A Brief History of Power

BHoP#337 Can We Have an Elite?

Dr Adam Koontz talks about why Lutherans have no cultural elites, the societal mechanisms that create an elite, and what elites are supposed to do.
Links:https://firstthings.com/the-problem-with-the-evangelical-elite/https://www.aaronrenn.com/p/the-problem-with-the-evangelical-elitehttps://www.aaronrenn.com/p/comments-on-the-evangelical-elitehttps://americanreformer.org/2025/12/why-are-there-no-evangelical-elites/https://americanreformer.org/2025/12/toward-an-elite-doctrine-of-vocation/
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Dr Adam Koontz - Redeemer Lutheran Church
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BHoP#336 The Transformation from Republic to Principate and Why It Matters

Dr Adam Koontz and Col Willie Grills talk about Rome's transition from republic to empire, how the church behaves in relation to government and often mirrors its structure, and why agreeableness is important in a heterogeneous society.
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Dr Adam Koontz - Redeemer Lutheran Church
Pr. Willie Grills - Zion Lutheran Church
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Brief#34 The Invasion of Panama

Col Willie Grills talk about the US invasion of Panama and compares it to current military actions in Venezuela. 
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Pr. Willie Grills - Zion Lutheran Church
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Brief#33 Overcoming Christian Nihilism

Dr Adam Koontz follows up the brief on preferred pronouns and answers the question, "Why does what we say matter when God will save all his elect?"
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Dr Adam Koontz - Redeemer Lutheran Church
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BHoP#335 A Brief Christmas Part 2 - The Heavenly Christmas Tree

Col Willie Grills reads two short Christmas stories.
The Heavenly Christmas Tree by Fyodor Dostoevsky
The Gift of the Magi by O. Henry
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Pr. Willie Grills - Zion Lutheran Church
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BHoP#334 A Brief Christmas Part 1 - Thy Lowly Shrine

Dr Adam Koontz reads various Christmas poems.
 
Christmas Day by John Keble
A New Christmas Carol by Arthur Machen
A Letter from Santa Claus by Mark Twain
The Christmas Tree by Robert William Service
Journey of the Magi by T. S. Eliot
A Child's Christmas in Wales by Dylan Thomas
 
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Dr Adam Koontz - Redeemer Lutheran Church
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Brief#32 Preferable Pronouns

Dr Adam Koontz talks about withstanding the pressure to declare your pronouns and use those that others insist upon in work and in your family, and why acquiescing actually harms your ability to be a faithful witness to the truth.
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Dr Koontz - Redeemer Lutheran Church
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BHoP#333 Appalachistan Is Just a Meme

Dr Adam Koontz and Col Willie Grills talk about Appalachia, how dependence on government support hurts a people, and people lose can their dignity even while leaving poverty.
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BHoP#332 Church Polity in Christ's Way

Dr Adam Koontz speaks at the Chemnitz Conference 2025 about the scriptural model of the church, Jerusalem in the book of Acts, and how human traditions are increased while divine commands are diminished.
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Dr Adam Koontz - Redeemer Lutheran Church
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BHoP#331 Listener Questions on Inviting People to Church, Confronting Sin, and Ecumenism

Dr Adam Koontz and Col Willie Grills answer listener emails about how to bring those living in sin into the church, how to talk to your family who have fallen away from the faith, and whether recent developments in the Catholic church are movements toward ecumenism.
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Dr Adam Koontz - Redeemer Lutheran Church
Pr. Willie Grills - Zion Lutheran Church
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