Originally Posted by AdventureBound
Originally Posted by wabigoon
Church is not a museum of Saints, rather a hospital for sinners.

That was the motto of my parents’ church.

The best church I have been in had a very strong Bible-based 12-step program. One of their favorite saying was “it’s okay to be not okay; but it is not okay to stay that way”.

Sounds like my church, there's more broken people on the inside than there is outside laugh

Maybe I just go to a unique church but there's no illusion of perfection amongst the pastors or the congregation. Of course there's always going to be people that put on a front or fight all the way to church on Sunday and hop out of the car saying "praise Jesus" with a smile on their face. That's just the way life is, we're all struggling. The message of Christianity isn't about perfection, it's about rebirth and forgiveness.