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The Davenant Trust Comes to DC: Announcing a Regional Convivium on National Security
We are very pleased to announce that we will be holding our Third Mid-Atlantic Regional Convivium Irenicum, and our first ever in Washington, DC, examining the theme, “Christian Love and National Interest: A Protestant Ethic of National Security.” The event will be held on April 21-22 at Redeeming Grace Church of Fairfax, VA, and will
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VIDEO: Richard Hooker Modernized
In this video, Pastor Ben Miller interviews Brad Littlejohn and Brad Belschner about their project to modernize/translate the work of Richard Hooker into modern English. Why does someone who wrote in English need translating? And why are his thoughts still of immense value today? Follow us on YouTube and see other Davenant Discussions! Discussion
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John Owen: Prayer as Politics By Other Means
John Owen: Prayer as Politics By Other Means Daniel Hyde This is an article from the fifth issue of our journal Ad Fontes. Carl von Clausewitz, the 19th century Prussian military theorist, famously described war as “the continuation of politics by other means.” Widely appropriated, the aphorism continues to pop up in pop culture and
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Common Places: Daniel R. Hyde on John Owen
Pastor and author Daniel R. Hyde discusses the context of John Owen’s life and ministry and explains his lasting impact on Reformed theology and the broader church.
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VIDEO: The Relevance of Richard Hooker
Few American Christians today have so much as heard the name Richard Hooker, although he was the greatest theologian and political theorist to come out of the English Reformation. In this video, Hooker scholar Dr. Brad Littlejohn offers a brief sketch of the life and work of Hooker, and why he is still deeply relevant
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2017 Convivium Irenicum: Teaching the Doctrine of God in the Life of the Church
We are very excited to announce our Fifth Annual Convivium Irenicum, gathering once again at Davenant House in the Blue Ridge Mountains of South Carolina. This event serves as a microcosm of the Davenant Trust’s mission, and, for many of our attendees, as the capstone to each academic year. For three days we do much more
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Common Places: Michael Lynch on John Davenant’s Life and Impact
Dr. Michael Lynch discusses the context of John Davenant’s life and his impact at the Synod of Dort and contributions to our understanding of election and atonement.
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Pentecost as Ecclesiology
Alastair Roberts This is an article from the fourth issue of our journal Ad Fontes. As sources for our ecclesiology, the narrative portions of Scripture may be deemed to be relatively unpromising, especially when compared to the New Testament epistolatory literature. Yet much of the New Testament teaching concerning the Church occurs first in the
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VIDEO: The Forgotten Reformation
In this video, Brad Littlejohn introduces the too often forgotten story of the English Reformation, and corrects common misunderstandings of Henry VIII and his wives, Queen Elizabeth, and the rise of Puritanism. He also suggests lessons that this most tumultuous of Protestant Reformations might hold for the church in our own time. Follow us on
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VIDEO: Is Capitalism Good for the World?
Among many conservative Christians in America, there is an assumption that believing the Bible also means believing in the free market and the good of capitalism. But what exactly is a free market and how do we know when it is serving the common good? In this video, Brad Littlejohn and Brad Belschner discuss the
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