From the Pulpit...

The teaching of the virgin birth of Jesus is essential to the Christian faith in the following ways: 1) essential to the person of Christ 2) Essential to the work of Christ 3) essential to the integrity of God’s prophetic Word 4) Essential though it may not initially be understood 5) Essential because denying it indicates a lack of salvation. The Christian God can do a stupendous miracle like the virgin birth. Are there any other “gods” who can do the same? None! No other “god” has ever truly taken up residence in a man in such a way that He can be said to be the God-man. But Jesus Christ is that man! Additionally, we pick up our study on Jesus' parable of the Wheat and Tares. We conclude as did Jesus. "He who has ears to hear, let him hear!" If you have any spiritual hearing, turn up the hearing aid and pay attention! Listen to the words of Jesus in the Bible. Pay attention and figure out if you are a wheat or a tare.