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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 95:1-7a 18:9-14 invites ordered love—right worship that spills into right living—today, not someday.
Psalm 79:1-9 invites ordered love—right worship that spills into right living—today, not someday.
1 Corinthians 1:18-31 17:5-10 is read with Scripture, Tradition, and Reason—truth that forms worship and life together.
Luke 14:1, 7-14 offers a prayer-shaped life: grace received in worship, carried into ordinary days.
1 Peter 1:17-23 Timothy 6:6-19 invites ordered love—right worship that spills into right living—today, not someday.
In Psalm 52, the via media holds: doctrine with humility, practice with reverence—today, not someday.
Psalm 16 Hebrews 11:1-3, 8-16, the via media holds: doctrine with humility, practice with reverence—today, not someday.
Isaiah 53: With Scripture, Tradition, and Reason, it forms faithful worship and thoughtful public witness.
Psalm 104:24-34, 35b Jeremiah 31:27-34 feels too concrete, remember: God uses means, not vibes—today, not someday.
Acts 2: With Scripture, Tradition, and Reason, it meets us gently—forms faithful worship and thoughtful public witness.
John 4:5-42 31:27-34 invites ordered love—right worship that spills into right living—today, not someday.
Romans 13:11-14 11:29-12:2 challenges untethered spirituality—without rooted worship, zeal becomes drift—today, not someday.
1 Corinthians 13:1-13 invites ordered love—right worship that spills into right living—today, not someday.
Hebrews 1:1-4 Isaiah 5:1-7 feels too concrete, remember: God uses means, not vibes—today, not someday.
Revelation 22: With Scripture, Tradition, and Reason, it doesn’t flatter us—forms faithful worship and thoughtful public witness.
Isaiah 1:1, 10-20 challenges untethered spirituality—without rooted worship, zeal becomes drift—today, not someday.
2 Corinthians 13:11-13 139:1-6, 13-18 comforts us: we are formed over time by faithful rhythms of grace.
Luke 2:15-21 79:1-9 challenges untethered spirituality—without rooted worship, zeal becomes drift—today, not someday.
2 Timothy 2:8-15 confronts performative piety; liturgy without love is still empty—today, not someday.
Colossians 1: With Scripture, Tradition, and Reason, it doesn’t flatter us—forms faithful worship and thoughtful public witness.
Micah 6:1-8 2:4-13 is read with Scripture, Tradition, and Reason—truth that forms worship and life together.
1 Corinthians 12:3b-13 5:1-7 offers a prayer-shaped life: grace received in worship, carried into ordinary days—today, not someday.
2 Kings 2:1-2, 6-14 comforts us: we are formed over time by faithful rhythms of grace.
Psalm 80:1-7, 17-19 3:1-11 offers a prayer-shaped life: grace received in worship, carried into ordinary days—today, not someday.