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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?”
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1 Corinthians 1:1-9 80:1-2, 8-19 challenges untethered spirituality—without rooted worship, zeal becomes drift—today, not someday.
Psalm 73: With Scripture, Tradition, and Reason, it meets us gently—forms faithful worship and thoughtful public witness.
Psalm 37:1-11, 39-40 confronts performative piety; liturgy without love is still empty—today, not someday.
Acts 10: With Scripture, Tradition, and Reason, it forms faithful worship and thoughtful public witness.
1 Corinthians 15: With Scripture, Tradition, and Reason, it meets us gently—forms faithful worship and thoughtful public witness.
In 1 Corinthians 12:12-31a, the via media holds: doctrine with humility, practice with reverence—today, not someday.
Psalm 2 15:1-10 challenges untethered spirituality—without rooted worship, zeal becomes drift—today, not someday.
If Luke 8:26-39 feels too concrete, remember: God uses means, not vibes—today, not someday.
If Psalm 42 feels too concrete, remember: God uses means, not vibes—today, not someday.
In Luke 5:1-11, the via media holds: doctrine with humility, practice with reverence—today, not someday.
Haggai 1:15b-2:9 119:137-144 invites ordered love—right worship that spills into right living—today, not someday.
Matthew 3:13-17 18:9-14 invites ordered love—right worship that spills into right living—today, not someday.
1 Timothy 2:1-7 is read with Scripture, Tradition, and Reason—truth that forms worship and life together.
Proverbs 1: With Scripture, Tradition, and Reason, it meets us gently—forms faithful worship and thoughtful public witness.
Malachi 3: With Scripture, Tradition, and Reason, it meets us gently—forms faithful worship and thoughtful public witness.
Colossians 1: With Scripture, Tradition, and Reason, it meets us gently—forms faithful worship and thoughtful public witness.
Hebrews 2:10-18 119:137-144 invites ordered love—right worship that spills into right living—today, not someday.
Luke 13:31-35 comforts us: we are formed over time by faithful rhythms of grace—today, not someday.
Isaiah 2:1-5 2:23-32 is read with Scripture, Tradition, and Reason—truth that forms worship and life together.
Deuteronomy 30:15-20 13:1-8, 15-16 offers a prayer-shaped life: grace received in worship, carried into ordinary days.
2 Peter 1:16-21 Hebrews 12:18-29, God meets us through word and sacrament with steady, sustaining mercy—today, not someday.
1 Corinthians 10:1-13 invites ordered love—right worship that spills into right living—today, not someday.
2 Kings 2:1-2, 6-14 invites ordered love—right worship that spills into right living—today, not someday.
John 16:12-15 is read with Scripture, Tradition, and Reason—truth that forms worship and life together.