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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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00:28:02

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

The Blue Collar Scholar ·

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)

The Blue Collar Scholar ·

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)

The Blue Collar Scholar ·

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)

The Blue Collar Scholar ·

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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01:36:22

My Interview on the "Big Hill Small Talk" Podcast...

The Blue Collar Scholar ·

2025/06/24

I was asked to join the Big Hill Small Talk podcast to discuss my moderate politics. This is my interview with my friend and former coworker Ike Reitemeier. For more from this Southeast Kansas podcast, look for "Big Hill Small Talk" in your preferred podcast distributor.

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00:23:12

Closing Encouragements (Personal Spiritual...

The Blue Collar Scholar ·

2025/06/23

Our long series on personal spiritual disciplines has finally come to a close. In this conclusion, I offer encouragement to busy people to try not to master everything all at once. Rather, you should prioritize prayer and Bible reading, and you should take the time necessary to build these disciplines, giving yourself grace and forgiveness but also pushing yourself to excellence. Good luck, and may your faith grow! Note: This teaching was recorded on 11-28-2021.

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00:31:56

Learning a Broad Array of Things (Personal Spiritual...

The Blue Collar Scholar ·

2025/06/22

Learning is like a muscle; the more you do it, the easier learning becomes, and the stronger/smarter you become. I believe that a strong and nimble mind is better able to love the Lord with all one's mind, and a broad range of knowledge can enrich one's spiritual life. Furthermore, knowledge of things like history, philosophy, and science can strengthen one's ability to interpret Scripture. Note: This teaching was recorded on 11-21-2021.

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00:24:29

Learning as a Spiritual Discipline (Personal...

The Blue Collar Scholar ·

2025/06/21

Too often, Christians treat "learning" as something that scholars do. Average everyday Christians don't need to read, or study, or learn, or grow. That is patently incorrect. Each and every Christian is tasked with loving the Lord with all your soul, heart, strength, and MIND. But, you don't have to outpace scholars and pastors. No, success is when YOU learn more than YOU previously knew. And learning is a broad category: learning more Scripture, theology, hymns, church history, or literally any

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00:28:44

Journaling (Personal Spiritual Disciplines Series)

The Blue Collar Scholar ·

2025/06/20

Of all the personal spiritual disciplines mentioned in this series, the discipline of keeping a journal is the least persuasive. The Bible does not command you to journal. However, there are many advantages of journaling, and this episode digs into those arguments in favor of journaling as a personal spiritual discipline. Note: This teaching was recorded on 11-7-2024.

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00:26:19

Silence & Solitude (Personal Spiritual Disciplines...

The Blue Collar Scholar ·

2025/06/19

There are many adjectives that can be used to describe what it is like to be an American, or an American Christian. One of those adjectives: loud. Our lives, schedules, workplaces, activities, families, and even worship fellowships can be quite noisy and stressful. But if we are to emulate Christ, then we need to value the occasional silent retreat, to escape the crowds and the noise and the stress. It is in these times that we can strengthen our relationship with God and find peace. Note: This

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00:33:41

Fasting (Personal Spiritual Disciplines Series)

The Blue Collar Scholar ·

2025/06/18

When Jesus talks about fasting, He says, "When you fast..." The assumption is that you will fast. But of the spiritual disciplines, this is perhaps the least utilized one in Christian circles. And Scripture does help us to understand fasting. To the best of my knowledge, there is no passage that teaches exactly what fasting does, exactly how it works, and exactly how it affects our spiritual lives. However, it is possible to discern these things (more or less) by extrapolating from stories and

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00:34:16

Stewardship of Your Resources (Personal Spiritual...

The Blue Collar Scholar ·

2025/06/17

This is not the televangelist fundraising seminar. I purposely avoided speaking of the grave need that you fork over your money for this or that ministry fund drive. Instead, this lesson attempts to explain the personal spiritual advantages that the giver receives. Note: This teaching was recorded on 10-17-2021.

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00:31:20

Stewardship of Your Time, part 2 (Personal Spiritual...

The Blue Collar Scholar ·

2025/06/16

Every single one of the personal spiritual disciplines that we have covered in this series require time, and that means that you have to discipline yourself to manage your time well. This means setting good priorities, choosing the best options while letting merely good options go to the wayside, multitasking when possible, and scheduling your life in a way that allows you to be flexible and productive. Note: This teaching was recorded on 10-10-2021.

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00:28:12

Stewardship of Your Time, part 1: Avoiding "Time...

The Blue Collar Scholar ·

2025/06/15

What are the things in life that waste away your time? These things are like time vampires that destroy the extremely limited resource you have. Often, we can't just cut these things off cold turkey. Our families, jobs, education, and even church can be things that take away your time, and must be managed. Other things, like entertainment and video games, can still be enjoyed, but our relationship with these things must be radically adjusted so they are no longer time vampires. Note: This teaching

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00:29:38

Service (Personal Spiritual Disciplines Series)

The Blue Collar Scholar ·

2025/06/14

The Holy Spirit grants spiritual gifts, and your Creator has given you certain skills, and you have refined and honed certain talents. You can use those gifts, skills, and talents to the Glory of God, and in direct service of the Kingdom of God. I would encourage you to do so. Note: This teaching was recorded on 9-26-2021.

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00:30:25

Evangelism Strategy (Personal Spiritual Disciplines...

The Blue Collar Scholar ·

2025/06/13

This episode will be controversial amongst those excellent Christians who have the courage and the time to go out "soul winning" door-to-door or in a marketplace or something. But for most of us Christians, the idea of engaging in such stressful, time-consuming, and very unproductive evangelism turns us off from evangelism all together. But there is a better way. Find a small group of individuals to truly invest in. Love them, teach them, disciple them, and prepare them to go out and do the same

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00:25:04

Evangelism (Personal Spiritual Disciplines Series)

The Blue Collar Scholar ·

2025/06/12

Evangelism is not a popular subject in Christian circles. We envision dutifully sharing the message - that Jesus died to free one from sin, death, and hell - to people who do not want to listen. And yet Christian leaders who strongly preach evangelism create a search-&-rescue mentality about evangelism that quickly leads to frustration and burnout and then makes us feel guilty for not evangelizing more. Instead, I want to cast a vision of evangelism that is designed to recruit worshipers who know

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00:29:06

Private Worship (Personal Spiritual Disciplines Series)

The Blue Collar Scholar ·

2025/06/11

Worship of the Lord does not require a church building, ... and it doesn't even require a church, a la "where 2 or more are gathered in His Name." Worship of God can be done in private, or in a family. And when done in this way, worship is maximally flexible, and allows for a great amount of creativity in worship. Note: This teaching was recorded on September 5, 2021.

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00:28:42

Worship (Personal Spiritual Disciplines Series)

The Blue Collar Scholar ·

2025/06/10

Worship is a spiritual discipline. It certainly takes attendance. We must worship in community. But it takes more than attendance. Worship is not an event to attend. It is a verb, something that you do, and its focus is God. Note: This teaching was recorded on 8-29-2021, and the recording skips a beat every so often.

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00:26:40

Prayer Walking (Personal Spiritual Disciplines Series)

The Blue Collar Scholar ·

2025/06/09

Prayer Walking is a fantastic activity to jump start your prayers while connecting your prayer life to your community, workplace, or school. One could also "prayer walk" through a news website in order to pray for our community, state, nation, and world with specificity. Note: This teaching was recorded on 8-8-2021, and there are several places where the recording cuts out for a second or two.

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