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.

Monday, July 31, 2006

Oklahoma church ponders baptism and church membership

Henderson Hills BC of Edmond, OK was set to vote over the weekend on removing the requirement of immersion baptism for church membership. ...

Saturday, July 29, 2006

Oh be careful little mouth what you say... in church!

Last weekend I was at my sister’s wedding in North Carolina. On Sunday morning my family set out to find a place to worship—something we rar...

Thursday, July 20, 2006

Jefferson Park VBS 2006: "Bethlehem Village"

Pictured above is part of the JPBC team of youth, students, and adults who have made our 2006 Vacation Bible School work. Despite extremely...

Saturday, July 15, 2006

Update

It's been a long time since my last post. I got busy this week with various and sundry things and had little time for writing. Among o...

Wednesday, July 05, 2006

Letter to Prisoner of Conscience

Recently I have been reading Garnett Ryland’s book The Baptists of Virginia 1699-1926 (Virginia Baptist Board of Missions and Education, 19...

Monday, July 03, 2006

A Story of Biblical Forgiveness

I am preaching through the parables of Jesus in Matthew 18-25 this summer at JPBC. Yesterday's message was "The True Foundation of...

Thursday, June 29, 2006

Are the Daughters of Philip Among the Prophets of Acts?

I have an article just out in the most recent issue (Spring 2006) of the Journal For Biblical Manhood and Womanhood , published by the Counc...

Spurgeon's Catechism Questions on the Lord's Supper

"…do this in remembrance of Me" (1 Corinthians 11:24). This Sunday morning we will gather again to observe the ordinance of the Lo...

Thursday, June 22, 2006

Links Here and There

Gene Bridges has posted my review of Frank Page's booklet "Trouble with the TULIP" at "Strange Baptist Fire" and ...

Monday, June 19, 2006

Bible Notes: Paul as Prophet Like Samuel (1 Samuel 12:1-5)

While Bible reading the other day, I was struck again by Samuel’s defense of his prophetic ministry at the coronation of King Saul in 1 Samu...

Lewis Carroll: Postmodern When Postmodernism Wasn't Cool

My daughter Hannah was in a Blackbox (local children's theater) production of "Alice in Wonderland" last year. She played the ...

Saturday, June 17, 2006

Paul Washer Preview

Paul Washer is coming on a preaching mission to JPBC November 29-December 3, 2006. For a preview of Paul's preaching, listen to this on...

Church Covenant Series: Part 11 of 11

The final paragraph of the JPBC Membership Covenant is among the most important. It reads: If we leave this church, we will immediately seek...

Reflections: SBC Meeting, Part Two, Wednesday

Wednesday (June 14): SBC Wednesday morning: The highlight was the resolution report. Before that though, with the convention running ahead (...

Reflections: SBC Meeting, Part One, Tuesday

Let me get these thoughts down before they cool off. 2006 SBC Reflections: Tuesday (June 13): Founders Breakfast: I was up at 4:30 am! We le...

Thursday, June 15, 2006

Notes: Mohler-Patterson Election Dialogue

Though you can get the audio and listen for yourself, here are my notes from the first session of the Mohler-Patterson Dialogue on Election ...

Reflections: 2006 SBC Pastors' Conference

Now, on to the SBC meeting in Greensboro. The JPBC contingency (Brian Davis, Geoff Glass, Steve Belcher and I) left Charlottesville for Gree...

Conference Reflections: HEAV 2006

I really do not attend a lot of conferences through the year, but it just so happens that this past week I attended two back to back. First,...

Thursday, June 08, 2006

Church Covenant Series: Part 10 of 11

We are nearing the end of our exposition of the eleven paragraphs of the JPBC Church Membership Covenant. Paragraph ten reads: We know that ...

Tuesday, June 06, 2006

Review of Frank Page's "Trouble with the TULIP"

An extended book review of Frank Page's out-of-print Trouble With The TULIP is now posted on our website. The Page booklet is only 80 ...

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