It's Wednesday, February 9, 2022.

I'm Albert Moller, and this is the briefing, a daily analysis of news and events

from a Christian worldview.

These days almost every major news report, almost every major newspaper, almost every

source begins with the nation of Ukraine and with the fact that something between 75,000 and 100,000 Russian troops are

masked on the Russian border with Ukraine and Vladimir Putin the autocratic

president of Russia, appears to be making demands that

he knows cannot be met, and he wants to use that as a pretext in order to invade Ukraine.

Russia's historic neighbor to the west.

Ukraine has been the major nation and to that you can sometimes add Poland, the major nation

between the eastern and the western portions of Europe and as you're looking

at Russia, remember that Russia is a nation that is included in both Europe and Asia.

Now I want to speak honestly to listeners of the briefing. A part of what is

assumed about especially American evangelicals is that there is far less interest

in foreign affairs than in domestic affairs. That's probably true by the way for most

Americans. You could also probably generalize that. That's probably true for people

living in almost every country. The temptation the pattern is for domestic issues, issues right at home to be considered

far more important and urgent than matters elsewhere in the world.

But here's where Christians need to understand, and American Christians particularly need to understand,

a good deal of the safety of the entire world, a large portion of the question of the future structure of the world order comes down to Russia and Ukraine right now

Because this is not just a looming conflict between two nations over a shared border This is a question about the future of the world.

So at the very least, this should have Christian attention, but as Christians think about this

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