A Brief History of Power

BHoP Classics - The Justinian Option

In this BHoP Classics rebroadcast, Dr Koontz and Rev Fisk follow up their series on collapse by discussing the rebuilding of civilization. They look at Emperor Justinian, the situations he dealt with as he came into power, and his efforts to rebuild the Roman Empire and promote the church. Alongside this they talk about the importance of self-criticism and focus, how the capacity to love and serve others is necessary in order to lead, and how who you are where you are matters. Mentioned in this episode: The Institutes of JustinianAdditional links: Justinian I , A Short History of Byzantium , Dante's Paradiso
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Dr Koontz - Trinity Lutheran Church
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BHoP#201 Xmillenialism

Dr Koontz and Rev Fisk talk about different Christian eschatological views, recent developments in sports and its broadcasting, the effects of immigration to culturally alien regions, the left's idea of populism, the farmer's protests in Europe, and the use of euphemisms to obscure truth.
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Dr Koontz - Trinity Lutheran Church
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BHoP#200 Ad Astra Part 2 - American Workings

Dr Koontz and Col Grills talk about the Wright Brothers development of the airplane, the environment that allowed for that kind of invention, the competing lighter-than-air ships, the uninventive impetus of commercialization, and the history of occultism in further aerospace research.
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Dr Koontz - Trinity Lutheran Church
Pr. Willie Grills - Zion Lutheran Church
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BHoP#199 Put an End to X

Dr Koontz and Rev Fisk talk about the first use of the Law, the problem of human trafficking in the US and how to fight it, the breakdown of the state and the decline of subsidiarity, the consequences for nations that practice human sacrifice, and the need for prayer and repentance.
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Dr Koontz - Trinity Lutheran Church
Rev Fisk - St Paul Rockford
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BHoP#198 Californiafication and What To Do About It

Dr Adam Koontz and Pastor Chase Davis talk on his podcast Full Proof Theology about Colorado and how the changes that have happened in it have affected evangelism and the church.
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Pastor Chase Davis - Full Proof Theology and The Well Church in Bolder, CO
Dr Koontz - Trinity Lutheran Church
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BHoP#197 Providences Past, Providences Future

Dr Koontz talks about H. P. Lovecraft and his portrayal of the past, the stories of Roger Williams of Anne Hutchinson, the founding of Providence, Rhode Island, the consequences of indifference to religion, and why freedom "from" is so appealing in all times. 
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Dr Koontz - Trinity Lutheran Church
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BHoP#196 American Philippi

Dr Koontz talks about the founding of Boston: how it was able to manage itself, its evangelistic purpose, how its ideas spread throughout New England, its trading and conflicts with the native Americans, and how its character and independence declined.
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Dr Koontz - Trinity Lutheran Church
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BHoP#195 Civil War - Committees of Correspondence

Dr Koontz and Rev Fisk talk about prophecy and the study of history, the role economic in wars and the things that it doesn't explain, the difficulty of maintaining neutrality, the dangers of isolation, and the necessity of coordination. 
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Dr Koontz - Trinity Lutheran Church
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BHoP#194 Are We Winding Down? Learning Anything? Falling Apart?

Dr Koontz takes a solo episode to answer questions about declining energy availability, the role of Christian schools and the value of classical education, and the history of Jews in America with attachments to foreign power.
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Dr Koontz - Trinity Lutheran Church
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BHoP#193 Civil War - In Theory

Dr Koontz and Rev Fisk talk about the potential of civil war, the accelerated societal change that modern communication technology allows, the story of insurmountable division that is being sold to America, and using what survives to rebuild in the aftermath.
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Dr Koontz - Trinity Lutheran Church
Rev Fisk - St Paul Rockford
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