A Christian writer ruins one of the greatest songs of all time…

The Friendly Atheist mentioned this interesting tidbit last week. 

Apparently, WORLD magazine’s Marvin Olasky is on a crusade to take every good song ever written captive and make them slaves to Christ. That’s what he wrote in a December op-ed piece, an op-ed piece that began like this: Atheists don’t exist. Everyone believes in a god of some sort. Atheists
even know that God exists. Chapter 1 of Romans tells us that, and so
does a piece of lesser evidence: “Hallelujah,” a song written by
Canada’s Leonard Cohen, initially released 28 years ago but decade by
decade resonating ever more powerfully.

That’s right. Leonard Cohen’s “Hallelujah” is Olasky’s first musical victim. 

After I read what Olasky did to the lyrics, I literally gasped. It’s like a scene out of Silence of the Lambs. But I’ll stop and share Olasky’s proposed lyrical modification…

I’ve heard there was a secret chord
That David played, it pleased the Lord. 
But You don’t love us for our music, do You?
Sin goes like this: The fourth, the fifth,
Adam’s fall, the major rift,
The baffled king neglecting Hallelujah.
Chorus: Hallelujah, hallelujah, hallelujah, hallelujah.

Nathan said, “I see your lust.
You violate a soldier’s trust.
Your pride, your pomp, at night they overthrew you.
You steal, you kill, you get your way,
But God has said, your child will pay, 
And from your lips He’ll draw the Hallelujah.”
Chorus: 4X Hallelujah

David prayed, “Have mercy, Lord,
You saved me from Goliath’s sword.
Yes, I lived for self before I knew you.
Now, more evil in your sight,
So I give up, I cannot fight. 
Mine’s a cold and broken Hallelujah.”
Chorus: 4X Hallelujah

“Blood your hyssop, I’ll be clean.
Wash me so my sin’s not seen.
Give me of your Holy Spirit, will you? 
Create in me a new, clean heart.
Give me now a strong, fresh start, 
So every breath I draw is Hallelujah.”
Chorus: 4X Hallelujah

“You don’t delight in sacrifice.
You don’t excuse our secret vice.
You want from us a broken spirit, do you?
You’ve shown me what I did was wrong.
I’ll stand before You, Lord of song, 
With nothing on my tongue but Hallelujah.”
Chorus: 8X Hallelujah (SOURCE)

I know, right?! 

SILENCE OF THE LAMBS.

Olasky’s version of “Hallelujah” is like a neo-reformer’s musical wet dream.

Anyway, some folks have already recorded Olasky’s version and posted them on YouTube. Here’s one of those fine performances…

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