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  • Interview with Davenant Fellow Alex Mason

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    Interview with Davenant Fellow Alex Mason

    Alex Mason is a native of Lynchburg, Virginia. After completing an undergraduate degree ingovernment from Liberty University, Alex went on to complete graduate degrees in public policy, church history, ethics, and theology from Liberty University, Southeastern Seminary, and Southern Seminary. Currently, he lives in Scotland where he is a PhD candidate in Divinity (Theological Ethics) at…

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  • PUBLISHED: Reformation Theology

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    PUBLISHED: Reformation Theology

    On October 31st, The Davenant Institute published Reformation Theology: A Reader of Primary Sources with Introductions. Edited by Bradford Littlejohn and Jonathan Roberts, this work reflects the clarion call of the Protestant Reformers, “Ad fontes!—Back to the sources!” for our own generation. Just as they recognized that renewal of the church in their era depended upon a…

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  • Reformation 500: Celebrating Is Not Enough

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    Reformation 500: Celebrating Is Not Enough

    [vc_row][vc_column][vc_column_text]The following letter from the President, Brad Littlejohn, was sent out to all Davenant subscribers on October 31, Reformation Day[/vc_column_text][/vc_column][/vc_row][vc_row 0=””][vc_column css=”.vc_custom_1509565922997{padding-bottom: 15px !important;background-color: #9e3232 !important;}”][vc_column_text] CELEBRATING IS NOT ENOUGH [/vc_column_text][/vc_column][vc_column][vc_empty_space height=”20″][vc_column_text 0=””] There are few enough historical anniversaries that seem to merit even passing recognition in our forgetful age, so we can be grateful…

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  • The Real Presence and the Presence of Reality

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    The Real Presence and the Presence of Reality

    On October 16th, Davenant Institute President Brad Littlejohn was invited to give a lecture at Hillsdale College on the doctrine of the Eucharistic real presence in the Protestant Reformation. In the lecture, he argued that contrary to many popular narratives and misrepresentations, the Reformed did hold to a kind of real presence of the body…

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  • Announcing Acquisition of Peter Martyr Library

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    Announcing Acquisition of Peter Martyr Library

      We are pleased to announce that The Davenant Institute has just concluded a contract with Truman State University Press to take full possession of the Peter Martyr Library. Effective Jan. 1, 2018, TSUP will transfer all rights, electronic files, and hard copies of the ten volumes of the Peter Martyr Library (including its accompanying…

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  • Ad Fontes II.3: Luther & Melanchthon

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    Ad Fontes II.3: Luther & Melanchthon

    In this issue, Christopher Dorn presents Luther’s thinking on the Lord’s Supper and Jonathan Tomes introduces Luther’s theology of beauty in his review of Mark Mattes’ recent book on the topic. Bradford Littlejohn presents an introduction to Melanchthon’s Apology of the Augsburg Confession, finally followed by portions of the Apology itself.  IN THIS ISSUE: The Gospel Embodied: Luther’s Theology of the…

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  • Now Published: Natural Law

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    Now Published: Natural Law

    We are pleased to announce the publication of the third installment in our Davenant Guides series, Natural Law: A Brief Introduction and Biblical Defense. Davenant Guides seek to offer short and accessible introductions to key issues of current debate in theology and ethics, drawing on a magisterial Protestant perspective and defending its contemporary relevance today.   In…

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  • Davenant Dispatch December 2017

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    Davenant Dispatch December 2017

    Here’s what we’ve been up to. The Davenant Institute has been hard at work these past six months. Here’s the rundown of what we’ve done towards our goal of resourcing Christians with wisdom from the past, for the life of the church today.

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  • The Spirit of Reformation Theology: The Doctrine of the Trinity in Action

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    The Spirit of Reformation Theology: The Doctrine of the Trinity in Action

    The first of Davenant’s “Reformation: Then and Now” Lecture Series gets off to a great start with Dr. Josh Malone’s lecture “The Spirit of Reformation Theology.” Listen to the lecture below!  

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  • Technology in Service of the Gospel

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    Technology in Service of the Gospel

    This is a guest post from conservative Anglican journalist, David Virtue, http://virtueonline.org/

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