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 • 360 episodes
The Shield ONLINE
Latest Episodes
Reliving the Day of the Dead (Bible Horror Stories 2025)
Every year at about this time, we spend a few weeks examining horror stories from the Bible. This year we revisit one of my favorites: The Day of the Dead.Is there something to be learned from the stories of unnatural or even terrifying ...
•
26:10
Parables: Righteousness
You never really realize how much of what you think you know is based on things that go without saying. Many of the things we believe are formed by the culture we live in. Attitudes and interpretations of events are often based entirely on assu...
•
Season 11
•
Episode 2
•
23:21
Parables: Yeast
Yeast is a) Delicious, b) Corrupting, c) Representative of Evil, or d) a Kind of mold spore?In one parable Jesus told the crowds who followed him, yeast was an illustration of the Kingdom of God. But that flew in the face of traditional...
•
Season 11
•
Episode 1
•
21:06
TEN: The Final Word
"Wait!" you cry. "We've already been through all Ten Commandments! What do you meant there's one more we need to talk about?" Oh, my friends. There really has always only been one commandment we've been concerned with. The Ten all ...
•
Season 10
•
Episode 11
•
26:16
TEN: The Tenth Word
Some say that the Tenth Commandment is there to remind us that the Law is impossible to follow. Others (and I'm of this persuasion) say it is God's way of pointing out that if we are truly grateful for what we have, the rest of the commands wil...
•
Season 10
•
Episode 10
•
24:14