Interpreting Inspiration: Linking God, Mankind, and the Written Word

Inspiration in a theological sense is not equivalent to the inspiration a musician or a painter might feel to produce art.

Matthew West | The Dartmouth Apologia | Fall 2015

Examining the Synoptic Gospel Problem

Although the Synoptic problem is usually put forth as a primarily literary problem, more recent advances in our knowledge of oral traditions have made scholars start to shift the emphasis given to the role of oral memory and traditions in their views of the Synoptic overlaps and differences.

Erik Johnson | MIT et Spiritus | Spring 2017

Scriptural Interpretation: A Second Look at the Blanchard v. Rice Debate

The years leading up to the Civil War saw abolitionists and supporters of the antislavery movement clashing with proslavery Americans over specific scriptural passages related to slavery.

Sara Holston | The Dartmouth Apologia | Spring 2015

The Veracity of the Gospels

Questionable historicity and copying practices are listed as reasons why students should not believe that the Gospels give us a legitimate view of Christ.

Titus Willis | The Columbia Crown & Cross | Spring 2015

A House Built on Sand: Spirituality and Intellectual Honesty

College can be a great place to seek a faith that is both communal and individual, brought on by sincere reflection rather than indoctrination.

Pieter Hoekstra | Claremont Ekklesia | Spring 2015

Review of Peter Enns’ “The Bible Tells Me So”

According to biblical scholar Peter Enns, many Christians are wrong about the nature of the book they consider Scripture.

Peter Hickman | The Harvard Ichthus | Fall 2014

Reflections on the Writings of William Jewett Tucker

William Jewett Tucker holds a special place in Dartmouth College history as a graduate of the class of 1861 and as the College’s ninth president.

Sara Holston | The Dartmouth Apologia | Fall 2014

Rebellion Against the Bible?

There are four general strains of reasoning that argue for the reliability of the Bible: internal consistency, archaeological evidence, manuscript evidence, and logical extrapolation from history.

Dabin Hwang | The Harvard Ichthus | Spring 2013

The Alternative Lens of Revelation

As responsible thinkers in this society, then, it is important to endeavor to read [the book of Revelation] responsibly, keeping to the message as truly as we can.

Shaun Lim | The Harvard Ichthus | Spring 2013

Poetry and the Redemption Story

We are not academics searching to excavate truth from a divine treatise. Instead we are beings intimately woven into a poem in which God tenderly shows us what to love, how to love, and why we love.

Siqi Cao | The Columbia Crown & Cross | Spring 2014

A Response to Thomas Paine’s Age of Reason

Thomas Paine, a famed Revolutionary political activist and Founding Father, is also remembered for his attempts to expose Christianity as a fraud in his pamphlet Age of Reason; Being an Investigation of True and Fabulous Theology.

Suiwen Liang | The Dartmouth Apologia | Fall 2012

A Response to Ronald Sider’s Just Politics

Sider attempts to develop a biblical political philosophy. This is best done, Sider argues, not by proof texting from the Bible on every political issue but instead by developing a biblical view of both persons and the world as a whole and applying this view to politics.

Hayden Kvamme | The Dartmouth Apologia | Spring 2013

The Personal Journey of a Faith-Filled Scientist

My college pastor once asked me, “What does Christ have to do with chemistry?”

David A. Vosburg | The Claremont Ekklesia | Fall 2014

On Money

We accept Paul’s claim that the love of money is the root of all evil, but we know that that verse does not entail us to shun money itself as an evil. Money, at the end of the day, is also part of His Creation, and all things were created for His glory.

Richard Lee and April Koh | The Yale Logos | Winter 2012

Deconstruction and the Nature of God’s Grace

The Christian Church often either exuberantly embraces postmodernism or rejects it fully. Both of these extremist views show a willingness to put too much hope in human philosophies, a willingness which Saint Paul warns against in Colossians 2:8.

Caroline Suresh | The Dartmouth Apologia | Spring 2013

You Have Not Spoken of Me What Is Right: The Brothers Karamazov and the Book of Job

Dostoevsky told his wife that Job was one of the earliest books to make a “deep impression in [his] life,” and its influence on his work is far-reaching.

David Truschel | The Dartmouth Apologia | Spring 2013, Volume 7, Issue 2

AC Featured in the Ivy League Christian Observer

Harvard Ichthus '14 staff Jihye Choi covers the 2013 Augustine Collective retreat, and discusses how the journals are fostering a national movement across colleges.

Jihye Choi | The Ivy League Christian Observer | Spring 2013

A Constitutional Interpretation of the Bible

A large majority of my time this semester has been dedicated to studying constitutional interpretation for my freshman seminar. This has prompted me to think a lot about biblical interpretation, too, and how theories on constitutional interpretation might be applied to the Bible.

Jessica Zou | Princeton Revisions |

Secular Ethics Find Cohesion In Christ

A Christian ethic derived from the Bible can incorporate each perspective in some fashion: existentially, we seek the inner satisfaction of living as God designed us to live; normatively, this design is based on God’s authoritative word and law; and situationally, we seek to obey God by finding opportunities to advance his kingdom.

Willis Zhang | UPenn Common Subjects |

A Review of John Lennox’s Seven Days that Divide the World

If we fail to address the seeming inconsistencies between science and the Bible, we risk reinforcing the widespread belief that science deals with reality while the Bible deals with fantasy.

Bryan Padilla | The Harvard Ichthus | Volume 8, Number 1, Spring 2012

Diligent Seeker

I knew the theological answer: if God loved me enough to die on the cross for me, then surely my worship meant a great deal to him. But there was a great disconnect between my mind and my heart.

Shana Dorsey | The Williams Telos | Issue 8, Fall 2012

Can We Talk? America’s Troubled Science and Religion Conversation

How is it that ‘science' is allowed to toss its historical baggage, but religion must forever be defined by the ancient baggage carried by its least informed?

Karl Giberson | The Harvard Ichthus | Volume 8, Number 1, Spring 2012

Wisdom in the Inward Parts

For a long time, I never strayed into discussions about the relation between science and religion; however, ten years ago, I found myself in a position where I had to say something.

Professor John Huth | The Harvard Ichthus | Volume 8, Issue 1, Spring 2012

Linguistics and the Bible

Analyzing the Bible as an inspired piece of literature without taking into account the scientific constraints of human language is misguided.

Christopher Hopper | The Harvard Ichthus | Volume 7, Number 4, Winter 2011

Thoughts on New Atheism

Every worldview makes truth claims and faith assumptions to show its uniqueness and superiority over other worldviews, and New Atheism is no exception.

Jabez Yeo | U Penn Lamp Post | Issue 01, Spring 2012

Mustard Seed Faith

Confirmation bias is a psychological phenomenon which describes our tendency to seek out information that confirms our opinions and beliefs while avoiding information that contradicts what we believe. I take a lot more time on each page when I’m reading C.S. Lewis compared to Richard Dawkins.

Andy Morgosh | The Williams Telos | Spring 2012

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