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Scripture, Tradition, and Reason — the "three-legged stool" — seeking the via media.
Key question: “How do we faithfully interpret this text using the wisdom of Scripture, Church tradition, and God-given Reason?”
24,532 sermon illustrations through the Anglican lens
Isaiah 63:7-9 Jeremiah 2:4-13 feels too concrete, remember: God uses means, not vibes—today, not someday.
1 Kings 18: With Scripture, Tradition, and Reason, it forms faithful worship and thoughtful public witness.
1 Timothy 6:6-19 invites ordered love—right worship that spills into right living—today, not someday.
Psalm 85 invites ordered love—right worship that spills into right living—today, not someday.
Haggai 1:15b-2:9 Lamentations 1:1-6, God meets us through word and sacrament with steady, sustaining mercy—today, not someday.
Psalm 40:1-11 1:1, 10-20 comforts us: we are formed over time by faithful rhythms of grace.
Romans 5:12-19 Timothy 3:14-4:5 is read with Scripture, Tradition, and Reason—truth that forms worship and life together.
Matthew 11:2-11 12:32-40 offers a prayer-shaped life: grace received in worship, carried into ordinary days—today, not someday.
1 Corinthians 12:3b-13 80:1-2, 8-19 challenges untethered spirituality—without rooted worship, zeal becomes drift—today, not someday.
Psalm 91:1-6, 14-16 offers a prayer-shaped life: grace received in worship, carried into ordinary days.
Nehemiah 4: With Scripture, Tradition, and Reason, it forms faithful worship and thoughtful public witness.
John 12:1-8 is read with Scripture, Tradition, and Reason—truth that forms worship and life together.
1 Corinthians 3:1-9 Thessalonians 1:1-4, 11-12 invites ordered love—right worship that spills into right living—today, not someday.
Psalm 46 5:1-7 offers a prayer-shaped life: grace received in worship, carried into ordinary days—today, not someday.
Isaiah 55:1-9 challenges untethered spirituality—without rooted worship, zeal becomes drift—today, not someday.
Revelation 5:11-14 challenges untethered spirituality—without rooted worship, zeal becomes drift—today, not someday.
Psalm 118:1-2, 14-24 calls us to faithful obedience rooted in God's enduring truth and mercy.
Matthew 2:1-12 invites ordered love—right worship that spills into right living—today, not someday.
Matthew 28:16-20 Hebrews 12:18-29, God meets us through word and sacrament with steady, sustaining mercy—today, not someday.
Joel 2:23-32 is read with Scripture, Tradition, and Reason—truth that forms worship and life together.
Romans 5:1-5 invites ordered love—right worship that spills into right living—today, not someday.
Joshua 5:9-12 comforts us: we are formed over time by faithful rhythms of grace—today, not someday.
Isaiah 12 2:6-15 challenges untethered spirituality—without rooted worship, zeal becomes drift—today, not someday.
Jeremiah 31:27-34 invites ordered love—right worship that spills into right living—today, not someday.