"Churchy churches tend to be focused on phileos and agape (translated as fellowship and philanthropy), but do not connect with the "eros" (passion, desire, yearning) that lies at the gut of contemporary spiritual seeking."

- Tom Bandy

Every once in a while you run across someone that says something that expresses what you think and feel more precisely and more simply than you ever could. Bandy did that for me with this snippet.

A friend responded that true agape is probably more than just philanthropy. I have to agree. Nevertheless, we leave the eros out in the modern day church.