Today, evangelicals design so many conferences, especially for our youth, with the intention of exciting the believer’s passion through fellowship, music, eloquent speakers, emotional stories, and impassioned pleas. Yet whatever excitement they create often quickly vanishes. In the end, these experiences build little fires in little hearts that burn out in a few days. We have forgotten that genuine, enduring passion is born out of one’s knowledge of the truth, and specifically the truth of the gospel. The more you know or comprehend its beauty, the more its power will apprehend you. One
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