Colossians 2:22-23 These are all destined to perish with use, because they are based on human commands and teachings. Such regulations indeed have an appearance of wisdom, with their self-imposed worship, their false humility and their hare treatment of the body, but they lack any value in restraining sensual indulgence.

The Dangers of Tradionalism:

Danger #1: Traditionalism produces ____________.

Danger #2: Traditionalism obscures the ____________.

Danger #3: Traditionalism obscures the ____________.


Scripture Readings
Isaiah 29:11-19
Ephesians 5:22-33
Mark 7:1-13


Take It With You!

Here are some further thoughts to help you contemplate and living the life as a baptized child of God!

In former times it was taught, preached, and written that distinction among foods and similar traditions instituted by human beings serve to earn grace and make satisfaction for sin. For this reason, new fasts, new ceremonies, new monastic orders, and the like were invented daily. They were fervently and strictly promoted, as if such things were a necessary service of God whereby people earned grace if they observed them or committed a great sin if they did not. Many harmful errors in the church have resulted from this.

In the first place, the grace of Christ and the teaching concerning faith are thereby obscured. The gospel holds these thing up to us with great earnestness and strongly insists that everyone regard the merit of Christ as sublime and precious and know that faith in Christ is to be esteemed far above all works. For this reason, St. Paul fought vehemently against the Law of Moses and against human tradition so that we should learn that we do not become righteous before God by our works but that it is only through faith in Christ that we obtain grace for Christ's sake. Such teaching has been almost completely extinguished by the instruction to earn grace with prescribed fasts, distinction among foods, dress, etc.

The Augsburg Confession: Article XXYI: Concerning the Distinction among Foods