In ancient Israel there was a time when the people of Israel burned incense to the bronze serpent that Moses had raised up in the wilderness. This bronze serpent was something of God. But it is wrong to take even these things which have been used by God and to turn around and begin worshiping them rather than God Himself. We at PBC do not worship the Bible, though it is the word of God Himself. Being the word of God we treat it as the authority of God.
Traditions can be useful.
However, they must always be in compliance with and in subjugation to the authority of the Scriptures - else they must be rejected as unauthoritative. It is an error to reject what we know to be the authority of God for something which may or may not have this authority. I have discussed this subject much with Jews who believe that the oral traditions of the Rabbis are of equal authority to the Scriptures. The Roman Catholics and the Greek Orthodox, in a similar way, place Church traditions on an equal footing with Scripture. But in actuality the practical result is that traditions gain a greater authority in men's minds than God's own words.