Today’s debate didn’t go very far due to the typical Thomist penchant for avoiding answering objections by simply repeating the position. When we agreed on what Thomism teaches, I asked...

In this interview, we get to meet Jay Dyer. Apologist, comedian, and Orthodox Christian. We had a great time discussing Jay’s background and how he came into the Orthodox Church....

“The purpose of Intellectual Conservatism is to defend the true, good and beautiful things of life that are jeopardized in mainstream academia and society. On this page, you will find...

 Fr Dcn Dr Ananias joins me to discuss a paper critiquing natural theology and it’s assumptions as we tackle the argumentation from the Orthodox view and elucidate the transcendental...

 This is the first half of the Montanica Lecture I delivered covering the similarities and patterns in the divine simplicity doctrines of Roman Catholicism, Islam and Eunomius. We look...

 Ready for more? This one was specifically requested by Lewis, so we will analyze the classical apologetic method of Trent Horn Vs. the up and coming torch bearer for...

 Dr. Torstein Tollefsen joins me to cover his masterful work on the Christocentric Cosmology of St Maximos and the Logoi doctrine.  We discuss the advanced issues St. Maximos covers...

 Fr Chris Moody returns after too long a hiatus to discuss the theology of St Gregory Palmas in more depth.  We will cover the uncreated energies and grace, the...

Join me as Dr. Josh Rasmussen and I discuss and compare classical theistic arguments, presuppositional and transcendental arguments, epistemology, and apologetics in general.  In this long anticipated discussion, these two...

 “In this stream I am joined by the man, the myth, the legend Jay Dyer to deconstruct Reformed Protestant Theology from an Eastern Orthodox paradigm and perspective. Make sure...

We often hear the same objections to TAG based on similar mistakes.  A year ago I did a specific stream presenting TAG and why it holds up against TANG found...

 Today I will be taking Dr. Feser’s Five Proofs book and analyzing the pros and cons.  I will start with the chapter “Augustinian Proofs” since it comes the closest...

 Today we will cover the comparison of natural theology in the fathers, how this is not identical to Aquinas, what the analogia entis is and how it compares to...

 Fr. Dcn. Dr. Ananias Sorem (his channel is here) joins me to discuss the important issue of key Greek and Hellenic terms and how the fathers transformed them. Orthodoxy...

 Fr.Dcn. Ananias Sorem returns to cover the relationship between Jerusalem and Athens – revelation and reason. Firstly, they are and aren’t in tension – and we’ll see how. Secondly,...

 FrDcn Ananias Sorem joins me to discuss the hot topics of late: Thomism, the Thomistic apologetic and the five ways, causality and teleology, epistemology and metaphysical categories, absolute divine...

 The Val show is on hold since today is a perfect day to contrast the Thomistic view of analogia and actus Purus to the Logos/Logoi doctrine of St Maximos...

 From 2015 and needed to be restored. This talk is especially relevant, given the paradigms debate. I had numerous requests for more theology, mathematics and metaphysics, so here you...

By: Jay Dyer In debates and discussions on the topic of grace, we are often told the Roman Catholic position refers to grace as created only in the sense the...

 Michael Lofton asks Jay about essence and energies, created and uncreated grace, authority in Orthodoxy, Gregory Palamas, Maximus the Confessor, among many other related topics! “1. Sanctifying Grace is...