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Rev. Jonathan Fisk is looking for the end of the world. For you.

Rev. Jonathan Fisk


    • Jun 2, 2025 LATEST EPISODE
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    4.9 from 270 ratings Listeners of Project Resurrection that love the show mention: lutheran, revelation, text, study, bible, faith, reason, church, raw, word, hope, always, great podcast, favorite, excellent, like, listening, work, new, good.


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    The Project Resurrection podcast is an engaging and thought-provoking show hosted by Dr. Koontz and Rev. Fisk. From the very beginning, I was drawn to this podcast because of the brilliant insights and perspectives offered by Koontz. As I continued listening, I found myself captivated by Fisk's views, even though he sometimes comes across as a conspiracy theorist. However, his points are relatable, especially during these uncertain times.

    One of the best aspects of this podcast is its focus on deep thinking about truth and reality in relation to current events. As someone who has witnessed the recent burial of Christendom, I appreciate the sociological analysis and interpretation of government and cultural happenings provided by Fisk and Koontz. Each episode leaves me with a clearer understanding of how to respond appropriately and scripturally in this time of crisis.

    Another great aspect of The Project Resurrection podcast is its biblically based look at history and thinking. It reminds us that we need to know God's thoughts on various issues, as ideas have consequences that shape our ever-changing world. The clarity of thought presented in this podcast feels divinely inspired.

    On the downside, there are moments when I wish Koontz would provide more consolation instead of just agreeing with Fisk's viewpoints. It would be beneficial to have a balance between challenging thoughts and offering comfort, especially considering that we are all slogging through difficult times together.

    In conclusion, The Project Resurrection podcast is a gem for those who enjoy deep contemplation about truth, reality, and the current state of affairs. Despite some minor flaws, particularly in terms of providing consolation, Dr. Koontz and Rev. Fisk succeed in asking the right questions that make listeners think critically about their own beliefs and perspectives. This podcast has become a source of inspiration for me as I navigate through these turbulent times with a renewed sense of Christian unity. Thank you, Koontz and Fisk, for your valuable insights and thought-provoking discussions.



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    BHoP#302 Gospel Proclamation and Evangelism

    Play Episode Listen Later Jun 2, 2025 61:17


    Dr Adam Koontz and Col Willie Grills talk about evangelism and growth, practicing hospitality in the church, and excuses that get in the way of sharing the gospel. Visit our website - A Brief History of Power Thanks to our sponsor, Gnesio Health Dr Koontz - Redeemer Lutheran Church Pr. Willie Grills - Zion Lutheran Church Music thanks to Verny

    Brief#18 Books for Better Preaching

    Play Episode Listen Later May 29, 2025 28:01


    Dr Adam Koontz recommends books about preaching. Books mentioned - Aristotle's Poetics and Rhetoric Book 4 of Augustine's On Christian Doctrine Reinhold Pieper's Evangelical Lutheran Homiletics J. Michael Reu's Homiletics H. Grady Davis's Design for Preaching Gerhard Aho's The Lively Skeleton John Broadus's Treatise on the Preparation and Delivery of Sermons Jean Claude's Essay on the Composition of a Sermon The Heart of the Yale Lectures The sermons of John Chrysostom and Martin Luther Visit our website - A Brief History of Power Dr Koontz - Redeemer Lutheran Church Music thanks to Verny

    Brief#17 On Two Cryptids and Modern Folklore

    Play Episode Listen Later May 26, 2025 25:04


    Col Willie Grills talks about the Flatwoods Monster and Fouke Monster and the differences between historic and modern monster stories. Visit our website - A Brief History of Power Thanks to our sponsor, Gnesio Health Pr. Willie Grills - Zion Lutheran Church Music thanks to Verny

    BHoP#301 What God Has Joined Together 2025 - Part 2

    Play Episode Listen Later May 22, 2025 64:38


    Part 2 of the lectures given by Dr Adam Koontz at the What God Has Joined Together conference. Visit our website - A Brief History of Power Dr Koontz - Redeemer Lutheran Church Music thanks to Verny

    BHoP#300 What God Has Joined Together 2025 - Part 1

    Play Episode Listen Later May 19, 2025 47:01


    Part 1 of the lectures given by Dr Adam Koontz at the What God Has Joined Together conference. Thanks to our sponsor, Gnesio Health Visit our website - A Brief History of Power Dr Koontz - Redeemer Lutheran Church Music thanks to Verny

    BHoP#299 A Biblical Theology of Human Fertility

    Play Episode Listen Later May 15, 2025 56:39


    Dr Adam Koontz's paper read at the 37th Annual Symposium on Exegetical Theology Concordia Theological Seminary Fort Wayne, Indiana Tuesday in January 2022. Visit our website - A Brief History of Power Dr Koontz - Redeemer Lutheran Church Music thanks to Verny

    BHoP#298 Secrets to Building an Unbreakable Family - All Things Possible with Bethany Hamilton

    Play Episode Listen Later May 12, 2025 45:44


    Dr Adam Koontz is interviewed by Adam Dirk and Bethany Hamilton about the value of family, life in the ministry, and  finding a good church. Visit our website - A Brief History of Power Thanks to our sponsor, Gnesio Health Dr Koontz - Redeemer Lutheran Church Music thanks to Verny

    BHoP#297 Talking Family and Family Size with Josh Wilson of Free Indeed

    Play Episode Listen Later May 8, 2025 60:35


    Josh Wilson of the channel Free Indeed interviews Dr Adam Koontz regarding his lecture on A Biblical Theology of Human Fertility. Watch the Interview on YouTube Watch Koontz's Lecture Discussed in this Episode Check out What God Has Joined Together Visit our website - A Brief History of Power Dr Koontz - Redeemer Lutheran Church Music thanks to Verny

    BHoP#296 Jaws, Malls, and the Church Growth Movement

    Play Episode Listen Later May 5, 2025 55:53


    Dr Adam Koontz and Col Willie Grills talk about the movie Jaws and how it began the monoculture era, shopping malls and consumerism, and how it relates to evangelism. Visit our website - A Brief History of Power Thanks to our sponsor, Gnesio Health Dr Koontz - Redeemer Lutheran Church Pr. Willie Grills - Zion Lutheran Church Music thanks to Verny

    Brief#16 How Do We Get More Pastors in the Lutheran Church?

    Play Episode Listen Later May 1, 2025 31:53


    Dr Adam Koontz talks about training pastors, pastoral shortages, and alternative routes to pastoral training. Check out What God Has Joined Together Visit our website - A Brief History of Power Dr Koontz - Redeemer Lutheran Church Music thanks to Verny

    BHoP#295 Forgiveness and the Gospel

    Play Episode Listen Later Apr 28, 2025 60:46


    Dr Adam Koontz and Col Willie Grills talk about justice and forgiveness, church demographics, and delivering the gospel. Visit our website - A Brief History of Power Thanks to our sponsor, Gnesio Health Dr Koontz - Redeemer Lutheran Church Pr. Willie Grills - Zion Lutheran Church Music thanks to Verny

    Brief#15 Will the LCMS Ordain Women Now? or Soon Anyway?

    Play Episode Listen Later Apr 24, 2025 33:14


    Dr Adam Koontz talks about the history of women's suffrage in the LCMS, obstacles to fellowship with WELS, and whether the LCMS will ever ordain women. Check out What God Has Joined Together Visit our website - A Brief History of Power Dr Koontz - Redeemer Lutheran Church Music thanks to Verny

    BHoP#294 The New King James Bible and the Open Bible with Philip Nation

    Play Episode Listen Later Apr 22, 2025 41:41


    Dr Adam Koontz and Col Willie Grills talk with guest Philip Nation of Thomas Nelson Bibles about the New King James Bible and the Open Bible. Dr. Philip Nation, VP, Thomas Nelson Bibles Visit our website - A Brief History of Power Thanks to our sponsor, Gnesio Health Dr Koontz - Redeemer Lutheran Church Pr. Willie Grills - Zion Lutheran Church Music thanks to Verny

    BHoP#293 What's Going On in Canada? State, Church, and the Church's State of Silence

    Play Episode Listen Later Apr 17, 2025 70:16


    Dr Adam Koontz talks with guest Pastor David Smilek about the politics and churches in Canada. Related Links - Angus Reid Institute survey on Canadian religious life Check out What God Has Joined Together Visit our website - A Brief History of Power Smilek - Redeemer, Sudbury, ON Dr Koontz - Redeemer Lutheran Church Music thanks to Verny

    BHoP#292 Revere the Emperor, Expel the Barbarians: The Meiji Restoration

    Play Episode Listen Later Apr 15, 2025 69:12


    Dr Adam Koontz and Col Willie Grills talk about the modernization of Japan and the rise of Imperial power. Visit our website - A Brief History of Power Thanks to our sponsor, Gnesio Health Dr Koontz - Redeemer Lutheran Church Pr. Willie Grills - Zion Lutheran Church Music thanks to Verny

    BHoP#291 The End(s) of the LCMS with Pastor Joseph Beran

    Play Episode Listen Later Apr 10, 2025 65:43


    Dr Adam Koontz talks with guest Pr Joseph Beran about educating pastors, church planting, demographic decline, and more. Check out the Maier Conference and What God Has Joined Together Visit our website - A Brief History of Power Dr Koontz - Redeemer Lutheran Church Music thanks to Verny

    BHoP#290 The Christian Century in Japan: Jesuits, Fumi-e 踏み絵, Lessons for Today

    Play Episode Listen Later Apr 7, 2025 60:13


    Dr Adam Koontz and Col Willie Grills talk about how Christianity came to Japan, why it didn't last there, and applications to evangelism to draw from it. Visit our website - A Brief History of Power Thanks to our sponsor, Gnesio Health Dr Koontz - Redeemer Lutheran Church Pr. Willie Grills - Zion Lutheran Church Music thanks to Verny

    Brief#14 What Decimated the Lutheran Churches in America?

    Play Episode Listen Later Apr 3, 2025 33:03


    Dr Adam Koontz talks about what caused the decline in the American Lutheran churches. Check out the 2025 Men's Gathering, the Maier Conference, and What God Has Joined Together Visit our website - A Brief History of Power Dr Koontz - Redeemer Lutheran Church Music thanks to Verny

    BHoP#289 On How Things Started - The Scraments and the American Republic

    Play Episode Listen Later Apr 1, 2025 60:29


      Visit our website - A Brief History of Power Thanks to our sponsor, Gnesio Health Dr Koontz - Redeemer Lutheran Church Pr. Willie Grills - Zion Lutheran Church Music thanks to Verny

    Brief#13 A Letter from the Department of Eucharistic Significance (DOES)

    Play Episode Listen Later Mar 27, 2025 33:19


    Dr Adam Koontz talks about closed communion and the benefits that the Lord's Supper imparts. Check out the 2025 Men's Gathering, the Maier Conference, and What God Has Joined Together Visit our website - A Brief History of Power Dr Koontz - Redeemer Lutheran Church Music thanks to Verny

    BHoP#288 Listener Questions - On Textual Criticism, On Turning the Other Cheek, On Buford Pusser, On "Catholic", and on the Superiority of the Group Chat

    Play Episode Listen Later Mar 24, 2025 57:24


    Dr Adam Koontz and Col Willie Grills answer a variety of listener emails on Bible translations, self-defense, and more. Visit our website - A Brief History of Power Thanks to our sponsor, Gnesio Health Dr Koontz - Redeemer Lutheran Church Pr. Willie Grills - Zion Lutheran Church Music thanks to Verny

    Brief#12 Cooperation among Christians

    Play Episode Listen Later Mar 20, 2025 28:00


    Dr Adam Koontz talks about what cooperation between churches of different confessions should and shouldn't look like. Check out the 2025 Men's Gathering, the Maier Conference, and What God Has Joined Together Visit our website - A Brief History of Power Dr Koontz - Redeemer Lutheran Church Music thanks to Verny

    BHoP#287 The World that Made the Boomers #5 The Growth of the Syndicate and the JFK Assassination

    Play Episode Listen Later Mar 17, 2025 62:15


    Dr Adam Koontz and Col Willie Grills talk about the formation of the Mob in America and its activities during the Cold War and continue discussing the motivations around the Kennedy Assassination. Visit our website - A Brief History of Power Thanks to our sponsor, Gnesio Health Dr Koontz - Redeemer Lutheran Church Pr. Willie Grills - Zion Lutheran Church Music thanks to Verny

    Brief#11 What Do LCMS Lutherans Really Believe?

    Play Episode Listen Later Mar 13, 2025 44:19


    Dr Adam Koontz talks about the Pew Religious Landscape Survey and what it says about our demographics and beliefs. Check out the 2025 Men's Gathering, the Maier Conference, and What God Has Joined Together Visit our website - A Brief History of Power Dr Koontz - Redeemer Lutheran Church Music thanks to Verny

    BHoP#286 The World that Made the Boomers #4 The Kennedy Assassination

    Play Episode Listen Later Mar 10, 2025 57:17


    Dr Adam Koontz and Col Willie Grills talk about the political situation surrounding the Kennedy assassination and the people that benefitted from it. Visit our website - A Brief History of Power Thanks to our sponsor, Gnesio Health Dr Koontz - Redeemer Lutheran Church Pr. Willie Grills - Zion Lutheran Church Music thanks to Verny

    BHoP#285 Turning the Hearts and Freedom of Speech

    Play Episode Listen Later Mar 6, 2025 73:58


    Dr Adam Koontz and Rev Jonathan Fisk talk about the activities of the US government coming to light, the benefits of freedom of speech, communism and national socialism in Germany, and convincing people of the truth. Check out the 2025 Men's Gathering, the Maier Conference, and What God Has Joined Together Visit our website - A Brief History of Power Dr Koontz - Redeemer Lutheran Church Rev Fisk - St Paul Rockford Music thanks to Verny

    BHoP#284 The World that Made the Boomers #3 Counter Culture, MKUltra, and Music

    Play Episode Listen Later Mar 3, 2025 57:55


    Dr Adam Koontz and Col Willie Grills talk about Government experiments in psychedelics, how musicians and drugs affected the culture of the 60s, and using art to influence populations. Visit our website - A Brief History of Power Thanks to our sponsor, Gnesio Health Dr Koontz - Redeemer Lutheran Church Pr. Willie Grills - Zion Lutheran Church Music thanks to Verny

    Brief#10 Why Change Translations

    Play Episode Listen Later Feb 27, 2025 20:56


    Dr Adam Koontz talks about whether and how to change the Bible translation your church is using. Check out the 2025 Men's Gathering, the Maier Conference, and What God Has Joined Together Visit our website - A Brief History of Power Dr Koontz - Redeemer Lutheran Church Music thanks to Verny

    Brief#09 The Spirit of Anarchy

    Play Episode Listen Later Feb 25, 2025 27:32


    Dr Adam Koontz  talks about The effects of government downsizing and the how we view employees in their work. Visit our website - A Brief History of Power Thanks to our sponsor, Gnesio Health Dr Koontz - Redeemer Lutheran Church Music thanks to Verny

    BHoP#283 The Two Kingdoms and Refugee Resettlement

    Play Episode Listen Later Feb 21, 2025 64:50


    Dr Adam Koontz and Rev Jonathan Fisk talk about USAID money, LCMS Recognized Service Organizations, The Vatican's response to Trump's immigration policy, and thinking about government policy as a Christian Check out the 2025 Men's Gathering and the Maier Conference Visit our website - A Brief History of Power Dr Koontz - Redeemer Lutheran Church Rev Fisk - St Paul Rockford Music thanks to Verny

    BHoP#282 The World that Made the Boomers #2 - Conscription and a Well Regulated Militia

    Play Episode Listen Later Feb 18, 2025 63:04


    Dr Adam Koontz and Col Willie Grills talk about the history of the draft in America's wars and its effect on the people that lived through them. Visit our website - A Brief History of Power Dr Koontz - Redeemer Lutheran Church Pr. Willie Grills - Zion Lutheran Church Music thanks to Verny

    Brief#08 Can a Christian be an Illegal Immigrant?

    Play Episode Listen Later Feb 13, 2025 34:42


    Dr Adam Koontz  talks about whether Christians can live as illegal immigrants and lawless living in general. Visit our website - A Brief History of Power Check out the 2025 Men's Gathering and the Maier Conference Dr Koontz - Redeemer Lutheran Church Music thanks to Verny

    Brief#07 Social Media is a Thief

    Play Episode Listen Later Feb 10, 2025 24:40


    Dr Adam Koontz talks about social media and how we use our time. Visit our website - A Brief History of Power Dr Koontz - Redeemer Lutheran Church Music thanks to Verny

    Brief#06 Memory and the Word of God - On Preaching and on Bibles

    Play Episode Listen Later Feb 6, 2025 29:53


    Dr Adam Koontz talks about homiletics and more bible translations. Visit our website - A Brief History of Power Dr Koontz - Redeemer Lutheran Church Music thanks to Verny

    Brief#05 Apocalypse Now

    Play Episode Listen Later Feb 3, 2025 32:18


    Col Willie Grills talks about end times predictions, doomsday cults, and a Biblical perspective on the last days. Visit our website - A Brief History of Power Pr. Willie Grills - Zion Lutheran Church Music thanks to Verny

    Brief#04 Immigration, Sanctuary, and the Church

    Play Episode Listen Later Jan 30, 2025 43:18


    Dr Adam Koontz talks about sanctuary cities and churches, law enforcement practice, immigration laws, and what the Bible has to say about it. Visit our website - A Brief History of Power Dr Koontz - Redeemer Lutheran Church Music thanks to Verny

    BHoP#281 The World the Boomers Made #1 - Introduction

    Play Episode Listen Later Jan 29, 2025 57:54


    Dr Adam Koontz and Col Willie Grills talk about America post war and its war against communism, why the boomers weren't as jaded and cynical as later generations, and the loss of trust caused by the Kennedy assassination. Visit our website - A Brief History of Power Dr Koontz - Redeemer Lutheran Church Pr. Willie Grills - Zion Lutheran Church Music thanks to Verny

    BHoP#280 Taking Stock and Growing Stronger

    Play Episode Listen Later Jan 24, 2025 57:04


    Dr Adam Koontz and Rev Jonathan Fisk answer a listener question about auditing one's self and talk about aligning your effort with your purpose, managing time and space, and being sound in body and mind. Visit our website - A Brief History of Power Dr Koontz - Redeemer Lutheran Church Rev Fisk - St Paul Rockford Music thanks to Verny

    BHoP#279 Personal Firearms, Rights, and Privileges

    Play Episode Listen Later Jan 21, 2025 62:45


    Dr Adam Koontz and Col Willie Grills talk about "ghost guns", Luigi Mangione, gun control in the reconstruction era, and constitutionally granted rights. Visit our website - A Brief History of Power Dr Koontz - Redeemer Lutheran Church Pr. Willie Grills - Zion Lutheran Church Music thanks to Verny

    BHoP#278 On Church Politics

    Play Episode Listen Later Jan 16, 2025 56:22


    Dr Adam Koontz and Rev Jonathan Fisk answer a listener question about being involved in church politics and why we shouldn't distance ourselves from public life. Visit our website - A Brief History of Power Dr Koontz - Redeemer Lutheran Church Rev Fisk - St Paul Rockford Music thanks to Verny

    Brief#03 On Bible Versions, Bible Translations, and Bible Confusions

    Play Episode Listen Later Jan 14, 2025 41:23


    Dr Adam Koontz talks about Bible translations, updates to published editions, trends in those updates, and translation practices. Visit our website - A Brief History of Power Dr Koontz - Redeemer Lutheran Church Music thanks to Verny

    Word Fitly Spoken #191 Christmas Fitly Kept

    Play Episode Listen Later Dec 25, 2024 63:34


    Koontz and Grills talk about Christmas.

    Brief#02 Paying Attention with Contentment

    Play Episode Listen Later Dec 20, 2024 29:44


    Dr Adam Koontz talks about how to give our attention to things that matter and devote our time to what we are actually doing. Visit our website - A Brief History of Power Many thanks to our sponsors - Direct E-Care and Mission of the Cross, Crosslake MN, (Website, Facebook) Dr Koontz - Redeemer Lutheran Church Music thanks to Verny

    BHoP#277 Luther on Trade and Usury

    Play Episode Listen Later Dec 16, 2024 60:58


    Dr Adam Koontz and Col Willie Grills talk about Luther's teachings on money and developments in economics during his time. Visit our website - A Brief History of Power Dr Koontz - Redeemer Lutheran Church Pr. Willie Grills - Zion Lutheran Church Music thanks to Verny

    Brief#01 What's Wrong with the Catholic Church

    Play Episode Listen Later Dec 12, 2024 36:55


    Dr Adam Koontz talks about understanding church history and what denying biblical inerrancy has done to the Catholic Church. Visit our website - A Brief History of Power Many thanks to our sponsors - Direct E-Care and Mission of the Cross, Crosslake MN, (Website, Facebook) Dr Koontz - Redeemer Lutheran Church Music thanks to Verny

    BHoP#276 Paradigms - The Company Store

    Play Episode Listen Later Dec 9, 2024 57:14


    Dr Adam Koontz and Col Willie Grills talk about the history of company stores, the difference between cash and scrip, debt and slavery, and what economic freedom actually means. Visit our website - A Brief History of Power Dr Koontz - Redeemer Lutheran Church Pr. Willie Grills - Zion Lutheran Church Music thanks to Verny

    BHoP#275 Perfection and Leadership

    Play Episode Listen Later Dec 4, 2024 51:42


    Dr Adam Koontz and Col Willie Grills talk about expecting moral perfection in politics, understanding how to take political actions, and getting involved at the local level of politics. Visit our website - A Brief History of Power Dr Koontz - Redeemer Lutheran Church Pr. Willie Grills - Zion Lutheran Church Music thanks to Verny

    Word Fitly Spoken #190 A Word Fitly Thankgiving

    Play Episode Listen Later Nov 27, 2024 54:39


    Grills and Heide talk about celebrating Thanksgiving as Christians and maintaining it as a Christian holiday.

    BHoP#274 Changing Powers that Be - On the Election and the Elect

    Play Episode Listen Later Nov 21, 2024 68:13


    Dr Adam Koontz and Rev Jonathan Fisk talk about the 2024 elections, how to work with other people to accomplish good, the modern religion of self-ism, and how to communicate well.  Visit our website - A Brief History of Power Many thanks to our sponsors - Direct E-Care and Mission of the Cross, Crosslake MN, (Website, Facebook) Dr Koontz - Redeemer Lutheran Church Rev Fisk - St Paul Rockford Music thanks to Verny

    BHoP#273 Taking Stock Part 2 - Where We Are Headed

    Play Episode Listen Later Nov 19, 2024 50:32


    Dr Adam Koontz talks about lessons to be learned from the Church before the fall of the Roman Empire and how to understand the Church's place in our political environment. Visit our website - A Brief History of Power Many thanks to our sponsors - Direct E-Care and Mission of the Cross, Crosslake MN, (Website, Facebook) Dr Koontz - Redeemer Lutheran Church Music thanks to Verny

    BHoP#272 Taking Stock in 2024 - Where We Are Now

    Play Episode Listen Later Nov 14, 2024 70:40


    Dr Adam Koontz talks about the 2024 elections, why some people are surprised, the amendments regarding abortion in several states, and how to get change effected in politics. Visit our website - A Brief History of Power Many thanks to our sponsors - Direct E-Care and Mission of the Cross, Crosslake MN, (Website, Facebook) Dr Koontz - Redeemer Lutheran Church Music thanks to Verny

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