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April 8, 2010 - 0 Comments

By: Jay Dyer Basically, the argument is that in the reformed view of imputation, the “righteousness” Christ earns via His keeping of the law is *not a righteousness based on...

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N. writes: No offense Jay, but you are operating on multiple, severely flawed groundworks. For example: 1) Thomas never taught God was like a blob of jello such that ‘Father...

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  By: Jay Dyer A friend asked a good question, and it was something I began to wonder a few years ago. What exactly constitutes “scholasticism.” Varying dates, personages, movements...

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Problems in Thomism By: Jay Dyer Part 1: God In disputes over the essence – energy distinction there is much confusion. I recently read through several more pages of God,...

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April 6, 2010 - 0 Comments

By: Jay Dyer  I have noted many times that the canon was a development, and that several factors were involved in the decisions made on the canon in various parts of the...

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April 6, 2010 - 0 Comments

By: Jay Dyer Many reformed Protestant acquaintances have, on various occasions, sent me different challenges relating to the canon of Scripture. One of these was a list of arguments proposed by...

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April 6, 2010 - 0 Comments

By: Jay Dyer We’ve all heard the nerds say it – “Dude, what if like, all of this was a dream,” or, “Man, what if like, we’re in the Matrix...

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By: Jay Dyer  When Taylor Marshall and crew originally fussed about this, they were content to dismiss it as “Palamism” – some form of obscure medieval Byzantine mysticism. Now, after...

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By: Jay Dyer Suffice it to say that the chief arguments of all Protestantism generally rest on the assumption that only the written texts are the Word of God, and...

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By: Jay Dyer A couple years ago I wrote a note about the reality of the spiritual realm and that it was far more diverse than we tend to assume...

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(From 2007) By: Jay Dyer Lately, I have been re-reading some old reformed Protestant materials I read several years ago. One of these books is by a very respected reformed...

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March 25, 2010 - 0 Comments

By: Jay Dyer A strange title for an article, indeed, but they told us in high school to make your opening line catchy, so hopefully that will bring sweat to...

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March 19, 2010 - 0 Comments

By: Jay A Reformed Protestant apologist recently sent me several objections to the Deuterocanonical Books. These are the books which are included in the Catholic and Orthodox canons, but were...

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