And after the earthquake a fire; but the Lord was not in the fire: and after the fire a still small voice. And it was so, when Elijah heard it, ...

Peter had expected Elijah: fire from heaven, a land cleansed of evil. What he’d gotten instead—I don’t think he had a name for it. I don’t know him. But maybe Peter didn’t know Elijah ...

Elijah’s greatest lesson came not from fire on the mountain, but from a whisper in the dark. When pastors feel like quitting, God may be just getting started.