Our commitment to Christ is professed and practiced in an arena of competition. Others pull at our time, attention, contribution, and loyalty. It may be family, work, good causes, or political expectations. Disciples learn to give what is due where it is due - but no claim can precede our obedience to Jesus. In today's message, Dr. John demonstrates that truth lived out in Thessalonica. Listen and learn how the early Church practiced loyalty to Jesus in the midst of other demands.  Jesus Goes Global: Confronting the Power Base: Common sense suggests that a precious treasure should be carried by the most qualified means. Do not allow for weakness, failure, or incompetency in the process. But God has placed the treasure of the gospel into the hands of humans - who don’t always measure up. Dr. John teaches on the beginning of Paul's second missional journey and points to the tensions and challenges within every believer who carries the gospel message. And yet the gospel grows. Listen and consider the grace and power of God through frail vessels like us.