A Podcast By Dr Koontz and Rev Fisk
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Brian Yamabe talks with Dr Adam Koontz about the scriptural and historical modes of pastoral formation, the changing nature of education in the internet age, and expectations for what will come in the future.
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Dr Koontz – Redeemer Lutheran Church
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Dr Adam Koontz follows up the episode on elites by talking about their purpose, what separates them from the merely rich or influential, and how a democratic society produces leaders focused on appearances.
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Dr Koontz – Redeemer Lutheran Church
Pr. Willie Grills – Zion Lutheran Church
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Brian Yamabe talks with Dr Adam Koontz about the benefits and drawbacks of different approaches to pastoral formation and what that education needs to achieve.
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Dr Koontz – Redeemer Lutheran Church
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Dr Adam Koontz and Col Willie Grills talk about David Lynch’s film Lost Highway, confronting your own sin, and why the film portrays the horror of evil so well.
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Dr Koontz – Redeemer Lutheran Church
Pr. Willie Grills – Zion Lutheran Church
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Brian Yamabe talks with Dr Adam Koontz about the Koinonia gathering which discussed pastoral formation issues and the positions on either side of the debate.
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Dr Koontz – Redeemer Lutheran Church
Pr. Willie Grills – Zion Lutheran Church
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Dr Adam Koontz and Col Willie Grills talk about the invasion of Cities Church in St Paul, MN, practices to safeguard churchgoers and attitudes towards them, and how people see the doctrine of two kingdoms applied to immigration.
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Dr Koontz – Redeemer Lutheran Church
Pr. Willie Grills – Zion Lutheran Church
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Dr Adam Koontz talks about why Lutherans have no cultural elites, the societal mechanisms that create an elite, and what elites are supposed to do.
Links:
https://firstthings.com/the-problem-with-the-evangelical-elite/
https://www.aaronrenn.com/p/the-problem-with-the-evangelical-elite
https://www.aaronrenn.com/p/comments-on-the-evangelical-elite
https://americanreformer.org/2025/12/why-are-there-no-evangelical-elites/
https://americanreformer.org/2025/12/toward-an-elite-doctrine-of-vocation/
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Dr Koontz – Redeemer Lutheran Church
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Dr Adam Koontz and Col Willie Grills talk about Rome’s transition from republic to empire, how the church behaves in relation to government and often mirrors its structure, and why agreeableness is important in a heterogeneous society.
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Dr Koontz – Redeemer Lutheran Church
Pr. Willie Grills – Zion Lutheran Church
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