byzantine-empire

BHoP#223 Sailing to Byzantium

May 6, 2024 ·

Dr Adam Koontz answers a listener question about the fall of Rome and talks about why it’s hard to compare the collapse of modern nations to ancient empires, how Byzantium saw itself as a continuation of Rome, the difference between history and tradition, having a building mentality instead of a looting mentality, and modern parallels to the current state of America.

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

Dr Koontz – Trinity Lutheran Church

BHoP Classics – The Justinian Option

February 12, 2024 ·

In this BHoP Classics rebroadcast, Dr Koontz and Rev Fisk follow up their series on collapse by discussing the rebuilding of civilization. They look at Emperor Justinian, the situations he dealt with as he came into power, and his efforts to rebuild the Roman Empire and promote the church. Alongside this they talk about the importance of self-criticism and focus, how the capacity to love and serve others is necessary in order to lead, and how who you are where you are matters.

Mentioned in this episode: The Institutes of Justinian

Additional links: Justinian I , A Short History of Byzantium , Dante’s Paradiso

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

Dr Koontz – Trinity Lutheran Church
Rev Fisk – St Paul Rockford and Hebron Collegium

BHoP#167 Pufendorf’s Uncertainty Index

October 5, 2023 ·

Dr Adam Koontz and Rev Jonathan Fisk talk about pacifism and natural rights, the Fundamentalist Modernist conflict, and why denominational imitation of corporate culture is self destructive.

Many thanks to our sponsors, Blessed Sacrament Lutheran Church in Hayden, ID, Our Savior Lutheran Church and School in Pagosa Springs, CO, and Luther Classical College.

Dr Koontz – Trinity Lutheran Church
Rev Fisk – St Paul Rockford and Hebron Collegium

BHoP#067 Even in Delaware

November 18, 2021 ·

Dr Koontz and Rev Fisk open the show by exploring the morality of debt and investment, then continue the discussion of rebuilding, talking about exercising agency in all seasons, prioritizing wisdom and cohesive groups over material preparations, the confinement of manhood, and the necessity of wholesome militancy.

Additional links: Usura Canto and On Heroes, Hero-Worship, and the Heroic in History

Many thanks to our sponsors, Blessed Sacrament Lutheran Church in Hayden, ID and Our Savior Lutheran Church and School in Pagosa Springs, CO

Dr Koontz – Agrarian, Egghead – Concordia Theological Seminary Fort Wayne
Rev Fisk – Author, Fanatic – St Paul Rockford

BHoP#066 The Justinian Option

November 11, 2021 ·

Dr Koontz and Rev Fisk follow up their series on collapse by discussing the rebuilding of civilization. In this episode they look at Emperor Justinian, the situations he dealt with as he came into power, and his efforts to rebuild the Roman Empire and promote the church. Alongside this they talk about the importance of self-criticism and focus, how the capacity to love and serve others is necessary in order to lead, and how who you are where you are matters.

Mentioned in this episode: The Institutes of Justinian

Additional links: Justinian I , A Short History of Byzantium , Dante’s Paradiso

Many thanks to our sponsors, Blessed Sacrament Lutheran Church in Hayden, ID and Our Savior Lutheran Church and School in Pagosa Springs, CO

Dr Koontz – Agrarian, Egghead – Concordia Theological Seminary Fort Wayne
Rev Fisk – Author, Fanatic – St Paul Rockford