{"podcast":{"title":"The Will Spencer Podcast","slug":"the-will-spencer-podcast-3324245","podcast_index_feed_id":3324245,"rss_url":"https://feeds.captivate.fm/willspencerpod/","website_url":"https://linktr.ee/willspencer","image_url":"https://artwork.captivate.fm/077d5416-18ed-4332-a23d-bbdca2b970df/j_NeNa4rnItxJ1OYds7sRGv3.jpg","author":"Will Spencer","episode_count":273,"summary":"The Will Spencer Podcast is a weekly interview show featuring extended discussions with authors, leaders, and influencers who can help us make sense of our changing world today. I release new episodes every week on Friday.","last_synced_at":null,"page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/the-will-spencer-podcast-3324245"},"episode":{"title":"Unreached in America: Jewish Evangelism, the Talmud, and Messianic Judaism — Dr. Brian J. Crawford (Part 1)","slug":"unreached-in-america-jewish-evangelism-the-talmud-and-messianic-judaism-dr-brian-j-crawford-part-1","published_at":"2026-03-27T11:00:00+00:00","page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/the-will-spencer-podcast-3324245/unreached-in-america-jewish-evangelism-the-talmud-and-messianic-judaism-dr-brian-j-crawford-part-1","show_page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/the-will-spencer-podcast-3324245","url":"http://ws-podcast.flywheelstaging.com/captivate-podcast/unreached-in-america-jewish-evangelism-the-talmud-and-messianic-judaism-dr-brian-crawford-part-1","audio_url":"https://episodes.captivate.fm/episode/0737dff6-39e3-4b91-9054-2f5d28e46a63.mp3","summary":"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. 👉 Biblical mentorship for men: https://willspencer.co/mentorship Topics Discussed How a stranger's challenge launched Brian's calling to Jewish missions What the Talmud actually is and why most Christians misunderstand it The lost history of Jewish sub-denominations within Protestant churches How 20th century liberalism killed Jewish evangelism Why becoming a Christian historically meant dying as a Jew Martin Luther's antisemitism vs. Puritan philosemitism Why 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 LINKS Chosen 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 MENTIONED The Scandal of a Divine Messiah — Brian J. Crawford The Conflict of the Church and the Synagogu…","meta_description":"Dr. Brian J. Crawford is the Director of Digital Evangelism for Chosen People Ministries, which has been evangelizing Jewish people for more than 130 year…","key_points":[],"chapters":[],"topics":[],"duration_seconds":9193,"processing_state":"processed","actions":[{"name":"request_transcript","method":"POST","url":"https://stenobird.com/v1/public/podcasts/the-will-spencer-podcast-3324245/episodes/unreached-in-america-jewish-evangelism-the-talmud-and-messianic-judaism-dr-brian-j-crawford-part-1/transcription-requests","description":"Idempotently request low-priority transcript generation for this episode."},{"name":"read_markdown","method":"GET","url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/the-will-spencer-podcast-3324245/unreached-in-america-jewish-evangelism-the-talmud-and-messianic-judaism-dr-brian-j-crawford-part-1.md","description":"Read the agent-friendly Markdown representation of this episode resource."}]}}