It happens every year...someone in the "scientific" community tries to "prove" that the virgin birth of Jesus, which we celebrate a Christmas, is impossible.

Jeremy Lott, writing for the American Spectator HERE makes an outstanding case against those who deny the virgin birth.

He sets his case by reminding us of the age-old arguments given by "scholars" as follows:

Scientific reductionists -- the Christopher Hitchens, Richard Dawkins set -- will tell us that it's impossible. By definition, a virgin cannot be with child. Certain biblical scholars will be trotted out to poke holes in the dogma, by making points about the Bible passages in question that sound convincing to non-scholars. And moderate, embarrassed believers such as Newsweek editor Jon Meacham will try to smooth things over. The Virgin Birth, they will say, is symbolically but not historically or scientifically important. It's about new life or specialness or some other non-offensive, wooly-headed thing.

The scholars will say that the verse in Isaiah (7:14) that prophesies a "virgin shall conceive and bear a son" is a mistranslation. "Virgin" could be "young woman," you see. They will point out that only two of the four Gospels of the New Testament mention the Virgin Birth and that the Virgin Birth Gospels (Matthew and Luke) do not agree about many details. They will say that the earliest Gospel (Mark) leaves it out entirely.

If you read my previous post, you realize that the genealogies of Jesus, both demonstrating the descendency of Jesus from David, reveal the accuracy of the Mosaic texts of Genesis. John's gospel relies on the same text in chapter one, as does Mark's account.

Scholars' scepticism tends to suspect collusion of sources when those sources are "too much alike." Therefore, the divergency of the accounts of Matthew and Luke tend to support the idea that they are truthful in coming to the same conclusions about Jesus' birth.

Some scholars like to argue about the veracity of the translations of words like "virgin" and "wise men." But the "coincidences" surrounding the events of Jesus' birth are too much to have been either made up or happenstance.

Putting all of the arguments, pro and con, aside for a moment, let me assure you that on one point the scientists and liberal scholars are absolutely correct: the virgin birth of Christ is absolutely impossible. It physically and biologically could not have happened.

That's the point.

Although we toss the word around way too much, calling things miracles that happen all of the time, the word is really to be reserved for those things that happen that have no explanation and are out of the ordinary.

If there were a natural and/or scientific explanation for what occurred, it would not be a miracle, rather it would be a "normal."

In Joshua 10 we have an account of the sun standing still.

Foolishness!

I have heard preachers try to explain what happened with cosmic physics. I have heard them preach about the event being testified to in calendars, and all kinds of other "explanations."

But there are no natural explanations to miracles, we accept them by faith (much as evolutionists accept their unscientific theory as true by faith alone).

The Bible says the sun stood still, therefore we may believe that the sun stood still (whether literally or figuratively is another debate for another time).

That was a miracle.

The virgin birth was a miracle - pure and simple.

The One who created all that is from nothing is certainly able to manipulate it according to His will.

When the angel said to Joseph, "That which is conceived in her is of the Holy Ghost...," he was telling the truth.

The virgin birth of Christ is the fulfillment of Old Testament prophecy. The virgin birth of Christ is a fulfillment of what the angel told Mary.

The virgin birth of Christ is one of the essential doctrines of the FAITH.

The virgin birth of Christ is one more reason to remember the reason for the season: Jesus (Jehovah Saves) came to bring salvation to all who will believe.

Let's worship and adore Him, for He is worthy of our worship.

He was born

CHRIST, THE LORD.