Today we cover the lesser known work of St. Maximos the Confessor, the Mystagogy, which delves into the symbolism found in the churches, the liturgy and the Bible. It...

 We return to Defense of the Orthodox Faith, Book III to demonstrate the obvious teaching of St. John the essence-energy distinction directly impacts Christology, which directly impacts sacramentology and...

 Traditional philosophy and metaphysics Ep 8 picks up with a further discussion of natural theology, natural law, its true and false senses and contexts and how the world cannot...

 Today we will cover divine simplicity in the Roman view, the Orthodox view, the meanings of our terms, the revealed doctrines, the patristic usages, the essence – energy distinction,...

 “RC Apologist” has mentioned me by name as someone he wants to debate Sola Scriptura with. Since I am a former Calvinist, I always welcome the opportunity to refute...

 Hailed by the establishment for decades as the “greatest modern philosopher in the world” and as the “greatest logician,” we see how paper-thin and easily refuted the theses of...

 Picking up where we left off on the last defense of theology and philosophy stream, I return to questions of apologetic method, the ontological status of numbers, logic and...

By: Jay Dyer One of the most difficult things for people to readjust to is the counter-intuitive (or seemingly counter-intuitive) worldview in modified Platonism that I often refer to.  This reorientation...

Jay Dyer returns to Our Interesting Times to discuss his lecture “Cold War, Propaganda and CIA’s Doctrinal Warfare Against the Churches.” We talk about the history of manipulation and infiltration...

 An impromptu debate with a twitter hater. I asked him if he was willing to debate and he said yes. [spreaker type=player resource=”episode_id=16219776″ width=”100%” height=”200px” theme=”light” playlist=”false” playlist-continuous=”false” autoplay=”false”...

 The newly printed work of Vladimir Lossky from 1930 vindicates all the strong positions I have taken the last several years. In this discussion, we will cover the first...

 The writings of St Dionysius the Areopagite are some of the most famous and controversial in the history of theology and philosophy. However, most forget to dissect the actual...

 Orthodox theology is very precise in its terminology: they aren’t to be altered or given new meanings. With this in mind, what is the relationship between Hellenism and logos?...

“When God was conversing with Moses, He did not say, “I am the essence”, but “I am the One Who is.” Thus it is not the One Who is who...

 Continuing with the minor prophets, we examine the texts of Amos and Micah and their relationship to the Apocalypse, the Olivet Discourse and the general pattern of redemptive history....

By: Jay Dyer When Western theology attempts to understand and interact with Eastern Orthodox theology’s distinctions, it is generally dismissed as “Palamism” – some form of obscure, medieval Byzantine mysticism....

By: Jay Dyer The doctrine of typology is  often overlooked as an  apologetic principle.  Apologetics generally consists of philosophical arguments, arguments from nature, arguments from mathematics, etc., but rarely considers...

By: Jay Dyer “Thy mystery of the incarnation of the Word bears the power of all hidden meanings and figures of Scripture as well as the knowledge of visible and...

By: Jay Dyer “1 In the beginning was the Word (Logos), and the Word was with God, and the Word was God. He was in the beginning with God. 3...

By: Jay Dyer Phaedo, the dialogue of Plato that concerns Socrates’ final words, is both profound and prone to strike the reader as bizarre and mysterious. The discussion revolves around a proposal by Socrates’...