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BHoP#164 Border Wars Part 6

September 25, 2023 ·

Dr Adam Koontz and Rev Willie Grills conclude their series on Bleeding Kansas by talking about the James gang, the origins of the Wild West myths, homelessness and crime in the aftermath of the Civil War, and policing in New York City.

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Dr Koontz – Trinity Lutheran Church

Pr. Willie Grills – Zion Lutheran Church

BHoP#162 Border Wars Part 5

September 18, 2023 ·

Dr Adam Koontz and Rev Willie Grills continue discussing Bleeding Kansas, talking about the use of guerilla warfare, Quantrill’s raid on Lawrence, General Order No. 11, and the potential consequences of a modern national divorce.

Related Books – Earle and Burke, Bleeding Kansas, Bleeding Missouri 

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Dr Koontz – Trinity Lutheran Church

Pr. Willie Grills – Zion Lutheran Church

BHoP#159 Border Wars Part 4

September 11, 2023 ·

Dr Adam Koontz and Rev Willie Grills talk about Bleeding Kansas: the sides involved and the people backing them, and John Brown’s involvement in the Pottawatomie Massacres and the attempted slave revolt, and his eventual arrest and trial.

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Dr Koontz – Trinity Lutheran Church

Pr. Willie Grills – Zion Lutheran Church

BHoP#158 Border Wars Part 3

August 31, 2023 ·

Dr Adam Koontz and Rev Willie Grills talk about the first and second waves of German immigration to Missouri, their social and political tendencies, and their place in the American Civil War.

Related Books – Walter Kamphoefner, Germans in America: A Concise History  and Walter Forster, Zion on the Mississippi 

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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

Pr. Willie Grills – Zion Lutheran Church

BHoP#157 Border Wars Part 2

August 24, 2023 ·

Dr Adam Koontz and Pr Willie Grills talk about the arrival of Mormons in Missouri: why they settled there, what created tensions with the Missourians, the conflicts that drove them into Illinois, and the eventual demise of Joseph Smith.

Related Books Gentry and Compton, Fire and Sword: A History of the Latter-day Saints in Northern Missouri, 1836-39 

Get the Family Bible Commentary by Rev. Dr. Adam Koontz

Check out the Fathers of Lutheran Orthodoxy project

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
Pr. Willie Grills – Zion Lutheran Church

BHoP#156 Border Wars Part 1

August 17, 2023 ·

Dr Adam Koontz and Rev Willie Grills talk about nations and borders, the settling of Missouri and the state’s role in the American Civil War, and the effects of the German immigration in the 19th century.

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

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