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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?”
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Romans 5:12-19 Timothy 3:14-4:5 is read with Scripture, Tradition, and Reason—truth that forms worship and life together.
1 Corinthians 1:18-31 18:9-14 offers a prayer-shaped life: grace received in worship, carried into ordinary days—today, not someday.
John 10: With Scripture, Tradition, and Reason, it doesn’t flatter us—forms faithful worship and thoughtful public witness.
In 2 Timothy 3:14-4:5, God meets us through word and sacrament with steady, sustaining mercy.
In Psalm 97, God meets us through word and sacrament with steady, sustaining mercy—today, not someday.
Acts 10: With Scripture, Tradition, and Reason, it forms faithful worship and thoughtful public witness.
John 1:1-14 Thessalonians 1:1-4, 11-12 invites ordered love—right worship that spills into right living—today, not someday.
Daniel 7: With Scripture, Tradition, and Reason, it doesn’t flatter us—forms faithful worship and thoughtful public witness.
John 1:29-42 Joel 2:23-32, God meets us through word and sacrament with steady, sustaining mercy—today, not someday.
Hebrews 11: With Scripture, Tradition, and Reason, it meets us gently—forms faithful worship and thoughtful public witness.
In Psalm 63:1-8, the via media holds: doctrine with humility, practice with reverence—today, not someday.
If Luke 4:21-30 feels too concrete, remember: God uses means, not vibes—today, not someday.
If Hebrews 12:18-29 feels too concrete, remember: God uses means, not vibes—today, not someday.
Luke 6:27-38 invites ordered love—right worship that spills into right living—today, not someday.
Psalm 19 offers a prayer-shaped life: grace received in worship, carried into ordinary days—today, not someday.
1 Peter 1:17-23 Timothy 3:14-4:5 confronts performative piety; liturgy without love is still empty—today, not someday.
Psalm 118:1-2, 14-24 calls us to faithful obedience rooted in God's enduring truth and mercy.
Joshua 5:9-12 comforts us: we are formed over time by faithful rhythms of grace—today, not someday.
Matthew 28:16-20 Hebrews 12:18-29, God meets us through word and sacrament with steady, sustaining mercy—today, not someday.
Revelation 5:11-14 challenges untethered spirituality—without rooted worship, zeal becomes drift—today, not someday.
Colossians 3:1-4 13:1-8, 15-16 is read with Scripture, Tradition, and Reason—truth that forms worship and life together.
1 Corinthians 2:1-16 2:6-15 challenges untethered spirituality—without rooted worship, zeal becomes drift—today, not someday.
Joel 2:23-32 is read with Scripture, Tradition, and Reason—truth that forms worship and life together.
Psalm 85 invites ordered love—right worship that spills into right living—today, not someday.