Many of us have been through power struggles in churches and we have seen the harm that they have done.  We have seen gossip and pride render ministries ineffective or sometimes make ministries damaging rather than edifying.  But . . . how do we respond to these types of problems?  In the second half of 3 John we are invited to look into an interaction between a power player by the name of Diotrephes and the Apostle John.  And . . . we can see from John how we might be able to deal with these situations and keep ourselves from hindering the mission of the church.  Sermon originally preached on January 22, 2011.