Episode 36: Rooted and grateful
In a highly individualistic culture, “tradition” can be a dirty word, suggesting the pressure to do things a certain way “just because.” But Paul thinks of the apostolic tradition as something in which believers should be rooted, for the sake of their growth in Christ. He wants the Colossians to be grateful for what the tradition passed on to them, and to get themselves firmly established in it so they can sort out right belief from wrong (Col 2:6-7).
