All Episodes

Brief#56 Why Support Only Lutheran Missions?

BHoP#366 Your Questions on Church Life and Theology

Brief#55 The Calling of Politics: How Should We Answer It?

BHoP#365 The Drift and the Future of Mormonism: Disaffiliations, Institutions, and Nationalisms

Brief#54 Dare to Go: A Brief History of Lutheran Missions

BHoP#364 Violent Frontier in Technicolor: "The Searchers" (1956) and American History

Brief#53 Wealth and Great Gifts with Honesty - Is It Possible?

BHoP#363 A Hope and A Future Part 2 - Contemporary Problems, Perennial Solutions

Brief#52 Ideology and the Basically Fine Country

BHoP#362 A Hope and a Future Part 1 - Generational Divides and Perennial Issues

Brief#51 Your Questions on Evangelism and the Ministry

BHoP#361 Dark Shadows: Hardboiled and Noir Fiction and Film

Brief#50 For the Future: The Law's Misuse and the Truth of the Gospel

Brief#49 For the Future: Bivocational Ministry and the Advance of the Gospel

Brief#48 Christian Nationalism and Gospel Proclamation

BHoP#360 Language and Doctrine and Practice

Brief#47 Evangelism and Babies: Why Not More of Both?

BHoP#359 The Prairie Today

Brief#46 Inside Baseball: A Church Built for Somebody Else

BHoP#358 Creation, Faith, and Science with Dr. Dylan Thompson

Brief#45 A Primary Allegiance to Christ - Part 2

BHoP#357 Pastoral Depression and the Salve of the Gospel

Brief#44 A Primary Allegiance to Christ - Part 1

BHoP#356 Three Questions about the Church and Its Future

Brief#43 How to Learn when You Never Learned Anything in School

Brief#42 Is the Pope Catholic? Political Commitments and Church Teachings

BHoP#354 The Pocket Constitution Gap

Brief#41 How Do I Help My Pastor Do His Job?

BHoP#353 Endo's Silence: Persecution, Apostasy, and the Silence of God

Brief#40 Comfortably Numb: Nihilism in Our Time

BHoP Classics - What is Zionism?

BHoP#352 Our Identity and God's Creation

BHoP#351 Theologies of War in the Middle East

BHoP#350 Luther's Doctrine of Creation and Defending Creation Today

BHoP#349 Thoughts on Giving to Missions, Pastoral Formation, and the Importance of Japan

Brief#39 Why Marriage Matters So Much

BHoP#348 Your Questions on Church Life and History - Governance, Seminex, Pastors Being Weird

Brief#38 Suspicion and Trust in the LCMS

BHoP#347 Time to Lean, Time to Clean: The Story of Ray Kroc and the Rise of McDonald's

Brief#37 Bushido: The Soul of Japan

BHoP#346 Baptism, Confessional Christianity, and Cultivating Character

Brief#36 Reviewing Memento with Jarryd Allison

BHoP#345 "Dirty Harry" and Vigilante America

Brief#35 Questions on whether Film Makes Us all Voyeurs and on whether Closed Communion is Too Scary

BHoP#344 Confessional Christianity and the Baptist Tradition: A Conversation with a Baptist Pastor and Professor

BHoP#343 Pastoral Formation - Part 3

BHoP#342 Elites Part 2 - To Be and Not to Seem

BHoP#341 Pastoral Formation - Part 2

BHoP#340 Evil Underneath - The Horror of "Lost Highway"

BHoP#339 Pastoral Formation - Part 1

BHoP#338 Minnesota Church Invasion, Holy Places, and Immigration

BHoP#337 Can We Have an Elite?

BHoP#336 The Transformation from Republic to Principate and Why It Matters

Brief#34 The Invasion of Panama

Brief#33 Overcoming Christian Nihilism

BHoP#335 A Brief Christmas Part 2 - The Heavenly Christmas Tree

BHoP#334 A Brief Christmas Part 1 - Thy Lowly Shrine

Brief#32 Preferable Pronouns

BHoP#333 Appalachistan Is Just a Meme

BHoP#332 Church Polity in Christ's Way

BHoP#331 Listener Questions on Inviting People to Church, Confronting Sin, and Ecumenism

BHoP#330 Lutheran Identity, Church History, and Discipleship

BHoP#329 Spiritual Discipline

BHoP Classics - Thanksgiving

Brief#31 How to Pray with Your Family

BHoP#328 Historical Revision and Why Japan Attacked

BHoP#327 Evangelism and Apologetics in the Book of Acts - Part 1

BHoP#326 Inside Mormonism - What the LDS Church Really Believes - Part 2

Brief#30 Just Say What the Bible Says

BHoP#325 Inside Mormonism - What the LDS Church Really Believes - Part 1

Brief#29 The Shape of Things to Come

BHoP#324 What to Look for in a Church

Brief#28 Out From the Thicket of Idols

BHoP#323 American Esoterica - High Strangeness and Its Influence

Brief#27 Disagreeing on Politics and Politics as a Godly Calling

BHoP#322 Questions About Modesty, The Liberal Arts, and Learning to Live as a Christian

BHoP#321 Why Not Be Secular?

BHoP#320 Qualifications for Elders and for Pastors

BHoP#319 What Does Secular Mean?

BHoP#318 Leftwing Violence and Its Consequences

BHoP#317 Is Being Secular Normal?

BHoP#316 Which Tradition? Passing On What Matters

BHoP#315 Reality is Not What You Think - Aliens, Demons, and Cryptids Part 2

Brief#26 Believe It or Not! The Story of Robert Ripley

Brief#25 Who Is Israel?

BHoP#314 Paradigms: Media, Politics, and Generational Divides

Brief#24 What Pastors Say

BHoP#313 Reality is Not What You Think - Aliens, Demons, and Cryptids Part 1

Brief#23 Religious Liberty and Pastoral Endorsements

BHoP#312 Gospel Preaching and Church Planting

Brief#22 Needful for the Church

BHoP#311 A Life Worth Living

BHoP#310 On the Road Again - Applying Scripture to Life, Expensive Hobbies, and Finding a Pastor

BHoP#309 A Noble Task – Pastoral Formation in the LCMS

BHoP July 2025 Show Update

BHoP#308 The Theology of the Book of Concord

BHoP#307 Bearing the Sword in the American Republic

BHoP#306 Kingfishing: Huey Long, Politics, and the Battle with Ideology

BHoP#305 Stockholm Syndrome Christianity with Dr John West

BHoP#304 Riots and Order

BHoP#303 An Introduction to the Book of Concord

Brief#21 What is Closed Communion? What is Open Communion?

Brief#20 Building Pastors' Efficiency and Capacity

Brief#19 On the Septuagint

BHoP#302 Gospel Proclamation and Evangelism

Brief#18 Books for Better Preaching

Brief#17 On Two Cryptids and Modern Folklore

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

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

BHoP#299 A Biblical Theology of Human Fertility

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

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

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

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

BHoP#295 Forgiveness and the Gospel

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

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

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

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

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

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

Brief#14 What Decimated the Lutheran Churches in America?

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

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

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

Brief#12 Cooperation among Christians

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

Brief#11 What Do LCMS Lutherans Really Believe?

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

BHoP#285 Turning the Hearts and Freedom of Speech

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

Brief#10 Why Change Translations

Brief#09 The Spirit of Anarchy

BHoP#283 The Two Kingdoms and Refugee Resettlement

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

Brief#08 Can a Christian be an Illegal Immigrant?

Brief#07 Social Media is a Thief

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

Brief#05 Apocalypse Now

Brief#04 Immigration, Sanctuary, and the Church

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

BHoP#280 Taking Stock and Growing Stronger

BHoP#279 Personal Firearms, Rights, and Privileges

BHoP#278 On Church Politics

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

Word Fitly Spoken #191 Christmas Fitly Kept

Brief#02 Paying Attention with Contentment

BHoP#277 Luther on Trade and Usury

Brief#01 What's Wrong with the Catholic Church

BHoP#276 Paradigms - The Company Store

BHoP#275 Perfection and Leadership

Word Fitly Spoken #190 A Word Fitly Thankgiving

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

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

BHoP#271 A Hook on the Handle: Folklore, Urban Legends, and the Power of the Spoken Word

BHoP#270 Ungoverned - The New DumbDom and What to Do About It

BHoP#269 I Fought the Law - Running Away from Regulation and the Birth of NASCAR

BHoP#268 Is the Reformation Over? - Fights Among Brothers in 1054 and 1517 and After

BHoP#267 Reconquista and Reformation

BHoP#266 Psychological Revolution Part 1 - Imagined to Be Safe

Word Fitly Spoken #189 Riding the Circuit - Lessons from the Prairie

BHoP Classics - Kid Prison Part 1

BHoP#265 Strangers Here: Evangelization of Non-Lutherans Part 3

BHoP#264 On Pagans, on Parents, and on Being Problematic.

BHoP#263 Strangers Here: Evangelization of Non-Lutherans Part 2

BHoP#262 UnAuthorized Fashion - High Hand Waving and Gate Keeping

BHoP#261 Strangers Here: Evangelization of Non-Lutherans Part 1

BHoP#260 Fear the Second Fire - The Freed Christian Project

Word Fitly Spoken #188 Henkel Mindset

BHoP#259 The Imposter Needs to Die

BHoP#258 Sabotage Self Induced and Otherwise

BHoP#257 Never Johnson – The Executive Society under 26 U.S. Code § 501(c)(3)

BHoP#256 What Matters in the End - The Importance of Walter A Maier

BHoP#255 Relevance and the Politics of Self Sabotage

BHoP#254 Classical Lutheran Homiletics

BHoP#253 Labor Movement Part 2 - Labor Wars

BHoP#252 Co-Option: Breaking Up the Bases

BHoP#251 Labor Movement Part 1 - Beginnings and Reasons

BHoP#250 Anarcho-Syndical-Compartmentalizations and Where to Find Them

BHoP#249 Law & Order

BHoP#248 Being TryHard

BHoP#247 Cable Cowboys - The Origins and Ubiquity of Cable TV

BHoP#246 Appalachanation - Joe Biden and the 1850s

BHoP#245 On Your Radio Dial - The Birth and Life of Talk Radio

BHoP#244 Dinos of Conservatism

BHoP#243 Feels and Cred - The Measure You Use

BHoP#242 Feels and Cred - Liberty, Fraternity, and Reagan

BHoP#241 Spiritual Discernment in the Small and Great

BHoP#240 Made Their Own Way

BHoP#239 On Academia and Appearances

BHoP#238 Exploring Hell and Evangelism Part 2

BHoP#267 Paradigms: The Transcontinental Railroad

BHoP#236 Exploring Hell and Evangelism Part 1

BHoP#235 Nighttime in America Part 3 - Paranoia Growing Into Theory, or Elvis Didn't Die

BHoP#234 Unscheduled Trust

BHoP#233 Nighttime in America Part 2 - Paranoia and Its Roots and Fruits

BHoP#232 Tone is not Truth

BHoP#231 Nighttime in America Part 1 - The Murder of Fr John Karastamatis

BHoP#230 Wisdom for the Lutheran Church Part 2

BHoP#229 Wisdom for the Lutheran Church Part 1

BHoP#228 Raised Not Operative

BHoP Classics - Death Comes (En Espanol)

BHoP#227 Cryptids, Cursed Lands, and Sharpening our Swords

BHoP#226 The Orders of Creation Part 2

BHoP#225 The Orders of Creation Part 1

BHoP#224 To Be Men, Not to Seem

BHoP#223 Sailing to Byzantium

BHoP#222 The Swarming of Past-Posers

BHoP#221 Seances and other Hoodoo - When America Talked to Ghosts

BHoP#220 Agree on X

BHoP Classics - The Slow Avalanche

BHoP#219 Bad Medicine - Consumed by Gluttony

BHoP#218 Unidentified Phenomena and Other Hobgoblins of Weird America

BHoP#217 Christianity and the Deceptions of the Future - The Work of Fr. Seraphim Rose

BHoP#216 Before the Apoc(Eclipse)

BHoP#215 Neurodivergent, London-Like, Arrested Masculinity

BHoP#214 2023 Freedom of Conscience and Religious Freedom Conference

BHoP#213 Ethnic Americanization - Stop Dreaming in Meme

BHoP#212 Ad Astra Part 4

BHoP#211 John Connor Lost

BHoP#210 UFOs, The Malevolent, and the Future

BHoP#209 Client Populi, And Like, Why We Should Care

BHoP#208 Secret History of Modern America - The Life and History of J. Edgar Hoover

BHoP#207 Unbelief and the Gnostic Armchair

BHoP#206 On Bible Texts, On Seders, On the Supper, On the Atom Bomb

BHoP#205 Vices, Vanities, and iMAGEiNATION

BHoP#204 Ad Astra Part 3

BHoP#203 Ideology in the Wild

BHoP#202 Question: On The Chosen, on Death and History, on Contraception, on Bohemian Grove and Sacrifice

BHoP Classics - Even in Delaware

BHoP Classics - The Justinian Option

BHoP#201 Xmillenialism

BHoP#200 Ad Astra Part 2 - American Workings

BHoP#199 Put an End to X

BHoP#198 Californiafication and What To Do About It

BHoP#197 Providences Past, Providences Future

BHoP#196 American Philippi

BHoP#195 Civil War - Committees of Correspondence

BHoP#194 Are We Winding Down? Learning Anything? Falling Apart?

BHoP#193 Civil War - In Theory

BHoP#192 Ad Astra Part 1 - Becoming More than Human

BHoP#191 There Are More of Us Than You

BHoP#190 The Everlasting Gospel Part 2 - How To

BHoP#189 Retain Your Own Attention

BHoP#188 The Everlasting Gospel Part 1 - The History of Evangelism in America

BHoP#187 The Wild West of Political Theology Part 3 - Even More Cheaply, from China

BHoP#186 Two Ages Mindset

BHoP#185 The Psycho Logos and the Stiff Ghost

BHoP#184 Cornucopia of Questions

BHoP#183 The Wild West of Political Theology Part II - Rule by Men, Rule by Law, and Javier’s Hair

BHoP#182 American Underground Part 5

BHoP#181 The Wild West of Political Theology Part I – The LCMS is #3 as #1 Acting like #2

BHoP#180 Secularism and the Martyrs Part 3

BHoP#179 Secularism and the Martyrs Part 2

BHoP#178 Secularism and the Martyrs Part 1

BHoP#177 The Long Train of Q.A. L.A.R.P.ing

BHoP#176 American Underground Part 4

BHoP#175 Solve for Elon - Freedom is Capacity to Fail

BHoP#174 What is Dispensationalism?

BHoP#173 American Retail Religion - Old Fashioned Hippies and Jesus People Reformation

BHoP#172 American Underground Part 3

BHoP#171 What is Zionism?

BHoP#170 American Underground Part 2

BHoP#169 Sucked Through Affect

BHoP#168 Cities of the Mountains and Plains

BHoP#167 Pufendorf’s Uncertainty Index

BHoP#166 American Underground Part 1

BHoP#165 Outsourcing Formula 1 - AI and Original Sin

BHoP#164 Border Wars Part 6

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

BHoP#162 Border Wars Part 5

BHoP#161 The Exit from History Part 1 - From Mainline to Mainstream

BHoP#159 Border Wars Part 4

BHoP#160 X+Y

BHoP#158 Border Wars Part 3

BHoP#157 Border Wars Part 2

BHoP#156 Border Wars Part 1

BHoP#155 The New Pioneers

BHoP#154 2023 Men’s Gathering Opening Session

BHoP#153 Not Fleeing to the Mountains

BHoP#152 A Sincere Faith

BHoP#151 Rule by Electric Desk

BHoP#150 Species that Require Fire

BHoP#149 Myth of America Part 5 - Go Home Young Man

BHoP#148 The Prestige of Mattering

BHoP#147 The Myth of America Part 4 - New Amsterdam Turned New York

BHoP#146 Neologistic Parabiotics

BHoP#145 Unity is Normal

BHoP#144 A Jew Inwardly

BHoP#143 Psalm 46 and the Future of the Church

BHoP#142 The Legend of Donatism and Other Savory Tales for Winsome Lads

BHoP#141 2023 Men’s Gathering Final Session

BHoP#140 Channeling Old Demons

BHoP#139 Best. Force. Ever.

BHoP#138 A Most Pleasant Ingredient

BHoP#137 Home Grown Horrors

BHoP#136 Railroad Economics 101

BHoP#135 The Myth of America Part 3 - From Forgotten Places

BHoP#134 The Myth of America Part 2 - Revenge of Boshor

BHoP#133 The Myth of America Part 1 - In the Arena

BHoP#132 Your Own Ruins

BHoP#131 The World City

BHoP#130 Searching for the Silver Bucket

BHoP#129 The Carefree Spirit

BHoP#128 Gay Yankees

BHoP#127 Population is Power

BHoP#126 Comma, God Willing

BHoP#125 Doesn’t Belong

BHoP#124 Pretense of Clarity

BHoP#123 Sins of the Amorites

BHoP#122 Strength without Alloy

BHoP#121 Our Heritage of God’s Gifts

BHoP#120 Long Descent

BHOP#119 Hollow Right

Thanksgiving Special - A Plea for America

BHOP#118 Red Scare - Part 1

BHoP#117 Duplicity is Necessary

BHoP#116 Paper Eagle

BHoP#115 Knights of Dogfighting

BHoP#114 Better Managed Demons

BHoP#113 A Disfunction of Energy

BHoP#112 Reason is a Petty God

BHoP#111 Drilled to Be

BHoP#110 Almost Fascist

BHoP#109 Perennial Complexity