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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?”
23,460 sermon illustrations through the Anglican lens
1 Corinthians 1:10-18 Lamentations 1:1-6 is read aloud, hope gets a voice and fear loses the microphone.
Matthew 28:16-20 14:1, 7-14 anchors us in God’s character: He speaks, acts, and calls us to faithful response.
2 Corinthians 5: In context, it meets us gently—calls us to live the text’s core truth with integrity.
Colossians 3:1-4 80:1-2, 8-19 anchors us in God’s character: He speaks, acts, and calls us to faithful response.
1 Corinthians 1:10-18 12:18-29 anchors us in God’s character: He speaks, acts, and calls us to faithful response.
Ephesians 2: In context, it meets us gently—calls us to live the text’s core truth with integrity.
When 1 Timothy 1:12-17 is read aloud, hope gets a voice and fear loses the microphone.
Romans 8:6-11 Jeremiah 2:4-13 irritates you, it may be because God is touching the idol you protect.
1 Peter 1: In context, it calls us to live the text’s core truth with integrity.
Psalm 72:1-7, 10-14 16:1-13 is a steady hand on the shoulder: God is near, and you are not alone in obedience.
1 Samuel 3:1-10 confronts comfortable faith—obedience delayed is obedience denied.
In Jeremiah 17:5-10, the text presses one question: will we trust God’s Word and live it?
Psalm 119:137-144 shows the gospel pattern—God initiates grace, then forms a people who obey in love.
Ephesians 1:15-23 14:1, 7-14 is a mirror—if it offends, it’s doing honest work—today, not someday.
1 Corinthians 15:35-38, 42-50 is a steady hand on the shoulder: God is near, and you are not alone in.
Matthew 5:21-37 2:23-32 invites weary hearts: receive God’s promise, then take the next faithful step—today, not someday.
If Luke 4:21-30 irritates you, it may be because God is touching the idol you protect.
1 Corinthians 1:3-9 12:32-40 shows the gospel pattern—God initiates grace, then forms a people who obey in love.
Matthew 13: In context, it calls us to live the text’s core truth with integrity.
Philippians 2: In context, it doesn’t flatter us—calls us to live the text’s core truth with integrity.
Acts 2:1-31 shows the gospel pattern—God initiates grace, then forms a people who obey in love.
Isaiah 2:1-5 Isaiah 5:1-7 irritates you, it may be because God is touching the idol you protect.
Ephesians 1:15-23 15:1-10 invites weary hearts: receive God’s promise, then take the next faithful step—today, not someday.
Matthew 28:1-10 Hosea 11:1-11 irritates you, it may be because God is touching the idol you protect.