Brandon Crowe

The Necessity of Christ’s Obedience for Our Salvation

Christ the Center — Fri, 13 May 2022 04:00:00 +0000

We welcome Dr. Brandon Crowe to the program to discuss the obedience of Christ and the salvation of his people. In his latest book, Why Did Jesus Live a Perfect Life?: The Necessity of Christ’s Obedience for Our Salvation, Dr. Crowe sets out to answer the basic but all-important question: Is perfect obedience necessary for salvation?

Listen as we explore the covenant of works, the atonement, the nature of Christ’s obedience, his resurrection, and the doctrine of justification.

Brandon D. Crowe (PhD, University of Edinburgh) is professor of New Testament at Westminster Theological Seminary and author of The Last Adam and The Hope of Israel.

Chapters

00:00 Introduction
02:04 Thinking about Righteousness and Obedience
06:47 Changes in Theological Disciplines
13:21 Perfect Obedience Is Necessary for Salvation
20:30 Death Reigned from Adam to Moses
26:45 The New Testament and the Law of Moses
34:02 Christ’s Obedience and Our Faith
40:18 Christ’s Active and Passive Obedience
43:53 Christ’s Obedience as High Priest
47:11 Christ’s Resurrection
50:58 The Author’s Hopes for Readers of the Book
54:55 Conclusion

Participants: Brandon Crowe, Camden Bucey

The Resurrection in Acts

Christ the Center — Fri, 18 Sep 2020 04:00:00 +0000

Dr. Brandon Crowe speaks about the centrality of the resurrection in the book of Acts. Dr. Crowe has written The Hope of Israel: The Resurrection of Christ in the Acts of the Apostles (Baker Academic, 2020) in which he explores the historical, theological, and canonical implications of Jesus’s resurrection in early Christianity and helps readers more clearly understand the purpose of Acts in the context of the New Testament canon.

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Participants: Brandon Crowe, Camden Bucey

Highlights from 2017

Christ the Center — Fri, 29 Dec 2017 05:00:12 +0000

For those of you who’ve been with us for some time know we like to take an hour or so at the end of the year to look back on everything we did. Today, we’ve selected ten clips from the episodes we released in 2017. We spoke with many people and had many fascinating conversations. I hope we’ll pique your interest, and you’ll go back to listen to many of the full conversations represented by these highlights.

2017 was another blessed year at Reformed Forum. We’ve had close to half a million downloads so far this year from 115 different countries. We published our first book, No Uncertain Sound and sent out more than 1,000 copies. We hosted our fourth annual theology conference, this year on the subject of The Reformation of Apologetics. We opened an online store at reformedforum.org/store with merchandise and hard-to-find editions of significant Reformed books—many of them first editions and some even signed by the author.

We’re so thankful for all of you and will continue to try to serve you by providing Reformed theological resources however we can. At the end of this year, please help us out by visiting reformedforum.org/donate. Many of you have already responded generously to our previous appeals, but we can still use your help. Our board has scheduled a strategy summit for this coming year, and we are thinking and praying about our next steps. We would love to move Reformed Forum to the next level, a new chapter in its life of service to the Church. Please help us begin to realize this as we enter 2018.

We’re looking forward to another full year of Christ the Center. January 25 will mark our 10th anniversary. Jeff, Jim, and I recorded that first episode during my first year in seminary—three homes and three children ago. Things have changed over the years, but our mission has stayed the same—to advance Christian education by helping you learn more about Christ and the Reformed tradition that we believe faithfully upholds his gospel.

—Camden Bucey

Episodes

474 — Ryan McGraw, John Owen and Reformed Orthodox Trinitarian Theology
476 — Peter Gurry, The Coherence-Based Genealogical Method
478 — William Edgar, A Biblical Theology of Culture
482 — Scott Oliphint, The Majesty of Mystery
483 — Kevin Chiarot, T. F. Torrance and Apostolic Succession
489 — Charles Williams, The Life and Theology of Augustine
493 — Darryl Hart, Machen and the Media
496 — Brandon Crowe, Fulfillment in Matthew
503 — Bob Cara, Cracking the Foundation of the New Perspective on Paul
510 — Chad Van Dixhoorn, The Westminster Assembly and the Reformation of the English Pulpit

Participants: Brandon Crowe, Camden Bucey, Chad Van Dixhoorn, Charles Williams, Darryl G. Hart, Jeff Waddington, Jim Cassidy, K. Scott Oliphint, Kevin Chiarot, Peter Gurry, Robert Cara, Ryan McGraw, William Edgar

Fulfillment in Matthew as Eschatological Reversal

Christ the Center — Fri, 30 Jun 2017 04:00:46 +0000

We welcome Brandon Crowe back to the program to speak about the gospel of Matthew. Dr. Crowe is assistant professor of New Testament at Westminster Theological Seminary in Philadelphia. He is the author of the article, “Fulfillment in Matthew as Eschatological Reversal” in Westminster Theological Journal 75 (2013), pp. 111–127. Matthew’s use of the Old Testament has perplexed interpreters for years. It is difficult to ascertain precisely how Jesus “fulfills” the prophets in several of Matthew’s references. Dr. Crowe argues that Jesus not only fulfills the Old Testament as the new Israel and consummate Davidic king, but according to Matthew’s formulae, he does so by reversing Israel’s pattern of covenant infidelity.

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Participants: Brandon Crowe, Camden Bucey, Jim Cassidy

The Last Adam: A Theology of the Obedient Life of Jesus in the Gospels

Christ the Center — Fri, 17 Mar 2017 04:00:45 +0000

We welcome Dr. Brandon Crowe to speak about his book, The Last Adam: A Theology of the Obedient Life of Jesus in the Gospels, in which he sets forth the soteriological significance of the life of Jesus in the Gospels. He offers an exegetical case for understanding the Adam-Christ parallel in the Gospels themselves, and thereby allows us to see the great glory of person and work of Christ as he is revealed in all of Scripture.

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Participants: Brandon Crowe, Camden Bucey

The New Testament Foundations of Trinitarian Theology

Christ the Center — Fri, 29 Apr 2016 04:00:44 +0000

Christians profess that God is triune. Many understand the importance of maintaining this doctrine. But many may also wonder where the doctrine is found in Scripture and what practical difference it makes being “Trinitarian” regardless. Brandon Crowe joins us to remedy this ill as he speaks about The Essential Trinity: New Testament Foundations and Practical Relevance, a new book he has co-edited with Carl Trueman. The book includes many excellent contributors. We’re excited to welcome this book, and hope it has an impact upon the Church’s life and understanding of historic Christian orthodoxy. Dr. Crowe is Associate Professor of New Testament at Westminster Theological Seminary in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania.

Participants: Brandon Crowe, Camden Bucey, Jeff Waddington

The Message of the General Epistles

Christ the Center — Fri, 19 Jun 2015 04:03:00 +0000

In this episode, Brandon Crowe introduces the redemptive-historical message of Peter, James, John, and John. Dr. Crowe is Associate Professor of New Testament at Westminster Theological Seminary in Philadelphia, PA. His latest book, The Message of the General Epistles in the History of Redemption: Wisdom from James, Peter, John, and Jude (P&R Publishing) shares important insights from these oft-neglected books of Scripture.

Participants: Brandon Crowe, Camden Bucey, Jim Cassidy

The Virgin Birth of Christ

Christ the Center — Fri, 29 Nov 2013 05:00:40 +0000

Dr. Brandon Crowe explains the reality and significance of the virgin birth, based on his booklet, “Was Jesus Really Born of a Virgin?,” from the Christian Answers to Hard Questions series. He explains the biblical basis for the doctrine and responds to a host of objections – those scientific, philosophical, mythological, and theological, to name a few. Dr. Crowe is Assistant Professor of New Testament at Westminster Theological Seminary in Philadelphia, PA. He received his M.Div. from Reformed Theological Seminary and his Ph.D. from the University of Edinburgh. His dissertation has been published as The Obedient Son: Deuteronomy and Christology in the Gospel of Matthew which he spoke about on Christ the Center episode 239. The Christian Answers to Hard Questions series is published by Westminster Press through P&R Publishing.

Participants: Brandon Crowe, Camden Bucey, Jeff Waddington, Jim Cassidy

Deuteronomy and Christology in the Gospel of Matthew

Christ the Center — Fri, 27 Jul 2012 05:00:30 +0000

Christ the Center is pleased to welcome Dr. Brandon Crowe to speak about the themes in his book The Obedient Son: Deuteronomy and Christology in the Gospel of Matthew. The book is a published edition of Dr. Crowe’s dissertation written at the University of Edinburgh. It spans several key biblical themes, including sonship, God’s fatherly love, election, and obedience. Dr. Crowe is Assistant Professor of New Testament at Westminster Theological Seminary, where he teaches the core course on the gospels.

Participants: Brandon Crowe, Camden Bucey, Carlton Wynne, Nick Batzig