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.

Wednesday, August 31, 2011

Text Note: Romans 11:6

The issue: The second half of v. 6 is omitted in the modern critical text. The omitted phrase: ei de ex ergon ouketi esti charis epei to er...

Tuesday, August 30, 2011

Owen: God loves his people while they are sinning

In Communion with God , John Owen discusses our perceptions that God’s love is changeable. He notes that even when we perceive his chiding a...

Monday, August 29, 2011

Speaking on Text Criticism in Roanoke on September 12, 2011

I will be speaking at the next meeting of the Society for the Preservation of Baptist Principles and Practices, meeting at Plantation Road B...

"Don't join a flat screen church!": John MacArthur predicts the demise of YRR movement

Friday, August 26, 2011

Keach: Come, venture your Souls on Christ's Righteousness

I just finished reading Benjamin Keach's The Marrow of True Justification (Solid Ground Christian Books edition, 2007). Keach first pu...

Thursday, August 25, 2011

The Vision (8/25/11): Earthquake

“What were you doing when the earthquake hit?” No doubt that question has been asked a lot since last Tuesday’s tremor that put nearby Miner...

I have stretched forth my hands

Here are my notes from last Sunday's message on Romans 10:16-21, reflecting on the passage's closing image of the Lord reaching tow...

Tuesday, August 23, 2011

Reb Bradley: Blind Spots for Homeschoolers

The Fall 2011 The Virginia Home Educator (the HEAV news magazine) has a good article by Reb Bradley titled, "Crisis in Homeschooling:...

Monday, August 22, 2011

A Visit with Ron Young, Sr.

Image: Ron Young, Sr. stands by the Scripture Truth sign outside Fincastle, VA. I enjoyed a visit last Saturday with Pastor Ron Young, Sr....

Text Note: Romans 10:17: "word of God" or "word of Christ"?

Here's a text issue I ran across while preparing to preach yesterday's sermon I have stretched forth my hands (Romans 10:16-21): ...

Saturday, August 20, 2011

John Owen on losing our first love

I started an afternoon sermon series last Lord's Day on the Letters to the Seven Churches (Revelation 2-3). The first message was Ephesu...

Friday, August 19, 2011

Dan Wallace and Bart Ehrman "Debate" The Text of the NT

I’ve read on a few blogs ( James White and Justin Taylor ) about the upcoming “debate” on October 1, 2011 between Dan Wallace of Dallas Se...

Thursday, August 18, 2011

The Vision (8/18/11): Richard Baxter: No more preaching in heaven

My sermon last Sunday stressed the centrality and importance of preaching as a means of grace in this gospel age. This same week I ran into...

How shall they hear? Closing Words

Closing words from last Sunday's message, How shall they hear? (Romans 10:14-15): I come to you today as an ambassador of Christ. I co...

How shall they hear? Exhortation Four: Sent and Authorized Preachers

I began last Sunday's message, How shall they hear? (Romans 10:14-15) by noting: "Today I stand as a preacher who is going to spea...

Wednesday, August 17, 2011

Al Martin on the Centrality of Preaching

This video from Al Martin, one of the deans of RB preachers, is a good follow up to recent posts on the centrality of preaching. Martin giv...

Text of Driscoll Review Posted

As a follow up to today's Mark Driscoll post , I uploaded a pdf text of my notes to sermonaudio.com from the lecture I did back on Jan...

How shall they hear? Exhortation Three: Hearing Christ in Preaching

I began last Sunday's message, How shall they hear? (Romans 10:14-15) by noting: "Today I stand as a preacher who is going to spea...

Phil Johnson on Mark Driscoll's "Pornographic Divination"

The Reformed Baptist Fellowship blog recently called attention to an August 15 post by Phil Johnson on the Pyromaniac's blog titled ...

Tuesday, August 16, 2011

UVA Study: The Risks to Children from Cohabitation

NPR had a story today about the most recent research from UVA's National Marriage Project . It reports that cohabitation is not good ...

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