underestimate the possibility of a concern for renewal being conceived in the mind and heart of the respected leader of a believing community, we must always be open to God’s surprises. God’s key person may be a charismatic person marginal to the community’s power structure. Yet it is always strategic to pray: “O God our Savior.… Will you not revive us again, that your people may rejoice in you?” (Ps. 85:4–6). Prophetic Encounter: Yahweh versus Baal The massive religious encounter of Israel’s history