or church leader, they usually begin with an attack on the historicity of the virgin birth. We who believe otherwise often fail to respond adequately at this point, because we consider it to be not as essential as other details in the life of Christ. The reality is, to destroy the virgin birth of Christ, is to destroy his ability to accomplish what he came to do. It is argued that the gospels of Mark and John make no reference to the virgin birth and that Paul never alludes to it in his writings,