The Blue Collar Scholar
This podcast will cover the topics covered by the history lectures, sermons, and Bible/theology studies of Will Reitz.
- Update frequency
- every day
- Average duration
- 55 minutes
- Episodes
- 269
- Years Active
- 2022 - 2025
Sermon - One Loving Message: Evangelism Jesus' Way (4-3-2005)
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 fo…
00:49:56 |
Sun 29 Jun 2025
Sermon: Love the Lord with All Your Mind (09-26-2004)
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 d…
00:28:02 |
Sat 28 Jun 2025
Sermon: Making Faith Practical (1-25-2004)
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 meaningfu…
00:23:56 |
Fri 27 Jun 2025
Sermon: "The Road" (6-2-2002)
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…
00:24:06 |
Thu 26 Jun 2025
Sermon: Prayer (08-05-2001)
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 y…
00:29:45 |
Wed 25 Jun 2025
My Interview on the "Big Hill Small Talk" Podcast Regarding Moderate Politics (and other topics)
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 podcas…
01:36:22 |
Tue 24 Jun 2025
Closing Encouragements (Personal Spiritual Disciplines Series Conclusion)
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…
00:23:12 |
Mon 23 Jun 2025
Learning a Broad Array of Things (Personal Spiritual Disciplines Series)
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…
00:31:56 |
Sun 22 Jun 2025
Learning as a Spiritual Discipline (Personal Spiritual Disciplines Series)
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…
00:24:29 |
Sat 21 Jun 2025
Journaling (Personal Spiritual Disciplines Series)
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 adv…
00:28:44 |
Fri 20 Jun 2025
Silence & Solitude (Personal Spiritual Disciplines Series)
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, famili…
00:26:19 |
Thu 19 Jun 2025
Fasting (Personal Spiritual Disciplines Series)
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 Sc…
00:33:41 |
Wed 18 Jun 2025
Stewardship of Your Resources (Personal Spiritual Disciplines Series)
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 …
00:34:16 |
Tue 17 Jun 2025
Stewardship of Your Time, part 2 (Personal Spiritual Disciplines Series)
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 setti…
00:31:20 |
Mon 16 Jun 2025
Stewardship of Your Time, part 1: Avoiding "Time Vampires" (Personal Spiritual Disciplines Series)
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.…
00:28:12 |
Sun 15 Jun 2025
Service (Personal Spiritual Disciplines Series)
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…
00:29:38 |
Sat 14 Jun 2025
Evangelism Strategy (Personal Spiritual Disciplines Series)
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 Chri…
00:30:25 |
Fri 13 Jun 2025
Evangelism (Personal Spiritual Disciplines Series)
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 …
00:25:04 |
Thu 12 Jun 2025
Private Worship (Personal Spiritual Disciplines Series)
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 famil…
00:29:06 |
Wed 11 Jun 2025
Worship (Personal Spiritual Disciplines Series)
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 …
00:28:42 |
Tue 10 Jun 2025
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