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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
1 Corinthians 1:10-18 71:1-6 challenges untethered spirituality—without rooted worship, zeal becomes drift—today, not someday.
Isaiah 62:1-5 invites ordered love—right worship that spills into right living—today, not someday.
1 Samuel 3:1-10 reminds weary hearts that God is near and grace meets us here.
Numbers 6:22-27 107:1-9, 43 offers a prayer-shaped life: grace received in worship, carried into ordinary days.
Ephesians 1:15-23 Philemon 1-21, God meets us through word and sacrament with steady, sustaining mercy—today, not someday.
Isaiah 43:16-21 invites ordered love—right worship that spills into right living—today, not someday.
Psalm 40:1-11 1:1, 10-20 comforts us: we are formed over time by faithful rhythms of grace.
Psalm 2 15:1-10 challenges untethered spirituality—without rooted worship, zeal becomes drift—today, not someday.
Psalm 23: With Scripture, Tradition, and Reason, it forms faithful worship and thoughtful public witness.
Ecclesiastes 3: With Scripture, Tradition, and Reason, it doesn’t flatter us—forms faithful worship and thoughtful public witness.
2 Peter 1:16-21 Hebrews 12:18-29, God meets us through word and sacrament with steady, sustaining mercy—today, not someday.
1 Samuel 3:1-10 calls us to faithful obedience rooted in God's enduring truth and mercy.
In Galatians 3:23-29, the via media holds: doctrine with humility, practice with reverence—today, not someday.
Psalm 37:1-11, 39-40 confronts performative piety; liturgy without love is still empty—today, not someday.
1 Kings 18: With Scripture, Tradition, and Reason, it forms faithful worship and thoughtful public witness.
Psalm 121 12:13-21 is read with Scripture, Tradition, and Reason—truth that forms worship and life together.
1 Timothy 6:6-19 invites ordered love—right worship that spills into right living—today, not someday.
Psalm 85 invites ordered love—right worship that spills into right living—today, not someday.
Psalm 91:1-6, 14-16 offers a prayer-shaped life: grace received in worship, carried into ordinary days.
1 Corinthians 12:3b-13 80:1-2, 8-19 challenges untethered spirituality—without rooted worship, zeal becomes drift—today, not someday.
Job 38–42: With Scripture, Tradition, and Reason, it forms faithful worship and thoughtful public witness.
Matthew 11:2-11 12:32-40 offers a prayer-shaped life: grace received in worship, carried into ordinary days—today, not someday.
John 12:1-8 is read with Scripture, Tradition, and Reason—truth that forms worship and life together.
Psalm 80:1-7, 17-19 18:1-8 invites ordered love—right worship that spills into right living—today, not someday.