A Brief History of Power

BHoP#062 Never Alone with Demons

Dr Koontz and Rev Fisk talk about the end of the world as we know it, living life in a state that doesn't know the dangers of indulgence while submitting to its authority, and what right-to-privacy means in an age saturated with predatory media and demonic self-enforced surveillance. Visit our website -  A Brief History of Power Many thanks to our sponsors, Blessed Sacrament Lutheran Church in Hayden, ID and Our Savior Lutheran Church and School in Pagosa Springs, CO Dr Koontz - Agrarian, Egghead -  Concordia Theological Seminary Fort Wayne Rev Fisk - Author, Fanatic - St Paul Rockford Music thanks to Verny

BHoP#061 The Religion of Lost Time

Dr Koontz and Rev Fisk open with a short discussion of video games simulating life without the meaning and wasting time that could be spent on real things, and then continue the discussion of the Spanish Civil War, talking about the interference of outside forces and the importance of creating ties with people in other places. Finally, they talk about the experience of Eric Blair (better known as George Orwell) in the Spanish Civil War and his books written not against the left, but against authoritarianism. Books recommended: Mine Were of Trouble by Peter Kemp, and The Modern Survival Manual: Surviving the Economic Collapse by Fernando "Ferfal" Aguirre. Visit our website -  A Brief History of Power Many thanks to our sponsors, Blessed Sacrament Lutheran Church in Hayden, ID and Our Savior Lutheran Church and School in Pagosa Springs, CO Dr Koontz - Agrarian, Egghead -  Concordia Theological Seminary Fort Wayne Rev Fisk - Author, Fanatic - St Paul Rockford Music thanks to Verny

BHoP#060 Death Comes (En Espanol)

Dr Koontz and Rev Fisk continue dissecting the history of the Spanish Civil War, discussing the ideological division which made it and the growing intensity of each side's rhetoric for the other in divided countries. They also talk about the real life consequences and death tolls from civil war, the imposition of the government on the church, and the necessity of organizing your faction to survive. Visit our website -  A Brief History of PowerMany thanks to our sponsors, Blessed Sacrament Lutheran Church in Hayden, ID and Our Savior Lutheran Church and School in Pagosa Springs, CODr Koontz - Agrarian, Egghead -  Concordia Theological Seminary Fort WayneRev Fisk - Author, Fanatic - St Paul RockfordMusic thanks to Verny

BHoP#059 The Slow Avalanche

Dr Koontz and Rev Fisk follow up last week's discussion on the nature of the Left with its counterpart, the Right. They discuss the cynicism and apathy of the right which feels that it can do nothing, how the right lacks any direction other than opposition to the left, and its growth whenever it becomes assertive in its message. They also discuss the role of masculinity and violence in politics, and conclude by saying that you cannot wait for a hero to save you from evil days, but must become that hero yourself. Visit our website -  A Brief History of PowerMany thanks to our sponsors, Blessed Sacrament Lutheran Church in Hayden, ID and Our Savior Lutheran Church and School in Pagosa Springs, CODr Koontz - Agrarian, Egghead -  Concordia Theological Seminary Fort WayneRev Fisk - Author, Fanatic - St Paul RockfordMusic thanks to Verny

BHoP#058 The Left - Devoted to Destruction

Dr Koontz and and Rev Fisk continue the series on collapse, this week discussing the fall of the Second Spanish Republic, examining its similarities to both Argentina and the US today, and use the history of the Spanish Civil War to talk about the nature and instability of the left: the power of resentment.Visit our website -  A Brief History of PowerMany thanks to our sponsors, Blessed Sacrament Lutheran Church in Hayden, ID and Our Savior Lutheran Church and School in Pagosa Springs, CODr Koontz - Agrarian, Egghead -  Concordia Theological Seminary Fort WayneRev Fisk - Author, Fanatic - St Paul RockfordMusic thanks to Verny

BHoP#057 Off Limits Thoughts and Where to Find Them

Dr Koontz and Rev Fisk spend this second episode on the collapse of empires discussing post-World War I Germany and the Hitler's rise to power in the wake of the economic devastation imposed on Germany by the victors, and the consequential necessity of creating limits on the thinking of the populace to secure his position. Dr Koontz sees some parallels with America today in the form of unchecked economic inflation, rapid social and moral change, as well as the saturation of media.
Dr Koontz - Agrarian, Egghead -  Concordia Theological Seminary Fort Wayne
Rev Fisk - Author, Fanatic - St Paul Rockford
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SMChill082821 Soul Rendered

This week, the Mad Christian and Meridith speak about: 
 
00:00 Opening
01:29 Title
08:26 Why is Jesus tarrying?
12:48 Knowing the times and being wide awake
24:30 Break
27:27 Why did Luke record Jesus as "being filled with the Holy Spirit"
34:04 Christians should take back their language
35:50 Christians are filled with the Holy Spirit
43:38 Icons, images, Lutheranism and the Second Council of Nicaea
50:33 Images as help against torment, CTPSD
53:07 Icons should tell a story about Jesus
59:04 The Bible was misused against you but don't let the devil stop you from reading the Word
1:04:23 John 6 "Eat my flesh"
01:14:45 The church has no life without the Supper
01:16:35 Break
01:18:28 Media discernment, lies and getting reports from varied sources
01:20:50 Volunteerism at church
01:26:00 Generational roles, belonging in organizations, and the problem in saving crumbling institutions
01:35:38 Your grown child is living with her boyfriend
1:55:34 The pope and the antichrist
2:03:13 Does James teach that I need perfect faith to pray?
2:12:15 My job at a Lutheran school is on the line if I don't join the church which has a "contemporary service"
2:29:05 Do you have allies in your congregation?
2:31:03 Final remarks

SMChill082121 Tetragrammaton!

This week, the Mad Christian and Meredith speak about: 
 
00:00 Opening
00:41 Title
06:05 Worried that emotions are sinful
20:12 Hard times drive people people to the Scripture
21:05 The Psalter is for fighting Tchthulu
23:01 Damnation and shame: Hell is good news
26:42 Break
30:24 Burned out trying to find others who take their faith seriously
33:06 Hebrew and the Tetragrammaton
33:56 Why was Saul's repentance rejected?
44:29 Emotional and physical purity, prudence and folly while engaged to be married
1:01:13 Porn is damaging
1:32:48 Contentment, excellence and quietism
1:48:50 Will baptism save my grandmother with dementia?
1:58:33 How to respond to claims early Christians used psychedelics during Communion
2:05:16 How to respond to the claim that demon-possession in the Word was only mental illness
1:06:40 Break
1:10:34 Divorce and remarriage and troubled consciences
1:24:34 Sins of ignorance vs high-handed sin
1:28:46 Grieving with those
 
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SMChill090421 Like a tree

This week, the Mad Christian and Meredith speak about:
00:00 Opening comments
9:39 How should we think about "witnessing"?
38:36 Is it wrong to quit my job?
01:02 Why did Jesus die for us?
01:11:11 How do I talk about childhood trauma while honoring my parents?
01:28:12 Is Psalm 29 about creation?
01:36:35 Does unconfessed sin condemn you
01:52:58 Will despair over my sin drive me out of the faith?
02:02:40 Food, medicine, GMOs and discernment
 
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BHOP#056 Losing at Risk (Graveyard of Empires)

Dr Koontz and Rev Fisk follow up Koontz's Called to Defend presentation with discussions on the topic of living in a dying empire. They discuss the importance of gaining competence, and of not overestimating your government's competence, in the frame of America's failing military power as evidenced by its defeat at the hands of the Taliban.
Dr Koontz - Agrarian, Egghead -  Concordia Theological Seminary Fort Wayne
Rev Fisk - Author, Fanatic - St Paul Rockford
 
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