A Virgin Shall Conceive

Renewing Your Mind

Ligonier Ministries

Religion & Spirituality, Christianity

4.8 • 4.9K Ratings

🗓️ 24 December 2025

⏱️ 26 minutes

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Summary

Was Jesus really born miraculously to a virgin? Today, R.C. Sproul explains that the virgin birth of Christ is far from a matter of debate or personal interpretation—it's an essential truth of Scripture and the Christian faith.

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Meet Today's Teacher:

R.C. Sproul (1939–2017) was founder of Ligonier Ministries, first minister of preaching and teaching at Saint Andrew's Chapel, first president of Reformation Bible College, and executive editor of Tabletalk magazine.

Meet the Host:

Nathan W. Bingham is vice president of media for Ligonier Ministries, executive producer and host of Renewing Your Mind, and host of the Ask Ligonier podcast.

Renewing Your Mind is a donor-supported outreach of Ligonier Ministries. Explore all of our podcasts: https://www.ligonier.org/podcasts

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0:00.0	Amid the rising darkness and the world, many people are searching for truth, but where
0:06.3	will they turn for answers?
0:08.5	Ligner Ministry seeks to supply the global church with trusted Bible teaching, equipping
0:13.1	Christians to fight the good fight of faith and to proclaim the truth boldly.
0:17.7	Will you support this discipleship outreach with a year-end donation as we prayerfully strive for
0:23.1	revival, renewal, and reformation?
0:26.7	Give today at Ligeneer.org slash support.
0:31.6	When Joseph found out that Mary was going to have a baby, he was shocked.
0:37.2	Joseph came to the same conclusion that you and I would come to if a woman came to us and told us that she was pregnant.
0:45.5	He did not make any assumptions that this thing was caused through a virgin conception.
1:03.6	Music through a virgin conception. Joseph loved Mary, so he planned to quietly put an end to their engagement, to protect her from the inevitable shame and rejection that she would experience in their Jewish community.
1:10.6	But an angel of the Lord appeared to Joseph and pronounced the good news of the coming Messiah.
1:16.6	Today, on this Christmas Eve edition of Renewing Your Mind, we continue R.C. Sproles' series
1:22.6	exploring God's plan for the Messiah through all of Scripture.
1:26.6	And if you'd like to own this series, we'll unlock Lifetime Digital Access when you give
1:32.3	a year-end donation in support of this daily discipleship podcast at Renewing Your Mind.org, or
1:38.5	when you use the link in the podcast show notes.
1:42.0	Well, here's Dr. Sprawl with a message titled, A Virgin Shall Conceive.
1:49.5	I doubt if there's anything more controversial about the New Testament record of the
1:54.7	birth of Jesus, then the claim of the New Testament writers that Jesus was born of a virgin. It's become almost a test
2:06.2	case of orthodoxy, whether one affirms or denies the historical reality of the virgin birth of
2:15.2	Jesus. I'm surprised. I don't know how many people I've met in my life now
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