The Philippian jailor does not appear in any of our selected readings for this Sunday, but
his fundamental question reverberates through our texts. "What must I do to be saved?"
he asked Paul and Silas (Acts 16:30). It is an elemental question, and our selected
passages can help us elucidate the answer.
What do I need to do? This is the pragmatic question of the would-be home buyer sitting
with the loan officer in the bank. It is the poignant question of the husband who wants to
make things right with his wife. And it is the desperate question that the patient asks the