In his fascinating book on the Sermon on the Mount, Jonathan Pennington seeks to read the Sermon as Christianity’s answer to what he calls “the greatest metaphysical question that humanity has always faced—How can we experience true human flourishing?” (emphasis original, xxxiv). He offers this question as an overall reading strategy for the Sermon—a strategy…

For the final Timothy Series of the academic year, the Henry Center welcomed Reverend Isaac Smith, District Super-intendent of the Northwest District in The Wesleyan Church. A “pastor of pastors,” Rev. Smith’s pastoral background includes pastoring a church plant, small bi-vocational churches, and a large growing congregation, and he is now leveraging his diverse skills…

Migration is an increasingly visible topic within mission conversations today. For example, in August 2012, the International Association of Mission Studies organized their 13th quadriennial assembly around the themes of Migration, Dislocation, and the Good News. Additionally, an increasing number of articles and books shed light on the migration of peoples as relates to rising…

Sandra Van Opstal led Intervarsity Christian Fellowship’s Urbana09 and Urbana12 worship, developing a unique feast of languages, rhythms, instruments, and voices within her teams so that worship participants taste God’s world in their worship of him. She believes that worshipers experience more of God’s fullness when they not only sample but sit at the banquet…

From May 14 to May 17, 2013, approximately sixty pastors and theologians have gathered for the Hispanic-Asian North American Consultation on Theology and Ministry at Trinity International University’s Deerfield campus. Sponsored by the Henry Center, this historic broadly evangelical conversation was organized and designed by Dr. Peter Cha (Trinity Evangelical Divinity School), Dr. Juan Martínez…