Joyce L. Shafer Immediately after Charlie Kirk was assassinated, certain people claimed he was divisive. I, like many others, took great offense. A few days later, I began to read Avi Snyder’s book, Never Ashamed: Stories of Sharing Faith with Scoffers and Skeptics. One section in his book had me sit up straight and say aloud, “Yes, Lord. Charlie Kirk was, indeed, divisive.” The section subtitle is The Fruit of Biblical Division. We know the Word tells us “the Fruit of the Spirit is love, joy, peace, patience, kindness, goodness, faithfulness, humility, self control (Galatians 5:22-23 CJB).” Avi Snyder wrote, “Yes, God uses His Word to save. But He also uses His Word to divide. In fact, division is one of the primary fruits of proclamation. That’s why Yeshua said, “I did not come to bring peace, but a sword” (Matthew 10:34). He’s not talking about a physical sword, of course. The sword that He mentions is the sword of taking sides, either for Him or against Him.” If you ever thoug...