stylos

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.

Tuesday, February 28, 2006

Caner versus Calvinism

Liberty Seminary Dean Ergun Caner (and his brother Emir from Southwestern Baptist Seminary ) took on Calvinism in comments posted to an entr...

Feedback on "Grace Walk" Book Review

I got an email from a pastor this week who had discovered our online book review of Steve McVey’s book Grace Walk . He wrote: " Jeff, a...

Thursday, February 23, 2006

Danish cartoons and the gap between Christianity and Islam

John Piper has written an excellent brief article on the Danish cartoon controversy: "Being mocked, the essence of Christ's work,...

Tuesday, February 21, 2006

Ten Ways to Enrich Lord's Day Worship

1. Get a good night’s rest on Saturday evening. Come to church rested and refreshed. 2. Read and ponder the sermon text before the worship...

Saturday, February 18, 2006

Dever: Non-members need not apply for refreshment committee

Mark Dever has a great post on the Together for the Gospel blog in which at the risk of sounding cultic he notes that his church does not al...

Wednesday, February 15, 2006

"What the Lord says, that I must speak"

I just finished the book of Numbers in my devotional reading and was struck again by the story of Balaam and Balak (Numbers 22-24). Balak is...

Tuesday, February 14, 2006

Plato's "Republic" and the Biblical Worldview: Part 2

A few more thoughts on the Republic . At the close of the book, Socrates presents the myth of Er and presents an argument for the immortalit...

Bishop Robinson admits alcoholism

News broke today in the soap operatic world of liberal Protestantism that Gene Robinson, the controversial openly gay Episcopal bishop of N...

Monday, February 13, 2006

Plato's "Republic" and the Biblical Worldview

I had not read Plato since my freshman year Intro to Philosophy class at Wake Forest, but over the last year I have been trying to read (or ...

Snow Sundays

Six inches of snow or so blanketed Charlottesville Saturday and this led to the great debate about whether or not to cancel Sunday services....

Wednesday, February 08, 2006

Why did local students want to blow up their schools?

Last week police announced the arrest of three local boys (ages 13, 15, and 16) in what was called a "credible" plot to use bombs ...

Worship as God

I shared in our call to worship last Sunday some of the notes from a break-out seminar I attended at the SEBTS 20/20 conference led by theo...

Monday, February 06, 2006

"Da Vinci Code" Panel at Southeastern Seminary

I attended the 20/20 student conference at SEBTS last Friday-Saturday (Feb 3-4) with eight JPBC-ers (two law students; one med student; thr...

Thursday, February 02, 2006

David Currie's prophecy: "Fundamentalism ... will pass in time."

Last week I got my January 2006 issue of the National Mainstream , the Mainstream Baptist Network Journal in the mail and was struck by Dav...

Wednesday, February 01, 2006

Future of Jefferson Park School Ministry

JPBC has had a successful Preschool Ministry since 1982. It is truly a "preschool" ministry, and not a daycare. Children attend tw...

No Super Bowl Party this Sunday at JPBC

Attention all JPBC-ers! We will not be having a church-wide Super Bowl Party this Sunday. We will also not be participating in the religio...

Tuesday, January 31, 2006

Friendship or Therapy?

On a recent "Generations" radio broadcast Kevin Swanson , Pastor and leader of the Colorado Christian homeschool association, mad...

Monday, January 30, 2006

You shall not pervert the judgement of your poor...

The front page of the Sunday (1/29) C-ville Daily Progress featured an article titled, "Lawyers help nab credit scammer" and pro...

Wednesday, January 25, 2006

"End of the Spear" follow up

Two updates on last week's article. First, I gave a recommendation to the "End of the Spear" movie (a review appeared in Satur...

Thursday, January 19, 2006

2006 Golden Globes: Hollywood and the Homosexual Agenda

There was a definite theme at this week’s 2006 Golden Globe Awards. As the Associated Press put it: "It was a triumphant night for film...

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