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Phil Cana from Sheffiled Christian Life Centre shares passionately on the Virgin Birth - its fundamental - RCF

How did the birth of Jesus fulfill prophecies of genealogy? What other prophecies were fulfilled with the birth and childhood of Jesus? What was the purpose of the birth of Jesus as a man into the world?

At a time of celebration, perhaps you’re experiencing changes that are challenging your faith. The good news is that this is the season where we're reminded of God's unwavering love, promise, and miracle. It is the one that manifest joy to the world. You wonder how?, GOD CAN BECAUSE GOD IS!

Joseph the husband of Mary sometimes gets a bad rap. Contrary to popular opinion, he was a righteous man... he puts his reputation on the line to stand by Mary. Through the virgin birth, we see that salvation cannot come from within mankind. Jesus is the answer to our hopelessness! Accept him and we are saved. Deny him, and we're in a lot of trouble!

My maternal Grandmother lived with us for the last years of her life. As often happens with us as we get older, she frequently told the same story to us again and again. I’m ashamed to say that it used to really annoy me. Then one day my counseling professor suggested to me that people often recount…

The Westminster Confession of Faith February 22, 2023 Season Eight | Edition 33: WCF 6.3

It is not uncommon when you get a group of mothers together that they begin telling the stories about the birth of their children. There are horror stories of labor that lasted for days. There are the seemingly unbelievable stories of how babies just seemed to magically appear with barely any effort.…

God says uncomfortable things. He uses words we’d prefer he didn’t. Where we would be delicate or euphemistic, God blurts things out. Here in Luke, for example, he grabs one of those words we prefer not using: “virgin.” Sure, we’ll confess it in the Creed, but outside of that it’s one of those awkward,…

“In the sixth month the angel Gabriel was sent from God to a city of Galilee named Nazareth, to a virgin betrothed to a man whose name was Joseph, of the house of David. And the virgin’s name was Mary. And he came to her and said, ‘Greetings, O favoured one, the Lord is with you!’ But she was greatly…

A few years back, the sub shop Quizno’s showed a commercial with four men standing in the middle of nowhere. Three of them were naked except for the bushes they used to cover their private parts. One man wore pants. The others marveled at the man’s strange leg coverings. He explained, “These are pants!…

By Pastor Glenn Pease For many years the great battlefield of the Bible critics was the subject of the resurrection of Christ. They felt that if they could demolish this truth and prove it to be only a myth, the whole structure of Christianity would crumble. But the resurrection was in impregnable, and…

Can a Christian Deny the Virgin Birth? Posted: Tuesday, December 23, 2008 at 5:30 am ET Can a true Christian deny the virgin birth? This question would perplex the vast majority of Christians throughout the centuries, but modern denials of biblical truth make the question tragically significant. Of all…

Earlier this month in the Washington state capitol an atheist group placed a sign alongside a nativity scene. The sign read, in part, "There is only our natural world. Religion is but myth and superstition that hardens hearts and enslaves minds." Signs on busses in washington DC read "Why believe in…

“Now the birth of Jesus Christ took place in this way. When his mother Mary had been betrothed to Joseph, before they came together she was found to be with child from the Holy Spirit. And her husband Joseph, being a just man and unwilling to put her to shame, resolved to divorce her quietly. But as…

The Birth of Jesus Christ Matthew 1.22-23 Pastor Oesterwind Introduction: Galatians 4:4 says that “when the fullness of the time had come, God sent forth His Son, born of a woman.” The time was full in the sense that the world was uniquely prepared for the birth of Christ. How so? · Roman control of…

An Extraordinary Child for an Ordinary People Rev. Canon Glenn E. Davis Christmas Eve December 24, 2008 Illustration: Imaginary Sam Johnson yearns to know the meaning of Christmas. Where in our media-driven culture can he find the answer? Will the movies released on Christmas Day give Sam the answer?…

Matthew 1:18-25 Now the birth of Jesus Christ was as follows. When His mother Mary had been betrothed to Joseph, before they came together she was found to be with child by the Holy Spirit. [19] And Joseph her husband, being a righteous man, and not wanting to disgrace her, desired to put her away secretly.…

Luke 1:26-38 (NIV) 26 In the sixth month, God sent the angel Gabriel to Nazareth, a town in Galilee, 27 to a virgin pledged to be married to a man named Joseph, a descendant of David. The virgin’s name was Mary. 28 The angel went to her and said, “Greetings, you who are highly favored! The Lord is with…