Biblical Birth Narratives Are Weird And Incredible. We Can Stop Sanitizing Them. By W. David O. Taylor W. David O. Taylor is assistant professor of theology and culture at Fuller Theological Seminary. December 24 Infertility, divorce, shame, mass murder, astrologers, injustice and doubt: these are a few of the topics that appear in the birth narratives of Matthew and Luke, but it is unlikely that they will feature in many of the sermons or pageants at our churches during this season of the year. One would scarcely know how bizarre these narratives are, in fact, by the activities of artists...