More Than a Tradition

Ordinances

Baptism

Foot-washing

The Lord’s Supper

Taking Jesus for Granted

Going through the motions

Quenching the Holy Spirit

Not Examining ourselves

Calling on Him only when we need Him

Remembrance

King James Version Chapter 8

34 And the children of Israel remembered not the LORD their God, who had delivered them out of the hands of all their enemies on every side:

King James Version Chapter 22

And he took bread, and gave thanks, and brake it, and gave unto them, saying, This is my body which is given for you: this do in remembrance of me. 20 Likewise also the cup after supper, saying, This cup is the new testament in my blood, which is shed for you.

Tradition

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Tradition: the transmission of customs or beliefs from generation to generation, or the fact of being passed on in this way; a doctrine believed to have divine authority though not in the scriptures

noun

An inherited, established, or customary pattern of thought, action, or behavior(such as a religious practice or asocial custom)

a retained mental impression; memory.the act or fact of remembering.the power or faculty of remembering.the length of time over which recollection or memory extends.the state of being remembered; commemoration:to hold someone's name in remembrance.something that serves to bring to mind or keep in mind some place, person,event, etc.; memento.

A belief or story or a body of beliefs or stories relating to the past that are commonly accepted as historical though not verifiable

The handing down of information, beliefs and customs by word of mouth or by example from one generation to another

Cultural continuity in social attitudes, customs, and institutions

Characteristic manner, method, or style in the best liberal tradition

Ritual

A religious or solemn ceremony consisting of a series of actions performed according to a prescribed order

Of or relating to rites or a ritual: Ceremonial

According to religious law

Done in accordance with social custom or normal protocol

Established form of ceremony specifically: the order of words prescribed for a religious ceremony

Ritual observance specifically: system of rites

A ceremonial act or action

An act or series of acts regularly repeated in a set precise manner

Ceremony

A formal religious or public occasion, typically one celebrating a particular event or anniversary

The ritual observances and procedures performed at grand and formal occasions

A formal act or series of acts prescribed by ritual, protocol

A conventional act of politeness or etiquette

A routine action performed with elaborate pomp

Prescribed procedures

Observance of an established code of civility or politeness