The Davenant Institute: The Story of the Irenic Bridge

Mortification of Spin

Alliance of Confessing Evangelicals

Religion & Spirituality

4.4 • 879 Ratings

🗓️ 30 December 2020

⏱️ 30 minutes

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Summary

Brad Littlejohn and Colin Redemer join Carl and Todd for a conversation about the Davenant Institute, and to reflect on the state of education in general and of theological education in particular in the United States. You’ll learn the meaning behind the name of the institution, which was founded to solve a supply and demand problem. Brad and Colin believe that God’s simplicity, aseity, eternality, immutability, and impassibility are concepts that should be shared with the laity. What’s more, the Davenant duo makes a compelling case that learning is not simply a matter of utilitarianism, as it is “sold” by educational institutions today. Our guests explain the real value and purpose of education, and how they coincide with the philosophy of teaching and programs offered by Davenant Institute. We’re partnering with The Davenant Institute to offer a few free copies of one of their publications titled Without Excuse: Scripture, Reason, and Presuppositional Apologetics. Register for the opportunity to win one. Show Notes · Ad Fontes Magazine · The Davenant Institute Resources

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0:00.0	This podcast is sponsored by the Alliance of Confessing Evangelicals.
0:04.4	Stick around for more at the end of today's program.
0:31.9	Welcome to Mortification of Spin, a casual conversation about things that count with Carl Truman and Todd Pruitt.
0:37.3	Mortification of Spin is a weekly podcast from the Alliance of Confessing Evangelicals. Let's join this week's conversation.
0:51.8	Welcome to Modification of Spin. My name's Kyle Truman. I teach at Grove City College in western
0:57.0	Pennsylvania, and I'm here with my usual co-host, the Reverend Todd Pruitt, who pastors a PCA church
1:04.2	in Harrisonburg, Virginia in what he describes as the beautiful Shenandoah Valley. Great to have you all with us today.
1:11.6	We have two special guests with us, Brad Little John and Colin Redimer, who are on the program
1:19.6	today to talk about the Davenant Institute, an educational institute which they head up,
1:26.6	and also to reflect upon the state of education
1:30.0	in general and theological education in particular in the United States today.
1:35.8	So Brad, Colin, great to have you on the show.
1:38.5	Great to be here.
1:40.0	Good to be with you, Carl.
1:41.0	Avalent Institute, Brad.
1:50.2	Would you like to tell the listeners something about the origins, the vision, what you hope the Institute will accomplish?
1:52.5	You and I have talked about it many times over the years, but I'm guessing that probably a chunk
1:57.9	of our listenership will probably not be familiar with your work.
2:02.7	Yeah, sure. So, we chose the name Davenant to make everybody angry.
2:08.6	So Davenant was the Anglican bishop at the Senate of Dort, which most Anglicans today don't
2:15.4	like him for that reason because they don't like the Synod of Dort. And most reformed people don't like him because he was the one who was known
2:21.1	for defending hypothetical universalism at the send of Dort. So we chose him as an
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