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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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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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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BHoP#192 Ad Astra Part 1 - Becoming More than Human

Dr Koontz and Col Grills talk about the origin of flight, the life of Constantin Tsiolkovski, the ideas of Cosmism, Transhumanism and the desire to beat death, and destructive attempts to gain forbidden knowledge.
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BHoP#191 There Are More of Us Than You

Dr Koontz and Rev Fisk look back at the year in review, talking about the changes since 2020, the expansion of BRICS, the disaster in East Palestine, OH, the sale of US Steel, the destruction of various statues, the Californication of Austin, developments in AI technology, and the wars in Ukraine and Israel.
Related Links -  Visualizing the BRICS Expansion, Dominik Tarczyński Addressing the UN 
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Dr Koontz - Trinity Lutheran Church
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BHoP#190 The Everlasting Gospel Part 2 - How To

Dr Koontz and Col Grills talk about Guido Merkens, Lutheran evangelism in the 1950s and its contrast with the Church Growth movement, the historical and modern methods of evangelism, the necessity of evangelism, and practical ways to evangelize.
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BHoP#189 Retain Your Own Attention

Dr Koontz and Rev Fisk talk about family dynamics, the differences in generations caused by different forms of media, desiring to live at peace with your family, and how male headship worked with the respect historically given to women and elders.
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BHoP#188 The Everlasting Gospel Part 1 - The History of Evangelism in America

Dr Koontz and Col Grills talk about the history of evangelism in colonial America and its parallels to evangelism today, the difference between extensive and intensive evangelization, the effects of revivals, and the importance of catechesis.
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BHoP#187 The Wild West of Political Theology Part 3 - Even More Cheaply, from China

Dr Adam Koontz and Rev Jonathan Fisk talk about the life of Henry Kissinger and his role in the opening up of China, the narrow mindedness of looking only at an individual's effects on the world, an overview of Naselli's first five views on political theology, and finally an examination of views six and seven that blur the lines between religion and government.
Related links - What Is the Spectrum of Major Views on Political Theology? A Proposed Taxonomy of Seven Views on Religion and Government
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BHoP#186 Two Ages Mindset

Dr Adam Koontz takes an episode to answer a listener question about right wing reactionaries, the origins of conservatism, the writings of Nietzsche, east and west coast Straussians, and the Two Ages mindset.
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