A Brief History of Power

BHoP#127 Population is Power

Dr Koontz and Rev Fisk talk about attempts to escape history into safe places, the influence and importance of population centers, and the workings of political machines, all through the lens of the history of Chicago politics.Visit our website -  A Brief History of Power Many thanks to our sponsors, Blessed Sacrament Lutheran Church in Hayden, ID, Our Savior Lutheran Church and School in Pagosa Springs, CO, and Luther Classical College Dr Koontz -  Trinity Lutheran Church Rev Fisk - St Paul Rockford and Hebron CollegiumMusic thanks to Verny

BHoP#126 Comma, God Willing

Dr Koontz and Rev Fisk answer a listener question about fatalism and activism according to the Christian worldview, and discuss the pitfalls of both Calvinist and Armenian views of election.Visit our website -  A Brief History of Power Many thanks to our sponsors, Blessed Sacrament Lutheran Church in Hayden, ID, Our Savior Lutheran Church and School in Pagosa Springs, CO, and Luther Classical College Dr Koontz -  Trinity Lutheran Church Rev Fisk - St Paul Rockford and Hebron CollegiumMusic thanks to Verny

BHoP#125 Doesn’t Belong

Dr Koontz and Rev Fisk talk about church growth and decline in terms of demographics, denominations, (and those outside of them) politics, and framing our terminology. Related Links -  Churchgoing and belief in God stand at historic lows, despite a megachurch surge Visit our website -  A Brief History of Power Many thanks to our sponsors, Blessed Sacrament Lutheran Church in Hayden, ID, Our Savior Lutheran Church and School in Pagosa Springs, CO, and Luther Classical College Dr Koontz -  Trinity Lutheran Church Rev Fisk - St Paul Rockford and Hebron CollegiumMusic thanks to Verny

BHoP#124 Pretense of Clarity

Dr Koontz and Rev Fisk talk about the US's involvement in the Russia/Ukraine war, the history of Color Revolutions, the fragility of various kinds of power, and the potential shape of America's collapse. Related Links -  The Ukraine GriftVisit our website -  A Brief History of Power Many thanks to our sponsors, Blessed Sacrament Lutheran Church in Hayden, ID, Our Savior Lutheran Church and School in Pagosa Springs, CO, and Luther Classical College Dr Koontz -  Trinity Lutheran Church Rev Fisk - St Paul Rockford and Hebron CollegiumMusic thanks to Verny

BHoP#123 Sins of the Amorites

Dr Koontz and Rev Fisk answer listener questions about the comparison of the modern US to Weimar Germany, when Christians should speak up for the truth in the workplace, how to be assertive as we recede into minority status, and the recent prisoner exchange between the US and Russia.Visit our website -  A Brief History of Power Many thanks to our sponsors, Blessed Sacrament Lutheran Church in Hayden, ID, Our Savior Lutheran Church and School in Pagosa Springs, CO, and Luther Classical College Dr Koontz -  Trinity Lutheran Church Rev Fisk - St Paul Rockford and Hebron CollegiumMusic thanks to Verny

BHoP#122 Strength without Alloy

Dr Koontz and Rev Fisk return to the regular show by talking about the importance of words for civilization, the contested governorship of Arizona, DeSantis's recent outcry against covid measures, and how to know you've been though a regime change.Visit our website -  A Brief History of Power Many thanks to our sponsors, Blessed Sacrament Lutheran Church in Hayden, ID, Our Savior Lutheran Church and School in Pagosa Springs, CO, and Luther Classical College Dr Koontz -  Trinity Lutheran Church Rev Fisk - St Paul RockfordMusic thanks to Verny

BHoP#121 Our Heritage of God’s Gifts

Dr Koontz's first lecture at Return to Wittenberg 2022, in which he speaks about the decline of Christian churches, the things we once understood as gifts from God that now are seen as matters of choice, and a biblical understanding of children and money.Visit our website -  A Brief History of Power Many thanks to our sponsors, Blessed Sacrament Lutheran Church in Hayden, ID, Our Savior Lutheran Church and School in Pagosa Springs, CO, and Luther Classical College Dr Koontz -  Trinity Lutheran Church Rev Fisk - St Paul RockfordMusic thanks to Verny

BHoP#120 Long Descent

Dr Koontz flies solo in this episode in which he talks about the pinnacle of the Roman Catholic Church's power in the mid-twentieth century and the declarations of the Second Vatican Council, and it's decline ever since.Visit our website -  A Brief History of Power Many thanks to our sponsors, Blessed Sacrament Lutheran Church in Hayden, ID, Our Savior Lutheran Church and School in Pagosa Springs, CO, and Luther Classical College Dr Koontz -  Trinity Lutheran Church Rev Fisk - St Paul RockfordMusic thanks to Verny

BHOP#119 Hollow Right

Dr Koontz and Rev Fisk talk about recent political developments, whether moving to red states will solve our problems, and the "red state blue state" thinking that induces passivity. They also continue discussion of the McCarthy investigations by looking at the Johns Committee and its findings to show the changing social pieties of America.Visit our website -  A Brief History of Power Many thanks to our sponsors, Blessed Sacrament Lutheran Church in Hayden, ID, Our Savior Lutheran Church and School in Pagosa Springs, CO, and Luther Classical College Dr Koontz -  Trinity Lutheran Church Rev Fisk - St Paul RockfordMusic thanks to Verny

Thanksgiving Special - A Plea for America

In this short Thanksgiving special Dr Koontz reads his article, A Plea for America, from the Spring 2022 edition of Christian Culture magazine.Visit our website -  A Brief History of Power Many thanks to our sponsors, Blessed Sacrament Lutheran Church in Hayden, ID, Our Savior Lutheran Church and School in Pagosa Springs, CO, and Luther Classical College Dr Koontz -  Trinity Lutheran Church Rev Fisk - St Paul RockfordMusic thanks to Verny