Unreached in America: Jewish Evangelism, the Talmud, and Messianic Judaism — Dr. Brian J. Crawford (Part 1)

Dr. Brian J. Crawford is the Director of Digital Evangelism for Chosen People Ministries, which has been evangelizing Jewish people for more than 130 years. He is also the author of The Scandal of a Divine Messiah: A Response to Maimonidean and Kabbalistic Challenges to the Incarnation.

In 2005, a Jewish man on a Tel Aviv beach told Brian he had no business explaining the Hebrew Bible to Jews. That challenge sent a structural engineer from Southern California on a 20-year journey into the heart of Orthodox Brooklyn — learning Hebrew, studying the Talmud, and building relationships with one of the most unreached people groups in America.

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Topics DiscussedHow a stranger's challenge launched Brian's calling to Jewish missionsWhat the Talmud actually is and why most Christians misunderstand itThe lost history of Jewish sub-denominations within Protestant churchesHow 20th century liberalism killed Jewish evangelismWhy becoming a Christian historically meant dying as a JewMartin Luther's antisemitism vs. Puritan philosemitismWhy Orthodox Jews in Brooklyn are an unreached people group

This is part one of two. Next week in part two, we get into Brian's book and the philosophical traditions — Maimonides and Kabbalah — that have walled Jews off from considering Jesus for centuries.

GUEST LINKSChosen People Ministries — https://chosenpeople.com

Chosen People Answers — https://chosenpeopleanswers.com

About Messiah — https://aboutmessiah.com

The Scandal of a Divine Messiah — https://chosenpeopleanswers.com/the-scandal-of-a-divine-messiah/

Support Brian's ministry — https://chosenpeople.com/pray4brian

BOOKS MENTIONEDThe Scandal of a Divine Messiah — Brian J. CrawfordThe Conflict of the Church and the Synagogue — James ParkesA Century of Jewish Missions — A.E. ThompsonChristianity and Liberalism — J. Gresham MachenFuture Israel — Barry HornerWarrant for Genocide — Norman Cohn

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