Volume 1, Issue 1

1.1 – Spring 2004 – Table of Contents

1.1

- Editor’s Note –
Searching for Veritas
by Jordan Hylden ‘06

- Opinions –
Gay Marriage: a Moral Imperative
by Stephen Dewey ‘07
There’s Something Missing Here
by Professor Ellen B. Aitken, Harvard Divinity School

– Features -

The Real Losers of Locke V. Davey
by Joshua Davey, HLS ‘06
Love and Marriage?
by Bronwen Catherine McShea ‘03, HDS ‘06
Right and Wrong: God, Law… more »

An Introduction: Searching for Veritas

In some ways, it’s not hard at all to find God at Harvard. You can find him down by the river, where our houses are named after the old Puritans—Mather, Dunster, and Winthrop. He’s in the Yard, too—the old University motto, “Veritas Christo et Ecclesiae,” is emblazoned right on top of Johnston Gate, reminding us… more »

The Real Losers of Locke v. Davey

On February 25, I lost a case before the Supreme Court of the United States. It was the final word in a lawsuit I filed over four years earlier, and the end to my legal challenge of a Washington state law that prohibits state college scholarship funds from going to students majoring in theology. I… more »

Love and Marriage?

Whatever else it signifies for American society, the rise of the same-sex marriage movement evidences the cultural-historical triumph of the idea of the love match. From the time of Romeo and Juliet, starry-eyed… more »

Right and Wrong: God, Law, and the Secular State

Christians may believe in the same God, but they do not agree about the proper way to apply God’s standards in the modern state. Another way of saying this might be that they … more »

Utmost and Highest: The Life and Biblical Hermeneutic of Oswald Chambers

Don’t be clever; do be careful. Don’t be controversial; do be consecrated. Don’t be conceited; do be concentrated. Never choose a text, let the text choose you….When a text has chosen you, the Holy Spirit will impress you with its inner meaning and cause you to labor to lead out that meaning for your congregation.”… more »

Gay Marriage: A Moral Imperative

As one who has grown up immersed in a strongly Christ-centered family and community, I find that I exhibit the tendency to adhere to the received, orthodox Christian tenets I absorbed during that time. At… more »