Sermons & Lessons
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Bible Study, Trinity Bible Church Cypress, September 27, 2026 Below are my teaching notes from adult Bible study class, using Bavinck’s Guidebook (originally published 1913, see below) and supplemented with his Reformed Dogmatics [= RD]. I covered chs. 4–5 on “Holy Scripture” and “Scripture and Confession,” respectively. However, the brother teaching the week prior did…
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Bible Study, Trinity Bible Church Cypress, May 31, 2026 I was not born a Christian. I was not born again a Calvinist. It was limited atonement that troubled me most. At first, I didn’t like the term, because I didn’t like election overall. The whole arrangement felt presumptuous of God. Then, in college I came…
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Bible Study, Triniy Bible Church Cypress, May 24, 2026 III. Unconditional Election A. Summary Statement “God the Father chose to save specific individuals without basing his choice on the condition of faith.”[30] B. Alternate Names Sovereign election Divine initiative Monergism (vs. synergism) C. Scriptural Basis John 1:12–13; 6:44, 63, 65; 15:16; Rom 8:28–29; 9:10–14; 1…
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Bible Study, Triniy Bible Church Cypress, May 24, 2026 I. Why TULIP? A. Historical Flyover The Reformation in the Netherlands—or, as it was then known, the Dutch Republic—was magisterial, just as in the other major European contexts (e.g., Germany, Switzerland, Geneva, England). That is to say, it was somehow supported by the civil authorities (or…
