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Remember when you left seminary or took up your present pastorate, and you were going to set the church aflame with your sound biblical exposition, your sweeping theological insights and your homiletical eloquence? Roger Wagner suggests that maybe it is time to re-examine the preaching of Paul, Peter and Stephen and reconsider what it was in their preaching that not only set the Church aflame but...

It’s only nine in the morning!’ Peter openly contradicts the opinion of some in his audience. ‘You’ve got it all wrong,’ he says, ‘and obviously so. Let me tell you what is really going on here.’ This may not be the best way to win friends and influence people, but it is a good way to insure the attention of the audience, at least for a time. Your explanation has to be good, however. And Peter’s is very good. The Purpose of Peter’s Sermon It’s time for us to try to grasp the overall purpose of Peter’s
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