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, November 24, 2011

The Vision (11/24/11): A Prayer based on Psalm 107

A Prayer based on Psalm 107 O Lord of mercy, and full of all benignity, who chastiseth men in diverse sorts to make them return unto thee,...

Wednesday, November 23, 2011

Common Infections in Family Integrated Churches

Scott Brown's sermon "Common Infections in Family Integrated Churches" has been featured this week on sermonaudio.com. It...

Tuesday, November 22, 2011

Mbewe: Are all elders "pastors"?

Conrad Mbewe did a post on his blog last week titled, Are all elders "pastors"?" in which he argues for a distinction in the...

Exposition of Jude: Part 22 of 25

Note: This is an occasional, verse by verse series of expositions through the book of Jude that started in May 2007! You can read previous c...

Monday, November 21, 2011

Bunyan: Objections from Jerusalem Sinners

Here is the closing illustration from yesterday's sermon David Spares Saul (1 Samuel 23-24), that reflected on David's sparing of ...

Thursday, November 17, 2011

The Vision (11/17/11): "I could spill it all for the sake of the Lord Jesus"

I am crucified with Christ: nevertheless I live, yet not I, but Christ liveth in me (Galatians 2:20). In Bunyan’s Pilgrim’s Progress , as C...

Wednesday, November 16, 2011

J. L. Dagg on the Covenant of Works

I’ve been making my way through Greg Nichols’ Covenant Theology: A Reformed and Baptistic Perspective on God’s Covenants (Solid Ground, 2011...

Tuesday, November 15, 2011

Poh Boon Sing on "The Reformed Baptist Dilemma"

I just ran across Pastor Poh Boon Sing's article, The Reformed Baptist Dilemma , on the "Gospel Highway" magazine website. T...

Monday, November 14, 2011

Owen on false assurance

Yet another gem from John Owen, Communion with God (Banner ed.): If they have false assurance of God’s care and promises to them, and in...

Friday, November 11, 2011

Contrasting Old and New Commentators on 1 Samuel 20

When doing some reading to prepare to preach on 1 Samuel 20 , I was struck by different perspectives expressed by the commentators regarding...

Gurnall (1617-1679) laments the decline of psalm singing

The Puritan William Gurnall laments the decline of psalm singing in his day (though the context indicates the issue was not merely the singi...

Thursday, November 10, 2011

The Vision (11/10/11): Jonathan and David

Last Sunday morning our sermon text was 1 Samuel chapter 20 which focuses on the relationship between Jonathan and David. In the spiritual...

Spurgeon on Psalm 42:4: "We might as well pray by machinery as praise by it"

OK, let me continue the flow of Spurgeon and the simplicity of congregational singing in NT worship. Here is part of Spurgeon's exposit...

Wednesday, November 09, 2011

Spurgeon on Psalm 33:2: "No instrument like the human voice"

Here are even more thoughts from Spurgeon on singing and New Testament worship from his exposition of Psalm 33:2 in the The Treasury of Dav...

Spurgeon on Organs

I had coffee this AM with my friend Greg C. and we got to talking about music and singing in worship. I told him I would re-post this intr...

Tuesday, November 08, 2011

Owen on the Holy Spirit and the promises of Christ

Another gem from John Owen, Communion with God (Banner ed.): A believer may be in the saddest and darkest condition imaginable. Even so, t...

Monday, November 07, 2011

Video of the Week: How to be a Biblical Scholar

I got this link from someone on the RB list. Pretty funny...and true.

Thomas Vincent on the Apographa

I have started a new sermon series on Sunday afternoons through Spurgeon’s Catechism (an edited version of the Westminster Shorter Catechis...

Friday, November 04, 2011

CRBC Worship November 2011

Note: In Lord’s Day morning worship we will continue our series on the Life of David in 1 Samuel. In afternoon worship, we will continue our...

Thursday, November 03, 2011

The Vision (11/3/11): Consider the privileges of that house

I’ve been reading through John Owen’s Communion with God (Banner of Truth ed.). In this classic work, Owen describes the fellowship that be...

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