Reading Time: 5 minutesQuestion 3073 The virgin birth is not just a miracle to wonder at; it is theologically essential for our salvation. Without it, the entire Gospel falls apart. Some try to dismiss it as a later addition to the Christian story or as borrowed mythology, but Scripture presents it as foundational to who Jesus is and…
Reading Time: 4 minutesQuestion 3055 When you read Matthew’s Gospel and Luke’s Gospel, you encounter something puzzling. Both give genealogies of Jesus, but they are different. Matthew traces the line from Abraham through David to Joseph. Luke traces the line from Jesus back through David to Adam. But the differences go beyond direction. Even within the section from…
Reading Time: 5 minutesQuestion 3007 This question gets to the heart of what kind of humanity Jesus possessed. When Adam fell, sin entered the human race, and every descendant of Adam has inherited what we call a “sin nature”—that inward corruption and inclination toward evil that affects every part of our being. If Jesus was truly human, did…