A Brief History of Power

BHoP#251 Labor Movement Part 1 - Beginnings and Reasons

Dr Adam Koontz and Col Willie Grills talk about the beginnings of collectivized labor in America, why people join unions, and what Lutherans thought about it.
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Dr Koontz - Redeemer Lutheran Church
Pr. Willie Grills - Zion Lutheran Church
Music thanks to Verny

BHoP#250 Anarcho-Syndical-Compartmentalizations and Where to Find Them

Dr Adam Koontz and Rev Jonathan Fisk talk about the separation of public and private life, the orders of creation, how to think about electing leaders, and how media influences our thinking on politics.
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Many thanks to our sponsors, Blessed Sacrament Lutheran Church in Hayden, ID, and Luther Classical College
Dr Koontz - Redeemer Lutheran Church
Rev Fisk - St Paul Rockford
Music thanks to Verny

BHoP#249 Law & Order

Dr Adam Koontz appears on The Gottesdienst Crowd hosted by Fr. Jason Braaten to discuss the orders of creation.
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Dr Koontz - Redeemer Lutheran Church
Fr. Braaten - Immanuel Lutheran Church
Music thanks to Verny

BHoP#248 Being TryHard

Dr Adam Koontz and Rev Jonathan Fisk talk about being a Try Hard in the pastorate, the Olympics opening ceremonies, the mindset that refuses to point out evil, and living in fear of conspiracies.
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Many thanks to our sponsors, Blessed Sacrament Lutheran Church in Hayden, ID, and Luther Classical College
Dr Koontz - Redeemer Lutheran Church
Rev Fisk - St Paul Rockford
Music thanks to Verny

BHoP#247 Cable Cowboys - The Origins and Ubiquity of Cable TV

Dr Adam Koontz and Col Willie Grills talk about how Cable TV came about and become so popular, the differences between cable and broadcast TV, how the term Cable Cowboys was coined, and the effect that it had on the generation that grew up on it.
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Many thanks to our sponsors - Direct E-Care and Mission of the Cross, Crosslake MN, (Website, Facebook)
Dr Koontz - Redeemer Lutheran Church
Pr. Willie Grills - Zion Lutheran Church
Music thanks to Verny

BHoP#246 Appalachanation - Joe Biden and the 1850s

Dr Adam Koontz and Rev Jonathan Fisk talk about Protestantism in America, what comparisons can or can't be drawn to America in the 1850s, the party face vs personal presence dichotomy of the presidential candidates, and insights about J. D. Vance's book and political campaigning, 
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Many thanks to our sponsors, Blessed Sacrament Lutheran Church in Hayden, ID, and Luther Classical College
Dr Koontz - Redeemer Lutheran Church
Rev Fisk - St Paul Rockford
Music thanks to Verny

BHoP#245 On Your Radio Dial - The Birth and Life of Talk Radio

Dr Adam Koontz and Col Willie Grills talk about the origin of talk radio, the regulations imposed on it early on, the radio careers of Joe Pyne and Rush Limbaugh, and the patterns in the talk radio of the past that are being replicated in the present. 
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Many thanks to our sponsors - Direct E-Care and Mission of the Cross, Crosslake MN, (Website, Facebook)
Dr Koontz - Redeemer Lutheran Church
Pr. Willie Grills - Zion Lutheran Church
Music thanks to Verny

BHoP#244 Dinos of Conservatism

Dr Adam Koontz answers a listener email about Justin Raimondo, the origin of the NeoCons, and how the Trotskyists influenced it.
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Many thanks to our sponsors, Blessed Sacrament Lutheran Church in Hayden, ID, and Luther Classical College
Dr Koontz - Redeemer Lutheran Church
Music thanks to Verny

BHoP#243 Feels and Cred - The Measure You Use

Dr Adam Koontz and Rev Jonathan Fisk talk about how the LCMS reacts to public events, the breakdown of polity that leads to assassinations, and accepting everything as coming from God's hand.
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Many thanks to our sponsors - Direct E-Care and Mission of the Cross, Crosslake MN, (Website, Facebook)
Dr Koontz - Redeemer Lutheran Church
Rev Fisk - St Paul Rockford
Music thanks to Verny

BHoP#242 Feels and Cred - Liberty, Fraternity, and Reagan

Dr Adam Koontz and Rev Jonathan Fisk talk about the legacies of Walther A Maier and Billy Graham, how Ronald Raegan defined conservatism, how the way people feel about a person matters much more than what he actually does, and the history and effectiveness of the "Make America Great Again" slogan. 
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Many thanks to our sponsors, Blessed Sacrament Lutheran Church in Hayden, ID, and Luther Classical College
Dr Koontz - Redeemer Lutheran Church
Rev Fisk - St Paul Rockford
Music thanks to Verny