A Classic Message on • THE VIRGIN BIRTH
A la r g e n u m b e r of people, professed Christians among them, think it of no importance whether or not you believe in the virgin birth. They look upon it, so they say, as altogether a matter of theological interpretation, having nothing to do what ever with what they are pleased to call the “vital” side of Christianity. I affirm it makes a great difference, a difference so great, so radical, that should the church consent to cut it out of the doctrine of Christianity, Christianity would have no decent, moral nor intellectual basis on which to stand. I ask you to consider. 1 .The effect on the name, the character and reputation of Mary, the mother of Jesus, if He were not Virgin Born. She was espoused to Joseph. Espousal in that day was something more than lip service. continued on next page
by I. M. Haldeman *
«■•■•■•■»■»I■»■■■!■« I *Born, 1845; died 1953; was pastor of the First Baptist Church of New York, N. Y., for forty-nine years; one of the most outstanding exponents of the evangelical faith and partic ularly of the Second Coming of Christ who ever lived.
DECEMBER, 1961
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