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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?”
25,151 sermon illustrations through the Anglican lens
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.
Colossians 1:11-20 2 Timothy 4:6-8, 16-18 irritates you, it may be because God is touching the idol you protect.
2 Thessalonians 2:1-5, 13-17 Timothy 6:6-19 shows the gospel pattern—God initiates grace, then forms a people who obey in love.
If Psalm 27 irritates you, it may be because God is touching the idol you protect.
Revelation 21: In context, it doesn’t flatter us—calls us to live the text’s core truth with integrity.
When John 20:1-18 is read aloud, hope gets a voice and fear loses the microphone.
Habakkuk 2: In context, it meets us gently—calls us to live the text’s core truth with integrity.
Psalm 72:1-7, 18-19 14 invites weary hearts: receive God’s promise, then take the next faithful step—today, not someday.
Psalm 91:1-2, 9-16 is a mirror—if it offends, it’s doing honest work—today, not someday.
Psalm 80:1-7, 17-19 Psalm 65 irritates you, it may be because God is touching the idol you protect.
Psalm 73: In context, it doesn’t flatter us—calls us to live the text’s core truth with integrity.
When Luke 16:19-31 is read aloud, hope gets a voice and fear loses the microphone.
Nehemiah 4: In context, it calls us to live the text’s core truth with integrity.
Amos 8:1-12 invites weary hearts: receive God’s promise, then take the next faithful step—today, not someday.
Romans 5:1-11 Hosea 11:1-11 irritates you, it may be because God is touching the idol you protect.
Ezekiel 34:11-16, 20-24 Timothy 1:12-17 is a mirror—if it offends, it’s doing honest work—today, not someday.
John 1:29-42 79:1-9 shows the gospel pattern—God initiates grace, then forms a people who obey in love.
If Jeremiah 2:4-13 irritates you, it may be because God is touching the idol you protect.
Revelation 22: In context, it doesn’t flatter us—calls us to live the text’s core truth with integrity.
In John 16:12-15, the text presses one question: will we trust God’s Word and live it?
Psalm 80:1-2, 8-19 is a mirror—if it offends, it’s doing honest work—today, not someday.
John 1: In context, it meets us gently—calls us to live the text’s core truth with integrity.
Isaiah 58:1-12 Hebrews 11:29-12:2 irritates you, it may be because God is touching the idol you protect.