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BHoP#365 The Drift and the Future of Mormonism: Disaffiliations, Institutions, and Nationalisms

July 13, 2026 ·

Dr Adam Koontz and Col Willie Grills talk about why young Mormons are leaving the LDS, what trad Mormonism looks like, and the institutional structure that it was founded on.

Thanks to our sponsors, Ad Crucem, Memento, and Gnesio Health

Dr Adam Koontz – Redeemer Lutheran Church

Pr. Willie Grills – Zion Lutheran Church

BHoP#326 Inside Mormonism – What the LDS Church Really Believes – Part 2

November 10, 2025 ·

The second part of Willie Grill’s discussion with Bryan Stecker on the podcast On The Line about the origins of Mormonism.

Thanks to our sponsor, Gnesio Health

Dr Koontz – Redeemer Lutheran Church

Pr. Willie Grills – Zion Lutheran Church

BHoP#325 Inside Mormonism – What the LDS Church Really Believes – Part 1

November 3, 2025 ·

Willie Grills talks to Bryan Stecker on the podcast On The Line about the origins of Mormonism.

Watch the full episode on YouTube 

Thanks to our sponsor, Gnesio Health

Pr. Willie Grills – Zion Lutheran Church

BHoP#267 Paradigms: The Transcontinental Railroad

July 1, 2024 ·

Dr Adam Koontz and Col Willie Grills talk about the Transcontinental Railroad, its effects on transportation and communication, how the American Civil War factored into its creation, the people who laid it down, the scandals and corruption involved, and how cooperation between government and corporations enabled it.

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

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

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  • Brief#55 The Calling of Politics: How Should We Answer It?July 16, 2026
  • BHoP#365 The Drift and the Future of Mormonism: Disaffiliations, Institutions, and NationalismsJuly 13, 2026
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  • BHoP#364 Violent Frontier in Technicolor: “The Searchers” (1956) and American HistoryJuly 6, 2026
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