What does it mean to love our enemies? For the Colson Center, I'm John Stone Street with the point.

When we think of Christ called to love our enemies, we often think of work rivals or political

opponents. It's not easy to love those enemies, but it's also not impossible. What does it mean to

love evil-doers, especially in times of war, evil and violence? We respect brave protesters

arrested for standing up to Putin. We pity teenagers who are conscripted into a fight they neither sought nor understand.

But are we really called to love Vladimir Putin and his cronies?

Or the Russian troops rejoicing in their conquest?

Or are the talking heads in Moscow calling that the war expand into Eastern Europe?

Jesus' words about loving our enemies remain just as true and trying as ever,

but the radical love to which Christ calls us isn't squishy emotion or moral vacuity. We love

evil-doers by praying for God's mercy on their victims, for his justice to overwhelm and overcome

their wicked intent, and above all for God's will to be done on earth as it is in heaven.

For the Colson Center, I'm John Stone Street with The Point.