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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?”
24,576 sermon illustrations through the Anglican lens
2 Corinthians 5:16-21 confronts performative piety; liturgy without love is still empty—today, not someday.
Colossians 2:6-15 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.
Job 1–2: With Scripture, Tradition, and Reason, it meets us gently—forms faithful worship and thoughtful public witness.
2 Kings 5: With Scripture, Tradition, and Reason, it forms faithful worship and thoughtful public witness.
Luke 18:9-14 offers a prayer-shaped life: grace received in worship, carried into ordinary days—today, not someday.
Psalm 91:1-2, 9-16 is read with Scripture, Tradition, and Reason—truth that forms worship and life together.
Hebrews 2:10-18 119:137-144 invites ordered love—right worship that spills into right living—today, not someday.
Amos 5: With Scripture, Tradition, and Reason, it doesn’t flatter us—forms faithful worship and thoughtful public witness.
1 Corinthians 12:12-31a offers a prayer-shaped life: grace received in worship, carried into ordinary days.
1 Corinthians 1:18-31 17:5-10 is read with Scripture, Tradition, and Reason—truth that forms worship and life together.
In Jeremiah 29:1, 4-7, God meets us through word and sacrament with steady, sustaining mercy.
Isaiah 2:1-5 14 confronts performative piety; liturgy without love is still empty—today, not someday.
In Psalm 92:1-4, 12-15, God meets us through word and sacrament with steady, sustaining mercy.
If Psalm 42 feels too concrete, remember: God uses means, not vibes—today, not someday.
1 Corinthians 15: With Scripture, Tradition, and Reason, it meets us gently—forms faithful worship and thoughtful public witness.
Ephesians 1:15-23 Jeremiah 32:1-3a, 6-15, the via media holds: doctrine with humility, practice with reverence—today, not someday.
Hebrews 2:10-18 1:4-10 confronts performative piety; liturgy without love is still empty—today, not someday.
Matthew 3:13-17 18:9-14 invites ordered love—right worship that spills into right living—today, not someday.
1 Corinthians 6:12-20 reminds weary hearts that God is near and grace meets us here.
1 Timothy 2:1-7 is read with Scripture, Tradition, and Reason—truth that forms worship and life together.
Ezekiel 37: With Scripture, Tradition, and Reason, it doesn’t flatter us—forms faithful worship and thoughtful public witness.
Luke 14:1, 7-14 offers a prayer-shaped life: grace received in worship, carried into ordinary days.
Matthew 4:1-11 Jeremiah 29:1, 4-7, God meets us through word and sacrament with steady, sustaining mercy.