The Sure and Secure Podcast
The Sure and Secure Podcast is a ministry of Morningside Community Church that helps people become sure that Christianity is true and that their salvation is secure through Jesus Christ.
Episodes
Those who reject Christianity often take themselves to be very rational people--simply following facts wherever they lead. The Twelve Points framework shows that the facts truly do lead one to Christianity. One cannot deny the Faith without paying the price of sacrificing rationality. Find out why in this episode!
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Christians have always believed that the Bible is the word of God--but does that belief match what Jesus had to say about it? Indeed it does! Find out more on this episode.
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Jesus proved that He is divine, but He has a human nature, too. Could His humanity compromise the truthfulness of His teachings? Find out in this episode!
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The claims of Jesus are staggering, so we ought to make sure we have every reason to believe them. What criteria can help us assess the miracles that support His claims? Can any other religions boast of miraculous confirmation? Find out on this episode!
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Plenty of people have claimed to be a big deal. Jesus did, too--but did He make good on His claims? If miracles can confirm a spokesman from God, did Jesus receive such a confirmation? Find out in this episode!
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If I make a claim about you, that doesn't hold as much weight as if you would make the claim yourself--especially if that claim deals with the core of your identity. Critics of Christianity have claimed that Jesus himself never claimed to be God, but is that true? Find out on this episode!
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The New Testament records miracles being performed by Jesus and His messengers. Can an educated person today believe that these are factual accounts--or are they really embellished tall-tales that stretch the truth too far? Find out in this episode!
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Many people throughout history have claimed to be messengers from God--sometimes with tragic results for the people who have followed them. Is there something that God has done to set apart His true messengers from false ones? Learn how miracles have proven the identity of God's true messengers.
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Skeptics may deny them, but you don't have to experience a miracle to know that they can happen. Since we know that God exists, we know He's really capable of acting in this world He created. Find out more in this episode.
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There's a reason why atheism really isn't widely believed--it's because we can prove that God exists! God is real and He has made this fact obvious to us in a variety of ways--hear more about those ways on this episode of the podcast.
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Truth has a powerful implication--once you've found it, you know anything that contradicts it is false. Our society has a hard time handling it, but it's true--opposites cannot both be true!
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The process of changing your beliefs is often slow--unfolding over a series of baby steps. Are there some small changes in thinking we can encourage unbelievers to make to guide them closer to Christ? Yes! In this episode, you'll hear about an undeniable truth that's just the first step to proving that the fullness of the Christian faith is true.
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What does it mean to have a "dead faith?" Is such a faith not really faith at all? Is it merely a claim to have saving faith without truly having it? Does James teach us a different way to get to Heaven than Paul? Listen in for Free Grace answers to these questions and more on this episode!
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Whenever Christians face ongoing struggles with sin, we have to reckon with the teaching of 1 John 3:4-10. But what exactly does this passage teach? Does it teach that a true believer cannot have a sinful habit? Gain some clarity on this passage in this episode of the podcast.
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Christ's metaphor of the Vine and the Branches should be a comforting yet challenging passage for believers. Yet it is often interpreted in a way that makes some believers doubt whether they're even saved! How should we understand this passage of Scripture? What are the problems with the Lordship Salvation understand of this text? Listen to find out.
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"You will know them by their fruits." These words of Christ have often been presented as a principle that will show you who's saved--and who isn't! But is that what the Lord was talking about? Let's clear the air about a common--and significant--misinterpretation of Scripture.
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Our health is more important to us than just about anything else. If we have good health, we can often feel very content; if we don't have good health, we'll do almost anything to get it. The Word of Faith Movement draws in many people with promises of healing, but are these promises based on truth?
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Fewer promises are more enticing than the promise of easy money. People are taken in by that promise every which way--perhaps especially when they're told it's what God wants them to have! Word of Faith teachers claim that God wants each of us, as His children, to be wealthy. But this true? Listen in as this claim is examined and debunked.
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It's the stuff of our dreams--being able to change our circumstances with just the power of our words. But Word of Faith teachers tell us the dream is reality. By twisting the Scriptures, the Word of Faith movement holds out a false hope of changing your problems simply by speaking. Find out what they claim and how they distort the Scriptures in this episode.
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It was the first lie humans believed: You shall be like God. It's what we've wanted ever since, and the Word of Faith movement buys into this lie completely. Listen to hear more about "little gods" theology and how to untwist the twisted Scriptures that are used to support this idea. Find an unedited transcript of this podcast here: https://docs.google.com/document/d/1mHlOwVCWs35OQIoptpYnj18yDU43xntRdVGXtvaKGHM/edit?usp=sharing
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