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A Podcast By Dr Koontz and Rev Fisk

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BHoP#345 “Dirty Harry” and Vigilante America

February 23, 2026 ·

Dr Adam Koontz and Col Willie Grills talk about the film Dirty Harry, the significance of the time and place of its setting, why its portrayal of justice outside the law appeals to its audience, and the changes in policing in the last fifty years.

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Dr Koontz – Redeemer Lutheran Church

Pr. Willie Grills – Zion Lutheran Church

BHoP#318 Leftwing Violence and Its Consequences

October 2, 2025 ·

Dr Adam Koontz and Col Willie Grills talk about the Weather Underground, the assassination of Charlie Kirk, and the purpose and effect of violence from the Left.

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Dr Koontz – Redeemer Lutheran Church

Pr. Willie Grills – Zion Lutheran Church

BHoP#163 Q&A – The Renegade Act and other Sundry Segues

September 21, 2023 ·

Dr Adam Koontz and Rev Jonathan Fisk answer listener questions about textual criticism in Bible translations, the September 11th attacks, and America’s policy toward Israel.

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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
Rev Fisk – St Paul Rockford and Hebron Collegium

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#148 The Prestige of Mattering

June 22, 2023 ·

Dr Koontz and Rev Fisk talk about the life of Theodore Kaczynski, demonic manifestations in a secular world, the longstanding fascination with the power of the US military, and the writings of C. P. Krauth.

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#031 Reconstructive Terrorism and Domestic Wars

March 11, 2021 ·

Dr Koontz and Rev Fisk talk about the apparatus of counter-terrorism developed after 9-11 being turned to new uses, the defining of “domestic terrorist” by the government to its own advantage, history of terrorism in the civil war, the media telling you to be more worried about your reaction to an event that the event itself, and aiming for things which will be of true importance for the future.

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

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