The Blue Collar Scholar

The Blue Collar Scholar

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The Blue Collar Scholar episodes

  • Church-in-Quarantine, Episode 12: The Antichrist
    The figure that evangelical Christians know as "the Antichrist" is an archetypal figure that informs many of the great villains in fiction, especially Nicolae Carpathia in the Left Behind novels. However, the Book of Revelation does not even refer to this person as the Antichrist, preferring to refer to him as "the Beast." In this episode, we will take a brief look at what the Bible says about this person, and consider whether this is a person who has already come in history or who is still yet to come.
    44 min
  • Church-in-Quarantine, Episode 11: The Tribulation
    After discussing various interpretations of the End Times, this series will continue in a basic premillennial understanding of eschatology. The central event - or series of events - to this interpretation of the End Times is the Tribulation, a 7 year period of hardship and judgement on the Earth that precedes the physical return of Christ. Just a reminder to hold your End Times theology loosely. We are living before these events and so there is an incredibly wide range of acceptable, orthodox positions one can hold.
    This episode opens with a tribute to Ravi Zacharias, who had recently died in late Spring 2020. This means that I had to add an addendum to my tribute, as much of the legacy of Ravi has been tarnished by revelations of his sexual predatory behavior.
    49 min
  • Church-in-Quarantine, Episode 10: The Rapture
    The Rapture is almost certainly the least-agreed-upon topic in eschatology (the study of the End Times). Men and women who are dedicated to studying Scripture and are careful to let the Scriptures dictate doctrine (and not the other way around) will disagree vehemently about the Rapture. So, in this episode, we will look into the Scriptures that premillennial dispensationalists use to form the doctrine of the secret, pre-Tribulation Rapture. ... Don't worry, we will define our terms.
    43 min
  • Church-in-Quarantine, Episode 9: The Four Schools of Eschatology
    This episode opens with a nice little time capsule: a discussion about when and how to reopen after quarantine in 2020, a process that ended up happening three times as we had to thrice go into quarantine during surges of Covid. The main thrust of this episode is a frank discussion of the 4 different "schools" or interpretations of eschatology (i.e., the study of the End Times). Those interpretations are Premillennialism (both historic premillennialism & premillennial dispensationalism), Postmillennialism, Amillennialism, & Preterism.
    37 min
  • Church-in-Quarantine, Episode 8: Major Themes of the End Times
    After the completion of our church's Church History series, we began a series on the End Times. This episode of the podcast is the introductory lecture of that series. There are major themes that Revelation, the prophetic books of the Old Testament, and other New Testament books teach us. These themes are important to establish before one digs in to deeper the details of eschatology.
    44 min
  • Church-in-Quarantine, Episode 7: The Importance of Scripture
    2 Kings 22 is one of the more subtly shocking chapters in Scripture. In it, the high priest *FINDS* the Book of the Law in some chamber of the Temple as they are engaged in renovations. The implication is the Israel and Judah went generations when even the priests did not not read Scripture, and seemingly, they weren't even aware that they were missing it. Their religious system went on for generations without studying the Word of God. This sermon applies that cautionary tales to our lives. Let no one who calls themselves Christian fail to constantly reinvest the actual Words of Scripture into our minds.
    49 min
  • Sermon: Freedom of the Believer (June 9, 2024)
    If the faithful Christian life for you is an impossibly long checklist of things you have to do (or things you must not do) and that list is mostly things that are not dictated by Scripture, then do I have good news for you! In Christ, the believer has liberty. In this lesson, we examine Freedom of the Believer. (1) Freedom of the Believer is not there to give you free reign to sin. (2) Freedom of the Believer exists to free you to honor God without having to worry about everyone else’s standards. And (3) be careful how you use this freedom.
    25 min
  • Debunking Conspiracy Theories

    In this episode a take a crack at 10 conspiracy theories.  

     

    Here is the list that I use. Link: https://gemini.google.com/share/eb9af94fd1f5?fbclid=IwZXh0bgNhZW0CMTAAAR3uGG6FCaMsdeCUFkOj26Ky2MPegW7IPE5vW5nRcyg95hDAA4OOpIaRylQ_aem_AdPi1pqPdikY-b5wE1XlaFZCv7JiSMuErAq42zIYIUWoftlIA9SRqQ_vULuVO02-0UIF3VAxYjhpx6R9NFhLOz_0  

     

    This episode is a direct rebuttal of the Trying to Like It podcast, episode 109. Link: https://im-trying-to-like-it.simplecast.com/episodes/conspiracy-theories-we-sorta-believe  

     

    Here is a great rebuttal of the Moon Landing Hoax Conspiracy, via Adam Ruins Everything. Link: https://www.google.com/search?q=Moon+Landing+hoax+debunked+adam+&sca_esv=7008f87381b9388d&sca_upv=1&biw=1848&bih=892&tbm=vid&sxsrf=ADLYWIKW2_pUZof649NT2iMNmckS7OM6TQ%3A1717536782115&ei=DohfZq-qBrrLp84P0fTB6Q4&ved=0ahUKEwiv6aSO88KGAxW65ckDHVF6MO0Q4dUDCA0&uact=5&oq=Moon+Landing+hoax+debunked+adam+&gs_lp=Eg1nd3Mtd2l6LXZpZGVvIiBNb29uIExhbmRpbmcgaG9heCBkZWJ1bmtlZCBhZGFtIEjJHlD3CFijF3AAeACQAQCYAXagAdUFqgEDMi41uAEDyAEA-AEBmAIAoAIAmAMAiAYBkgcAoAeDBA&sclient=gws-wiz-video#fpstate=ive&vld=cid:2fc35430,vid:dWBYAxhH3u4,st:0  

     

    Here is a link to a great book debunking JFK conspiracy theories, Case Closed, by Gerald Posner. Link: https://www.audible.com/pd/Case-Closed-Audiobook/B00UUHZ526  

     

    Here is a Wikipedia link about the fascinating Phoebus Cartel. Link: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Phoebus_cartel

    1 hr 16 min
  • 100th Episode Special: Interview with Dr. Robin Reitz, D.N.P.
    My parents have been an extraordinary blessing to me. Growing up in a healthy, loving, nuclear & unbroken family is a treasure not everyone gets to enjoy. My parents are persons of high character who passed on great lessons. My father taught me the value of hard work, and my mother taught me the value of studying hard, even when the task to difficult-to-impossible. She is the original Blue Collar Scholar. So, for our 100th episode, enjoy this interview with my mother, Vanderbilt graduate Dr. Robin Reitz, Doctor of Nursing Practice.
    52 min

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