I feel that the traditions we adhere to in our religious activity are so very important. Our traditions in many ways shape how the generations that follow us will grow in their quest to know and walk in the purpose and the blessings of God. My conviction is that our traditions or our religeous activity and even the way we do "church" should be Christ centerd and Bible centered in every way.
My concern with many of our traditions is that some of our traditions and religious activity is not very word centered at all. In fact some traditions are more traditions of men than anything. Its some of those things which have hampered the effect of a fuller impact in the earth by believers. For example at one time a sect of believers thought their hightest Christian goal would be best suited by moving into a cave vowing celebacy and also vowing not to speak. By doing this they desired to work on their sanctification and state of holyness. The reason they don't exhist today is not only obvious but specifically it is because their traditions became harmfull to their exhistence. The fact is that God does want us to live in a holy and chaste way but He aslo wants us to make an impact in the earth. They forgot the great commission aspect and focussed only on the great commandment.
When our traditions cause our Christianilty to become a religous experience which simply makes us feel good about ourselves but doesn't encourage us to make any real impact in the earth then that tradition is a tradition which probably should be evaluated as to its Biblical authenticity. If we can't find it in the Bible maybe we could or possibly should let it go.
Tradition definitely has its place. Paul reminded the believers of his day and it is recorded in scripture to keep to the traditions of the fathers. Much of what many churches adhere to today are traditions not of the apostles but they are simply the traditions of men. May God deliver us of religious activity which is dead and powerless and which is not centered in Him.
On another note, studying the Bible, praying, worshipping, gathering together weekly, Baptism, partaking of the Lord's supper, sharing our faith, etc these are all Biblical traditions which might take various forms but are as relevant and important today as they were 2,000 years ago.
Many people trying to step out of the traditions of men fail to reallize that many of these traditions are not only good but are commandments from the Lord and from the apostles. We would do well to adhere to the traditions passed down but we would also do well to make sure we know that the traditions we follow are seated in the word and not just in man.
We also have to be careful not to fall into the trap that the Galatians did which is that after moving into grace they began to fall back into the legalism that was so comfortable in their early years. The law was good and it pointed us toward the truth but the law of the Spirit is much better as it is written upon our hearts and is realized as we relate to God in spirit. Walking by the spirit and in love is the easiest way to fulfill the law.
Liturgical practice can become much like legalism is to walking in the Spirit. That being a sad replacement for something much better and much more fun.