There is perhaps no religious discourse in human history that has received the amount of attention that has been devoted to Jesus’ Sermon on the Mount. Even among those who refuse to follow Jesus’ person and faith, have discussed and admired His ethic outlined in this sermon. Together, its verses are arguably the most preached on in all of Scripture. One recent report described 36 different ways of understanding the sermon; we will be considering the strengths and weaknesses of about half a dozen of these ideas on Sunday.
