call seems surprising (e.g., 8:26, taking Philip away from a growing new congregation in Samaria and to the desert). As we have seen, at times the church’s instincts are misguided (e.g., 11:2; 15:1, 5). The radical theocentricity of Acts highlights the constant temptation to anthropocentricity today, whether seen in advertising that panders to human self-centeredness or “tribalism” that will not act outside the parameters of our community. In practice, churches—and theologians—find it all too easy