The birth of the church is a story of the power of the Holy Spirit, where a blue-collar fisherman delivers an effective sermon, and thousands are cut to the heart, asking what they can do. Peter's message emphasizes the importance of repentance, baptism, and the gift of the Holy Spirit, leading to the addition of 3,000 people to the church. The early church's radical commitment to living differently, in the power of the Holy Spirit, turned the Roman Empire upside down, and this same revolution can happen today.
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