A Brief History of Power
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BHoP#369 A Hope and a Home: Proclaiming the Gospel to Today’s America - Part 3
Word Fitly Spoken Classics - Spiritism
BHoP#3678 A Hope and a Home: Proclaiming the Gospel to Today’s America - Part 2
Word Fitly Spoken Classics - They Might Be Giants
BHoP#367 A Hope and a Home: Proclaiming the Gospel to Today’s America - Part 1
BHoP Classics - UFOs, The Malevolent, and the Future
Brief#57 Unevangelical Practice and Antinomianism
A Word Fitly Special: Convention
BHoP Classics - Bearing the Sword in the American Republic
Word Fitly Spoken Classics: Pioneer Pastors
Brief#56 Why Support Only Lutheran Missions?
BHoP#366 Your Questions on Church Life and Theology
Brief#55 The Calling of Politics: How Should We Answer It?
BHoP#365 The Drift and the Future of Mormonism: Disaffiliations, Institutions, and Nationalisms
Brief#54 Dare to Go: A Brief History of Lutheran Missions
BHoP#364 Violent Frontier in Technicolor: "The Searchers" (1956) and American History
Brief#53 Wealth and Great Gifts with Honesty - Is It Possible?
BHoP#363 A Hope and A Future Part 2 - Contemporary Problems, Perennial Solutions
Brief#52 Ideology and the Basically Fine Country
BHoP#362 A Hope and a Future Part 1 - Generational Divides and Perennial Issues
Brief#51 Your Questions on Evangelism and the Ministry
BHoP#361 Dark Shadows: Hardboiled and Noir Fiction and Film
Brief#50 For the Future: The Law's Misuse and the Truth of the Gospel
Brief#49 For the Future: Bivocational Ministry and the Advance of the Gospel
Brief#48 Christian Nationalism and Gospel Proclamation
BHoP#360 Language and Doctrine and Practice
Brief#47 Evangelism and Babies: Why Not More of Both?
BHoP#359 The Prairie Today
Brief#46 Inside Baseball: A Church Built for Somebody Else
BHoP#358 Creation, Faith, and Science with Dr. Dylan Thompson
Brief#45 A Primary Allegiance to Christ - Part 2
BHoP#357 Pastoral Depression and the Salve of the Gospel
Brief#43 A Primary Allegiance to Christ - Part 1
BHoP#356 Three Questions about the Church and Its Future
Brief#43 How to Learn when You Never Learned Anything in School
BHoP#355 Confessions, Cryptids & the Baptist Belt
Brief#42 Is the Pope Catholic? Political Commitments and Church Teachings
BHoP#354 The Pocket Constitution Gap
Brief#41 How Do I Help My Pastor Do His Job?
BHoP#353 Endo's Silence: Persecution, Apostasy, and the Silence of God
Brief#40 Comfortably Numb: Nihilism in Our Time
BHoP Classics - What is Zionism?
Ep 944BHoP#352 Our Identity and God's Creation
Dr Adam Koontz talks at Lutherske Fordybelsesdage about how living our lives defined by God's creation and speaking to those who are living in rebellion against it. Visit our website - A Brief History of Power Check out the 2026 Men's Gathering Sign up for Memento, a Lutheran devotional for men. Dr Adam Koontz - Redeemer Lutheran Church Music thanks to Verny
Ep 945BHoP#351 Theologies of War in the Middle East
Dr Adam Koontz and Col Willie Grills talk about the historical Christian idea of Just War, how modern armaments and media change how people think about war, how a wrong understanding of the temple leads to Zionism, and the distinction between Shia and Sunni Islam. Visit our website - A Brief History of Power Sign up for Memento, a Lutheran devotional for men. Thanks to our sponsors, Ad Crucem and Gnesio Health Dr Adam Koontz - Redeemer Lutheran Church Pr. Willie Grills - Zion Lutheran Church Music thanks to Verny
Ep 943BHoP#350 Luther's Doctrine of Creation and Defending Creation Today
Dr Adam Koontz talks at Lutherske Fordybelsesdage about how Luther understands the creation account in Genesis and the age of the earth. Visit our website - A Brief History of Power Check out the 2026 Men's Gathering Sign up for Memento, a Lutheran devotional for men. Dr Adam Koontz - Redeemer Lutheran Church Music thanks to Verny
Ep 942BHoP#349 Thoughts on Giving to Missions, Pastoral Formation, and the Importance of Japan
Dr Adam Koontz and Col Willie Grills talk about congregations giving to missions with different confessions, the outsized role of Japan in American culture and history, and pastoral formation at Loehe's time in Germany. Visit our website - A Brief History of Power Sign up for Memento, a Lutheran devotional for men. Thanks to our sponsors, Ad Crucem and Gnesio Health Dr Adam Koontz - Redeemer Lutheran Church Pr. Willie Grills - Zion Lutheran Church Music thanks to Verny
Ep 941Brief#39 Why Marriage Matters So Much
Dr Adam Koontz talks about the importance of marriage and what individuals, churches, and society at large can do to facilitate and encourage it. Visit our website - A Brief History of Power Check out the 2026 Men's Gathering Sign up for Memento, a Lutheran devotional for men. Dr Adam Koontz - Redeemer Lutheran Church Music thanks to Verny
Ep 940BHoP#348 Your Questions on Church Life and History - Governance, Seminex, Pastors Being Weird
Dr Adam Koontz and Col Willie Grills talk about Policy Based Governance in the church, the life and works of Dr. Arthur Carl Piepkorn, and unapproachable pastors. Visit our website - A Brief History of Power Sign up for Memento, a Lutheran devotional for men. Thanks to our sponsors, Ad Crucem and Gnesio Health Dr Adam Koontz - Redeemer Lutheran Church Pr. Willie Grills - Zion Lutheran Church Music thanks to Verny
Ep 939Brief#38 Suspicion and Trust in the LCMS
Dr Adam Koontz talks about what causes coldness and distrust between Lutheran congregations and how cooperation and trust can be fostered in both the laity and the clergy. Visit our website - A Brief History of Power Check out the 2026 Men's Gathering Sign up for Memento, a Lutheran devotional for men. Dr Adam Koontz - Redeemer Lutheran Church Music thanks to Verny
Ep 938BHoP#347 Time to Lean, Time to Clean: The Story of Ray Kroc and the Rise of McDonald's
Dr Adam Koontz and Col Willie Grills talk about Ray Kroc and his role in the rise of McDonald's, the developments of the Burger Wars, and comparisons with denominational inconsistency. Visit our website - A Brief History of Power Sign up for Memento, a Lutheran devotional for men. Thanks to our sponsors, Ad Crucem and Gnesio Health Dr Adam Koontz - Redeemer Lutheran Church Pr. Willie Grills - Zion Lutheran Church Music thanks to Verny