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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.
- Update frequency
- every 6 days
- Average duration
- 32 minutes
- Episodes
- 356
- Years Active
- 2018 - 2025
Shaking the Family Tree
Genealogies are BORING.
Except when they aren't.
Check this one out and see.
YHVH Created
There is a deeply personal, intimate relationship between the LORD and his creation, one that we have spent centuries trying to mute or ignore for some reason.
God Created
In the beginning, God created a lot of stuff...
Continuing our series into the early chapters of the book of Genesis.
The Beginning
When you're a Bible geek like me, you can unlock the secrets of the universe from a single passage... Or go horribly wrong.
Which one of those happened in this message?
You'd better listen and find ou…
Walking Changed
What does it take for someone to give up EVERYTHING they have ever worked for?
Walking Alone isn't a Thing
Today we focus on something that is VERY important to know: You were made in the image of God. Anything that obscures, damages, or redirects attention from that reality is a lie. Live the truth, not …
Walking Reborn
Jesus told this guy Nicodemus a weird thing about getting born a second time. Nick had to think about it, but when he really got it, it changed EVERYTHING.
Walking with Outcasts
Then there was that one time when Jesus took his band of insiders into an outcast country to an outcast village to find the outcast who needed him most (and everyone else too).
Walking with Disciples
How many disciples did Jesus have? No, not twelve...
Hundreds. Thousands, at times.
How many does he have now?
No, really, how many? And how can you know for sure?
Walking with Violence
Killing our enemies is one of our favorite things to do. You ever wonder why? Or if there is another way?
Walking Into Storms
Walking with God is often uncomfortable and can involve terrific storms. Is that enough to keep us from answering his call?
Walking with the Lord (But Which One?)
Who are you serving? And why? Because the Israelites were soundly condemned for embracing nationalism over community, which should lead us to ask some hard questions of ourselves.
Walking with YHVH
The book of Ruth tells us an important and personal story, which we largely miss because we have hidden the most important part of it...
Walking with Festering Groin Boils
Today we approach the delicate subject of an art project that required casting five separate, solid gold, festering groin boils as an apology for not being respectful and serious.
I know, it sounds li…
Walking in Jesus
The Bible doesn't say much about Jesus coming to live inside of us, no matter what those preachers keep telling us. But it does say a lot about us living inside of him...
Who are you wearing?
The Golden Screw and Other Surprising Things
It's Resurrection Day!
On which we answer important questions, such as "What would God want with a dead cat?" and "Why?" and "Will there be ice cream later?" (The answer to the last one being, "I hope…
Walking with Jesus Riding a Donkey
It's Palm Sunday!
Whatever that means...
What does it mean anyway?
Let's find out!
Walking Ready for Wahtever
God is NOT on your side.
Sorry.
It's true.
But the reason is AMAZING and can be celebrated.
Walking Without Being Carried
"Hey, Jesus! Give me a piggyback ride! Carry me everywhere!"
We wouldn't actually say that, would we? It's lazy and demanding. But every time someone says, "Jesus, take the wheel," aren't we in the sa…
Walking in Holiness - what a terrible title!
Holiness - a word that strikes terror into the heart of the listener!
"No!" they cry, "Don't subject me to big church words and almost certain boredom!"
Fear not, gentle listener! Or the rest of you! B…