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“Male and Female He Created Them: Genesis 1-3 and the Meaning of the Sexes” Lecture by Dr. Alastair Roberts
About the Lecture Dr. Alastair Roberts argues for an understanding of male and female vocation within creation that mirrored the structure of God’s own creative work of first “forming” and then “filling” his world. In the Q&A, he particularly draws attention to the changed social and economic conditions of modernity which have rendered formerly intelligible…
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The Great Commission and the Great Game
By Brian J. Auten I’ll begin by asserting that intelligence ethics is in the midst of its awkward teenage years. The speciality spent its schoolyard days in the post 9/11 and Second Iraq War debate over the morality of torture and enhanced interrogation, leading to breakthrough US and UK work on “just intelligence,” a…
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2017 Davenant Fellowships Awarded
We are pleased to announce the recipients of this year’s Davenant Fellowships. As part of our ongoing commitment to help equip and support emerging scholars committed to renewing the life of the church through their research, we sponsor a scholarship competition each year, the Davenant Fellowship, with two $2,500 awards going to exemplary doctoral…
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Lying and Christian Ethics (Tollefsen), Lying: An Augustinian Theology of Duplicity (Griffiths): Review by Kelby Carlson
Everybody lies. So says Dr. House. But he is not the only one to point out this obvious, uncomfortable fact. In recent years, philosophical literature has given increased attention to the lie. In particular, Christians have given renewed attention to the question of lying. Paul Griffiths and Christopher O. Tollefsen—advocates of two very different…
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Protestant Wisdom Summer Program 2017
From June 6th through 17th this year, seven students gathered from four countries to participate in Davenant’s first ever Intensive Protestant Wisdom Summer Program (a shortened version of last year’s Five-Week Program). Taught by Dr. Alastair Roberts, a leading evangelical blogger and writer from the United Kingdom, this program sought to help train Christian…
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Learning About Justice in San Luis Obispo
This is a report on Teaching Fellow Colin Chan Redemer’s debut event for the Davenant Institute in San Luis Obispo. I worshiped God last week in San Louis Obispo with a small group of leaders from the University of the Pacific Intervarsity chapter. If you looked in on us it wouldn’t have looked like worship;…
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The Davenant Trust is now The Davenant Institute
The Davenant Trust has changed its name to The Davenant Institute. On June 1, the Board of Directors authorized The Davenant Trust to change its name to the Davenant Institute beginning in the 2017-18 fiscal year. After a couple false starts due to gremlins in the interwebs, the change took effect today and will…
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Announcing New Board Members
We are pleased to announce the most recent changes to our Board of Directors, Susannah Black and Ian Clary are joining us, and as Chairman, Scott Pryor will be succeeding Steven Wedgeworth. Read about them below.
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Protestant Ecclesiology Amidst Contemporary Political Theologies
By Jake Meador This article appeared in the 10th issue of Ad Fontes magazine. I don’t think I’ll ever forget the day that I actually began to understand some of what Reformed theology means on a day-to-day basis. I was a sophomore in college, living near campus in a small one bedroom apartment by myself. One…
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National Convivium Irenicum 2017 Report
By Joel Carini Earlier this month, thirty-seven scholars, pastors, professionals, and students gathered at the Davenant House for the fifth annual Convivium Irenicum. The event’s theme was “To All Generations: Teaching the Doctrine of God in the Life of the Church,” and Dr. Fred Sanders, of Biola University, was the plenary speaker. After an…
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