Davenant House

Davenant House Davenant House is a Christian study center located in the foothills of the Blue Ridge Mountains in upstate South Carolina.

For all the good that has come of “Christian worldview” discipleship in recent decades, too often it has relied on polemic generalizations, caricatures, and easy answers. This keeps those in its school dependent on being constantly fed superficial talking points, and its ethos is a shallow enthusiasm based on a brainy version of corporate-style team-building exercises. This serves an outlook where

in fundraising becomes the end rather than the means, and it doesn’t really serve the church or the commonwealth. Wisdom, on the other hand, is possession of the principles of reality in the mind, illuminated by the Spirit-filled heart, and for the sake of the knowledge of God and glorifying Him. It isn’t a set of talking points whose representatives have to be constantly reprogrammed. Rather, it makes free men and women capable of prudence and virtuous practice who can lead as servant heroes. Christian wisdom is a gathering of truth in love of God, so as to embody and radiate it to the world. The architects of classical Protestantism in the 16th and 17th centuries were masters of such holistic wisdom, using theology as the starting point for a loving attention to the natural world that God created and the human world of politics, art, and culture that they were called to equip and enrich. The Inklings and Francis Schaeffer, in his heyday, cultivated this wisdom, and changed the world. It it is this which we need in our own time, following in their footsteps. Wisdom, unlike worldview, cannot be downloaded from a server or acquired from a video course. It requires a retrieval of the lost art of conversation and the cultivation of intellectually rich friendship. This is the vision for Davenant House.

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07/03/2026

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The Davenant Institute sponsors scholarship, builds networks, and equips the saints with resources needed for renewing Christian wisdom for the Church.

If “iron sharpens iron” means anything IRL it certainly has been the case for me with The Davenant The Davenant Institut...
09/08/2023

If “iron sharpens iron” means anything IRL it certainly has been the case for me with The Davenant The Davenant Institute. The people, the scholars, the volunteers and the events sharpen each of us. May the Lord grant this org another decade of profitable ministry. Those wishing to donate can find a link at the website.

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How our army of friends grew from a blog comments section to a thriving organization

A worthwhile podcast just started by a couple of friends of the Davenant Institute.
06/10/2023

A worthwhile podcast just started by a couple of friends of the Davenant Institute.

Listen to The BCP Propers Podcast on Spotify. The BCP Propers Podcast discusses the proper lectionary readings from the 1662 Book of Common Prayer. Each episode explains and comments on the Scripture passages for each week in the one-year historic Anglican lectionary.

Still time to join us for the Convivium on the Inklings and the Great Conversation - Feb 24-25
02/04/2023

Still time to join us for the Convivium on the Inklings and the Great Conversation - Feb 24-25

The Davenant Institute invites you to our spring rendition of our now bi-annual Carolinas Regional Convivium Irenicum! Feb 24-25, 2023 at the Davenant House.

Here’s a chance to be involved in this upcoming Convivium on the Inklings
01/17/2023

Here’s a chance to be involved in this upcoming Convivium on the Inklings

2023 Carolinas Regional Convivium Call for Papers The Inklings & the Great Conversation: Friendship through Literature Dates: February 24-25, 2023 Keynote Speaker: Dr. Hal Poe, Charles Colson University Professor of Faith & Culture at Union University in Jackson, Tennessee Location: Dav...

11/17/2022

The work here at the Davenant House continues to grow as we at The Davenant Institute continue to expand our efforts in the renewal of Christian wisdom for the contemporary Church. As we approach the year’s end, check out the following video sharing just a slice of what the Lord has been doing through Davenant in 2022. More to come in 23! https://youtube.com/watch?v=JJDGqJNR58Q&feature=emb_title

Just launched the new website for The Davenant Institute. Take a look.
07/13/2022

Just launched the new website for The Davenant Institute. Take a look.

The Davenant Trust sponsors scholarship, builds networks, and equips the saints with resources needed for renewing Christian wisdom for the Church.

A new sign
06/03/2022

A new sign

03/09/2022

A list of presentations for the 2022 Carolinas Regional Convivium being hosted this weekend (3/11-3/12) at Davenant House. The theme is The Poetic Lens.

Friday (3/11/2022)

6:45- 7:00 The Davenant Institute, an introduction – Brad Littlejohn, President

7:00-7:45 PM: Mark Olivero, “Poetic Eyes: Light in George Herbert’s imagination and our vision of reality,” incl. Q&A

8:00-9:00 PM: Donald Williams, “The Making of a Poet,” incl. Q&A

Saturday (3/12/2022)

9:00 KEYNOTE PRESENTATION - Charles Carman, “Back to the Sources: The Revival of Classical Poetry in the Protestant Reformation”

10:00-10:30 Q&A with Charles Carman

11:00-Noon PRESENTATION - Adam Walker, “Drinking from the Jordan: English Reformed Poetry and the Plain Style”

1:00-1:30 A READING – James Lee, “Bee Suit: Spring Chores with Grandfather”

1:30-2:30 PRESENTATION - Hannah Hubin, “Votaries: The Tradition of the Blue Flower Traced through the Writings of Novalis, MacDonald, Lewis and Robinson”

3:00-4:00 PRESENTATION - Jeremy Larson, “C.S. Lewis on Wisdom in Milton’s Works”

https://davenanthouse.org/programs/regionalconvivium-poetic-lens/

Many poets, much wisdom. Join us.
02/28/2022

Many poets, much wisdom. Join us.

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