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

BHOP#118 Red Scare - Part 1

Dr Koontz and Rev Fisk talk about why they do A Brief History of Power, why memory is necessary for all art, the foundation of worldview, the history of McCarthy's investigations and the modern implications of the Left's response to it, and the current level of vehement disagreement that parallels what existed before the civil war.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#117 Duplicity is Necessary

Dr Koontz and Rev Fisk talk about the advent of nation-wide communications technology, the definitions and origins of Communism and its inherent duplicity, and the diplomatic and economic actions of the US to forestall Communism in Germany.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#116 Paper Eagle

Dr Koontz and Rev Fisk talk about the definition of warfare, the propaganda of the Cold War, the potential use of tactical nuclear weaponry, the US's current military position, the and the permanent state of emergency that came out of WWII.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#115 Knights of Dogfighting

Dr Koontz and Rev Fisk answer a listener question about whether colleges should accept federal funding and whether one should accept student loan forgiveness. They also talk about the dawn of air power, the effects of bombing and the threat of bombing on the world's population, the Allies' use of strategic bombing in WWII, and how a sense of insecurity can be used to manipulate a populace.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#114 Better Managed Demons

Dr Koontz and Rev Fisk answer a listener question about demonic activity and why it appears different in modern America than other times and places, and talk about the history of research into nuclear fission, why the US was the first nation to develop nuclear weaponry and why its geography and logistics had more to do with its victory than its moral virtue, and why the Cold War began at the end of WWII.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