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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
Psalm 80:1-7, 17-19 2 Timothy 4:6-8, 16-18 feels too concrete, remember: God uses means, not vibes—today, not someday.
In Luke 5:1-11, the via media holds: doctrine with humility, practice with reverence—today, not someday.
Haggai 1:15b-2:9 4:11-12, 22-28 confronts performative piety; liturgy without love is still empty—today, not someday.
Matthew 13: With Scripture, Tradition, and Reason, it doesn’t flatter us—forms faithful worship and thoughtful public witness.
John 3: With Scripture, Tradition, and Reason, it doesn’t flatter us—forms faithful worship and thoughtful public witness.
Song of Songs 2: With Scripture, Tradition, and Reason, it forms faithful worship and thoughtful public witness.
If Revelation 7:9-17 feels too concrete, remember: God uses means, not vibes—today, not someday.
Luke 17:5-10 is read with Scripture, Tradition, and Reason—truth that forms worship and life together.
Psalm 91:1-6, 14-16 challenges untethered spirituality—without rooted worship, zeal becomes drift—today, not someday.
In Psalm 138, God meets us through word and sacrament with steady, sustaining mercy—today, not someday.
Luke 2:15-21 1-21 invites ordered love—right worship that spills into right living—today, not someday.
Luke 9:28-36 offers a prayer-shaped life: grace received in worship, carried into ordinary days—today, not someday.
Matthew 5:21-37 5:1-7 offers a prayer-shaped life: grace received in worship, carried into ordinary days—today, not someday.
1 Corinthians 15:1-11 comforts us: we are formed over time by faithful rhythms of grace.
Luke 24:13-35 18:9-14 invites ordered love—right worship that spills into right living—today, not someday.
John 4:5-42 31:27-34 invites ordered love—right worship that spills into right living—today, not someday.
Matthew 17:1-9 2:23-32 is read with Scripture, Tradition, and Reason—truth that forms worship and life together.
Genesis 9:8-17 confronts comfortable faith—obedience delayed is obedience denied.
Isaiah 50:4-9a invites ordered love—right worship that spills into right living—today, not someday.
Romans 5:1-11 66:1-12 invites ordered love—right worship that spills into right living—today, not someday.
2 Timothy 2:8-15 confronts performative piety; liturgy without love is still empty—today, not someday.
In Acts 11:1-18, the via media holds: doctrine with humility, practice with reverence—today, not someday.
Isaiah 55:10-13 challenges untethered spirituality—without rooted worship, zeal becomes drift—today, not someday.
In Revelation 5:11-14, the via media holds: doctrine with humility, practice with reverence—today, not someday.