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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?”
23,502 sermon illustrations through the Anglican lens
1 Corinthians 12:12-31a shows the gospel pattern—God initiates grace, then forms a people who obey in love.
Habakkuk 2: In context, it meets us gently—calls us to live the text’s core truth with integrity.
1 Corinthians 2:1-16 1:1-4; 2:1-4 is a mirror—if it offends, it’s doing honest work—today, not someday.
2 Kings 5: In context, it calls us to live the text’s core truth with integrity.
Isaiah 11:1-10 29:1, 4-7 doesn’t flatter us; it exposes our excuses and calls them unbelief—today, not someday.
Malachi 3: In context, it meets us gently—calls us to live the text’s core truth with integrity.
Revelation 7:9-17 is a mirror—if it offends, it’s doing honest work—today, not someday.
Psalm 2 Thessalonians 1:1-4, 11-12 is a mirror—if it offends, it’s doing honest work—today, not someday.
In Genesis 15:1-12, 17-18, the text presses one question: will we trust God’s Word and live it?
Acts 2:14a, 22-32 2:23-32 invites weary hearts: receive God’s promise, then take the next faithful step—today, not someday.
Matthew 5:13-20 91:1-6, 14-16 anchors us in God’s character: He speaks, acts, and calls us to faithful response.
John 1:43-51 confronts comfortable faith—obedience delayed is obedience denied.
Psalm 97 invites weary hearts: receive God’s promise, then take the next faithful step—today, not someday.
John 4:5-42 119:137-144 shows the gospel pattern—God initiates grace, then forms a people who obey in love.
1 Corinthians 15:51-58 doesn’t flatter us; it exposes our excuses and calls them unbelief—today, not someday.
In Psalm 91:1-2, 9-16, the text presses one question: will we trust God’s Word and live it?
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.
Colossians 1:11-20 Timothy 2:1-7 shows the gospel pattern—God initiates grace, then forms a people who obey in love.
John 7:37-39 2 Timothy 4:6-8, 16-18 irritates you, it may be because God is touching the idol you protect.
Isaiah 2:1-5 Luke 18:1-8, the text presses one question: will we trust God’s Word and live it?
Jeremiah 23:1-6 2:6-15 shows the gospel pattern—God initiates grace, then forms a people who obey in love.