Should I be afraid of Russia and potential nuclear poking of the bear that the Western leaders have tended towards? We Christians love each other. "There is no fear in love because perfect love drives out fear ... " Putin has no plan to dominate nations, only to protect Russians, countrymen for whom he feels a responsibility. But if the West chooses to threaten Russia then there are instruments of course to deal with it. The West needs to recognise the responsibility Putin has for those who put themselves in his care. He cannot abandon them to those who would persecute them. Bringing them all into full primary statehood in Russia is best for their protection and for Putin's fulfilment of his sacred responsibility under God in Christ. By his fruits we know him. The West should be shamed by this into backing off from being a monstrous persecutor. The persecuting of believers is the very worst kind of sin. We in the church punish our own.
