be the smartest people in the room—but then again, neither did the apostles. When Peter and John were arrested for preaching the gospel and dragged before the Sanhedrin, they had to do some impromptu—or rather inspired—public speaking: “This Jesus is the stone that was rejected by you, the builders, which has become the cornerstone. And there is salvation in no one else” (Acts 4:11–12). When the high priests, elders, and scribes—all highly trained in rabbinic schools—saw the “boldness” of Peter and