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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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Habakkuk 2: With Scripture, Tradition, and Reason, it doesn’t flatter us—forms faithful worship and thoughtful public witness.
2 Corinthians 5:16-21 is read with Scripture, Tradition, and Reason—truth that forms worship and life together.
2 Corinthians 3:12-4:2 offers a prayer-shaped life: grace received in worship, carried into ordinary days.
Matthew 3:1-12 Jeremiah 29:1, 4-7, God meets us through word and sacrament with steady, sustaining mercy.
Romans 5:1-11 66:1-12 invites ordered love—right worship that spills into right living—today, not someday.
Colossians 1:1-14 confronts performative piety; liturgy without love is still empty—today, not someday.
If Hebrews 12:18-29 feels too concrete, remember: God uses means, not vibes—today, not someday.
1 Corinthians 3:1-9 Thessalonians 1:1-4, 11-12 invites ordered love—right worship that spills into right living—today, not someday.
Luke 4:14-21 comforts us: we are formed over time by faithful rhythms of grace—today, not someday.
Luke 15: With Scripture, Tradition, and Reason, it forms faithful worship and thoughtful public witness.
Psalm 121 11:1-11 confronts performative piety; liturgy without love is still empty—today, not someday.
Luke 12:32-40 is read with Scripture, Tradition, and Reason—truth that forms worship and life together.
Matthew 3:1-12 Timothy 2:8-15 invites ordered love—right worship that spills into right living—today, not someday.
James 1: With Scripture, Tradition, and Reason, it doesn’t flatter us—forms faithful worship and thoughtful public witness.
In Hebrews 11:1-3, 8-16, the via media holds: doctrine with humility, practice with reverence—today, not someday.
Isaiah 43:16-21 invites ordered love—right worship that spills into right living—today, not someday.
1 Samuel 3:1-10 confronts comfortable faith—obedience delayed is obedience denied.
Psalm 139: With Scripture, Tradition, and Reason, it forms faithful worship and thoughtful public witness.
Micah 6: With Scripture, Tradition, and Reason, it forms faithful worship and thoughtful public witness.
Isaiah 62:1-5 challenges untethered spirituality—without rooted worship, zeal becomes drift—today, not someday.
Ephesians 1:15-23 Philemon 1-21, God meets us through word and sacrament with steady, sustaining mercy—today, not someday.
Isaiah 9:1-4 8:18-9:1 challenges untethered spirituality—without rooted worship, zeal becomes drift—today, not someday.
Luke 18:1-8 invites ordered love—right worship that spills into right living—today, not someday.
If John 13:31-35 feels too concrete, remember: God uses means, not vibes—today, not someday.