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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.

  1. 2 DAYS AGO

    SSL: Lies About Zacchaeus

    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!

    29 min

  2. 6 DAYS AGO

    SSL: Lies About Rahab (and Jericho)

    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...

    32 min

  3. FEB 19

    SSL: Lies About Jesus' Healing

    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...

    27 min

  4. FEB 11

    SSL: Samson, a Love Story

    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?

    30 min

  5. FEB 2

    Lies About Sacrificing Isaac

    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 ...

    25 min

  6. JAN 26

    Sunday School Lies: The Disciples

    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...

    29 min

  7. JAN 19

    Sunday School Lies: Jonah (revisited)

    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.

    28 min

  8. JAN 14

    Sunday School Lies: David & Goliath

    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...

    31 min
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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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  • Creator
    Roger McCort
  • Years Active
    2018 - 2025
  • Episodes
    331
  • Rating
    Clean
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    © 2025 The Shield ONLINE
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