August Book of the Month
WHY DID JESUS LIVE A PERFECT LIFE? BY BRANDON CROWE
How does Christ's obedience relate to our salvation? Or, as we’ve been asking in our sermon series in the Gospel of Mark, “Why do we need Jesus’ story to become our story?” Speaking into current conversations about the nature of salvation, respected New Testament scholar Brandon Crowe argues that the Bible teaches perfect obedience is necessary for salvation. This means our stories of imperfect obedience will never measure up to God’s standard. Because of this, in order to be saved Jesus’ story must become our story. We need another who will accomplish all God has required of us and pay the penalty of our sins for us. In this theologically rich yet extremely readable volume, Crowe walks us through God’s word to explain just why we need Jesus’ story to become our story and just how we can receive it as our own. He leads us into the heart of Christ’s perfect righteousness so that we’d find rest from the burden of perfect obedience.