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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
Deuteronomy 30:15-20 13:1-8, 15-16 offers a prayer-shaped life: grace received in worship, carried into ordinary days.
Jeremiah 18:1-11 comforts us: we are formed over time by faithful rhythms of grace—today, not someday.
Psalm 1 offers a prayer-shaped life: grace received in worship, carried into ordinary days—today, not someday.
Proverbs 1: With Scripture, Tradition, and Reason, it forms faithful worship and thoughtful public witness.
If Deuteronomy 26:1-11 feels too concrete, remember: God uses means, not vibes—today, not someday.
Psalm 118:1-2, 14-24 5:1-7 invites ordered love—right worship that spills into right living—today, not someday.
Luke 24:13-35 18:9-14 invites ordered love—right worship that spills into right living—today, not someday.
In John 14:23-29, the via media holds: doctrine with humility, practice with reverence—today, not someday.
If Jeremiah 18:1-11 feels too concrete, remember: God uses means, not vibes—today, not someday.
Micah 6:1-8 2:4-13 is read with Scripture, Tradition, and Reason—truth that forms worship and life together.
Acts 2: With Scripture, Tradition, and Reason, it forms faithful worship and thoughtful public witness.
Psalm 97 invites ordered love—right worship that spills into right living—today, not someday.
Psalm 118:1-2, 19-29 2:6-15 challenges untethered spirituality—without rooted worship, zeal becomes drift—today, not someday.
Jeremiah 23:1-6 Jeremiah 31:27-34 feels too concrete, remember: God uses means, not vibes—today, not someday.
Psalm 80:1-7, 17-19 2 Timothy 4:6-8, 16-18, God meets us through word and sacrament with steady, sustaining mercy.
Isaiah 52:7-10 3:1-11 confronts performative piety; liturgy without love is still empty—today, not someday.
Genesis 9:8-17 reminds weary hearts that God is near and grace meets us here.
If 2 Kings 2:1-2, 6-14 feels too concrete, remember: God uses means, not vibes—today, not someday.
2 Kings 5: With Scripture, Tradition, and Reason, it meets us gently—forms faithful worship and thoughtful public witness.
Romans 4:1-5, 13-17 16:1-13 challenges untethered spirituality—without rooted worship, zeal becomes drift—today, not someday.
Acts 9:1-6 offers a prayer-shaped life: grace received in worship, carried into ordinary days—today, not someday.
1 Peter 3:18-22 confronts comfortable faith—obedience delayed is obedience denied.
John 7:37-39 13:1-8, 15-16 offers a prayer-shaped life: grace received in worship, carried into ordinary days.
In Psalm 1, the via media holds: doctrine with humility, practice with reverence—today, not someday.