JOHN
Good Morning! I’m John Branning the Lead Pastor of Central United Methodist Church. Traditions can be good things. They can often remind us of where we came from or help us to focus on Jesus during our church services. Unfortunately, they can also be a great cause of trouble and turmoil in the church. Churches have split because one group won’t let go of a tradition, while the other sees no need for it.
Why do churches split over traditions? It happens when we hold a tradition as a commandment from God that cannot be changed. The Pharisees looked at Jesus as a bad person because he was breaking their traditions. Their traditions seemed good and were meant to honor God, but they judged people by how well they kept the traditions and not how much they loved God.
Are there things you are judging others by that are not commandments of God? It might be what people wear to church, which version of the Bible that is used to teach, or maybe the music a church plays. If our traditions don’t point people to Jesus, then maybe we need to let them go.
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