Part 2 of Dr Koontz's lecture on persecution in the early church given at Gottesdienst's Fall 2021 conference. Thanks to Gottesdienst for putting on this conference and inviting Dr...
Part 1 of Dr Koontz's lecture on persecution in the early church given at Gottesdienst's Fall 2021 conference. Thanks to Gottesdienst for putting on this conference and inviting Dr...
Jul 21st, 2022
BHoP#102 Gods of California
Dr Koontz and Rev Fisk continue discussing the Okies and the history of agriculture in California, the invention of agribusiness, what sets the Yankees apart from the rest of Ameri...
Jul 14th, 2022
BHoP#101 When Everyone is a Renter
Dr Koontz and Rev Fisk talk about how and why the world of renters came to be, what makes land fragile or resilient, the history of land rushes and the dustbowl, who the Okies are ...
Jul 7th, 2022
BHoP#100 Halloween All the Time
Dr Koontz and Rev Fisk continue last week's discussion about the overturning of Roe. They talk about the effects of the Left's ideas on today's children, the increased need to seek...
Jun 30th, 2022
BHoP#099 True Ugly
Dr Koontz and Rev Fisk talk about the overturning of Roe: the arguments used, the division of the court on fundamental questions, other decisions that depend on similar reasoning a...
Dr Koontz and Rev Fisk open the show by talking about the difference between liberty and democracy, the necessity of shepherding, remaining aware of powers beyond the local, and wh...
Dr Koontz and Rev Fisk talk about the real and the exaggerated dangers of living in the US, the present discussion of gun violence and gun control, the necessity of holistic think...
Jun 9th, 2022
BHoP#096 Not Capable of Waiting
Dr Koontz and Rev Fisk start the show by discussing the most recent calls for gun control by churches compliant to the government, and the common factors in mass shootings. They a...
Jun 2nd, 2022
BHoP#095 Running for What
Dr Koontz and Rev Fisk talk about the declining economy in the US, the transition from the use of one energy source to another, the focus on short term issues by news media, the e...
May 26th, 2022
BHoP#094 Extremely Naïve Narcissism
Dr Koontz and Rev Fisk revisit the 2020 presidential election, discussing the history of other election anomalies and the comparative brazenness of the current administration. The...
May 19th, 2022
BHoP#093 Recycling the Narrative
Dr Koontz and Rev Fisk discuss the eschatological nature of the Climate Change agenda, the fragile nature of green energy sources, the social nature of today's science, the domina...
May 12th, 2022
BHoP#092 Climate Control
Dr Koontz and Rev Fisk open the show by discussing Elon Musk's purchase of Twitter and the change the internet has undergone over the last two decades, then discuss climate politi...
May 5th, 2022
BHoP#091 No Givens
Dr Koontz and Rev Fisk continue discussing the framing of the world wars, looking at them as conflicts for hegemony, then they talk about the history of Temperance and the Prohib...
Apr 29th, 2022
BHoP#090 Savvy and Chaos
Dr Koontz and Rev Fisk answer a listener question about Pacifism and discuss the apathy of the Benedict Option, the framing of the world wars in modern memory, the effects of demo...
Apr 21st, 2022
BHoP#089 Post-Collapse for Something
Dr Koontz and Rev Fisk answer listener questions and talk about William Barr and his role in the growth in surveillance, the corrupting nature of executive authority, Russia's pos...
Apr 14th, 2022
BHoP#088 Shining Ray of Tragedy
Dr Koontz and Rev Fisk talk about the J.R.R. Tolkien and Ernst Junger's experience of World War I, the idealization of a valorous cause vs brotherhood and survival as the motivatio...
Apr 7th, 2022
BHoP#087 Drinking Water From Our Own Wells
Dr Koontz talks about the history of Lutheran schooling in this part of his presentation given at St. Paul's Lutheran School in Hamel, IL on March 25th, 2022. Visit our website - ...
Mar 31st, 2022
BHoP#086 Addicted to Abstractions
Dr Koontz and Rev Fisk answer a listener email and discuss questions about Lutheranism, abstractions, and cults of personality. They also discuss the demonizing of Germans in the W...
Mar 24th, 2022
BHoP#085 The Information Theatre
Dr Koontz and Rev Fisk continue last episode's discussion of information buildup and its necessity to wage total war. They talk about America in World War I, Germany's rise to powe...