A Podcast By Dr Koontz and Pr Grills
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Dr Adam Koontz and Col Willie Grills answer listener questions about the translation of the Bible into Japanese, linguistic idiosyncrasies, and doctrine and practice.
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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 discuss Christianity in feudal Japan and whether persecution is good for the Church.
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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 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.
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Dr Koontz – Redeemer Lutheran Church
Pr. Willie Grills – Zion Lutheran Church
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Col Willie Grills talks about Nitobe Inazō and his book Bushido: The Soul of Japan, and how it shaped the West’s perception of samurai.
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Pr. Willie Grills – Zion Lutheran Church
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Dr Adam Koontz and Col Willie Grills talk about why Japan attacked Pearl Harbor, Communist influence in America, and understanding history without the filter of modern consensus.
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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 modernization of Japan and the rise of Imperial power.
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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 how Christianity came to Japan, why it didn’t last there, and applications to evangelism to draw from it.
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Dr Koontz – Redeemer Lutheran Church
Pr. Willie Grills – Zion Lutheran Church
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Dr Koontz and Rev Fisk respond to listener messages about the deployment of nuclear weapons in Japan, and the hosts’ thoughts about Corey Mahler.
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Dr Koontz – Trinity Lutheran Church
Rev Fisk – St Paul Rockford and Hebron Collegium
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