As someone who has come back to faith in God, what helped me greatly is finding the eastern Orthodox Church (which is much different then fire and damnation of

As someone who has come back to faith in God, what helped me greatly is finding the eastern Orthodox Church (which is much different then fire and damnation of the Baptist sort (not to paint too broad of a brush)). The ethos is continually following - as much as we can - the teachings of Christ for reconciliation to God - we judge ourselves, foremost, for Christ did not condemn us. This means condemnation of others and their salvation is up to God, and we are to help others come back to His eternal love. Many will try everything but the love of Christ (speaking of self again) in existential dread with psychedelics, the temptations of the world (which never seem to fill - whether money, material things, power, or partners), self-actualization, yoga, ego-death as nirvana, gnosticism, energy work - but are drawn away from a 2,000 year history of the teachings from Christ to Apostle to the modern Orthodox Church, based on a previous 5,000+ year history of law which was fulfilled in Christ. The west (speaking for myself) tends to only be exposed to Protestant and Roman Catholic doctrine, and offshoots of Protestant such as puritanism, Jehova's Witness, LDS/Mormons, etc. Short video on ethos https://youtu.be/ySgNWCuxjNQ?t=118 https://youtu.be/ySgNWCuxjNQ?t=118 This means being humble, no ego of self, thankfulness in all things, charity and honoring thy neighbor, giving to others selflessly (for life is a give from God), and noting continually ones shortcoming, and thus not condemning others their own that we tell ourselves we perceive. https://www.oca.org/orthodoxy/the-orthodox-faith/spirituality/orthodox-spirituality/spirituality https://www.oca.org/orthodoxy/the-orthodox-faith/spiritualit... "Every act of a Christian must be a spiritual act. Every thought must be spiritual, every word, every deed, every activity of the body, every action of the person. This means that all that a person thinks, says and does must be inspired and guided by the Holy Spirit so that the will of God the Father might be accomplished as revealed and taught by Jesus Christ the Son of God."