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BHoP#086 Addicted to Abstractions

March 31, 2022 ·

Dr Koontz and Rev Fisk answer a listener email and discuss questions about Lutheranism, abstractions, and cults of personality. They also discuss the demonizing of Germans in the World Wars and of Russians now, and the necessity of the influence the media wields in mobilizing populations.

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#085 The Information Theatre

March 24, 2022 ·

Dr Koontz and Rev Fisk continue last episode’s discussion of information buildup and its necessity to wage total war. They talk about America in World War I, Germany’s rise to power, and the British hegemony before the world wars.

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#084 Justification by Opinion Alone

March 17, 2022 ·

Dr Koontz and Rev Fisk open the show by answering listener messages relating to Russia’s war with Ukraine, Christian Nationalism, and the building of Lutheran communities. They also discuss the beginning of World War I, and how information buildup gets nations pulled into wars.

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#076 The Deconstructing State

January 20, 2022 ·

Dr Koontz and Rev Fisk continue the discussion of civilization, opening the show by examining the origins of Deconstruction and its uses against the West. They talk about the distinctions Quigley sees between the East and the West, the “state-church” nature of arbitrary government orders, the difference between “state” and “government”, the role of media in fostering ideological extremism, and the importance of constructive speech.

Mentioned in this episode: – Tragedy and Hope by Carroll Quigley

Find Rev Fisk’s other podcasts: …SAVED – Rev Fisk’s Sermons, Stop the White Noise with Jonathan and Meridith

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#038 Nothing Fatherly

April 30, 2021 ·

Dr Koontz and Rev Fisk talk about the origins and nature of vaccines, the U.S. government’s slow thinking leading to a narrow definition of health and its love of soft power, the lack of long term thinking in democratic systems, the differences between our government and late USSR government, and the case of Jacobson v Massachusetts concerning a mandatory Smallpox vaccination demonstrating that the Supreme Court will ultimately ‘side with the house’.

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

BHoP#025 Our Berlin Wall

January 28, 2021 ·

Dr Koontz and Rev Fisk talk about East Germany under Soviet control, touch on the history of Lutheran Education, and discuss the realities of living in a technology-enhanced surveillance state.

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

BHoP#024 Our Struggle – A Broken Civil Covenant

January 21, 2021 ·

Dr Koontz and Rev Fisk talk about the civil government of Soviet era Russia, drawing comparisons between Yuri Andropov and Donald Trump, discuss the aging of American politicians, and the importance of symbolic fatherhood.

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