A Brief History of Power
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A Brief History of Power

by Dr. Adam Koontz and Rev. Jonathan Fisk

Every Monday and Thursday Dr. Koontz, Pastor Fisk, and Pastor Grills along with friends and guests explore truths and falsehoods, forgotten ways and forgettable fads, so that you can live wisely.

101 episodes
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1
BHoP#348 Your Questions on Church Life and History - Governance, Seminex, Pastors Being Weird
1:07:22 Mar 16, 2026
2
Brief#38 Suspicion and Trust in the LCMS
27:18 Mar 12, 2026
3
BHoP#347 Time to Lean, Time to Clean: The Story of Ray Kroc and the Rise of McDonald's
1:01:06 Mar 9, 2026
4
Brief#37 Bushido: The Soul of Japan
18:19 Mar 5, 2026
5
BHoP#346 Baptism, Confessional Christianity, and Cultivating Character
1:09:59 Mar 2, 2026
6
Brief#36 Reviewing Memento with Jarryd Allison
21:55 Feb 26, 2026
7
BHoP#345 "Dirty Harry" and Vigilante America
48:03 Feb 23, 2026
8
Brief#35 Questions on whether Film Makes Us all Voyeurs and on whether Closed Communion is Too Scary
32:55 Feb 19, 2026
9
BHoP#344 Confessional Christianity and the Baptist Tradition: A Conversation with a Baptist Pastor and Professor
1:13:18 Feb 16, 2026
10
BHoP#343 Pastoral Formation - Part 3
57:35 Feb 12, 2026
11
BHoP#342 Elites Part 2 - To Be and Not to Seem
53:15 Feb 9, 2026
12
BHoP#341 Pastoral Formation - Part 2
51:17 Feb 5, 2026
13
BHoP#340 Evil Underneath - The Horror of "Lost Highway"
1:03:09 Feb 2, 2026
14
BHoP#339 Pastoral Formation - Part 1
59:23 Jan 29, 2026
15
BHoP#338 Minnesota Church Invasion, Holy Places, and Immigration
1:04:21 Jan 26, 2026
16
BHoP#337 Can We Have an Elite?
49:49 Jan 22, 2026
17
BHoP#336 The Transformation from Republic to Principate and Why It Matters
55:03 Jan 19, 2026
18
Brief#34 The Invasion of Panama
20:54 Jan 15, 2026
19
Brief#33 Overcoming Christian Nihilism
26:07 Jan 12, 2026
20
BHoP#335 A Brief Christmas Part 2 - The Heavenly Christmas Tree
24:00 Dec 26, 2025
21
BHoP#334 A Brief Christmas Part 1 - Thy Lowly Shrine
44:13 Dec 23, 2025
22
Brief#32 Preferable Pronouns
27:14 Dec 18, 2025
23
BHoP#333 Appalachistan Is Just a Meme
1:03:02 Dec 15, 2025
24
BHoP#332 Church Polity in Christ's Way
1:10:19 Dec 11, 2025
25
BHoP#331 Listener Questions on Inviting People to Church, Confronting Sin, and Ecumenism
1:02:28 Dec 8, 2025
26
BHoP#330 Lutheran Identity, Church History, and Discipleship
1:15:50 Dec 4, 2025
27
BHoP#329 Spiritual Discipline
1:01:45 Dec 2, 2025
28
BHoP Classics - Thanksgiving
46:08 Nov 27, 2025
29
Brief#31 How to Pray with Your Family
15:48 Nov 20, 2025
30
BHoP#328 Historical Revision and Why Japan Attacked
1:03:28 Nov 17, 2025
31
BHoP#327 Evangelism and Apologetics in the Book of Acts - Part 1
59:44 Nov 13, 2025
32
BHoP#326 Inside Mormonism - What the LDS Church Really Believes - Part 2
50:10 Nov 10, 2025
33
Brief#30 Just Say What the Bible Says
35:49 Nov 6, 2025
34
BHoP#325 Inside Mormonism - What the LDS Church Really Believes - Part 1
1:04:52 Nov 3, 2025
35
Brief#29 The Shape of Things to Come
29:19 Oct 31, 2025
36
BHoP#324 What to Look for in a Church
57:43 Oct 30, 2025
37
Brief#28 Out From the Thicket of Idols
34:20 Oct 23, 2025
38
BHoP#323 American Esoterica - High Strangeness and Its Influence
1:07:33 Oct 20, 2025
39
Brief#27 Disagreeing on Politics and Politics as a Godly Calling
32:14 Oct 16, 2025
40
BHoP#322 Questions About Modesty, The Liberal Arts, and Learning to Live as a Christian
55:24 Oct 13, 2025
41
BHoP#321 Why Not Be Secular?
1:00:15 Oct 9, 2025
42
BHoP#320 Qualifications for Elders and for Pastors
59:22 Oct 7, 2025
43
BHoP#319 What Does Secular Mean?
1:17:22 Oct 5, 2025
44
BHoP#318 Leftwing Violence and Its Consequences
1:04:04 Oct 2, 2025
45
BHoP#317 Is Being Secular Normal?
1:03:53 Sep 26, 2025
46
BHoP#316 Which Tradition? Passing On What Matters
1:05:04 Sep 23, 2025
47
BHoP#315 Reality is Not What You Think - Aliens, Demons, and Cryptids Part 2
52:13 Sep 18, 2025
48
Brief#26 Believe It or Not! The Story of Robert Ripley
18:43 Sep 15, 2025
49
Brief#25 Who Is Israel?
23:59 Sep 11, 2025
50
BHoP#314 Paradigms: Media, Politics, and Generational Divides
1:06:22 Sep 8, 2025
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