The Apostles declared (starting with Peter at Pentecost) that we are in the last days. We've spent 2000 years rightly expecting the imminent return of Christ. Imminence is not the problem - it is that we have forgotten that imminence is tied to the Great Commission. Each time that He was asked about His return or about the establishment of the earthly Kingdom, Christ seemed to point His disciples to their responsibility to reach the whole world with the Gospel. This was Paul's driving force, and he believed that Christ's coming was soon, not based upon a calendar date, but based upon the great traction they experienced in fulfilling the Great Commission and reaching the whole world with the Gospel. If we want imminence, we must be serious about the Gospel.

I think that one of the greatest dangers to the Christian home today is a dating spirit mixed with matchmaking family members. This creates a constant dissatisfied state where one is essentially practicing for divorce and heartache.

If, instead, we realize that God made ONE woman (Eve) for ONE man (Adam), and that God did not give them the freedom to date around, we can give our young people hope and the focus to walk with and work for God while waiting for Him to bring the perfect mate that He has designed - just for each one of them.

Which is more dangerous: a counterfeit $100 bill, or $100 in monopoly money? When I owned a restaurant years ago, I found out the hard way that counterfeit money was more dangerous, because in the busy-ness of the dinner rush, my employees couldn't tell that it was fake.

This is why "putting aside our doctrinal differences" for the sake of unity is so dangerous: in the busy-ness of life, it's hard to tell the lies from the truth. The closer a lie is to the truth, the more dangerous it is.