Day 1 at the Passers Conference is in the books at the Minneapolis Convention Center, and

we prepare for day 2, which is incredibly full.

Be sure to follow the schedule in the live stream at DesairiGod.org, forward slash live

for all of the Tuesday details and schedule.

As you know, Pastor John, conferences are costly, and you have spoken at scores of conferences

over the years and many that dwarf our pastor's conference when it comes to size and venue

cost and musical experience and lighting and production and, frankly, by the sheer budget.

A listener to the podcast, Sean writes and asks this,

Pastor John, I've attended three passion conferences as a student and have now volunteered

at five other passion conferences.

God used passion to turn my life right side up and to call me to the nations.

I was introduced to the Ministry of Desiring God through passion too.

It is obvious to me that God has used these conferences for great good.

I know Louis Giglio is a Christian hedonist, and I think passion has remained a Christ-centered

movement.

However, having seen the conferences now behind the scenes as a volunteer, part of me

has honestly been a little appalled at the sheer magnitude of expense equipment and labor

that goes into an event of the size.

Is there a biblical way to think about and support large conferences that do so much good,

but at the same time, at least on the surface, looks somewhat out of character with the

simplicity of Jesus' wartime lifestyle?

What would you say to Sean?

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