Acts 16:30-34

"[After the massive earthquake that opened the jail doors and released the prisoners' chains in Philippi, Paul assured the jailer that no one had..."

""Sirs, what must I do to be saved?" They replied, "Believe in the Lord Jesus, and you will be saved — you and your household." Then they spoke the word of..."

Inspirational illustration of Acts 16:30-32 -- “Sirs, what must I do to be saved?” They replied, “Believe in the Lord Jesus, and you will be saved—you and your household.” Then they spoke the word of the Lord to him and to all the others in his house. At

Who prays in a jail and then does not leave when the doors come open? There are two very surprising things in the story of the Philippian jailer. And two other things that seem to be expected to happen.

Do we need to go back and re-think the modern conversion experience? Let's see conversion more wholistically -- an experience of Jesus' death, burial and resurrection in baptism that involves repentance, and confession of Jesus as Lord, and acceptance of him as Lord and Christ.

What kind of questions have you been asking lately? Russ Lawson reminds us that the questions we ask need to be the important ones, not the kind that spark endless arguments and speculation.

"Dear Beloved, Grace can have a strong touch of redemptive irony! As you read in the verses below about Paul and Silas being thrown into jail, notice...."

For us to be 'cruciformed' means that we offer our hearts to be reshaped to be like Jesus' heart. It means we offer ourselves to be used by God to bless and serve others. Phil Ware begins a series on the central section of the Gospel of Mark that focuses on being "cruciformed" as the first step of being a disciple of Jesus.

"A mob quickly formed against Paul and Silas [when the master incited the city since Paul cast the profit-making demon out of his slave girl], and the..."

Suicide isn't the answer Even if death seems a better alternative than anything else that lies ahead. You can find life instead. You can find Jesus.