Podcast Episodes

BHoP#254 Classical Lutheran Homiletics

Episode 801

The first session of the lectures given by Dr Adam Koontz in October 2022 about homiletics at Trinity Lutheran Church in Denver, CO.

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Published on 1 year, 3 months ago

BHoP#253 Labor Movement Part 2 - Labor Wars

Episode 800

Dr Adam Koontz and Col Willie Grills talk about how order used to be enforced at the local level, examples of violent conflicts in labor history, and how unions historically related to the church.

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Published on 1 year, 4 months ago

BHoP#252 Co-Option: Breaking Up the Bases

Episode 799

Dr Adam Koontz and Rev Jonathan Fisk talk about Megan Basham's book Shepherds for Sale, how non-profit organizations interact with politics, how Evangelical voting blocks are being broken up, and how…

Published on 1 year, 4 months ago

BHoP#251 Labor Movement Part 1 - Beginnings and Reasons

Episode 798

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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Published on 1 year, 4 months ago

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

Episode 797

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 politi…

Published on 1 year, 4 months ago

BHoP#249 Law & Order

Episode 796

Dr Adam Koontz appears on The Gottesdienst Crowd hosted by Fr. Jason Braaten to discuss the orders of creation.

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Published on 1 year, 4 months ago

BHoP#248 Being TryHard

Episode 795

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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Published on 1 year, 4 months ago

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

Episode 794

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 th…

Published on 1 year, 4 months ago

BHoP#246 Appalachanation - Joe Biden and the 1850s

Episode 793

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 presiden…

Published on 1 year, 4 months ago

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

Episode 792

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 o…

Published on 1 year, 4 months ago