Is it wrong to question "Baptist Tradition?"

As a pastor, I've apparently taken a serious tumble while strolling down the seemingly leisure path of simple verse by verse exegesis. The pebble over which I tripped turns out to be a much more firmly anchored boulder, and it's name is Tradition.

"Are you trying to change the way we do things around here?" demanded a few outspoken members of the congregation. "Well, uh, no...not right yet," I ineptly stammered. "We've discussed this point before, and yes, I envisioned that eventually, some day, some year, we might implement something similar to what we see described in scripture. Right now, I am just attempting to expose concepts from scripture that we may have not noticed before."

Let me tell you, dear friends in the pastorate, do not try this at home! You may be tarred and feathered, burned at the stake as a heretic. How dare any preacher contradict heritage?

I'll let you guess which issue triggered this backlash as I post subsequent briefs-maybe in a few days, I'll have completed my own "95 Theses" to nail to the church door.

In the mean time, isn't it appropriate to evaluate our traditions against scripture? Doesn't Colossians 2:8 say, "Be careful that no one takes you captive through philosophy and empty deceit based on human tradition, based on the elemental forces of the world, and not based on Christ"?