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…