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.

Friday, September 29, 2023

The Vision (9.29.23): Man in the State of Innocency

Image: Map of the four rivers of Eden from a reprint of the Calvin Translation Society Commentary on Genesis. Genesis 2 15 And the Lord...

Friday, September 22, 2023

The Vision (9.22.23): “And all the host of them”: The Magnitude of Creation

Image: The Milky Way Devotion taken from last Sunday's sermon on Genesis 2:1-3. Genesis 2:1 declares, “Thus, the heavens and the eart...

Thursday, September 21, 2023

Daniel as a Type of Christ in Daniel 6

Britone Riviere (1840-1920), Daniel in the Lion's Den, Walker Art Gallery, Liverpool Note: This post taken and expanded from my Twitter/...

Wednesday, September 20, 2023

Gleanings from Calvin's Commentary on Genesis on Anthropology

Note: Posts taken from Twitter/X account: @Riddle1689: Calvin on the preeminence of man in Genesis 1:26: "Truly there are many thi...

Friday, September 15, 2023

Vision (9.15.23): The Special Creation of Man

Image: Scene from the London Zoo "Human Exhibit" in 2005. Note: Devotion taken from last Sunday's sermon on Genesis 1:26-31...

Wednesday, September 13, 2023

WM 289: Sermon Review: Five Dangers of Calvinism: Part 3

Friday, September 08, 2023

The Vision (9.8.23): Four Reasons Why Genesis 1 is History and Not Poetry

Image: Butterfly bush, North Garden, Virginia, September 2023. Note: Devotion taken from last Sunday's sermon on Genesis 1:6-25. Maybe...

Thursday, September 07, 2023

WM 288: Sermon Review: The Five Dangers of Calvinism: Part 2

Tuesday, September 05, 2023

WM 287: Sermon Review: The Five Dangers of Calvinism: Part 1

Friday, September 01, 2023

The Vision (9.1.23): In the Beginning

Image: Morning Glory flowers, North Garden, Virginia, September 2023 Note: We began a new series last Sunday morning through Genesis chapt...

Jeff Clark: The Alchemy of Marriage

Image: Flowers, North Garden, Virginia, September 2023 On what would be our 62nd Anniversary if… I do reminisce about our life together,...

Calvin on Genesis

Note: Article taken from posts to my Twitter (X): @Riddle1689: I read the opening “Argument” to Calvin’s Commentary on Genesis (1563) in p...

Monday, August 28, 2023

McGrath on the Personality of Calvin

Note: This post is taken from my Twitter (X): @Riddle1689: I've been reading through Alister E. McGrath, A Life of John Calvin (Baker...

Friday, August 25, 2023

The Vision (8.25.23): The Standard For Faithful Christian Preaching

Image: Rembrandt, St. Paul in Prison, 1627, Staatsgaleri Stuttgart, Germany Note: Devotion taken from last Sunday's sermon on Acts 17...

Book Review Article: Steve McVey, Grace Walk

I have posted audio version of my 2004 review of Steve McVey's Grace Walk book above. I have also posted the written review here at...

Tuesday, August 22, 2023

Jots & Tittles 22: Is Mark 16:12-13 another account of the road to Emmaus?

Notes: This episode was stirred by my reading and review of Jakob Van Bruggen’s discussion of Mark 16:12-13 in his book Christ on Earth: ...

Friday, August 18, 2023

The Vision (8.18.23): The Almost Persuaded Hearer

Image: Knock-out rose, North Garden, Virginia, August 2023. Note: Devotion taken from last Sunday's sermon on Acts 26. Then Agrippa sa...

Thursday, August 17, 2023

WM 286: Rejoinder to Timothy Decker on the Confession and the Text of Scripture

Notes: On July 17, 2023 an article was posted to the blog of the Covenant Baptist Theological Seminary website under the title, “Doe...

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