Summary: <br> <p>We hear it every year at Christmas in in our services. Matthew Chapter 1, quoting the prophet Isaiah - "look the virgin shall conceive and bear a son, and they shall call his name Emmanuel".</p><br> <p>Critics say there's a problem: that the Isaiah passage is not talking about a virgin and Matthew misquotes him. So is it a problem for the virgin Birth? Is Christmas cancelled?</p><br> <p>Get the<a href="http://cdnbakmi.kaltura.com/p/618072/sp/61807200/serveFlavor/entryId/1_bnshhd2f/v/1/flavorId/1_m0qdpid1/name/a.mp3">MP3</a></p><br> <p>Alistair McKitterick is a theology lecturer at Moorlands College. He says there's good reason why Matthew used, but adapted Isaiah's prophecy in his birth narrative. Robert Stovold is a sceptic and atheist and believes that the first Christmas is an invention of the gospel writers.</p><br> <p>For Alistair McKitterick: <a href="http://www.moorlands.ac.uk/staff/alistair-mckitterick/"> http://www.moorlands.ac.uk/staff/alistair-mckitterick/</a></p><br> <p>For Robert Stovold: <a href="http://www.brightonhumanists.org/publications_and_downloads.html"> http://www.brightonhumanists.org/publications_and_downloads.html</a></p><br> <p>For more faith debates visit <a href="http://www.premierchristianradio.com/www.premierchristianradio.com/unbelievable">www.premierchristianradio.com/unbelievable</a></p><br> <p>Join the conversation: <a href="http://www.facebook.com/unbelievablejb">Facebook</a> and <a href="http://www.twitter.com/unbelievablejb">Twitter</a></p><br> <p>Get the MP3 podcast of Unbelievable? <a href="http://www.kaltura.com/api_v3/getFeed.php?partnerId=618072&feedId=1_jlj47tkv">http://www.kaltura.com/api_v3/getFeed.php?partnerId=618072&feedId=1_jlj47tkv</a> or Via <a href="http://itunes.apple.com/WebObjects/MZStore.woa/wa/viewPodcast?id=267142101">Itunes</a></p>
