A Christmas and Easter tradition on social media seems to be to refer back to the infamous Bishop of Durham, Rev Dr David Jenkins who in the 1980s allegedly denied the virgin birth and the resurrection of Jesus. I say allegedly because I note that there have been significant attempts to defend Jenkins. Those defences… Continue reading A virgin birth and “a conjuring trick with bones”?
Tag: The virgin birth
Why did Jesus have to be born of a virgin?
I wonder if you’ve been asked that question. “Why did Mary have to be a virgin?” I wonder how you would answer it? The liberal and sceptical answer is that he didn’t and he wasn’t. There was no literal virgin birth. The argument is that Jesus was just an ordinary child born out of wedlock,… Continue reading Why did Jesus have to be born of a virgin?
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