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, December 30, 2010

The Vision (12/30/10): Not Saved!

Note: Who believes that this is the 52nd issue of the first volume of The Vision? How quickly has the year passed! A friend (Brian Overstr...

CRBC Preaching Schedule for January 2011 (Lord willing)

Image: British Pastor John Marshall preaches in Trafalgar Square, London January 2 10:30 AM The glory has departed (1 Samuel 4) 1:00 PM...

Wednesday, December 29, 2010

Gary Crampton's "From Paedobaptism to Credobaptism"

I got several books as Christmas (or Ranzaa) gifts that I am working through including Bunyan's The Life and Death of Mr. Badman and E...

Tuesday, December 28, 2010

"Begat: The King James Bible & the English Language"

Another story of interest as we approach the 400th anniversary of the AV: The NPR program "Talk of the Nation" had as its subjec...

Friday, December 24, 2010

Season's Greetings from the Riddles!

Image: The Riddle children at a tree farm off the Skyline Drive. Image: Jeff and Lydia dragging our find . Image: Isaiah joins in the ...

Thursday, December 23, 2010

The Vision (12/23/10): Glory to God in the highest!

Below is an excerpt from a sermon preached by John Calvin in 1562 in which he meditates on the song of the heavenly host to the shepherds: ...

Wednesday, December 22, 2010

Watson: "After your funeral begins your festival. Long for suppertime."

I am continuing my afternoon sermon series through the beatitudes of Matthew 5:1-12 and reading Thomas Watson's exposition as I go. I ...

Monday, December 20, 2010

An Example of How Dispensationalism Skews Old Testament Interpretation: MacArthur's Notes on 1 Samuel 2:35

On Sunday I preached a message on The Faithful Priest (1 Samuel 2:12-36). The climax of the passage is the prophetic prediction by the “man...

"Middle America" backing away from marriage

Image: UVA sociologist and marriage researcher Bradford Wilcox The Daily Progress has an interesting article this morning about research...

Thursday, December 16, 2010

The Vision (12/16/10): Live as Kings!

Note: We are continuing our sermon series in Lord’s Day afternoon worship through the Beatitudes (Matthew 5:1-12). I have been helped by re...

Wednesday, December 15, 2010

Petrine Commentaries

I finished a series of sermons through 1-2 Peter at CRBC a few weeks ago. The series started back on March 3, 2010 and ended on November 28,...

Tuesday, December 14, 2010

Spurgeon on Bunyan

I noted that I finished reading John Bunyan's The Holy War a few weeks back. I also recently started reading again through Part One of...

Monday, December 13, 2010

A Simple Life

I was struck once again yesterday by the Lord's wisdom in giving us the command to rest one day in seven. It was a good day for worship...

Thursday, December 09, 2010

The Vision (12/9/10): Celebrating the 400th Anniversary of the King James Version (1611-2011)

I read an online article a couple of weeks ago reporting on a recent poll in the United Kingdom revealing that 51% of those under age 35 ...

Wednesday, December 08, 2010

Bunyan's "The Holy War": The Duties of Mansoul to Mr. Recorder and other "High and Noble Captains"

One more Holy War insight: After the appointment of Mr. Conscience as preacher to Mansoul, Emmanuel lays out the duties of the people to t...

Tuesday, December 07, 2010

An example of the simplicity and depth of Hebrew narrative

I began a new sermon series last Sunday morning through the book of 1 Samuel. The first message was "The birth of Samuel" from ...

Monday, December 06, 2010

Merry Ranzaa!

Over a recent lunch with some friends from CRBC we were discussing the dilemma as to what Reformed believers should do with Christmas. On on...

Textual Note: "Beor" or "Bosor" in 2 Peter 2:15?

The issue: Is Balaam the son of Beor or Bosor? External evidence: Bosor is the traditional reading and is supported by almost all ancient...

Saturday, December 04, 2010

Bandwagon and Exigency Fallacies

I ran across a series of videos that teach basic logical fallacies. Here's the video that outlines "bandwagon" and "exig...

Friday, December 03, 2010

Bunyan's "The Holy War": Mr. Conscience

In Bunyan’s The Holy War , Emmanuel appoints two ministers over Mansoul. The first is the Lord Chief Secretary (the Holy Spirit) and the sec...

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