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Dr Koontz and Rev Fisk finish the series on Hollywood. They open by comparing the suspicious circumstances surrounding the deaths of various celebrities including Stanley Kubrick, whose film The Shining played off and defined the uniquely American genre: Horror. They talk about Kubrick's origins as a photographer and his works as a filmmaker, and how his film Eyes Wide Shut images the depravity of power in Hollywood. Related links:  Kubrick by Michael Herr,  Stanley Kubrick's Filmography Visit our website -  A Brief History of Power 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 Music thanks to Verny

Dr Koontz and Rev Fisk answer a listener question about dealing with churches enforcing the government's whims, then return to the series on Hollywood. They talk about the place of film in society and its alienating effect on cultures that didn't produce it, the complexities of ethnic groups and the folly of ascribing coherent motives to them, how film studios began to regulate themselves and how that regulation was relaxed, the reflection of our society today in movies from the 1970's, and how media producers have increasingly more power even as they grow increasingly more distanced from the populace. Related links:  Dirty Harry (1971),  Death Wish (1974), Thomas Schatz - The Genius of the System,  Otto Friedrich - City of Nets Visit our website -  A Brief History of Power 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 - Au

Dr Koontz and Rev Fisk talk about the effect of urbanization on culture and media, the origin of the dime novel, and Jewish immigration to America leading to the birth of Hollywood. They also discuss mass-produced culture throughout American history, how the originally unintended effects of film are now intentionally used to shape culture, and what purposefully cultivating the culture of your family looks like. Mentioned in this episode: An Empire of Their Own: How the Jews Invented Hollywood Visit our website -  A Brief History of Power 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 Music thanks to Verny

In this special Thanksgiving episode Dr Koontz reads selections from various accounts and poems relating to Thanksgiving and Armistice Day (now known as Veteran's Day) and gives us meditations on Thanksgiving, and on surviving in dark times as the pilgrims who founded the holiday did. Readings: The Life of Saint Martin of Tours "Martin's Tide" by William Barnes Poetry of World War I       "Peace" by Rupert Brooke       "The Dead" by Rupert Brooke       "In Flanders Fields" by John McCrae       "And There Was a Great Calm" by Thomas Hardy Thanksgiving proclamation and stories from the Pilgrims "The Harvest Moon" by Henry Wadsworth Longfellow "Thanksgiving Turkey"  by George Parsons Lathrop   ~ Visit our website -  A Brief History of Power 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 Music thanks to Verny

Dr Koontz and Rev Fisk open the show by exploring the morality of debt and investment, then continue the discussion of rebuilding, talking about exercising agency in all seasons, prioritizing wisdom and cohesive groups over material preparations, the confinement of manhood, and the necessity of wholesome militancy. Additional links: Usura Canto and On Heroes, Hero-Worship, and the Heroic in History Visit our website -  A Brief History of Power 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 Music thanks to Verny

Dr Koontz and Rev Fisk follow up their series on collapse by discussing the rebuilding of civilization. In this episode they look at Emperor Justinian, the situations he dealt with as he came into power, and his efforts to rebuild the Roman Empire and promote the church. Alongside this they talk about the importance of self-criticism and focus, how the capacity to love and serve others is necessary in order to lead, and how who you are where you are matters. Mentioned in this episode: The Institutes, by Justinian Additional links: Justinian I , A Short History of Byzantium , Dante's Paradiso Visit our website -  A Brief History of Power 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 Music thanks to Verny

Dr Koontz and Rev Fisk talk about the differences between mediums of communications, government surveillance through apps, the internet's role in the collapse of privacy leading to collapse of the soul and the body, how this prevents you from being able to live in any sustainable way, and how "going dark" by reducing the ways you can be watched gives hope of dignifying the human soul. Mentioned in this episode: Dead Internet Theory: Most of the Internet is Fake Visit our website -  A Brief History of Power 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 Music thanks to Verny

Dr Koontz and Rev Fisk talk about the new idols of the West, and return to the topic of surveillance, discussing the illegal activities of the Signal Intelligence Service, America's focus against Japan in WWII, the growth of the NSA with new technologies and its unification of American military with university academia, and the purpose of surveillance not being the safety and security of the people, but compliance even of thought. Visit our website -  A Brief History of Power 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 Music thanks to Verny

Dr Koontz and Rev Fisk talk about preparing for economic collapse and answer a listener question about reading books. They then delve into the history of surveillance in early America: its technological limitations, its use before and during WWI, the growing desire for surveillance with increasing ethnic and ideological diversity, increasing possibility for surveillance with advances in technology and the urbanization of the American population, and finally, how slavery to the system is its ultimate goal. Further research on surveillance: James Bamford, Edward Snowden, William Binney. Visit our website -  A Brief History of Power 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 Music thanks to Verny

Dr Koontz and Rev Fisk talk about the end of the world as we know it, living life in a state that doesn't know the dangers of indulgence while submitting to its authority, and what right-to-privacy means in an age saturated with predatory media and demonic self-enforced surveillance. Visit our website -  A Brief History of Power 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 Music thanks to Verny

Dr Koontz and Rev Fisk open with a short discussion of video games simulating life without the meaning and wasting time that could be spent on real things, and then continue the discussion of the Spanish Civil War, talking about the interference of outside forces and the importance of creating ties with people in other places. Finally, they talk about the experience of Eric Blair (better known as George Orwell) in the Spanish Civil War and his books written not against the left, but against authoritarianism. Books recommended: Mine Were of Trouble by Peter Kemp, and The Modern Survival Manual: Surviving the Economic Collapse by Fernando "Ferfal" Aguirre. Visit our website -  A Brief History of Power 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, White Guy -  Concordia Theological Seminary Fort Wayne Rev Fisk - Author, Fanatic, White Guy - St Paul Rockford Music thanks to

Dr Koontz and Rev Fisk continue dissecting the history of the Spanish Civil War, discussing the ideological division which made it and the growing intensity of each side's rhetoric for the other in divided countries. They also talk about the real life consequences and death tolls from civil war, the imposition of the government on the church, and the necessity of organizing your faction to survive. Visit our website -  A Brief History of Power 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, White Guy -  Concordia Theological Seminary Fort Wayne Rev Fisk - Author, Fanatic, White Guy - St Paul Rockford Music thanks to Verny

Dr Koontz and Rev Fisk follow up last week's discussion on the nature of the Left with its counterpart, the Right. They discuss the cynicism and apathy of the right which feels that it can do nothing, how the right lacks any direction other than opposition to the left, and its growth whenever it becomes assertive in its message. They also discuss the role of masculinity and violence in politics, and conclude by saying that you cannot wait for a hero to save you from evil days, but must become that hero yourself. Visit our website -  A Brief History of Power 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, White Guy -  Concordia Theological Seminary Fort Wayne Rev Fisk - Author, Fanatic, White Guy - St Paul Rockford Music thanks to Verny

Dr Koontz and and Rev Fisk continue the series on collapse, this week discussing the fall of the Second Spanish Republic, examining its similarities to both Argentina and the US today, and use the history of the Spanish Civil War to talk about the nature and instability of the left: the power of resentment. Visit our website -  A Brief History of Power 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, White Guy -  Concordia Theological Seminary Fort Wayne Rev Fisk - Author, Fanatic, White Guy - St Paul Rockford Music thanks to Verny

Dr Koontz and Rev Fisk spend this second episode on the collapse of empires discussing post-World War I Germany and the Hitler's rise to power in the wake of the economic devastation imposed on Germany by the victors, and the consequential necessity of creating limits on the thinking of the populace to secure his position. Dr Koontz sees some parallels with America today in the form of unchecked economic inflation, rapid social and moral change, as well as the saturation of media. Dr Koontz - Agrarian, Egghead, White Guy -  Concordia Theological Seminary Fort Wayne Rev Fisk - Author, Fanatic, White Guy - St Paul Rockford Find out more about Mad Christianity at www.revfisk.com Music thanks to Verny

This week, the Mad Christian and Meridith speak about:    00:00 Opening 01:29 Title 08:26 Why is Jesus tarrying? 12:48 Knowing the times and being wide awake 24:30 Break 27:27 Why did Luke record Jesus as "being filled with the Holy Spirit" 34:04 Christians should take back their language 35:50 Christians are filled with the Holy Spirit 43:38 Icons, images, Lutheranism and the Second Council of Nicaea 50:33 Images as help against torment, CTPSD 53:07 Icons should tell a story about Jesus 59:04 The Bible was misused against you but don't let the devil stop you from reading the Word 1:04:23 John 6 "Eat my flesh" 01:14:45 The church has no life without the Supper 01:16:35 Break 01:18:28 Media discernment, lies and getting reports from varied sources 01:20:50 Volunteerism at church 01:26:00 Generational roles, belonging in organizations, and the problem in saving crumbling institutions 01:35:38 Your grown child is living with her boyfriend 1:55:34 The pope and the antichrist 2:03:13 Does Jam

This week, the Mad Christian and Meredith speak about:    00:00 Opening 00:41 Title 06:05 Worried that emotions are sinful 20:12 Hard times drive people people to the Scripture 21:05 The Psalter is for fighting Tchthulu 23:01 Damnation and shame: Hell is good news 26:42 Break 30:24 Burned out trying to find others who take their faith seriously 33:06 Hebrew and the Tetragrammaton 33:56 Why was Saul's repentance rejected? 44:29 Emotional and physical purity, prudence and folly while engaged to be married 1:01:13 Porn is damaging 1:32:48 Contentment, excellence and quietism 1:48:50 Will baptism save my grandmother with dementia? 1:58:33 How to respond to claims early Christians used psychedelics during Communion 2:05:16 How to respond to the claim that demon-possession in the Word was only mental illness 1:06:40 Break 1:10:34 Divorce and remarriage and troubled consciences 1:24:34 Sins of ignorance vs high-handed sin 1:28:46 Grieving with those   Watch the Saturday Morning Chill and more

This week, the Mad Christian and Meredith speak about: 00:00 Opening comments 9:39 How should we think about "witnessing"? 38:36 Is it wrong to quit my job? 01:02 Why did Jesus die for us? 01:11:11 How do I talk about childhood trauma while honoring my parents? 01:28:12 Is Psalm 29 about creation? 01:36:35 Does unconfessed sin condemn you 01:52:58 Will despair over my sin drive me out of the faith? 02:02:40 Food, medicine, GMOs and discernment   Watch the Saturday Morning Chill and more on YouTube  Order Rev Fisk's latest book Without Flesh through Amazon  Support the Mad Christian at Patreon Sign up for the Mad Mondays Newsletter — Find out more about Mad Christianity at www.revfisk.com

Dr Koontz and Rev Fisk follow up Koontz's Called to Defend presentation with discussions on the topic of living in a dying empire. They discuss the importance of gaining competence, and of not overestimating your government's competence, in the frame of America's failing military power as evidenced by it's defeat at the hands of the Taliban. Dr Koontz - Agrarian, Egghead, White Guy -  Concordia Theological Seminary Fort Wayne Rev Fisk - Author, Fanatic, White Guy - St Paul Rockford   Find out more about Mad Christianity at www.revfisk.com   Music thanks to Verny  

Dr Koontz flies solo this week. He answers questions from listeners regarding previous episodes on education.    Dr Koontz - Agrarian, Egghead, White Guy -  Concordia Theological Seminary Fort Wayne Rev Fisk - Author, Fanatic, White Guy - St Paul Rockford   Submit questions and find out more about Mad Christianity at www.revfisk.com   Music thanks to Verny