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BHoP#283 The Two Kingdoms and Refugee Resettlement

February 20, 2025 ·

Dr Adam Koontz and Rev Jonathan Fisk talk about USAID money, LCMS Recognized Service Organizations, The Vatican’s response to Trump’s immigration policy, and thinking about government policy as a Christian

Check out the 2025 Men’s Gathering and the Maier Conference

Dr Koontz – Redeemer Lutheran Church

Rev Fisk – St Paul Rockford and Hebron Collegium

BHoP#282 The World that Made the Boomers #2 – Conscription and a Well Regulated Militia

February 17, 2025 ·

Dr Adam Koontz and Col Willie Grills talk about the history of the draft in America’s wars and its effect on the people that lived through them.

Dr Koontz – Redeemer Lutheran Church

Pr. Willie Grills – Zion Lutheran Church

BHoP#281 The World that Made the Boomers #1 – Introduction

January 28, 2025 ·

Dr Adam Koontz and Col Willie Grills talk about America post war and its war against communism, why the boomers weren’t as jaded and cynical as later generations, and the loss of trust caused by the Kennedy assassination.

Dr Koontz – Redeemer Lutheran Church

Pr. Willie Grills – Zion Lutheran Church

BHoP#276 Paradigms – The Company Store

December 9, 2024 ·

Dr Adam Koontz and Col Willie Grills talk about the history of company stores, the difference between cash and scrip, debt and slavery, and what economic freedom actually means.

Dr Koontz – Redeemer Lutheran Church

Pr. Willie Grills – Zion Lutheran Church

BHoP#269 I Fought the Law – Running Away from Regulation and the Birth of NASCAR

November 4, 2024 ·

Dr Adam Koontz and Col Willie Grills talk about the history of outlaws in America, the Whisky Rebellion, the Temperance movement and Prohibition, and the origins of NASCAR.

Dr Koontz – Redeemer Lutheran Church

Pr. Willie Grills – Zion Lutheran Church

BHoP#246 Appalachanation – Joe Biden and the 1850s

August 1, 2024 ·

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 presidential candidates, and insights about J. D. Vance’s book and political campaigning, 

Many thanks to our sponsors, Blessed Sacrament Lutheran Church in Hayden, ID and Luther Classical College.

Dr Koontz – Redeemer Lutheran Church

Rev Fisk – St Paul Rockford and Hebron Collegium

BHoP#242 Feels and Cred – Liberty, Fraternity, and Reagan

July 18, 2024 ·

Dr Adam Koontz and Rev Jonathan Fisk talk about the legacies of Walther A Maier and Billy Graham, how Ronald Raegan defined conservatism, how the way people feel about a person matters much more than what he actually does, and the history and effectiveness of the “Make America Great Again” slogan. 

Many thanks to our sponsors, Blessed Sacrament Lutheran Church in Hayden, ID and Luther Classical College.

Dr Koontz – Redeemer Lutheran Church

Rev Fisk – St Paul Rockford and Hebron Collegium

BHoP#235 Nighttime in America Part 3 – Paranoia Growing Into Theory, or Elvis Didn’t Die

June 26, 2024 ·

Dr Adam Koontz and Col Willie Grills talk about Watergate, Dan Cooper’s skyjacking, black helicopters in the US and the UK, Elvis Presley’s death, and the Son of Sam murders in connection with the growing prevalence of conspiracy theories in the 1970s.

Many thanks to our sponsors – Direct E-Care and Mission of the Cross, Crosslake MN, (Website, Facebook)

Dr Koontz – Redeemer Lutheran Church

Pr. Willie Grills – Zion Lutheran Church

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