeries and Hormone Treatment in Catholic Hospitals

Do No Harm Survey Shows Rank-and-File Doctors Oppose DEI in Healthcare

Federal Report Exposes Sacramento's Failure: AAP, AMA, WPATH Lied and Lawmakers Let Children Pay the Price

FBI's Patel and Bongino Share Details of Op that Stopped Huge Halloween Islamic Terror Plot: 'A Lot of People Would've Died'

President Trump Designates Muslim Brotherhood as a Foreign Terrorist Organization

Same Old Tricks: Big Tech News 'Aggregators' Suppress Dem Scandals in Lead-Up to Elections

Maryland School Board Resists State’s Attempt to Override Removal of Explicit LGBT Book

All Living Israeli Hostages Now Home, Embraced by Medical Staff and Loving Communities, Yet Facing Long Recovery

Chicago public schools blow millions on travel expenses while students can't read at grade level

'That doesn't exist': Doge reportedly quietly disbanded ahead of schedule

Trump to Propose Framework to Lower Healthcare Costs

How Algorithms Are Targeting Our Young Boys

Thanks to the Woke Math Movement, Some Freshmen at UCSD Can’t Do Grade-Level Math

Israel Charges Hamas Rearming, Stockpiling Weapons Abroad as White House Welcomes Israeli Hostages

Blue State Somalis Allegedly Sent Welfare Money To Al-Qaeda Ally Planning Another 9/11

DOJ Arrests US Citizens and Chinese Nationals for Exporting AI Tech to China

US Marshals Help Rescue 122 Missing Children Calling It 'Largest Rescue Mission in History'

Dead Sea Scrolls Exhibit at Museum of the Bible Invites Nonbelievers to Witness 'Power' of Biblical Texts



Search the Articles Archives

Keyword:  
Author:  
Words Posted On:  
Day Month Year



BCN Plus

Follow BCN on Twitter
Are You Praying for Our Government Leaders?
BCN Staff

Steve Shultz
Steve Shultz, Managing Editor
Founder and Owner


Aimee Herd
Aimee Herd, Editor


BCN Plus
Are You Praying for President Trump?
 
 

All articles on this site and emails from BCN are copyrighted property of Breaking Christian News. Permission is given to link to, or share a BCN story if proper attribution is given to both the original writer and summarizer of the story. Breaking Christian News 2005-2019. All Rights Reserved.


Breaking Christian News is a division of Elijah List Publications, Inc. All Rights Reserved


Disclaimer: Articles and links, as well as the source articles linked to; do not necessarily reflect the opinion of Breaking Christian News.

editor@breakingchristiannews.com