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Candace Owens has a Russia problem. Not the one her critics usually cite — not the geopolitics, the propaganda, or even the parroting of Kremlin talking points disguised as conservatism. Her problem is simpler, and more damning: she claims to admire Russia, yet she cheers for the regime that is destroying it through war.
If Candace Owens truly loved Russia, she would pray for its defeat.
This is not a provocation. It is a theological claim, one that she, as a self-professed Christian, should seriously reckon with.
The prophetic tradition is unambiguous: Isaiah 10 describes God using Assyria as an instrument of judgment against Israel — not because Assyria was righteous, but because Israel needed correction. Defeat, in the Biblical imagination, is not necessarily punishment for its own sake. It is sometimes mercy. The prodigal son's father did not rescue his son from the far country. He let him reach the bottom— because that was the only thing that made return possible. And Hebrews 12:6 is direct: the Lord disciplines those he loves.
Putin’s war on Ukraine has made life systemically worse for ordinary Russian citizens. No honest accounting of that suffering can be reconciled with the posture of someone who claims to care about the Russian people or Christian civilization.
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If Candace Owens truly loved Russia, she would pray for its defeat.
This is not a provocation. It is a theological claim, one that she, as a self-professed Christian, should seriously reckon with.
The prophetic tradition is unambiguous: Isaiah 10 describes God using Assyria as an instrument of judgment against Israel — not because Assyria was righteous, but because Israel needed correction. Defeat, in the Biblical imagination, is not necessarily punishment for its own sake. It is sometimes mercy. The prodigal son's father did not rescue his son from the far country. He let him reach the bottom— because that was the only thing that made return possible. And Hebrews 12:6 is direct: the Lord disciplines those he loves.
Putin’s war on Ukraine has made life systemically worse for ordinary Russian citizens. No honest accounting of that suffering can be reconciled with the posture of someone who claims to care about the Russian people or Christian civilization.
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Candace Owens is wrong about Russia
If Candace Owens truly loved Russia, she would pray for its defeat
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