Da, este! Pe această linie încearcă să argumenteze Al Mohler. Ce pierdem din istoria întrupării Fiului lui Dumnezeu dacă vom crede într-o naştere naturală? Cît este de important să apărăm doctrina naşterii supranaturale a lui Isus şi cum a fost aceasta supranaturală?

What are we to do with the Virgin Birth? The doctrine was among the first to be questioned and then rejected after the rise of historical criticism and the undermining of biblical authority that inevitably followed. Critics claimed that since the doctrine is taught in “only” two of the four Gospels, it must be elective. The Apostle Paul, they argued, did not mention it in his sermons in Acts, so he must not have believed it. Besides, the liberal critics argued, the doctrine is just so supernatural. Modern heretics like retired Episcopal bishop John Shelby Spong argue that the doctrine was just evidence of the early church’s over-claiming of Christ’s deity. It is, Spong tells us, the “entrance myth” to go with the resurrection, the “exit myth.” If only Spong were a myth.

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