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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
Lies About the Gates of Hell
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…
Lies About Going to Heaven
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 …
What's Up With the Bible?
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 ta…
The Truth Behind the Lies We Tell About Esther
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 childr…
Your Cheatin' Heart
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 …
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 overloo…
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 ta…
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 buy…
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, …
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 askin…
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…
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 som…
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? Be…
Unshakable Love
Christmas is over. What was the point of it all anyway? Why do we always seem to leave the holiday season with the feeling that something was or is missing? And is that something that can be fixed, o…
Unexpected Gifts (Advent Week Four)
Dear Magi,
Thank you for bringing gifts to help with the raising of our child. They sure came in handy! It wasn't more than an hour after you left that we needed to pack up and move to another country…
Unclean Visitors (Advent Week Three)
You know all those pictures of the blonde women with harps and halos and swan's wings flying over a bunch of shepherds and some sheep while spotlights from heaven light them all up while the birth of…
UNWELCOME GUESTS (Advent Week Two)
We've grown a whole tragic mythology around the Christmas story that makes me CRAZY. This is supposed to be a CELEBRATION, people! Why do we insist on ignoring all the joy and adding false horrors in…
Unexpected Pregnancies (Advent Week One)
There is HOPE in the real story of Christmas that you'll never find under a tree. There are examples of people who have been clinging to the world's shame and condemnation accepting - if somewhat dub…
David Takes a Wife
A lot of stories people tell over and over take on a mythic quality. The story of the first American Thanksgiving is one of those. Happy Pilgrims and happy Indians planning out a feast of turkey and …
Jump Like Jehoshaphat
"Jumpin' Jehoshaphat!" has been a humorous non-swear swear for a long time. But who was Jehoshaphat and why was he so jumpy?
This week I'm going to tell you a story from the Old Testament which highli…