Stylos is the blog of Jeff Riddle, a Reformed Baptist Pastor in North Garden, Virginia. The title "Stylos" is the Greek word for pillar. In 1 Timothy 3:15 Paul urges his readers to consider "how thou oughtest to behave thyself in the house of God, which is the church of the living God, the pillar (stylos) and ground of the truth."
Image (left side): Decorative urn with title for the book of Acts in Codex Alexandrinus.
I appreciate your comments on "holy days". We don't observe a church calendar or "holy days" as a church (though families celebrate Christmas & Easter). As far as preaching on these days, I sometimes preach in reference to the season, and sometimes I do not. We have a congregation that tends older, in a community from which many people have moved away. So we usually get a fair number of visitors on these holidays, and sometimes it seems appropriate to speak to a subject that is already on their minds. However, I remain shocked just how many Baptist preachers and churches have bought into the liturgical calendar -- something I had never heard among Baptists in our area when I was young. I think most have long since lost any sense of having a regulative principle of worship.
I appreciate your comments on "holy days". We don't observe a church calendar or "holy days" as a church (though families celebrate Christmas & Easter). As far as preaching on these days, I sometimes preach in reference to the season, and sometimes I do not. We have a congregation that tends older, in a community from which many people have moved away. So we usually get a fair number of visitors on these holidays, and sometimes it seems appropriate to speak to a subject that is already on their minds. However, I remain shocked just how many Baptist preachers and churches have bought into the liturgical calendar -- something I had never heard among Baptists in our area when I was young. I think most have long since lost any sense of having a regulative principle of worship.
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RLV, yes good point. Interesting to see Baptist churches discussing Advent, Lent, Good Friday, etc. Modern developments.
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