Dr Paul Allen

When you’re CNN , you publish annual articles suggesting Jesus never existed. It’s what you do.” Every year around March and December, this and other news outlets exhume the long-dead thesis that the New Testament is based on a mythological figure, not a Man who really lived, died, and rose from the grave two-thousand years ago. This year, CNN even republished an article from 2012 at CNN.com. In the piece, entitled, “Decoding Jesus: Separating Man from Myth,” John Blake suggests that Christ ’s historical existence is an open question. CNN featured it at the top of their homepage as part of the push for their new series, “Finding Jesus: Faith, Fact, Forgery.” Blake quotes the likes of Timothy Freke, author of “Jesus Mysteries” and former Baptist pastor Robert Price, author of “Deconstructing Jesus,” who both claim that the Gospels are forgeries or misunderstood allegories, and that the story of Jesus was copied from legends about pagan deities. “In the age of the Internet and sel...

Alistair Begg recently spoke at Western Seminary . And just before he got into his sermon, he went on a fascinating little digression about the fact that American men don’t sing during worship .  It’s not just that we can’t sing, but that we don’t. And, although his primary focus is on worship, he thinks it’s a more widespread cultural phenomenon . In other cultures, especially in the UK , singing is a normal part of life. Men sing at football matches and in the pubs. So when they enter the church, singing is normal. But in America, it’s different. In Australia they just stand there. So Begg makes a fascinating point at the end of the clip when he says that he thinks you can really tell that a male has really been converted when he begins to sing during worship.  Check it out. If the video doesn’t start at the right place, jump to the 5:08 mark for the relevant clip. Mind you it may also have something to do with the music? But that's another story. Related arti...