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The Blue Collar Scholar

This podcast will cover the topics covered by the history lectures, sermons, and Bible/theology studies of Will Reitz.

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00:35:52

Sermon: The Doctrine of the Word (8-1-2010)

The Blue Collar Scholar ·

2025/07/23

This sermon uses several themes that have been in other messages that were given to different churches; themes that have been prevalent in recent episodes of this podcast. In this episode, Satan's temptation of Christ in Matthew 4 serves as the central text for the sermon, which leads into a discussion about the four key characteristics of Scripture: Authority, Clarity, Necessity, and Sufficiency.

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00:36:34

Sermon: Lessons from the Life of Paul (9-27-2009)

The Blue Collar Scholar ·

2025/07/22

This sermon was the introductory sermon to an entire series on the Apostle Paul and his writings. I only preached the introductory message, not the entire series. In this sermon, I draw six lessons from the life of the Apostle Paul: (1) The health & wealth Gospel is false. (2) Exercise reckless boldness for Christ. (3) Make decisions, but be open to God changing the plan. (4) Check all spiritual teachings against Scripture. (5) Deflect unearned praise. (6) Even spiritual giants can make

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00:49:37

Sermon: The Doctrine of the Bible (August 2, 2009)

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2025/07/21

I was a guest speaker at my church (CornerStone Community Church in Haslett, Michigan) on August 2, 2009, during my three year sojourn in the great state in the north where people point to the palm of their hand to show where they're from. This is a rather lengthy teaching on the importance of Scripture. I laid out 6 characteristics of Scripture: purity, authority, clarity, necessity, sufficiency, and inerrancy.

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01:11:47

Sermon: See the Sword, Sound the Trumpet (2008-03-04)

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2025/07/14

This is the first message in a Spring Break conference we had at the Michigan State University/Lansing Community College Christian Challenge campus ministry in March 2008. The theme of this message is evangelism, and as such, you will recognize much of this teaching. I used most of this content in other sermons in other churches, some of which were recorded and are available on this podcast. Please forgive the audio quality, as it is ripped off of a cassette tape.

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00:36:36

Sermon: Joy & Life (Spring 2007)

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2025/07/10

This is the final sermon that I preached in my Expository Preaching course for Midwestern Baptist Theological Seminary in the Spring of 2007. In this episode, I dissect the doxology at the end of Psalm 16 to determine that a balance, complete life devoted to God results in Joy & in Life.

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00:37:17

Sermon: Four Healthy Relationships We Must Maintain...

The Blue Collar Scholar ·

2025/07/09

Psalm 16 is not about maintaining healthy relationships. However, in order for the teaching of Psalm 16 to be true, it is assumed that a person has maintained a healthy relationship to God, to fellow saints, to the lost, and to one's self. So this episode digs into those 4 relationships.

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00:35:46

Sermon: A Life of Righteousness (Spring 2007)

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2025/07/08

Psalm 15 preaches itself. It is basically a list of things that a righteousness man does to be righteous. This sermon was prepared for and preached in my Expository Preaching class at Midwestern Baptist Theological Seminary in Spring 2007.

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00:35:56

Sermon: Three Characteristics of Man That...

The Blue Collar Scholar ·

2025/07/07

This is the first sermon in a 4-part series that I did for my Expository Preaching class at Midwestern Baptist Theological Seminary in the Spring of 2007. All 4 sermons will come from the Book of Psalms, and the texts chosen for these messages are in order. Today's text is the 14th Psalm.

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00:38:28

Sermon: Wisdom & Prayer (2007-02-04)

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2025/07/06

This episode examines the promise in James 1:5-8 that God will grant wisdom to those who ask.

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00:38:45

Sermon: The Joy of Trials & Suffering (1-28-2007)

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2025/07/05

It is difficult to find joy in trials and suffering. The Apostle James knew it was difficult when he commanded us to to so in James 1:1-4. Nevertheless, while happiness is dependent on circumstances, joy does not have to be. We can find joy despite hardships. But in this sermon we will ponder 5 reasons why the trials and suffering themselves could be the source of joy.

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00:33:57

Sermon: Herod the Great Rejector of God (5-21-2006)

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2025/07/04

Herod "the Great" is one of the most memorable villains in the Bible. When we analyze his behavior in Matthew chapter 2, we can draw some lessons on what NOT to do.

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00:36:51

Sermon: Jesus Christ, Son of Judah, King of Kings...

The Blue Collar Scholar ·

2025/07/03

Some of the more challenging passages of Scripture to preach or teach are genealogies. It is not easy to draw life lessons from lists of names. However, the way the Apostle Matthew arranges the genealogy of Jesus shows us several things. Firstly, it establishes the identity of Jesus, emphasizing his royal credentials. Secondly, Matthew has an absurdly balanced genealogy, but he abandons his symmetry in order to include a few brothers and mothers into a genealogy that often only includes fathers and

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00:35:54

Sermon - Soldiers of the LORD: Our Sword, Our Field...

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2025/07/02

This is the conclusion of the Soldiers of the LORD series preached at Bosworth Baptist Church in 2006. This is all about the importance of Scripture in the life of a Christian.

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00:35:01

Sermon - Soldiers of the LORD: The Tools of the...

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2025/07/01

This, the second message in the Soldiers of the LORD series, digs into the classic "Armor of God" passage in Ephesians 6:10-20.

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00:27:44

Sermon - Soldiers of the LORD: True Recruitment &...

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2025/06/30

In my final year of seminary, I got my first professional pastorate. I was the part-time, interim, bi-vocational pastor of Bosworth Baptist Church in Bosworth, Missouri. I did not record all of the sermons from that time, but I did record a 3-part series called "Soldiers of the LORD," which I present to you here. This first episode deals with evangelism, and is very similar to podcast episodes from the past few days, as I used many of the same themes, examples, and illustrations in other sermons

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00:49:56

Sermon - One Loving Message: Evangelism Jesus' Way...

The Blue Collar Scholar ·

2025/06/29

This is an interesting trip down memory lane. I am not a King James Only advocate, but I was invited to preach at a KJV-only church in my hometown. I did this a few times while they were searching for a pastor, but this appears to be the only available recording from those sermons. This was the most conservative audience I ever preached to, and this time in my life (last few years of seminary) were the times of my life where I was the most conservative, both religiously and politically. This sermon

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00:28:02

Sermon: Love the Lord with All Your Mind (09-26-2004)

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2025/06/28

CORRECTION: In this message, 23-year-old me miscalculated the approximate date of writing for 1 Corinthians and the Synoptic Gospels. ... This sermon was from over 20 years ago, and I tried to boil down all of Christian apologetics into a 25 minute sermon. There are certainly some things I would do differently if I gave this sermon today, but this was not a half bad attempt at introducing apologetics (or, the intellectual defense of the faith) by a young man in his first year of seminary.

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00:23:56

Sermon: Making Faith Practical (from Spring 2004)

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2025/06/27

Here's another throwback sermon from the last semester of college, just before going to seminary. In this message I give some basic advice for how to put a faith life into practice, setting meaningful and achievable goals. This podcast episode begins with a children's time message about how the New Testament does not look down upon someone just because they are young. Since this is audio ripped from a VHS, the audio quality is quite poor.

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00:24:06

Sermon: "The Road" (June 2002)

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2025/06/26

We are jumping back into the Way-Back Machine again to a sermon from June 2002. In this message, I give a quite direct and undiluted Gospel presentation, loaded with New Testament Bible verses mostly from the Book of Romans (The "Romans Road") designed to lead others to accept Jesus Christ as personal Lord & Savior. This recording begins with a children's time message where I use a tortured analogy, comparing the usefulness of a walking stick with the usefulness of the Bible. Sigh. Oh, and the sound

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00:29:45

Sermon: Prayer (08-05-2001)

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2025/06/25

This is what I believe the be the earliest recording of any sermon that I have given, and I reckon that this was my third sermon. This sermon was preached on the day before my 20th birthday, and if you notice the date of the sermon (5 August 2001), this even pre-dates 9/11. I warn you that the audio quality is extremely poor, as it was ripped off of a VHS tape.

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