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Teachings, messages, vital life learning, irrelevances, and other musings about the Bible from The Salvation Army"s Captain Roger McCort. Life has few guarantees, but here"s one: You will find something new or interesting in every message or you can reach out to me and I will provide you with additional new and interesting facts, free of charge. Guaranteed.

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25:55

The Bloodthirsty Hate the Blameless

The Shield ONLINE ·

2025/06/01

Can violence be redemptive? Scripture (and history) says no. And yet, we keep trying. Today we revisit the story of Cain and his brother Abel to see if we can understand the root of violence and how God responds to those who perpetrate it. How are we told to respond?

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25:55

Am I a Soldier of Christ?

The Shield ONLINE ·

2025/05/18

Paul had said that we need to have the same attitude and make the same choices and take the same actions as Jesus. Which he knew a lot of folks would think might be too hard! So he gave us two examples of ordinary folks who lived that out so that we could know it wasn't just some kind of unreachable goal, but was actually something that is EXPECTED from each one of us. Who were they and what was their witness to the world? And, more importantly, what is YOUR witness? Are you a testimony to C...

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27:52

Citizens of JOY!

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2025/05/11

Look, I'm sure that your national pride, like that you might have for a favorite sports team, can be a fun component of your approach to life. However, Followers of the Way of Jesus need to make sure that Jesus is Lord! In his letter to the Philippians, Paul lays out the requirements for being and keeping our citizenship in God's Kingdom. Those may start and end with rejoicing (they do!) but citizenship has both rights and responsibilities attached. If we refuse to live those out, then we ar...

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31:55

With Neck Thrust Forward

The Shield ONLINE ·

2025/05/04

Does it seem that there is more reason for sorrow than for joy? There's not. Am I ignoring the pain and suffering which is so prevalent in life? I'm not. It sucks. We should rely on our JOY as we combat those things. How can there be anything to rejoice about when there is war, injustice, people being falsely accused and condemned, people taking advantage of others for their own benefit, people working to bring misery on others, people living in fear? Because JOY is GREATER than that....

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29:47

Just Say No to Sloppy Agape!

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2025/04/27

Know what we need a little more of in our lives? JOY! What if I told you that I have a gift for you which can fill you with joy to the point that you NEED to share it because there's too much for you to hold onto yourself? Paul wrote a letter to some friends once, trying to express the same thing to them and letting them know that these things apply to ALL of us! We can all become bearers of amazing and unending love and joy, and bring the gift of wholeness to others around us. In fact, it ma...

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30:08

Dead or Alive

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2025/04/20

DEAD OR ALIVE Jesus was dead. There is no question about that. So what happened to make someone who had spent their life wishing that was true come to believe that Jesus is alive? It's Resurrection Sunday! Maybe there's more to it than jellybeans and colored eggs.

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23:47

SSL: Palm Sunday (With Fronds Like These...)

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2025/04/13

LIES ABOUT PALM SUNDAY Palm Sunday is the most mistold tale since the Christmas story, making it the perfect cap to top off our series about the lies our Sunday School teachers taught us. Although I probably would lay the blame for this one more on pastors and teachers who turn an event that wasn't into a spectacle. It's not hard to see how so many people misunderstand what happened that day! All you need to do is STOP READING before the gospel writers finish telling their stories... ...

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22:55

Lies About the Gates of Hell

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2025/04/06

Good news! You have the keys to Hell. The owner has given you the right to come and go as you please. And the right to share Hell with others by sending them in or setting them free. Will you take up residence, or insist that others must, or will you open the gates? Jesus gave you those keys. He also explained why and how you can use them, if you choose.

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29:03

Lies About Going to Heaven

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2025/04/06

TODAY YOU WILL BE WITH ME IN... WHERE, EXACTLY? We are working through some of the lies that we are taught in Sunday School! As in all walks of life, we need to be careful to separate the fantasy and superstition from our religious walk, or our understanding of God and how we were created live will be distorted. This week we examine what scripture teaches us about what happens after we die. It may not be what you think! Be sure to examine the scripture and history for yourself.

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24:57

What's Up With the Bible?

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2025/03/23

Have you ever wondered if God might get so mad that he flings poo at someone like an angry chimpanzee? If so, this is the week for you to check in here! We're taking a break from our LIES series to talk about one of my favorite subjects: The Bible itself! We'll play a game (yes, there are prizes!) and examine how we get the book that we read and also run down the pros and cons of some popular translations. What could reading the Bible regularly mean for your faith? And what could it break? ...

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31:48

The Truth Behind the Lies We Tell About Esther

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2025/03/16

If there is a Disney Princess story in the Bible... The story of Esther is NOT it. In Sunday school, we tell it as if it is, but this (like the story of Samson) isn't a story meant to be told to children. It's a very adult story, filled with very adult themes. From sex trafficking to murder to politics and scheming to the death of tens of thousands, this is a story written to bring attention to God's love in a very subtle and unusual way... We can only hit the highlights today, so listen to ...

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29:01

Your Cheatin' Heart

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2025/03/09

We're taking a short break from our Sunday School Lies series, but will resume it next week! This week, we need to talk about something else... Aren't we all basically good people? That's the central question of our Bible exploration today. The answer? Well... We'll consult with psalmists new and old and prophets and apostles and this guy named Jesus who you may have heard of. To reach a conclusion, we'll need to use our internal organs to make a very external decision and then live it out. ...

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29:23

SSL: Lies About Zacchaeus

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2025/03/02

The children's story of Zacchaeus the tax collector teaches kids that short people are inferior, rich people are evil, and that if you have enough money to spread around, both of those can be overlooked. This isn't even close to what the story is really about. In fact, it seems possible that Zacchaeus is neither short nor a thief. So what IS going on, and what are we supposed to make of it? Grab your Bibles and be ready to follow along in Luke 19 for this week's study!

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31:41

SSL: Lies About Rahab (and Jericho)

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2025/02/25

As a child, I was taught again and again that the glory of God was somehow shined up by the genocidal destruction of Jericho when Israel entered the Promised Land. As an adult, I've heard and been taught and had it explained that this is true and that it is a good thing. That there can be Holy War where we kill our enemies and their children and their animals and God loves it. Here's the problem: That's not true. It's not what this story is about. It's not what we are supposed to get from it...

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26:47

SSL: Lies About Jesus' Healing

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2025/02/19

Why did Jesus heal people? Was it because they came to him, repentant and ready to work for him, so he fixed them? Was it because he couldn't be around people who weren't perfect? Was it a way of buying their loyalty? Or was something else going on? Today we look at the story of a man who was paralyzed being brought to Jesus. But making that man's body work the same way as everyone else's wasn't at all what Jesus thought was important. Please join us for this week's look at the lies we are ta...

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29:50

SSL: Samson, a Love Story

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2025/02/11

He's been called the Superman of the Bible, but that's not at all who or what Samson was. The example of this strong man is found in how weak he really was... Today we share the REAL story of Samson, one that should never be in a children's Bible. Join us?

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25:00

Lies About Sacrificing Isaac

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2025/02/02

There comes a moment in every boy's life when his father takes him up on a mountain to kill him... No, wait. That's not right, is it? And yet, somehow, we have got the idea in our head that God asking Abraham to sacrifice Isaac is a great story about a man willing to do whatever his god asks of him. That's NOT what this story is about. If it sounds messed up from beginning to end, that's because it is. Which leads (or should) to some pretty big questions about what was happening, what ...

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29:15

Sunday School Lies: The Disciples

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2025/01/26

There was this group of people called disciples who followed Jesus.How many were there and who were they and what did they do and was it the right thing or not?You probably think the answers to those questions are simple, because that's what our Sunday School stories suggest. The truth, it turns out, is much more complex, more rich, and far more compelling of a story...

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28:10

Sunday School Lies: Jonah (revisited)

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2025/01/19

I don't think Sunday School Teachers set out to lie to their charges - it usually happens because they are passing on wrong things they have been taught. They just don't take the time to research something that they think they already know. Or they teach from their modern point of view, missing or ignoring what the author(s) intended.Which is how the story of Jonah stopped being a tale of God's amazing grace and became about a man and a whale...Which is very much is NOT.

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30:31

Sunday School Lies: David & Goliath

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2025/01/14

It's not unusual for people to simplify things for children. But when we do that with scripture, we can lose the original intent or even change the reason the story was included. This is BAD. Why? Because when you tell the story wrong, you always lose something. Sometimes you lose everything.For example, the story of David and Goliath is NOT about a small boy beating a giant. It's also NOT about the underdog taking on impossible odds. Is that the story you know? Then you'd better join us for ...

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