Part three of this four-part series on Hospitality and Revival explores how hospitality permeated the ministry and teaching of Jesus.

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The Son Of Man Came Eating and Drinking

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.

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Natural Knowledge of God; Or Why Protestants Should Stop Worrying and Love Natural Law

What is a corporation? We take them for granted as fixtures of our economic life, and sometimes single them out for fervent praise or blame, but rarely pause to consider what these strange creatures are. How did they arise? What are their moral and legal rights and responsibilities? In this penetrating paper, economic historian Kyle Williams traces their early development, rival understandings of their purpose and legal status, and how they ought to contribute to our economic and social life.

Reforming Justice 2019 - Davenant Institute Convivium

How To Think About Corporations

A Short History of Freedom, Brad Littlejohn, 2019 National Convivium

9:00 – Intro and illustration, a modern misconception of freedom

16:05 – Four key questions about freedom

22:00 – A historical overview of the concept of freedom

22:15 – Ancient Greece (quotes Hannah Arendt)

24:30 – Ancient Rome

26:25 – Medieval period

28:35 – Reformation period (quotes Dutch Stranger Churches)

30:00 – English Civil War period

31:30 – Immanuel Kant

33:10 – John Stuart Mill

36:15 – Friedrich Hayek, Isaiah Berlin

46:10 – Anthony Kennedy

46:50 – Freedom as a property of communities

47:00 – Freedom threatened by man’s inner bondage

48:30 – The distinction between power and freedom

51:40 – Oliver O’Donovan

58:10 – The need for a holistic view of liberty

59:35 – Littlejohn’s fourfold holistic view of freedom

1:10:15 – Conclusion: Christian wisdom is to balance the parts of freedom to the whole

Refoming Justice - Davenant Institute Convivium

A Short History of Freedom

Original video here: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EA5cnAloVhI

Today's question: "The issue of consent has been much discussed in the wake of, among other things, the #MeToo movement, and I was wondering how we can relate that to the types of marriage practices that we see in the Bible, where consent really is not at the forefront, if relevant at all. What are we to make of concubinage, war brides, bride kidnapping (in Judges), rape laws (where unbetrothed virgins may be given in marriage to their rapists) or just the fact that Mosaic law seems to place a daughter’s choice of spouse entirely in her father’s hands? Many have highlighted that what David did to Bathsheba was most likely rape, but do we also change the way we speak about, say, Abraham and Hagar? As a concubine/slave, was Hagar in a position to consent? How do we speak honestly and forcefully about the evil of forced marriage and the importance of consent, considering that the Bible does not seem to condemn these things in a straightforward way? The Church has historically held that mutual consent is necessary for marriage, but was that arrived at independent of the biblical witness or in proper extrapolation from it? I would love to hear your thoughts on this issue."

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The Troubling Absence Of Consent In OT Law And Narrative

A short interview with Michael Hughes, Director of Davenant House, about some forthcoming events at the Davenant House.

events Dec '19 - Jan '20

Upcoming Davenant House Events, December 2019

Here we have a Sunday School lesson that Brian Moats recently taught at Trinity Presbyterian Church in Birmingham, AL on why we should sing and chant the psalms. Enjoy!

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Theopolitan Reading, by Peter Leithart
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Psalm 125 Chant
www.youtube.com/watch?v=VPpInCgyNfo

Psalm 98 Chant
www.youtube.com/watch?v=oJuwPKEhU2c

Psalm 12 Chant
www.youtube.com/watch?v=_sidywTXXkU

Psalm 120 Chant
www.youtube.com/watch?v=SULIFaui76M

Psalm 47 Chant
www.youtube.com/watch?v=93HgY9dFX4c

Psalm 1 Chant
www.youtube.com/watch?v=e3igF7e-Lgs

Psalm 2 Chant
www.youtube.com/watch?v=pW-iT21hK7U

Psalm 23 Chant
www.youtube.com/watch?v=ux9zwc4zwGw

Psalm 88 Chant
www.youtube.com/watch?v=jbUANfrXOsw

Psalm 46 Chant
www.youtube.com/watch?v=93KjrXHmfz0

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Special Edition: Why We Should Sing and Chant the Psalms

wherein @ivyastrix details the history of the rise and fall of clubhouse and its multifarious denizens, and leaves us considering the problem of finding a haven for the grey tribe

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The Troubling Absence Of Consent In OT Law And Narrative

Alastair's Adversaria