As Max Lucado tells the story, the visiting professor was about half way through his lecture when a young man in the auditorium stood up and started firing questions:

“Are you telling us that God almighty really became Mary's little boy?" “Yes," said the professor.

“Are you really asking us to buy into a religion banked on a young girl's dream of divine pregnancy?" “Yes," said the professor.

“Are you insinuating that the life of Jesus then actually affects me now?" “Yes," said the professor.

The young man stood silent for a few moments and then said, “How absurd," and sat down.[1]

Though it has been told many times many ways, when someone looks beyond the tinsel and peeks through the hay, the Christmas story still seems rather absurd. Why would God pick a Mary to mother his only begot…