Barriers to Faith

“Immediately Jesus reached out his hand and caught him. ‘You of little faith,’ he said, ‘why did you doubt?’ ” – Luke 5:22 We are called to live a life of faith! We have the privilege of trusting in Jesus’s finished work on the cross. The proven fact of His death, burial, and resurrection brings the hope and promise of new life and the expectation of a great future. Over the next few days, I will share some barriers to faith. These observations will alert us to potential obstacles in our faith journey. The first point concerns the news. Television news, in particular, often focuses on fear. The motto “if it bleeds, it leads” illustrates this tendency. The news teaches people to blame the world for their problems and encourages them to look to the government or other institutions for solutions. It constantly highlights wars and terrible events while simultaneously