A few people said I should go to church to rizz up girls who aren't woke but to be fair there are a lot of liberal churches in my area. Like one of them literally has a rainbow flag at the door and did blm stuff when that was a thing.
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I attend and am active in a "main line" Protestant church. My family and I left another of those main line churches because of the liberalism. I am not a member and will not be because I believe that denominationalism is counter Biblical and is a fracture of the the intended unity of the Body.
My own experience leads me to understand how to search for a church home in two ways and you need both - head and heart. You need to find someplace that will provide Biblically sound teaching. This is not cherry picking favorite passages to "prove" a socio-political or theological point, but is teaching the entirety of the Bible.
The other aspect is your feeling. I will tell you that this is one I have struggled with but I sincerely believe it to be true. When you walk into a sanctuary, you should feel...something. It is different - it is a holy place and you should feel something different inside yourself. That feeling is the Comforter that was promised and if you pay attention, you will be led deeper into fellowship with the Almighty and everlasting Creator-God
Sounds like you might be more into a Catholic or Orthodox church?
No, main line Protestant, relatively more fundamentalist (I hate labels, but they are sometimes helpful)
I did explore the Catholic church. I found the imagery to be really moving but there was no focus on repentance/redemption/salvation. That I believe to be the bedrock foundation of the Christian faith.
I do not disagree that there does exist a social Gospel. However, I believe that we are taught that works without faith is meaningless and so everything MUST be built of repentance and rebirth. I am not a theologian and so I have a pretty simple understanding...God is Love, We are separated from God by our own sin. We are restored to Him and live in His presence and experience His love by sincere repentance and acceptance of the gift of salvation.
Rather than filter my Biblical understanding thru some social construct, I filter my social views thru a Biblical prism such as I am given understanding built on daily reading.
Repentance/redemption/salvation is actually so important in Catholicism that it is considered a Sacrament. Many good priests talk about it often and make themselves available for confession 24/7. Unfortunately some priests do not promote this as much as they should, but their failure doesn't negate it's necessary role.
From the Catechism of the Catholic Church (1424): It is called the sacrament of confession, since the disclosure or confession of sins to a priest is an essential element of this sacrament. In a profound sense it is also a "confession" - acknowledgment and praise - of the holiness of God and of his mercy toward sinful man.
It is called the sacrament of forgiveness, since by the priest's sacramental absolution God grants the penitent "pardon and peace."
It is called the sacrament of Reconciliation, because it imparts to the sinner the love of God who reconciles: "Be reconciled to God." He who lives by God's merciful love is ready to respond to the Lord's call: "Go; first be reconciled to your brother."