A lecture given at the 2023 National Convivium entitled “Between Capitulation and ‘Christian Nationalism’: Looking Backward to Move Forward” by Dr. Brad Littlejohn. In this talk, Brad, President of the Davenant Institute, gave introductory remarks and welcome to this annual event. The theme for the 2023 National Convivium Irenicum was “Christ and the Nations: A Protestant Theology of Statecraft.”