Common Places

From March 12-15 Colin Redemer, Professor at Saint Mary's College and Teaching Fellow of the Davenant Institute, delivered the lecture "What is Justice." This lecture is an exploration of the theme of justice following the major arguments of Plato's Republic. The lecture was delivered to Ivan Franko National University of Lviv, Economics department and is followed by a Q&A

In this talk, Davenant Teaching Fellow Colin Redemer confronts head-on the prevalent evangelical idea that Scripture alone can tell us about the existence of God and our need for him. On the contrary, as the Apostle Paul and theologians throughout history have argued, nature itself points us toward the existence of a supreme Creator who is at the same time the final end of our existence and our highest happiness. Though we can only dimly discern God by reason, this is a real knowledge, that holds us accountable and provides us a crucial moral starting point.

As Christians have challenged the cultural ethos of the Sexual Revolution, in the popular consciousness Christianity has often become associated with a fixation upon and a negative attitude towards sex. Framed only by their opposition to our prevailing sexual culture, orthodox Christian sexual ethics can seem judgmental and even pathological. Why Christians should care so much about sex in the first place is quite unclear to many. However, as we frame the Christian challenge to the Sexual Revolution by the Christian faith’s own positive account of sex, the reasons for the opposition will become more apparent and our challenge to our culture will be more robust.

The Davenant Institute sponsored a discussion in April 2018 on the nature of church authority. The event was held in Washington DC. This is the audio of the discussion session featuring Dr. Jonathan Leeman of 9 Marks Ministries and Joseph Minich, Editor-in-Chief with the Davenant Institute.

Discussions of the Reformation are often dominated by trite cliches and boring truisms. In his recent lecture "The Reformation Beyond the Slogans" Aaron Denlinger offers his listeners a broader and more historically faithful picture of the revolution that shook 16th century Europe. This is part two of the lecture.

Discussions of the Reformation are often dominated by trite cliches and boring truisms. In his recent lecture "The Reformation Beyond the Slogans" Aaron Denlinger offers his listeners a broader and more historically faithful picture of the revolution that shook 16th century Europe. Here is part I of his lecture.

Professor Colin Redemer on Friendship, Lewis & Aristotle

Josh Malone - The Doctrine Of The Trinity In Action by Davenant Trust

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 and blood of Christ—only not in the elements outwardly considered, rather in the act of faithful reception. Moreover, he argued, they did this precisely to preserve the integrity of the bread and wine as creaturely means of God's gracious action. It was, they held, the Catholic doctrine of transubstantiation, not the Reformed doctrine of the sacraments, that denied that created natures could become sites of God's presence.

Dr. 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 distinctions of gender roles increasingly difficult to understand and apply.

Dr. Aaron Denlinger joins the podcast and discusses some of the dangers surrounding a simplistic understanding of history and how his calling as a Christian historian compels him to be honest about heroes of history and the context of their lives.

Dr. Fred Sanders of Biola University and author of The Triune God discusses his journey into academia, advice for prospective grad students and his passion for a Biblical and theologically accurate understanding of the Eternal and Almighty God-Father, Son and Holy Spirit.

Phd Candidate Gregory Soderberg describes the pre-Reformation world of communion practices and the changes that were both desired and implemented by various Reformers of the 16th century. Soderberg also shows how the Reformers' views of Church discipline impacted the frequency and participants at the Eucharist.

PhD candidate and author Andrew Fulford discusses his new book Jesus and Pacifism: An Exegetical and Historical Investigation. Highlights include: (1:30) Andrew's church background, (4:00) the six key arguments for pacifism, (10:00) what is natural law and how does it answer the pacifist arguments, (19:00) what is the moral character of the conquest and its application for today, (23:00) how are we to obey Jesus' commands to love our enemies, (25:00) how popular is pacifism for evangelicals, (34:00) what is the positive case for God's vengeance, (36:00) why is pacifism persuasive for many young evangelicals.

PhD Candidate Simon Kennedy discusses the protection of religious expression in the post-Christian west and how different periods of history have viewed liberty of worship. He also explains how different understandings of the doctrine of the fall have influenced Christian views of political theology.

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.

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.

In this special episode I sit down with Pastors Joe Rigney and Kevin Giles and get their reflections on the discussions about the doctrine of the Trinity that took place at the Evangelical Theological Society meeting in San Antonio, TX in mid November.

In this episode Pastor Ben Miller of Trinity Church Long Island (OPC) describes his call to the ministry and the ways he uses historical and systematic theology to build up the body of Christ.

Five Points Of Calvinism (ed.) by Davenant Trust