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.

Thursday, March 29, 2007

Discernment and anti-denominational church ads

For several months an ad has persistently appeared in the Charlottesville Daily Progress newspaper that reads in part: Several families fro...

Exposition of Jude: Part 2 of 25

This series is an occasional, verse-by-verse commentary on the book of Jude. Mercy, peace, and love be multiplied to you (Jude 1:2). After i...

Old Books and Interpreting History

I recently read J. A. Brendon’s The Ancient World (Glascow, Scotland: Blackie and Son, 1925). This popular-level work was written to teach ...

Wednesday, March 28, 2007

Paul Washer's Counsel for Young Men

This scene was typical last weekend at the end of each session with Paul Washer. A group of young men would gather around to ask questions a...

Tuesday, March 27, 2007

The Old Baptists, Revivals, and "the axe of discipline"

I’ve been reading through Robert Baylor Semple’s History of the Rise and Progress of the Baptists in Virginia (originally published in 1810...

Monday, March 26, 2007

Washer Audio is Online

Wow! We just finished the weekend's series of meetings with Paul Washer and I feel both tired (physically) and refreshed (spiritually). ...

The games people play

My friend Steve Hills was thoughful enough to send me this link , since he thought I might be interested in finding a new board game. I thi...

Wednesday, March 21, 2007

Gospel Preaching Mission with Paul Washer

We are looking forward to this weekend's Gospel Preaching Mission at JPBC with Paul Washer of HeartCry Missionary Society. Paul will be...

Tuesday, March 20, 2007

Of Sabbaths and Spelling Bees

Below is our call to worship last Sunday (3/18/07) at JPBC: When God listed the top ten principles for healthy human living, he included the...

Tuesday, March 13, 2007

The diligent use of scriptural means

Another quote from Bishop J. C. Ryle's Holiness (read the whole book here ): Sanctification, again, is a thing which depends greatly on...

The harvest truly is plentiful

I recently read an article that listed Albemarle County, Virginia as the 13th most unchurched county in Virginia with 64.4% of the populatio...

Wednesday, March 07, 2007

Exposition of Jude: Part 1 of 25

Note: I am beginning an occasional verse by verse exposition of the book of Jude, the next to last book in the New Testament. Jude, a bondse...

Bart Campolo's "Modest Proposal"

As a younger, moderate evangelical I enjoyed the preaching/teaching of Tony Campolo. I even heard him preach when he came to my college (Wa...

Update on Elder/Deacon seminar with Sam Waldron

Brian Davis and I from JPBC went to the Elder/Deacon seminar at Covenant RBC in Warrenton on Saturday (3/3/07). Sam Waldron taught on the 16...

Tuesday, March 06, 2007

Pastor Greg Barkman coming to 2007 Evangelical Forum

We have recently confirmed our second plenary speaker for the 2007 annual meeting of the Evangelical Forum which will be October 5-6, 2007 (...

Thursday, March 01, 2007

Follow Up Thoughts on Unitarians and Neo-Pagans

A few follow-up points on the recent conversations here concerning Unitarianism, Neo-Paganism and Evangelical Christianity: Lonnie, NatureSp...

What do you say to a Neo-Pagan?

Wednesday before last (2/21/07), I followed up my teaching on Unitarianism (see my blog post here ) with an interactive teaching on Neo-Paga...

Wednesday, February 28, 2007

Reformed Baptist Fellowship blog

My friend Steve Clevenger tipped me off to the new Reformed Baptist Fellowship blog . The contributors in this collaborative effort include...

Tuesday, February 27, 2007

The Lord's Supper

Below are a few excerpts from the study material for JPBC 101 (Unit Six: What are the Ordinances?) which we offer for new members and attend...

Wednesday, February 21, 2007

Baptist Identity and the "Angry Young Men" of the SBC

I am working my way through listening to the audio sessions from the "Baptist Identity II" Conference at Union University (held Fe...

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