The pastor was very frustrated. It was almost time for the worship service to begin and he couldn't get the microphone to work. He paced back and forth by the baptismal font and stewed and brewed. He tried everything he could think of. Finally, he said, "This blankety, blank microphone doesn't work."

At that precise moment, the head usher, who had gone to the master control box for the sound system, turned the switch to "on." The pastor's words were broadcast to the people.

The shocked congregation immediately responded, "And also with you."

Something like that is going on in our story today, except it isn't curses that are coming across loud and clear, but blessings. Peter preached to the Jews gathered around the crippled man he had just healed in the name of the Lord. This spontaneous…