The Shield ONLINE
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.
Podcasting since 2018 • 331 episodes
The Shield ONLINE
Latest Episodes
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...
•
Season 8
•
Episode 14
•
29:23
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 a...
•
Season 8
•
Episode 13
•
31:41
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 goin...
•
Season 8
•
Episode 12
•
26:47
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 childre...
•
Season 8
•
Episode 11
•
29:50
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...
•
Season 8
•
Episode 10
•
25:00