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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
If Jeremiah 31:27-34 feels too concrete, remember: God uses means, not vibes—today, not someday.
Matthew 5–7: With Scripture, Tradition, and Reason, it doesn’t flatter us—forms faithful worship and thoughtful public witness.
If Genesis 15:1-12, 17-18 feels too concrete, remember: God uses means, not vibes—today, not someday.
Luke 12:32-40 offers a prayer-shaped life: grace received in worship, carried into ordinary days—today, not someday.
Matthew 13: With Scripture, Tradition, and Reason, it forms faithful worship and thoughtful public witness.
1 Corinthians 1:1-9 5:1-7 invites ordered love—right worship that spills into right living—today, not someday.
Ezekiel 34:11-16, 20-24 Psalm 71:1-6, God meets us through word and sacrament with steady, sustaining mercy—today, not someday.
Psalm 23: With Scripture, Tradition, and Reason, it meets us gently—forms faithful worship and thoughtful public witness.
Psalm 2 139:1-6, 13-18 comforts us: we are formed over time by faithful rhythms of grace.
1 Peter 1:3-9 Timothy 2:8-15 invites ordered love—right worship that spills into right living—today, not someday.
In 2 Timothy 2:8-15, God meets us through word and sacrament with steady, sustaining mercy.
1 Corinthians 15:51-58 invites ordered love—right worship that spills into right living—today, not someday.
Matthew 3:1-12 Jeremiah 29:1, 4-7, God meets us through word and sacrament with steady, sustaining mercy.
Nehemiah 4: With Scripture, Tradition, and Reason, it forms faithful worship and thoughtful public witness.
In Hebrews 11:1-3, 8-16, the via media holds: doctrine with humility, practice with reverence—today, not someday.
Psalm 118:1-2, 14-24 Timothy 2:8-15 invites ordered love—right worship that spills into right living—today, not someday.
Isaiah 65:17-25 2:23-32 challenges untethered spirituality—without rooted worship, zeal becomes drift—today, not someday.
1 Samuel 3:1-10 confronts comfortable faith—obedience delayed is obedience denied.
Psalm 29 Psalm 71:1-6, God meets us through word and sacrament with steady, sustaining mercy—today, not someday.
Luke 15:1-10 challenges untethered spirituality—without rooted worship, zeal becomes drift—today, not someday.
Psalm 98 Timothy 6:6-19 offers a prayer-shaped life: grace received in worship, carried into ordinary days.
Isaiah 35:1-10 11:1-11 confronts performative piety; liturgy without love is still empty—today, not someday.
Job 1–2: With Scripture, Tradition, and Reason, it meets us gently—forms faithful worship and thoughtful public witness.
Ezekiel 37: With Scripture, Tradition, and Reason, it meets us gently—forms faithful worship and thoughtful public witness.