Are you sometimes aghast when you hear mentioned some of the outrageous salaries some people are being paid for what they do in this world? Professional athletes for instance, making hundreds of millions to play professional sports for a few years, or actors and actresses making millions to act a part in a media production or… I wonder what astronomical salaries amaze you, my friends? It causes us to wrestle with fundamental questions of the value of every vocation, every initiative, to society, doesn’t it? Did you know the apostle Paul was led by the Holy Spirit to address this issue when writing his letter to the Christians in Corinth? So, let’s rejoin Paul again, now in his 9th chapter of his letter we know as 1st Corinthians.