Dr Adam Koontz talks to Jarryd Allison about his experience using Memento, the benefits of fasting, and potential objections.
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Dr Koontz – Redeemer Lutheran Church
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BHoP#247 Cable Cowboys – The Origins and Ubiquity of Cable TV
Dr Adam Koontz and Col Willie Grills talk about how Cable TV came about and become so popular, the differences between cable and broadcast TV, how the term Cable Cowboys was coined, and the effect that it had on the generation that grew up on it.
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Dr Koontz – Redeemer Lutheran Church
Pr. Willie Grills – Zion Lutheran Church
BHoP#245 On Your Radio Dial – The Birth and Life of Talk Radio
Dr Adam Koontz and Col Willie Grills talk about the origin of talk radio, the regulations imposed on it early on, the radio careers of Joe Pyne and Rush Limbaugh, and the patterns in the talk radio of the past that are being replicated in the present.
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Dr Koontz – Redeemer Lutheran Church
Pr. Willie Grills – Zion Lutheran Church
BHoP#267 Paradigms: The Transcontinental Railroad
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.
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Dr Koontz – Redeemer Lutheran Church
Pr. Willie Grills – Zion Lutheran Church
BHoP#210 UFOs, The Malevolent, and the Future
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
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Dr Koontz – Trinity Lutheran Church
Pr. Willie Grills – Zion Lutheran Church
BHoP#207 Unbelief and the Gnostic Armchair
Dr Adam Koontz and Rev Jonathan Fisk continue discussing the seven deadly sins and contrast it with confession mirrors, and talk about the history of the Rothschild family, Aaron Bushnell’s protest, and illegal biotech research.
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Dr Koontz – Trinity Lutheran Church
Rev Fisk – St Paul Rockford and Hebron Collegium
BHoP#204 Ad Astra Part 3
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.
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Dr Koontz – Trinity Lutheran Church
Pr. Willie Grills – Zion Lutheran Church
BHoP#200 Ad Astra Part 2 – American Workings
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.
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Dr Koontz – Trinity Lutheran Church
Pr. Willie Grills – Zion Lutheran Church