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If they want to worship and practice a certain way, that’s fine by me. If they want to bastardize the Word of God, that isn’t.

Ah, but where is the delineation between interpreting Scripture in a certain way and worshiping in a certain way, and bastardization? Where is the line drawn, exactly?

I don't have an answer to that, but that is precisely why there are so many denominations, many of whom do not think that other denominations are "correct." It's why Luther nailed his 95 Theses to the door of the Castle Church in Wittenberg, to break from Catholicism. And then it's why the CLC Lutherans think the LFW Lutherans are doing it wrong and practicing "fake" Christianity. On and on it goes.

Anyway...I think your approach is perfectly good and fine. I don't expect anyone to go along with some of the admittedly more out-of-the-box stuff I bring up...but it's fun to do so every once in a while. Go with the Spirit, sir.

I think the core, salvation, is pretty black and white. Beyond that, I think so much is about personal preference.

I always tell people to ask themselves:
a. Is what my church teaches Biblical?
b. If what we are teaching/doing is not out of the Bible, why do we do it?
c. If we are doing things according to the Bible, am I comfortable with the way we worship?

Jesus never intended everyone to worship Him in one particular way, but I do believe that He intended everyone to come to Him in the same way.

There are churches of many stripes that preach salvation, and there are many churches of those same stripes that do not. It depends on who is in charge.