"Since you have purified your souls in obeying the truth through the Spirit in sincere love of the brethren, love one another fervently with a pure heart..." (1 Pet. 1:22)

The neighborhood bar is possibly the best counterfeit to Christian fellowship. The bar is an imitation dispensing liquor instead of godliness, escape rather than reality. One can disclose his deepest secret in a bar, and others usually won't tell it or even want to. The bar flourishes, not because most people are alcoholics, but because God has put into the human heart, the desire to know and be known, to love and be loved. And, so many people seek a counterfeit at the price of a few beers. (From Bible Illustrator)