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BHoP#212 Ad Astra Part 4

March 27, 2024 ·

Dr Adam Koontz and Rev Willie Grills talk about Operation Paperclip and Werner von Braun, the moon landings, the differences between the American and Soviet programs, the false utopian hopes tied to space exploration, the decline of Nasa, and the way that Nichola Tesla spent his life trying to better other’s lives.

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

Dr Koontz – Trinity Lutheran Church

Pr. Willie Grills – Zion Lutheran Church

BHoP#210 UFOs, The Malevolent, and the Future

March 18, 2024 ·

Col. Grills takes a solo episode to talk about UFOs, how people went from seeing signs in the heavens as calls to repentance to natural or technological phenomenon, the similarities between modern and historical accounts of supernatural visitation, the promises of knowledge or technological advancement they offer, and their attempts to deceive the world.

Books Mentioned – Abduction, by John Mack, and Passport to Magonia, by Jacques Vallee

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

Dr Koontz – Trinity Lutheran Church

Pr. Willie Grills – Zion Lutheran Church

BHoP#204 Ad Astra Part 3

February 26, 2024 ·

Dr Koontz and Col Grills talk about technological innovations in World War II, Germany’s scientific endeavors and how its position influenced its ability to create and deploy new weapons, the bombing technologies and methods used by either side, the effects of the war and post-war policies on the German people and churches, and the dehumanizing effect of the military innovations of the war.

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

Dr Koontz – Trinity Lutheran Church

Pr. Willie Grills – Zion Lutheran Church

BHoP#200 Ad Astra Part 2 – American Workings

February 5, 2024 ·

Dr Koontz and Col Grills talk about the Wright Brothers development of the airplane, the environment that allowed for that kind of invention, the competing lighter-than-air ships, the uninventive impetus of commercialization, and the history of occultism in further aerospace research.

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

Dr Koontz – Trinity Lutheran Church

Pr. Willie Grills – Zion Lutheran Church

BHoP#192 Ad Astra Part 1 – Becoming More than Human

January 8, 2024 ·

Dr Koontz and Col Grills talk about the origin of flight, the life of Constantin Tsiolkovski, the ideas of Cosmism, Transhumanism and the desire to beat death, and destructive attempts to gain forbidden knowledge.

Many thanks to our sponsor – Direct E-Care

Dr Koontz – Trinity Lutheran Church

Pr. Willie Grills – Zion Lutheran Church

BHoP#175 Solve for Elon – Freedom is Capacity to Fail

November 2, 2023 ·

Dr Koontz and Rev Fisk talk about Elon Musk’s history and rise to fortune, Gen X and 80’s nostalgia, embracing risk, and confidence in confronting the powers of the world.

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#007 Trans-Brittania’s Age of Aquarius

September 24, 2020 ·

Dr Koontz and Rev Fisk talk about transhumanism and its effects on the modern mindset, ranging from the latest fads of the sexual revolution to the attempts of modern science to achieve immortality.

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

BHoP#005 Dewy Sputnik and the Ubermensch

September 10, 2020 ·

Dr Koontz and Rev Fisk talk first about John Dewy and the effects on his philosophy on education, and then discuss the story of the Space Race and why it was so culturally formative.

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

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