Charlie Kirk and Victor Marx Expose the Battle to Protect Children from Trafficking and Abuse
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Charlie Kirk and Victor Marx Expose the Battle to Protect Children from Trafficking and Abuse
Charlie Kirk sits down with Victor Marx, founder of All Things Possible Ministries, to discuss his two decades of frontline work rescuing trafficked children and survivors of sexual abuse across Iraq, the Middle East, Southeast Asia, and America. Marx shares harrowing stories from ISIS-occupied territories, reveals the spiritual dimensions of child exploitation, and challenges the passivity he sees in American churches and culture. From rescuing an 18-year-old girl held captive by ISIS since age 11, to confronting the grooming agenda in schools, Marx and Kirk examine why evil targets the most vulnerable and what it takes to fight back. This conversation pulls no punches about the responsibility of parents, pastors, and patriots to stand against darkness.
Victor Marx leads All Things Possible Ministries, an organization dedicated to setting captives free in three distinct ways: physically rescuing those being trafficked or abused by pedophiles both in the United States and overseas including the Middle East, Southeast Asia, and south of the border; helping people process and heal from trauma; and spiritually assisting those held captive in darkness or oppressed by it to find freedom.
Marx's team includes elite operators, with his Chief of Operations being a retired Delta Force commander who spent his last 10 years in the military as a two commander at the unit, completing over a thousand missions without losing a single man. Marx describes him as one of the best hunters he has ever worked with.
The organization has been operating quietly for 20 years, focusing on action rather than publicity. Their work addresses what Marx identifies as the manifestation of darkness: when evil people target children. He draws parallels to the abortion issue, noting that destroying children has been a consistent tactic of evil throughout history.
From Focus on the Family to Global Rescue Operations
Marx's passion for protecting children was shaped during his time working as an assistant to Dr. James Dobson at Focus on the Family. There he found inspiration in an organization fighting for the most innocent people. When he and his wife started their ministry, they were shocked by the scale of child abuse and trafficking occurring both domestically and internationally.
Marx himself is a survivor of childhood abuse. He was tortured and left for dead as a child, which became his primary motivation for helping reach kids and stopping those who harm them. When his four-year-old granddaughter recently asked him why he goes after bad guys, he gave a simple answer: so that bad guys don't do more bad things and so that she feels safe.
Rescuing Children from ISIS-Occupied Iraq
The organization gained widespread recognition several years ago when ISIS invaded Iraq. Marx deployed there with his high-risk non-profit organization, developed a safe house, and partnered with Free Burma Rangers. He would occasionally post live updates on social media, including one memorable instance where he was standing outside filming while ISIS shooting could be heard in the background and mortars were being dropped on their position.
Marx and his team were embedded with the Iraqi Army, but their niche wasn't kicking doors open or direct combat. Their goal was specifically to reach women and children who had been held captive. During a recent deployment, within 48 hours of boots on the ground at their safe house, they received a girl who had been abducted by ISIS seven years earlier when she was 11 years old.
Her parents had been killed, and she had suffered a broken nose and broken back. Now 18 years old, Marx was struck by her beautiful smile. When he asked why she was smiling after everything she had endured, she simply said: "I'm free." Marx sees these outcomes as evidence of God's hand of blessing and favor upon their team as they fight the manifestation of evil.
The Spiritual Dimension of Child Exploitation
Marx emphasizes that when evil truly manifests itself, it targets children. He connects this to recent developments including the overturning of Roe v. Wade, the grooming of children in American classrooms with LGBTQIA+ ideology, outright pedophilia, and the trafficking of children.
While acknowledging the carnality and depravity of man, Marx insists that abusing children exists in a different realm where evil directly inserts itself. He draws historical parallels to Pharaoh wanting to destroy all the boys in Exodus and the ancient practice of sacrificing children to Molech, noting this has been happening since the beginning of human history.
Marx has witnessed this evil at the highest levels across different cultures and ideologies: from ISIS fighters to cartel members to politicians, preachers, and teachers in America. He believes there is an evil that infiltrates men's hearts and minds regardless of their position or background.
He shares a principle he once heard: if you build a child, you won't have to repair an adult. The enemy knows this philosophy works in reverse as well—hurt a child and you'll spend a lifetime trying to repair an adult. Marx argues that the greatest disturbance in American culture and a root cause for broken relationships, drug addiction, and the inability to make good decisions often stems from child abuse.
The Parents Party vs. The Groomers
Kirk raises the political dimension of this issue, discussing the theme of the parents party versus the groomers or perverts party. He points to policies that allow children to chemically castrate themselves, 12-year-olds being told they can change their gender, minors getting abortions without parental consent, and the general loosening of morals that seem to introduce unclean spirits into culture.
Many parents are waking up to realize their children are being targeted in ways beyond the traditional fear of kidnapping at a grocery store, though Marx notes that still happens. He references a recent story from Dallas, Texas, where a young girl was sex-trafficked simply by going to the bathroom at a Mavericks game.
Marx agrees with Kirk's assessment, noting that while perverts, pedophiles, and wicked people exist across all political parties, when you try to legislate evil, that's a strong indicator that a particular group has sided with darkness. These people have yielded themselves and become so convoluted in their thinking that they actually believe it's okay to affect children in ways that would have been unthinkable 30 years ago.
Marx partly blames conservatives, Christians, and even Muslims with conservative positions for being too passive. He criticizes a horrible theology that suggests being more like Jesus means being meek and nice all the time. In reality, Marx argues, meekness is power under control, and nowhere in the Bible does it say to be nice—kind yes, patient yes, but not passively nice.
Confronting Evil in Public Spaces
Marx acknowledges that patience is one fruit of the Spirit he struggles with most, and that his line of work gives him opportunities to both hold his tongue and take action. He urges parents, especially fathers, that anytime a school board or anybody tries to affect their children or family, they as protector and provider have not only a right but a responsibility before God to stand in the gap and say "not here, not now."
He shared a story from 25 years ago when he took his children and family to the library. While there, he noticed a man on a computer looking at pornography in a public place, before porn was widespread. Marx tapped him on the shoulder and asked what he was doing. The man responded that it was none of his business and that he could do what he wanted.
Marx replied, "Well I guess I can too if you want to live by that," then loudly announced to everyone in the library that this pervert was looking at dirty pictures in a public place. Before he could finish, the man shut the computer and scrambled out like a rat while everyone started clapping. Marx thought to himself, "Not on my watch—I'm not going to be passive." He was concerned that a kid could walk by, or a wife, or a female, or someone struggling with those images themselves who wanted to be away from them.
The Problem with Passive Christianity
When asked about leftists who say Christians shouldn't fight but should let the other side do whatever they want, Marx identifies a flaw in the theology of Western Americans that he holds responsible at the feet of the pulpit. He boldly states that so many pastors are cowardly, with spines filled with gel instead of titanium, who justify and use scripture as a way to emphasize meekness, mildness, and turning the other cheek.
Marx points to Jesus himself, who went into the temple, saw His Father's house being trashed and desecrated, and took time to fashion a whip. Marx likes that detail—that Jesus took time to make the whip, probably looking at the people he was going to be smacking with it, thinking about which ringleader would get it first. Then Jesus flipped tables over and called people a brood of vipers.
Marx challenges modern Christians to imagine if someone went into a church function where two people were cheating on their spouses, threw a table over with food flying everywhere, and publicly called them out for destroying lives and the church. People don't believe in that kind of confrontation anymore, yet Marx has been very forthright in advocating for it.
He gives a nod to why pastors don't talk about certain issues, offering a principle: you can't impart that which you don't possess. If pastors aren't living the right life, they won't have the authority to speak on these issues. Marx states, "No purity, no power." They don't want to stand against certain things, and it's not about perfection.
Sin, Conscience, and the Need for Purity
Marx explains his "no purity, no power" principle simply: the Bible talks about sin and maintaining a clear conscience. A person can sin without external consequences—there's private sin, secret sin, and public sin. But the conscience always works against you when you sin. You open a crack for the enemy to come in and hassle you, which is what he does as the accuser of the brethren, the prosecutor, the agitator, and the oppressor.
Marx had recently spent time in a mini-sabbatical listening to all four gospels. One thing that stood out was when they came to arrest Jesus and Peter cut off a soldier's ear. Jesus told Peter to put the sword back in its place or its sheath. Marx notes that Jesus didn't say to melt the sword down and turn it into a fan—He said put it in its place, because there will be a time for it.
Later, Jesus told His disciples that they would be traveling on the open road, and if they didn't have a sword, they should sell their cloak to get one. There would be evil, wicked people who would try to attack them and stop the mission, therefore they would need to use the sword as a form of true self-defense.
Marx reminds listeners of one of Jesus's harshest teachings about the abuse of children: it would be better that a man have a millstone tied around his neck and be thrown into the sea than to harm a child. Having worked in other countries, Marx has seen what they do to offenders of children, from being tied up and beaten in public to being killed.
In America, Marx believes the Christian faith has been hijacked by what can be called woke, passive, or liberal theology. He argues that if anybody should be strong and bold as a lion while also being compassionate and gracious, it should be Christians. Marx is currently working on a book called "The Dangerous Gentleman" that will help people better understand and articulate these principles.
Where to Learn More
Victor Marx's work can be found at victormarks.com through All Things Possible Ministries. Marx also connected Kirk with the breeder who provided Mr. Briggs, Kirk's dog. Marx has his own podcast, the Victor Marx Podcast, where he continues to share stories and insights from his frontline work rescuing children and fighting human trafficking around the world.
