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, April 19, 2024

The Vision (4.19.24): Try the spirits: Discernment in the Christian Life

Image: Dogwood, North Garden, Virginia, April 2024. Note: Devotion taken from last Sunday's sermon on 1 John 4:1-6. Beloved, believe ...

Friday, April 12, 2024

The Vision (4.12.24): God is greater than our heart

Image: North Garden, Virginia Landscape, painting, John Borden Evans, on display at the Petite MarieBette Café & Bakery, Charlottesvi...

What do Eastern Orthodox believe? A Confessional Protestant Analysis and Response to Ten Beliefs of the EOC

Note: In CRBC's midweek meetings we are currently doing a series on "World Religions" and at present are looking at Christian ...

Tuesday, April 09, 2024

WM 305: Rejoinder to Steele Continued: Goodwin, Common Text, Alexandrinus, & Beza

Saturday, April 06, 2024

The Vision (4.5.24): A New Friend

Image: Rainbow over the baseball fields, Madison Heights, Virginia, April 2024. Note: Devotional taken from last Sunday's sermon on 1...

Friday, April 05, 2024

What do Roman Catholics Believe? A Confessional Protestant Response to Ten Teachings of the RCC

We've been doing a teaching series in our Midweek Meeting at CRBC on World Religions and just started looking at Christian denominatio...

Tuesday, April 02, 2024

WM 304: Announcement & Invitation: Reformation Bible Society

Find the Reformation Bible Society here. Register for the August 3, 2024 conference here. JTR

Friday, March 29, 2024

WM 303: The 900,000 Manuscripts of Mount Athos & the Failure of Textual Reconstruction

One modern scholar, Malka K. Simkovich, has recently suggested that there may be over 900,000 manuscripts at Mount Athos, Greece alone ye...

The Vision: A New Status in Christ (3.29.24)

Image: North Garden, Virginia, March 2024 Note: Devotion take from last Sunday's sermon on 1 John 3:1-6. Behold, what manner of love ...

Tuesday, March 26, 2024

Book Note: D. Martyn Lloyd-Jones, Raising Children God's Way

About this book: The author is D. Martyn Lloyd-Jones (1899-1981). He was a Welshman, a physician by training who was called into the m...

Friday, March 22, 2024

The Vision (3.22.24): The Anointing of the Believer

Image: Morning view, North Garden, Virginia, March 2024 Note: Devotion taken from last Sunday's sermon on 1 John 2:24-29. But ye have...

Friday, March 15, 2024

WM 302: The Failure of James White's Apologetic in the "Real World": RCC, PA, and Sola Scriptura

The Vision (3.15.24): The Spiritual Advantage of Knowing God's Providence

Image: Daffodils, Charlottesville, Virginia, March 2024. Note: Devotion is taken from last Sunday's afternoon sermon on Lord's Da...

Friday, March 08, 2024

The Vision (3.8.24): They went out from us, but they were not of us

Note: Devotion taken from last Sunday's sermon on 1 John 2:18-23. They went out from us, but they were not of us; for if they had bee...

Wednesday, March 06, 2024

RBF-VA Spring 2024 Pastors' Fraternal (Prebyterion): April 26

Monday, March 04, 2024

Text and Translation Note: John 16:21, "Man" or "Human Being"? (Jots & Tittles 25)

Saturday, March 02, 2024

The Vision (3.1.24): All that is in the world

Note: Devotion taken from last Sunday's sermon on 1 John 2:12-17. For all that is in the world, the lust of the flesh, and the lust of...

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