The Christmas story: fact or fairytale? Lydia McGrew vs Jonathan Pearce

Atheist blogger Jonathan Pearce is the author of ‘The Nativity: A Critical Examination’. He believes the birth narratives in Matthew and Luke are pious fiction. Christian thinker Lydia McGrew, author of ‘The Mirror or the Mask?’ defends the historicity of the Nativity accounts. Take our show survey: https://survey-star.co.uk/unbelievablechristmas  For Lydia Mcgrew: http://www.lydiamcgrew.com/  Lydia's YouTube https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCSwhBk0vUSg_6prKkR82IDQ  For Jonathan Pearce: https://www.patheos.com/blogs/tippling/  USA listeners check out our new USA website for exclusive resources and to support us: http://www.unbelievable.show  Everywhere else, subscribe to our newsletter https://www.premier.org.uk/Unbelievablenewsletter and support the show https://resources.premier.org.uk/supportunbelievable  For more faith debates visit http://www.premierchristianradio.com/Shows/Saturday/Unbelievable  Facebook https://www.facebook.com/UnbelievableJB Twitter https://twitter.com/unbelievablejb Insta https://www.instagram.com/justin.brierley