“Increasingly, we see that Christians are being pressured to make their faith private.”
The prosecution dropped one charge on Friday, but two remain. Finland’s Supreme Court has not indicated whether it would take up the case.
The first charge describes one of the lawmaker’s social media posts as “demeaning and discriminatory.” The 2019 post included Romans 1:24-27 and asked why the Evangelical Lutheran Church of Finland had agreed to sponsor a gay pride event.
A second charge focuses on a 2004 pamphlet with biblical teachings about marriage and the sanctity of life. The prosecutor calls such teachings “insulting.”
“The sanctity of marriage, the sanctity of life – these things are very much in opposition to the agendas being pushed by our societies and government officials,” Brobbel says.
“The Bible will speak out against many of the philosophies of this day and age. Pray that the Lord would intervene in this case and that His Word would [persevere.]”
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