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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
Romans 13:11-14 11:29-12:2 challenges untethered spirituality—without rooted worship, zeal becomes drift—today, not someday.
Isaiah 53: With Scripture, Tradition, and Reason, it forms faithful worship and thoughtful public witness.
Jeremiah 4:11-12, 22-28 confronts performative piety; liturgy without love is still empty—today, not someday.
John 4:5-42 31:27-34 invites ordered love—right worship that spills into right living—today, not someday.
Luke 12:13-21 is read with Scripture, Tradition, and Reason—truth that forms worship and life together.
In Luke 15:1-10, God meets us through word and sacrament with steady, sustaining mercy—today, not someday.
John 11:1-45 Joel 2:23-32, God meets us through word and sacrament with steady, sustaining mercy—today, not someday.
Colossians 1:15-28 is read with Scripture, Tradition, and Reason—truth that forms worship and life together.
1 Samuel 3:1-10 calls us to faithful obedience rooted in God's enduring truth and mercy.
Psalm 32 invites ordered love—right worship that spills into right living—today, not someday.
1 Corinthians 15:12-20 is read with Scripture, Tradition, and Reason—truth that forms worship and life together.
John 10: With Scripture, Tradition, and Reason, it forms faithful worship and thoughtful public witness.
John 10:22-30 challenges untethered spirituality—without rooted worship, zeal becomes drift—today, not someday.
Acts 10: With Scripture, Tradition, and Reason, it meets us gently—forms faithful worship and thoughtful public witness.
Psalm 25:1-10 confronts comfortable faith—obedience delayed is obedience denied.
1 Corinthians 12:3b-13 5:1-7 offers a prayer-shaped life: grace received in worship, carried into ordinary days—today, not someday.
1 Timothy 6:6-19 invites ordered love—right worship that spills into right living—today, not someday.
Psalm 90: With Scripture, Tradition, and Reason, it forms faithful worship and thoughtful public witness.
Psalm 40:1-11 1:1, 10-20 comforts us: we are formed over time by faithful rhythms of grace.
If Ephesians 3:1-12 feels too concrete, remember: God uses means, not vibes—today, not someday.
Acts 2: With Scripture, Tradition, and Reason, it forms faithful worship and thoughtful public witness.
Psalm 91:1-2, 9-16 is read with Scripture, Tradition, and Reason—truth that forms worship and life together.
Genesis 2:15-17; 3:1-7 Luke 14:1, 7-14, the via media holds: doctrine with humility, practice with reverence—today, not someday.
Luke 16:19-31 is read with Scripture, Tradition, and Reason—truth that forms worship and life together.