this overemphasis on what we are to do, to think, to feel, or to believe, Acts places a clear and significant emphasis on the divine initiative, on revelation, on God’s grace, and God’s unexpected intrusions. The God of Acts is an active God, a God who will direct the church. This is not a God who, having set the world and church in motion, has retired to Florida and left us in charge. Thus, as the Gospel of Luke ends and as Acts begins, we do not find the church busy at its tasks. Rather, the apostles