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, October 31, 2013

The Vision (10.31.13): What makes a "Reformed" Baptist Church distinct from a Calvinistic Evangelical Church?

Note: On this day that some have dubbed "Reformation Day" (but more call Halloween), I thought it might be helpful to use my w...

Wednesday, October 30, 2013

Two major issues with baptism: subject and mode

When it comes to the issue of the sacrament or ordinance of baptism there are two major questions: (1) Who are the proper subjects of b...

Saturday, October 26, 2013

Reformed Baptist Paradise

From the Confessing Baptist website : REFORMED BAPTIST PARADISE —————————————- ———- As I go through my life with its toil a...

Thursday, October 24, 2013

The Vision (10.24.13): Thomas Vincent on the Lawful Preservation of One's Life

Note: Last Sunday afternoon we returned to our occasional series through Spurgeon’s Baptist Catechism, examining the sixth commandmen...

Wednesday, October 23, 2013

Rosaria Butterfield: Interview and Testimony

I did a review last year of Rosaria Butterfield 's powerful biography The Secret Thoughts of an Unlikely Convert (Crown & Cove...

Tuesday, October 22, 2013

Text Note: Luke 14:5

There are at least two significant textual variations: First: Should the participle “answering [ apokritheis ]” be included in the ...

Thursday, October 17, 2013

The Vision (10.17.13): The Lamentation of Jesus

Note: The devotion below is drawn from last Sunday’sexposition of Luke 13:31-35 . “O Jerusalem, Jerusalem, which killest the pro...

One more quote from Dabney's "Spurious Religious Excitements"

Note: Here’s a final excerpt from toward the end of Dabney’s 1887 “Spurious Religious Excitements” (Discussions, Vol. 3: pp. 456-475...

"O Light that Knew No Dawn"

I was contemplating including the hymn "O Light that Knew No Dawn" ( No. 23 in the Trinity Hymnal ) this Sunday at CRBC and ran...

Saturday, October 12, 2013

Even more from Dabney's "Spurious Religious Excitements"

Image: R. L. Dabney (1820-1898) Yet another excerpt from R. L. Dabney’s 1887 article “Spurious Religious Excitements” ( Discuss...

Thursday, October 10, 2013

The Vision (10.10.13): Meditation on Psalm 49

Note: Last Sunday afternoon’s message was a meditation on Psalm 49 as a “wisdom psalm.” Below are some of my notes: “But God wil...

Wednesday, October 09, 2013

More Dabney on "Spurious Religious Excitements"

Here’s another snippet from Dabney: Thus a synergistic theology fosters these “revival measures,” as they, in turn, incline towa...

Tuesday, October 08, 2013

New Word Magazine: Review: Dan Wallace on Preservation.Part 5

I uploaded a new WordMagazine today. This episode is the fifth and final in a series of reviews of Dan Wallace’s article, Inspiratio...

Unsolicited ministry email appeals

Below is an email that came to our church account this morning: Greetings in the name of Jesus Christ, My name is Pastor M. ...

Monday, October 07, 2013

Dabney on "Spurious Religious Excitements"

The only book I allowed myself to buy at the Keach Conference was Dabney’s Discussions Volume III: Philosophical. The first ar...

Thursday, October 03, 2013

The Vision (10.3.13): One Life at a Time

Note: The devotion below is drawn from last Sunday’s sermon on Luke 13:11-21. “And again he said, Whereunto shall I liken the king...

Wednesday, October 02, 2013

New Word Magazine: Interview with Richard Barcellos on Preaching and Hermeneutics (10.2.13)

Image: Inside Christian's Pizza Downtown Mall I uploaded another edition of Word Magazine today. It features an interview I...

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