A Brief History of Power

BHoP#306 Kingfishing: Huey Long, Politics, and the Battle with Ideology

Dr Adam Koontz and Col Willie Grills talk about Huey Long and early 1900s Louisiana.
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Dr Adam Koontz - Redeemer Lutheran Church
Pr. Willie Grills - Zion Lutheran Church
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BHoP#305 Stockholm Syndrome Christianity with Dr John West

Dr Adam Koontz is joined by Dr John West to talk about the secularization of the church in the doubting of scriptural historicity, pandering to the sexual revolution, and more.
Links mentioned - Stockholm Syndrome Christianity
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Dr Koontz - Redeemer Lutheran Church
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BHoP#304 Riots and Order

Dr Adam Koontz and Col Willie Grills talk about the 1992 Los Angeles riots, the riots of the summer of 2025, and civilizational decline.
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Dr Koontz - Redeemer Lutheran Church
Pr. Willie Grills - Zion Lutheran Church
Music thanks to Verny

BHoP#303 An Introduction to the Book of Concord

Dr Adam Koontz joins Mason Craig of Simply Theology to talk about the Book of Concord and how the Lutheran confessions came to be.
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Dr Koontz - Redeemer Lutheran Church
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Brief#21 What is Closed Communion? What is Open Communion?

Dr Adam Koontz talks about the difference between closed and open communion and why churches practice closed communion.
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Dr Koontz - Redeemer Lutheran Church
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Brief#20 Building Pastors' Efficiency and Capacity

Dr Adam Koontz talks about using your time well as a pastor.
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Dr Koontz - Redeemer Lutheran Church
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Brief#19 On the Septuagint

Dr Adam Koontz talks about the Septuagint and the Apocrypha.
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Dr Koontz - Redeemer Lutheran Church
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BHoP#302 Gospel Proclamation and Evangelism

Dr Adam Koontz and Col Willie Grills talk about evangelism and growth, practicing hospitality in the church, and excuses that get in the way of sharing the gospel.
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Dr Koontz - Redeemer Lutheran Church
Pr. Willie Grills - Zion Lutheran Church
Music thanks to Verny

Brief#18 Books for Better Preaching

Dr Adam Koontz recommends books about preaching.
Books mentioned -
Aristotle's Poetics and Rhetoric
Book 4 of Augustine's On Christian Doctrine
Reinhold Pieper's Evangelical Lutheran Homiletics
J. Michael Reu's Homiletics
H. Grady Davis's Design for Preaching
Gerhard Aho's The Lively Skeleton
John Broadus's Treatise on the Preparation and Delivery of Sermons
Jean Claude's Essay on the Composition of a Sermon
The Heart of the Yale Lectures
The sermons of John Chrysostom and Martin Luther
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Dr Koontz - Redeemer Lutheran Church
Music thanks to Verny

Brief#17 On Two Cryptids and Modern Folklore

Col Willie Grills talks about the Flatwoods Monster and Fouke Monster and the differences between historic and modern monster stories.
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Pr. Willie Grills - Zion Lutheran Church
Music thanks to Verny