It's all about passion these days.  It doesn't really matter if the idea is good or even workable as long as you are passionate about it.

Passion is the #1 quality of an "interesting" sermon.  In the past, if you presented a logical, Biblical message that was enough.  Now it has to also be passionate.  Cry a few crocodile tears and they will follow you anywhere.

Passion is good, but it is easily faked.  Why is it so attractive?

We drove a good hour or more in a mini van to visit a small historic town in Ohio.  I was in the back seat enjoying the view; my grandchildren. 

One of the first places were visited was a music shop.  It was crowded with custom, very expensive guitars.  It was not much fun to move around tight spaces with walls covered with $10,000 custom guitars and an active 2 year old and a 6 month old in tow. 

But it was fun.  Mostly because my son loves guitars.  We all watched in awe as he carefully played these guitars and talked about them with the other musicians.  I have no idea what they were talking about but the passion was deep and infectious.

Perhaps passion is a natural draw.  There is something about a passionate person that gets our attention.  Perhaps if we were more passionate about Jesus we would draw more people to Him.

¶ 9:22 AM