Bonus roundup: How are evangelicals responding to the Russian invasion of Ukraine?

The European Evangelical Alliance says there is “no justification” for Putin’s invasion.

National Association of Evangelicals:

Former Trump lawyer, court evangelical, and Liberty University Falkirk Center fellow Jenna Ellis smells an opportunity to politicize the invasion:

The Russian Evangelical Alliance is calling for peace.

Here is evangelical worship leader and pro-Trumper Sean Feucht:

I wonder what they are praying for:

More Feucht:

Alabama Southern Baptists are praying for Ukrainian Baptists.

The director of the Liberty University Standing for Freedom Center:

Jack Hibbs uses the war to trash Biden. He tells his listeners to “flee the Democratic Party.”

A Nigerian evangelical prophesies an assassination’ attempt on Putin.

I included this one in yesterday’s roundup, but it is worth reposting here:

Lance did not stop there:

And here is Lance on Facebook:

Putin cares about his global profile. He wants to be seen as strong but he runs the risk of very quickly being seen as a dangerous bully.

The anti Putin state department has trotted out their spokesman Biden, Lindsay Graham, CNN and MSNBC but they are somehow not convincing. We don’t trust them. Especially irritating is the fact that while we care about what is happening in Ukraine, we have no direct strategic interest in what is taking place. As Americans we care but as a nation, we have no strategic dependency. It seems like Biden and his party and media apparatus want to blame his failed economy on the “price we pay to stand by our values.” Exactly what values do we have in common with Bidens people? They kill 60 million unborn, won’t fight for their own border, and manipulate their Justice department and FBI to target people like us as domestic terror threats simply because we don’t want our children indoctrinated by hate and drag queens.

If Putin overreaches in Ukraine there will be a danger to him and all involved. There are a lot of good people in Ukraine that can be slaughtered by a Russian freak show of strength. If that happens the West will turn on Putin in a more unified way and that will have consequences. 1. Russia can retaliate and target our electric grid. 2. They could shut down Wallstreet. 3. They could get a dirty bomb into the States thru Iranian proxies who detonate the dirty bomb.

We will watch to see if Putin goes for more than securing more territory with ethnic Russians on the border. If he tries to take over Ukraine or expand his agenda to other countries he will spark a pro democracy pushback against all authoritarian powers including Davos!

In truth Putin is not as bad as they make him out to be. He holds to traditional family structure and rejects gender theory. He seeks the goodwill of the Orthodox religion and stays in good standing with Pentecostal and evangelical clergy. Hiwever (sic), if he acts like a strutting bully and continues to overplay the role of the “tough guy” (in order to impress China and the Middle East) he will be kicking over the hornets nest in terms of media and cultural vilification in Europe and USA.

Worse yet, his aggression will succeed in making credible the annoying “Russia Russia” toxic waste we had to endure for four years under the corrupt instigation of Democrats against Trump.

WE MUST NOT GO TO WAR (under Biden and Blinken)

When Cyrus Trump was in office the words of Isaiah 45 were fulfilled and Cyrus dismantled the military agenda of his enemies. Now that Trump is gone the exact opposite exists and we are vulnerable.

Why are we vulnerable? Because our Government has walked away from God and embraced another deity of woke/perversion. It is the progressives new national religion.

I don’t think God covers us in battle now as in former eras. Afghanistan was a prophetic statement. We were humiliated. This plus Biden’s mental state is what prompted Putin to test the west in a way he would have never dreamed of with Trump calling the shots. America should avoid all military contests. God still blesses and God still judges nations, and I don’t see us in the blessing cycle under Biden/Harris.

YET I see this all as feeding the populist backlash against elites over the next 12 months and can crush the plans of the left in November midterms if we are focused.

Russell Moore makes his position clear:

A Southern Baptist approach to the war.

Beth Moore calls for prayer:

So does Ed Stetzer:

The president of Southwestern Baptist Theological Seminary is praying for Ukraine.

Samuel Rodriguez says “silence is not an option in the fact of injustice”:

David French wants to arm Ukraine:

President Bush:

In good Louisville theobro fashion, Denny Burk calls for manly courage and invokes John Wayne

Another theobro flexes his pro-Trump credentials:

Skye asks, “where’s the outrage”:

Jeffress:

Actually, John Kerry’s job is to worry about the environment:

Greg Laurie:

“Potentially major prophetic fulfillment”:

The Council for Christian Colleges and University calls for prayer for one of its own:

Ukraine needs Bibles. The American Bible Society is on the job.

Shane reminds us that Russians are protesting this war:

Franklin weighs-in:

If only Trump were president…. This looks like a common evangelical refrain.

A GOP candidate for Senate in Delaware wants to defend Putin’s Russia as a “Christian nationalist country”:

And then there is this guy speaking to his 315,000 YouTube subscribers:

More on Russia as “Magog”

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