Barnabas File

Religion is not popular in the media.  Perhaps I should modify that to say “organized” religion is not popular in the media.  I am referring primarily to television (in all its platforms), movies, and much of literature.  Religious people are often represented as hypocritical, bigoted, and malicious. On one television program that my wife and I watch regularly, I know that when someone is identified as a person of faith, they will turn out to be hiding some secret sin or be identified as the murderer! I understand that many people have become cynical because of those who call themselves religious but eventually are revealed as embezzlers, adulterers, and megalomaniacs.  Sin exists and continues to manifest itself among even those who call themselves believers.  I can’t argue with the truth.  But there are any numbers of the faithful who are making a positive difference in their communities and are an influence for good because of their fait...