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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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Genesis 12:1-4a Luke 16:19-31, God meets us through word and sacrament with steady, sustaining mercy—today, not someday.
Psalm 67 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.
Revelation 21:10, 22-22:5 confronts performative piety; liturgy without love is still empty—today, not someday.
1 Corinthians 2:1-16 2:6-15 challenges untethered spirituality—without rooted worship, zeal becomes drift—today, not someday.
Luke 9:28-36 offers a prayer-shaped life: grace received in worship, carried into ordinary days—today, not someday.
In Psalm 52, the via media holds: doctrine with humility, practice with reverence—today, not someday.
Psalm 90: With Scripture, Tradition, and Reason, it meets us gently—forms faithful worship and thoughtful public witness.
Mark 13:24-37 5:1-7 invites ordered love—right worship that spills into right living—today, not someday.
Matthew 2:13-23 18:1-11 comforts us: we are formed over time by faithful rhythms of grace—today, not someday.
James 2: With Scripture, Tradition, and Reason, it meets us gently—forms faithful worship and thoughtful public witness.
1 Peter 1:17-23 Timothy 6:6-19 invites ordered love—right worship that spills into right living—today, not someday.
Ephesians 2: With Scripture, Tradition, and Reason, it doesn’t flatter us—forms faithful worship and thoughtful public witness.
John 4:5-42 1 Timothy 2:1-7, God meets us through word and sacrament with steady, sustaining mercy.
Psalm 104:24-34, 35b Jeremiah 31:27-34 feels too concrete, remember: God uses means, not vibes—today, not someday.
In 1 Corinthians 15:51-58, God meets us through word and sacrament with steady, sustaining mercy.
Isaiah 12 Timothy 2:8-15 invites ordered love—right worship that spills into right living—today, not someday.
2 Thessalonians 3:6-13 Luke 15:1-10, the via media holds: doctrine with humility, practice with reverence—today, not someday.
Acts 2: With Scripture, Tradition, and Reason, it meets us gently—forms faithful worship and thoughtful public witness.
Romans 13:11-14 11:29-12:2 challenges untethered spirituality—without rooted worship, zeal becomes drift—today, not someday.
Colossians 3: With Scripture, Tradition, and Reason, it meets us gently—forms faithful worship and thoughtful public witness.
1 Corinthians 1:18-31 14:1, 7-14 confronts performative piety; liturgy without love is still empty—today, not someday.
Luke 6:27-38 confronts performative piety; liturgy without love is still empty—today, not someday.
Psalm 95 2 Timothy 4:6-8, 16-18 feels too concrete, remember: God uses means, not vibes—today, not someday.