One of the things we should learn from history is that the Bible's understanding of mankind is borne out in history. Not only can you see a display of original sin, even if you don't have the term, but the idea that things we find distasteful or unusual—

Listen to Episode #156 Border Wars Part 1 with Rev. Dr. Adam Koontz and Willie Grills About the founding of #Missouri here: abriefhistoryofpower.com/bhop156-border…

It's because the Church is inconvenient that the Church needs to, in the modern world, either oppose or concede. Since concession would involve a church's admission that it has no particular right to exist, or no particular, unique reason for existing,

Children are not—as we are so prone to use all of God's gifts—children are not a means to an end. The nature of God's gifts, whether children or anything else, is that they should be enjoyed for their own sake. ... Life begins, but it does not end, at the front door in the home.

Episode #157 Border Wars Part 2 with Rev. Dr. Adam Koontz and Willie Grills is live. Learn about the arrival of Mormons in Missouri and conflicts that eventually drove them out. abriefhistoryofpower.com/bhop157-border…

God's intention for mankind is not that he be completely united in everything he is doing. That's not actually necessary. We don't all have to be the same. … Everyone has a common source in Noah, but the fact that [Shemites, Hamites, and Japhethites] are different and

In episode #158 Rev. Dr. Adam Koontz and Willie Grills talk about the first and second waves of German immigration to Missouri, their social and political tendencies, and their place in the American Civil War. Listen here: abriefhistoryofpower.com/bhop158-border…

In episode #160 @Jonathan McAdam Fisk returns from Alaska to talk with Rev. Dr. Adam Koontz about the recent #MauiWildfires and how they relate to the other natural and man-made disasters around the world. abriefhistoryofpower.com/bhop160-xy/

"Lots of people go through the furnace of persecution, not everyone comes out more useful to the master on the other side. So you want to ask yourself, 'Okay what am I going to do with what's happening to me?' Not just 'why is this happening to me?'" ~ Rev. Dr. Adam Koontz, BHoP#138

From Rev. Dr. Adam Koontz on todays A Brief History of Power recording, out next week: The over-reliance on nostalgic aesthetics as a anchor to the past is the signifier of a people who have already lost their spirit to do anything more than survive in hiding.

"You always run the risk of sounding stupid when you're doing your job as a Christian" Rev. Dr. Adam Koontz A Brief History of Power. abriefhistoryofpower.com/bhop167-pufend…

Coming very soon A Word Fitly Spoken and A Brief History of Power.

To say "trust not in princes" is not to say that princes have nothing to do with Christianity. It is to say that the hope that the church has is not premised on whether the princes have acknowledged that Psalm 2 is true. Listen to episode #270 here abriefhistoryofpower.com/bhop270-ungove…

Your legacy is not anywhere in the work that you do or the books that you write. Your legacy is in your family. Listen to Bethany Hamilton 's podcast All Things Possible featuring Dr Adam Koontz - podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/ep-…

"What does God's design for marriage look like in 2025?" In #BHoP300, Rev. Dr. Adam Koontz delivers insights from the What God Has Joined Together conference that will strengthen your understanding of biblical marriage. A Brief History of Power #Lutheran #Marriage podbean.com/ep/pb-ssmvj-18…