Apostolic Tradition as Solution to Present Predicament

I have to share a section of a book I am reading right now. Marcus Bockmuehl is the co-editor and also a contributor in the book Vision for the Church: Studies in Early Christian Ecclessiology. In his chapter on the epistle to the Hebrews there is a paragraph where he summarizes the problem that the author is addressing for his readers--listen carefully to the way Bochmuehl summarizes the way the author of Hebrews addresses the problem. In other words, where does he find the solution?

"The writer certainly looks back to the time of apostolic proclamation as foundational, and recalls the first fervour of his readers' faithfulness to Christ (6.10;10:32-34). Now, however, their faith has become tired and listless (5.11; 6.12), their eschatological hope and perseverance have become worn out and are giving way to doubts about God's promise (10.23, 35-36); some at least are in danger of abandoning the mutual encouragement of the Church (10.24-25) and even of discarding their faith and confidence altogether (10.35-39). The author's response to this problem involves no new doctrine, but instead recalls his readers to life-giving faith and hope in the Christ who is greater than the angels and whose atonement is better than the old covenant's sacrifices. His fundamental hermeneutical principle, in other words, is to find the solution to the readers' present predicament in a reapplication and interpretation of the apostolic tradition -- an approach which similarly characterizes other early Christian writings" (emphasis mine, p. 136).

If this is an accurate synopsis of the method used by the author of the letter to the Hebrews, a few observations can be made:

1. Pastors should not do less. That is, the apostolic message of Christ crucified and risen, the fulfillment of God's law given to Israel, is rich with resources meant to mend brokenness that appears remote and unrelated to the gospel. The apostolic tradition should, in other words, have priority in informing our philosophy of ministry.
2. Scripture is not a flat collection of proof-texts. Rather, Scripture is a collection of authoritative writings for the church that relate, in some way (e.g., foreshadows, narrates, interprets, etc.,), to the gospel of God's son. Hebrews is an example of this.
3. Historically, God revives his church through the rediscovery of this gospel as a result of the diligent study of the Scriptures. I'm thinking of the Reformation and the Great Awakenings in general.

Though these observations are short and somewhat sweeping in nature, they are simply the beginnings of my reflections on a profound paragraph penned by someone who knows more than I do.