Dr Adam Koontz joins Mason Craig of Simply Theology to talk about the Book of Concord and how the Lutheran confessions came to be.
Dr Koontz – Redeemer Lutheran Church
Brief#21 What is Closed Communion? What is Open Communion?
Dr Adam Koontz talks about the difference between closed and open communion and why churches practice closed communion.
Dr Koontz – Redeemer Lutheran Church
Brief#20 Building Pastors’ Efficiency and Capacity
Dr Adam Koontz talks about using your time well as a pastor.
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Dr Koontz – Redeemer Lutheran Church
Brief#19 On the Septuagint
Dr Adam Koontz talks about the Septuagint and the Apocrypha.
Dr Koontz – Redeemer Lutheran Church
BHoP#302 Gospel Proclamation and Evangelism
Dr Adam Koontz and Col Willie Grills talk about evangelism and growth, practicing hospitality in the church, and excuses that get in the way of sharing the gospel.
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Dr Koontz – Redeemer Lutheran Church
Pr. Willie Grills – Zion Lutheran Church
Brief#18 Books for Better Preaching
Dr Adam Koontz recommends books about preaching.
Books mentioned –
Aristotle’s Poetics and Rhetoric
Book 4 of Augustine’s On Christian Doctrine
Reinhold Pieper’s Evangelical Lutheran Homiletics
J. Michael Reu’s Homiletics
H. Grady Davis’s Design for Preaching
Gerhard Aho’s The Lively Skeleton
John Broadus’s Treatise on the Preparation and Delivery of Sermons
Jean Claude’s Essay on the Composition of a Sermon
The Heart of the Yale Lectures
The sermons of John Chrysostom and Martin Luther
Dr Koontz – Redeemer Lutheran Church
Brief#17 On Two Cryptids and Modern Folklore
Col Willie Grills talks about the Flatwoods Monster and Fouke Monster and the differences between historic and modern monster stories.
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Pr. Willie Grills – Zion Lutheran Church
BHoP#301 What God Has Joined Together 2025 – Part 2
Part 2 of the lectures given by Dr Adam Koontz at the What God Has Joined Together conference.
Dr Koontz – Redeemer Lutheran Church