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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
Jesus is NOT the Chief of Demons
Jesus is NOT the chief of demons. He IS God's agent.
Jesus is NOT driving people out of the Kingdom of God. He IS offering everyone a place inside it.
Jesus is NOT leading you astray. He IS trying to g…
Join the Family of the King
Jesus doesn't condemn the Pharisees who are trying to destroy him. He pleads with them to repent, turn back to God, and be part of his family.
Comments or questions? Post them here or email Captain Ro…
Jesus' Rules About Rules
What is more important to God: Mercy or Obedience?
How should we interpret scripture? Based on the letter of the Law or based on the intent of the Law?
Jesus dealt with these questions, but his answers…
Nobody Expects the Spanish Inquisition!
John the Baptist was worried that Jesus wasn't the Messiah because he wasn't doing what John expected.
The people coming to see Jesus were doing so because they were looking for entertainment or heali…
Wage Peace for the King
How should a follower of Jesus respond to war?
Wage peace.
How should we do that?
Just the way Jesus laid out - no more and no less.
Where did he tell us how to face conflict in the world?
We'll cover tha…
2022 Resurrection Discussion
An open discussion of why Captain Roger believes Jesus was resurrected.
From the Easter 2022 worship in study at The Salvation Army Grass Valley Corps
The Seed in my Pomegranate
Earlier this month I was privileged to speak at a friend's church. The topic became "Things you don't expect to find in the Bible" as I spoke about a fairly commonly known, but rarely truly examined,…
Faith in the King Brings Justice
It's RESURRECTION SUNDAY!
But we're going to keep walking through the story of Jesus in the book of Matthew because there are some important connections there which we should make about life and faith…
The King's Authority
Jesus says that napping during a crisis is okay with him.
Well, that may not be a direct quote...
Check out the situations Matthew is describing where Jesus shows authority over the natural, the supern…
The King Restores
The Sermon on the Mount is over and Jesus is heading home.
But it turns out that's the BEGINNING of the story, not the end.
Matthew uses the next events to tell us how Jesus lived out what he preached,…
Pledge Allegiance to the King
Where does you allegiance lie?
Jesus teaches some great stuff, but do you believe it?
What does your life show? What is the fruit you are bearing?
Jesus has laid out, very solidly, what it is that we ne…
What We Judge
Things Jesus never told us to do:
Tell people they suck and they're going to hell.
On behalf of myself and the times it may seem that I have said anything like that, I apologize. I should have been pay…
Feed the Birds
The great philosopher Bobby McFerrin once said, "Don't worry; be happy!" While I can't guarantee happiness, I can guarantee that worry robs you of the ability to be happy. I can also tell you that Je…
Who do you Love?
Do you want to live in God's Kingdom? If so, you will serve him as your king.
If you can join us for our live service today, this is what we're going to talk about there. If you can't, post any commen…
How to be Perfect
Jesus told his followers to be perfect, like God is perfect.
What on earth does that mean?
Isn't that an impossible standard?
Did he give any examples of how we are supposed to do this?
We cover all this…
Living in the Kingdom
What does it mean to be a citizen of the Kingdom of Heaven? What is expected of those who follow Jesus? He laid that our for us in the passage we are exploring in this week's message from The Salvati…
A Taste of Heaven
You're going to hear this a lot from me as we look at one small piece of Matthew's story about Jesus at a time:
You can't break Matthew's story about Jesus into small pieces and still understand what'…
The King has to Choose
Jesus was tempted, just like you or I. How was he able to make the right choices and can we do the same?
Make Way for the King!
Journey into the wilderness - you never know what you will find there, but it will always include some kind of spiritual awakening.