Christian persecution has been going on for centuries. In the Roman empire, christians were slaughtered. Jesus said that: You will be hated for my name sake. I will send you out as lambs to the wolves. In many parts of the world today, Christians are still killed for their faith. Open Doors has a list with the most dangerous places on earth for Christians, such as Afghanistan, Iran, North Korea, Nigeria, Pakistan, India, China etc. In the western world, it is relatively safe to be a Christian, but in Europe anti christian attacks rose during 2019-2020 with 70%. In France some Christian priests and clergy have been killed and the most horrific crime was against Jacques Hamel in 2016 when during communion, attackers, ISIS run in a church and while filming slit the throat of the old priest. Churches all over Europe have been vandalised or even burned down. In Sweden sad to say that is the case as well. Swedish TV deletes connections to God and Jesus in hymns that are sung before Christm
Living in a city as I am, in Malmo, Sweden, it feels natural to talk about bridges.In the year 2000 we got a bridge over the Sound to Copenhagen, Denmark. A bridge between two nations once fighting each other, now connected.We need to continue to build bridges, between different cultures, ideas, people etc. These bridges are harder to build but necessary in the society we have today.We need these bridges in order to reach people with the "Good news"