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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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Luke 15:1-10 challenges untethered spirituality—without rooted worship, zeal becomes drift—today, not someday.
Psalm 139: With Scripture, Tradition, and Reason, it forms faithful worship and thoughtful public witness.
Job 1–2: With Scripture, Tradition, and Reason, it meets us gently—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.
Matthew 11:2-11 11:1-11 is read with Scripture, Tradition, and Reason—truth that forms worship and life together.
James 1: With Scripture, Tradition, and Reason, it doesn’t flatter us—forms faithful worship and thoughtful public witness.
Ezekiel 37: With Scripture, Tradition, and Reason, it doesn’t flatter us—forms faithful worship and thoughtful public witness.
Psalm 118:14-29 comforts us: we are formed over time by faithful rhythms of grace—today, not someday.
Luke 14:1, 7-14 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.
Acts 2:14a, 22-32 1:2-10 challenges untethered spirituality—without rooted worship, zeal becomes drift—today, not someday.
Colossians 1: With Scripture, Tradition, and Reason, it meets us gently—forms faithful worship and thoughtful public witness.
If Genesis 45:3-11, 15 feels too concrete, remember: God uses means, not vibes—today, not someday.
Proverbs 1: With Scripture, Tradition, and Reason, it doesn’t flatter us—forms faithful worship and thoughtful public witness.
Isaiah 2:1-5 14 confronts performative piety; liturgy without love is still empty—today, not someday.
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.
Psalm 80:1-7, 17-19 Luke 13:10-17 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.
Proverbs 1: With Scripture, Tradition, and Reason, it meets us gently—forms faithful worship and thoughtful public witness.
In Luke 14:25-33, the via media holds: doctrine with humility, practice with reverence—today, not someday.
Psalm 112:1-10 65 offers a prayer-shaped life: grace received in worship, carried into ordinary days—today, not someday.
Luke 24:13-35 18:9-14 invites ordered love—right worship that spills into right living—today, not someday.
Matthew 4:1-11 Jeremiah 29:1, 4-7, God meets us through word and sacrament with steady, sustaining mercy.