The Blue Collar Scholar podcast
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The Blue Collar Scholar is a podcast of the history lectures, theology lectures, sermons, Bible studies, & miscellany of Will Reitz, an ordained Baptist pastor & a part-time professor. Check it out at https://open.spotify.com/show/6ikE1PX85ImzTg02c3E1d4
New year, new semester! Time for our Spring 2026 classes: World War II, and Comparing World Religions. Comparing World Religions episode coming soon. Enjoy this WWII lecture on World War I. the-blue-collar-scholar.simplecast.com/episodes/wwi...
WWII, episode 1: World War I | The Blue Collar Scholar
The Spring 2026 Lifetime Learning classes kick off with our World War II class. This episode analyzes World War I with special emphasis on how the Great War influenced World War II.
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January 25, 2026 at 1:15 AM
New year, new semester! Time for our Spring 2026 classes: World War II, and Comparing World Religions. Comparing World Religions episode coming soon. Enjoy this WWII lecture on World War I. the-blue-collar-scholar.simplecast.com/episodes/wwi...
Merry Christmas! Here is a Christmas sermon to listen to on your way to that family get-together. the-blue-collar-scholar.simplecast.com/episodes/ser...
Sermon: In the Fullness of Time (Galatians 4:1-7) | The Blue Collar Scholar
Merry Christmas!!! You probably haven't heard a Christmas sermon from Galatians before. But in Galatians 4, the Apostle Paul -- who almost never talks about specific moments in Jesus' life -- talks ab...
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December 25, 2025 at 1:26 PM
Merry Christmas! Here is a Christmas sermon to listen to on your way to that family get-together. the-blue-collar-scholar.simplecast.com/episodes/ser...
A 7-part sermon series on the topic of the local church is now available to download in its entirety. the-blue-collar-scholar.simplecast.com/episodes/ser...
Sermon - The Church, part 1: Mission | The Blue Collar Scholar
This episode starts a new series that examines what the Bible says about the local church. This episode digs into the outward focus of a church: mission. This includes but is not limited to internatio...
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December 17, 2025 at 2:53 PM
A 7-part sermon series on the topic of the local church is now available to download in its entirety. the-blue-collar-scholar.simplecast.com/episodes/ser...
For the first time since I started podcasting, every known recording of any sermon, Bible study, or history lecture I’ve ever done is now available on the Blue Collar Scholar Podcast feed. Everything from here on will be current. the-blue-collar-scholar.simplecast.com/episodes/ser...
Sermon - The Church: Mission | The Blue Collar Scholar
This episode starts a new series that examines what the Bible says about the local church. This episode digs into the outward focus of a church: mission. This includes but is not limited to internatio...
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November 4, 2025 at 7:57 PM
For the first time since I started podcasting, every known recording of any sermon, Bible study, or history lecture I’ve ever done is now available on the Blue Collar Scholar Podcast feed. Everything from here on will be current. the-blue-collar-scholar.simplecast.com/episodes/ser...
All 25 episodes of the theology & apologetics series “Ambassador Academy” are available on your preferred podcast distributor. And with that, my entire archive of sermons (& such) are on the podcast feed. Everything from here on will be current. the-blue-collar-scholar.simplecast.com/episodes/amb...
Ambassador Academy, episode 15: Personal Testimony (with an emphasis on apologetics) | The Blue Collar Scholar
After the New Year 2018, our Ambassador Academy class switched from a heavy emphasis on theology to a heavy emphasis on apologetics. (Note: a rough definition of "apologetics" is the intellectual defe...
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October 28, 2025 at 1:49 PM
All 25 episodes of the theology & apologetics series “Ambassador Academy” are available on your preferred podcast distributor. And with that, my entire archive of sermons (& such) are on the podcast feed. Everything from here on will be current. the-blue-collar-scholar.simplecast.com/episodes/amb...
I made these handouts for some senior citizens who wanted access to the podcast, and I thought you all might find it helpful.
October 16, 2025 at 1:51 AM
I made these handouts for some senior citizens who wanted access to the podcast, and I thought you all might find it helpful.
Our first podcast series was a 17-part history lecture series on the American Civil War. the-blue-collar-scholar.simplecast.com/episodes/the...
The American Civil War, Episode 17: The Legacy of the American Civil War & its Lingering Controversies | The Blue Collar Scholar
The Civil War changed the United States of America. Just how the war changed our country is explored in this episode of the podcast. We will also take on many controversies related to the Civil War, l...
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September 30, 2025 at 5:31 PM
Our first podcast series was a 17-part history lecture series on the American Civil War. the-blue-collar-scholar.simplecast.com/episodes/the...
This is a 4-part sermon series called "The Hurt & the Healer," inspired by the Mercy Me song of the same title. This series seeks to provide hope to those who are hurting. the-blue-collar-scholar.simplecast.com/episodes/ser...
Sermon: The Hurt & the Healer, part 1: At Your Crossroads (6-3-2012) | The Blue Collar Scholar
This is the first sermon in a series called "The Hurt & the Healer." This series was inspired by the Mercy Me song of the same title. This series seeks to provide hope to those who are hurting. The th...
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September 28, 2025 at 6:15 PM
This is a 4-part sermon series called "The Hurt & the Healer," inspired by the Mercy Me song of the same title. This series seeks to provide hope to those who are hurting. the-blue-collar-scholar.simplecast.com/episodes/ser...
The Blue Collar Scholar is not only a theology podcast, it is also a history podcast. In the Spring, we had a 14-part series on the 1960s. the-blue-collar-scholar.simplecast.com/episodes/the...
The 1960s, Episode 1: The Cold War | The Blue Collar Scholar
The Spring 2025 class is about the tumultuous decade of the 1960s. In order to understand most of the major events and themes of the 1960s, it is necessary to recognize the Cold War, and how it touche...
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September 27, 2025 at 2:45 AM
The Blue Collar Scholar is not only a theology podcast, it is also a history podcast. In the Spring, we had a 14-part series on the 1960s. the-blue-collar-scholar.simplecast.com/episodes/the...
Today’s episode of the pod was cut off short. If you downloaded it already, delete the download and redownload. The full episode is now available. the-blue-collar-scholar.simplecast.com/episodes/amb...
Ambassador Academy, episode 3: General Revelation | The Blue Collar Scholar
Epistemology - or, how we know things - is important. We humans know things through logic, reason, observation, empirical research, etc. One way to know things is through revelation. So, for instance,...
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September 23, 2025 at 4:54 AM
Today’s episode of the pod was cut off short. If you downloaded it already, delete the download and redownload. The full episode is now available. the-blue-collar-scholar.simplecast.com/episodes/amb...
For the next several weeks, the Blue Collar Scholar podcast will bring a 25-part theology and apologetics series from 2017 that I called the “Ambassador Academy” based on 2 Corinthians 5:20 calling Christians God’s ambassadors. the-blue-collar-scholar.simplecast.com/episodes/amb...
Ambassador Academy, episode 1: Introduction to Theology | The Blue Collar Scholar
In the Fall of 2017 & Spring of 2018, Fellowship Baptist Church of Neosho, Missouri, and its then-pastor Buddy Funk entrusted to me the Sunday nigh worship service, an honor that I still cherish almos...
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September 22, 2025 at 1:02 AM
For the next several weeks, the Blue Collar Scholar podcast will bring a 25-part theology and apologetics series from 2017 that I called the “Ambassador Academy” based on 2 Corinthians 5:20 calling Christians God’s ambassadors. the-blue-collar-scholar.simplecast.com/episodes/amb...
Will got started in the podcast game four and a half years ago on the atheist podcast Analyzed (available on your preferred podcast distributor) as a conservative/moderate evangelical voice on the panel. All 5 of Will’s episodes available here: the-blue-collar-scholar.simplecast.com/episodes/pan...
Panel Discussion on Sex and Relationships on the Analyzed podcast (2-16-2021) | The Blue Collar Scholar
This is my very first podcast of all time, back in 2021 when I was invited onto an atheist podcast to discuss sex and relationships. The podcast is known as "Analyzed" and can be found in your podcast...
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September 20, 2025 at 1:03 AM
Will got started in the podcast game four and a half years ago on the atheist podcast Analyzed (available on your preferred podcast distributor) as a conservative/moderate evangelical voice on the panel. All 5 of Will’s episodes available here: the-blue-collar-scholar.simplecast.com/episodes/pan...
Check out a crossover episode with Trying to Like It podcast out of Southwest Missouri. Trying to Like It is a pop culture podcast and is available at your preferred podcast distributor. open.spotify.com/episode/4CoF...
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September 16, 2025 at 10:37 PM
Check out a crossover episode with Trying to Like It podcast out of Southwest Missouri. Trying to Like It is a pop culture podcast and is available at your preferred podcast distributor. open.spotify.com/episode/4CoF...