Tag: gooding
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The Calm Before the Storm :: By Sean Gooding
1 Thessalonians 5: 1-6 “But of the times and the seasons, brethren, ye have no need that I write unto you. 2 For yourselves know perfectly that the day of the Lord so cometh as a thief in the night. 3 For when they shall say, Peace and safety; then sudden destruction cometh upon them,…
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Money and the Judgment :: By Sean Gooding
Matthew 6: 20-21, “But store up for yourselves treasures in heaven, where moth and rust do not destroy, and where thieves do not break in and steal. For where your treasure is, there your heart will be also.” In 2012, “The Optimist” magazine published an article that to be in the top one percent of…
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Jesus, His Pain, and Our Blessings :: By Sean Gooding
Hebrews 5:7, “He offered prayers and pleadings, with a loud cry and tears, to the one who could rescue Him from death.” Luke 22:44, “And being in anguish, He prayed more fervently, and His sweat was like drops of blood, falling to the ground.” Hebrews 2:9, “But we do see Jesus, who was made lower…
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Gold, Silver, and Precious Stones :: By Sean Gooding
1 Corinthians 3:5-17 “Who then is Paul, and who is Apollos, but ministers through whom you believed, as the Lord gave to each one? 6 I planted, Apollos watered, but God gave the increase. 7 So then neither he who plants is anything, nor he who waters, but God who gives the increase. 8 Now…
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Hebrews Lesson 35: Jesus’ Death Was God’s Will :: By Sean Gooding
Chapter 10:1-10 “1 For the law, having a shadow of the good things to come, and not the very image of the things, can never with these same sacrifices, which they offer continually year by year, make those who approach perfect. 2 For then would they no…
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Hebrews Lesson 38: Price for Rejecting Jesus’ Salvation :: By Sean Gooding
Chapter 10:26-31 “For if we sin willfully after we have received the knowledge of the truth, there no longer remains a sacrifice for sins, 27 but a certain fearful expectation of judgment, and fiery indignation which will devour the adversaries. 28 Any…
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The Ark Encounter :: By Sean Gooding
Matthew 5:14-16 14 “You are the light of the world. A town built on a hill cannot be hidden. 15 Neither do people light a lamp and put it under a bowl. Instead, they put it on its stand, and it gives light to everyone in the house. 16 In the same way, let your…
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The Liar and The Truth :: By Sean Gooding
John 8:44 “You are of your father the devil, and the desires of your father you want to do. He was a murderer from the beginning, and does not stand in the truth, because there is no truth in him. When he speaks a lie, he speaks from his own resources, for he is a…
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The Evil That Men Do :: By Sean Gooding
Romans 3:9-20 & Genesis 6:6 9 “What then? Are we better than they? Not at all. For we have previously charged both Jews and Greeks that they are all under sin. 10 As it is written: ‘There is none righteous, no, not one; 11 There is none who understands; there is none who seeks after…
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Love, Pray For, and Do Good to Our Enemies :: By Sean Gooding
Matthew 5:7-12, 43-48 7 “Blessed are the merciful, for they shall obtain mercy. 8 Blessed are the pure in heart, for they shall see God. 9 Blessed are the peacemakers, for they shall be called sons of God. 10 Blessed are those who are persecuted for righteousness’ sake, for theirs is the kingdom of heaven.…
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We Are to Be Faithful Watchmen :: By Sean Gooding
Ezekiel 33:1-6 “Again the word of the Lord came to me, saying, 2 ‘Son of man, speak to the children of your people, and say to them: “When I bring the sword upon a land, and the people of the land take a man from their territory and make him their watchman, 3 when he…
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Hebrews Study Lesson 32: The Need for Blood :: By Sean Gooding
Chapter 9:11-15 “11 But Christ came as High Priest of the good things to come, with the greater and more perfect tabernacle not made with hands, that is, not of this creation. 12 Not with the blood of goats and calves, but with His own blood He entered…
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You Must Know The Truth :: By Sean Gooding
Matthew 25:1-14 “Then Jesus went out and departed from the temple, and His disciples came up to show Him the buildings of the temple. 2 And Jesus said to them, ‘Do you not see all these things? Assuredly, I say to you, not one stone shall be left here upon another that shall not be…
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Hebrews Lesson 41: By Faith Part 2 :: By Sean Gooding
Chapter 11: 8-12 8 “By faith Abraham obeyed when he was called to go out to the place which he would receive as an inheritance. And he went out, not knowing where he was going. 9 By faith he dwelt in the land of promise as in a foreign country, dwellin…
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A Life of Gratitude: Psalms 103:1-14 :: By Sean Gooding
“Bless the Lord, O my soul; and all that is within me, bless His holy name! 2 Bless the Lord, O my soul, And forget not all His benefits: 3 Who forgives all your iniquities, who heals all your diseases, 4 Who redeems your life from destruction, who crowns you with loving kindness and tender…
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The Wise and the Foolish :: By Sean Gooding
Matthew 25:1-13 “Then the kingdom of heaven shall be likened to ten virgins who took their lamps and went out to meet the bridegroom. 2 Now five of them were wise, and five were foolish. 3 Those who were foolish took their lamps and took no oil with them, 4 but the wise took oil…
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What if Jesus Tarries? :: By Sean Gooding
1 Thessalonians 4:13-18 “But I do not want you to be ignorant, brethren, concerning those who have fallen asleep, lest you sorrow as others who have no hope. For if we believe that Jesus died and rose again, even so God will bring with Him those who sleep in Jesus. For this we say to…
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Hebrews Lesson 42: By Faith, Pt. 3: :: By Sean Gooding
God Is Not Ashamed of Us Chapter 11: 13-16 “These all died in faith, not having received the promises, but having seen them afar off were assured of them, embraced them and confessed that they were strangers and pilgrims on the earth. 14 For those who …
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Politically Correct Jesus :: By Sean Gooding
Matthew 12:34-37 34 “Brood of vipers! How can you, being evil, speak good things? For out of the abundance of the heart the mouth speaks. 35 A good man out of the good treasure of his heart brings forth good things, and an evil man out of the evil treasure brings forth evil things. 36…
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Radical Religion :: By Sean Gooding
Titus 2: 1-8 1 “But as for you, speak the things which are proper for sound doctrine: 2 that the older men be sober, reverent, temperate, sound in faith, in love, in patience; 3 the older women likewise, that they be reverent in behavior, not slanderers, not given to much wine, teachers of good things–…
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Stand Up for Our Freedoms :: By Sean Gooding
Acts 16:16-24, 35-40 “Now it happened, as we went to prayer, that a certain slave girl possessed with a spirit of divination met us, who brought her masters much profit by fortune-telling. 17 This girl followed Paul and us, and cried out, saying, ‘These men are the servants of the Highest God, who proclaim to…
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The Bloody Path to the English Bible :: By Sean Gooding
Psalm 119:160 “The entirety of Your word is truth, and every one of Your righteous judgments endures forever.” We live in a WOKE society, and the attacks on the Bible will get more and more aggressive as we get deeper and deeper into the rabbit hole. In Canada, we have had some laws either be…
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Don’t Be Fooled: God’s Word is Reliable :: By Sean Gooding
2 Timothy 3:16-17 “All Scripture is breathed out by God and profitable for teaching, for reproof, for correction, and for training in righteousness, that the man of God may be complete, equipped for every good work.” 2 Peter 1:20-21 “Above all, you must understand that no prophecy of Scripture came about by the prophet’s own…
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Hebrews Study: Our Anchor for the Soul, Part 2 :: By Sean Gooding
Continuing Study in Hebrews 6:13-20 “19 This hope we have as an anchor of the soul, both sure and steadfast, and which enters the Presence behind the veil, 20 where the forerunner has entered for us, even Jesus, having become High Priest forever accord…
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God’s Love for Mankind on Display :: By Sean Gooding
2 Peter 3: 8-9 “But, beloved, do not forget this one thing, that with the Lord one day is as a thousand years, and a thousand years as one day. 9 The Lord is not slack concerning His promise, as some count slackness, but is longsuffering toward us, not willing that any should perish but…
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Hebrews Lesson 39: The Power of Knowing Jesus :: By Sean Gooding
Chapter 10:32-39 “But recall the former days in which, after you were illuminated, you endured a great struggle with sufferings: 33 partly while you were made a spectacle both by reproaches and tribulations, and partly while you became companions of th…
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When We See Jesus :: By Sean Gooding
Numbers 12: 2-3, Job 42: 1-6 “‘Does the LORD speak only through Moses?’ they said. ‘Does He not also speak through us?’ And the LORD heard this. 3 Now Moses was a very humble man, more so than any man on the face of the earth” (Numbers 12:2-3). “Then Job answered the Lord and said:…
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When We See Jesus :: By Sean Gooding
Numbers 12: 2-3, Job 42: 1-6 “‘Does the LORD speak only through Moses?’ they said. ‘Does He not also speak through us?’ And the LORD heard this. 3 Now Moses was a very humble man, more so than any man on the face of the earth” (Numbers 12:2-3). “Then Job answered the Lord and said:…
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How Will You and I Be Greeted? :: By Sean Gooding
Matthew 25:14-30 “For the kingdom of heaven is like a man traveling to a far country who called his own servants and delivered his goods to them. 15 And to one he gave five talents, to another two, and to another one, to each according to his own ability, and immediately he went on a…
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We Are The Watchmen :: By Sean Gooding
Ezekiel 33:1-6 “Again the word of the Lord came to me, saying, 2 ‘Son of man, speak to the children of your people and say to them: ‘When I bring the sword upon a land, and the people of the land take a man from their territory and make him their watchman, 3 when he…
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Hebrews Study Lesson 31: The Law Was Not Enough :: By Sean Gooding
Chapter 9:1-10 “Then indeed, even the first covenant had ordinances of divine service and the earthly sanctuary. 2 For a tabernacle was prepared: the first part, in which was the lampstand, the table, and the showbread, which is called the sanctuary; 3…
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The Long Wait :: By Sean Gooding
John 19:17-24 “And He, bearing His cross, went out to a place called the Place of a Skull, which is called in Hebrew, Golgotha, 18 where they crucified Him, and two others with Him, one on either side, and Jesus in the center. 19 Now Pilate wrote a title and put it on the cross.…
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The End is Near, But Maybe Not Yet :: By Sean Gooding
Matthew 24: 3-8 3 “Now as He sat on the Mount of Olives, the disciples came to Him privately, saying, ‘Tell us, when will these things be? And what will be the sign of Your coming, and of the end of the age?’4 And Jesus answered and said to them: “Take heed that no one…
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Wheat and Tares :: By Sean Gooding
Matthew 13: 24-30 “Another parable He put forth to them, saying: ‘The kingdom of heaven is like a man who sowed good seed in his field; 25 but while men slept, his enemy came and sowed tares among the wheat and went his way. 26 But when the grain had sprouted and produced a crop,…
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The Chief of Sinners :: By Sean Gooding
1 Timothy 1:15 “This is a faithful saying and worthy of all acceptance, that Christ Jesus came into the world to save sinners, of whom I am chief.” I pray you will bear with me a bit today. There will not be any deep ‘doctrine,’ so to speak, but a tribute to my mom. Norma…
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Trusting God :: By Sean Gooding
Hebrews 11:1-2 “Now faith is the substance of things hoped for, the evidence of things not seen. 2 For by it the elders obtained a good testimony.” Trusting God is one of those things in our life that will become more and more important as we approach the end of the age. Over the past…
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Hebrews Lesson 43: By Faith Pt. 4 :: By Sean Gooding
Abraham to Moses Chapter 11: 17-29 “By faith Abraham, when he was tested, offered up Isaac, and he who had received the promises offered up his only begotten son, 18 of whom it was said, ‘In Isaac your seed shall be called,’ 19 concluding that God was …
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Giants: The Genetics That Changed the World :: By Sean Gooding
Genesis 6:1-8 “Now it came to pass, when men began to multiply on the face of the earth, and daughters were born to them, 2 that the sons of God saw the daughters of men, that they were beautiful; and they took wives for themselves of all whom they chose. 3 And the Lord said,…
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The Days of Noah: Part 2 :: By Sean Gooding
Genesis 6:1-8 & Matthew 24: 37-39 “Now it came to pass, when men began to multiply on the face of the earth, and daughters were born to them, 2 that the sons of God saw the daughters of men, that they were beautiful; and they took wives for themselves of all whom they chose. 3…