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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
Hebrews 1:1-4 Psalm 119:97-104, the via media holds: doctrine with humility, practice with reverence—today, not someday.
Jeremiah 4:11-12, 22-28 confronts performative piety; liturgy without love is still empty—today, not someday.
Galatians 4:4-7 11:1-3, 8-16 offers a prayer-shaped life: grace received in worship, carried into ordinary days.
Ephesians 2: With Scripture, Tradition, and Reason, it doesn’t flatter us—forms faithful worship and thoughtful public witness.
John 1:1-14 Thessalonians 1:1-4, 11-12 invites ordered love—right worship that spills into right living—today, not someday.
Isaiah 62:1-5 invites ordered love—right worship that spills into right living—today, not someday.
In Galatians 3:23-29, the via media holds: doctrine with humility, practice with reverence—today, not someday.
Deuteronomy 30:15-20 13:1-8, 15-16 offers a prayer-shaped life: grace received in worship, carried into ordinary days.
Revelation 1: With Scripture, Tradition, and Reason, it forms faithful worship and thoughtful public witness.
Ezekiel 34:11-16, 20-24 Psalm 71:1-6, God meets us through word and sacrament with steady, sustaining mercy—today, not someday.
Psalm 85 invites ordered love—right worship that spills into right living—today, not someday.
Numbers 6:22-27 18:9-14 confronts performative piety; liturgy without love is still empty—today, not someday.
John 10:22-30 challenges untethered spirituality—without rooted worship, zeal becomes drift—today, not someday.
If Hebrews 12:18-29 feels too concrete, remember: God uses means, not vibes—today, not someday.
Jeremiah 32:1-3a, 6-15 confronts performative piety; liturgy without love is still empty—today, not someday.
1 Corinthians 15:12-20 is read with Scripture, Tradition, and Reason—truth that forms worship and life together.
Psalm 23: With Scripture, Tradition, and Reason, it forms faithful worship and thoughtful public witness.
Ecclesiastes 3: With Scripture, Tradition, and Reason, it doesn’t flatter us—forms faithful worship and thoughtful public witness.
Psalm 2 15:1-10 challenges untethered spirituality—without rooted worship, zeal becomes drift—today, not someday.
Psalm 37:1-11, 39-40 confronts performative piety; liturgy without love is still empty—today, not someday.
2 Peter 1:16-21 Hebrews 12:18-29, God meets us through word and sacrament with steady, sustaining mercy—today, not someday.
1 Samuel 3:1-10 calls us to faithful obedience rooted in God's enduring truth and mercy.
Matthew 5:1-12 Lamentations 1:1-6, God meets us through word and sacrament with steady, sustaining mercy—today, not someday.
1 Corinthians 15:19-26 offers a prayer-shaped life: grace received in worship, carried into ordinary days.