Hidden Heroes: The Philippian Jailer, The Most Important Question Ever Asked
by David Chadwick
Stories are filled with heroes and villains. Every good story has to have bad guys who resist the plotline and good guys who carry out the author's intent for victory. The Philippian jailer is our hidden hero.
Paul and Silas were put in prison for sharing the gospel and delivering a slave girl from a demonic spirit (Acts 16:25-40). The owners of the girl were irate that she would no longer be able to act as their fortune teller. So they grabbed Paul and Silas and brought them before the rulers with charges of disturbance.
The crowd beat and bludgeoned them before being…
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