[Knight Arnold News, Memphis, TN, Vol. 23, No. 15, April 15, 1997, pp. 2, 4.] The Jesus Seminar is at it again. It seems that when Easter and Christmas times come around, the popular media starts running stories about Jesus and whether he existed and whether the Gospel accounts are reliable records of the life of Christ. The primary source of information for the popular media to get information about Jesus and the New Testament is the so-called Jesus Seminar. The Seminar is a group of liberal scholars who deny many of the basic truths of Christianity. In the Indianapolis Star (Mar. 26, 1996), there appeared an article entitled “Scholar says issue of ‘Who killed Jesus?’ has affected Jewish-Christian relations.” The article quoted John Dominic Crossan of the Jesus Seminar speaking on the issue of the death of Christ. The statements attributed to Mr. Crossan contain many errors of fact, especially in regard to biblical teaching. The errors are outlined as follows: Error: “Crossan concludes that Jesus was killed because He preached ‘radical egalitarianism’ in an age when the Roman Empire oppressed His people–peasant Jews.” Fact: Jesus did not die because of Roman oppression of the Jewish people. Jesus died to save mankind from sins. In Luke 19:10, Jesus said he came to seek and save that which was lost. After Christ’s resurrection He told the apostles that it was necessary for Christ to die and that “repentance and remission of sins should be preached in his name, to all nations” (Luke 24:46-47). Error: “Jesus’