Frank Hall, a teacher and assistant football coach, is credited with chasing a teenage gunman out of an Ohio school after a shooting rampage that left three students dead. 17-year-old T.J. Lane has been charged with killing the three students on Monday, February 27, at Chardon High School, which is about 30 miles east of Cleveland.

Perhaps Hall’s brave action saved more people from being killed. However, he has brushed aside the praise that has been lavished upon him, insisting, “I’m not a hero.”

Most of us would disagree with Hall’s modest assessment of himself. To willingly put your life on the line to spare others is truly an act of heroism.

Jesus is the ultimate humble hero. “…He humbled himself and became obedient to death—even death on a cross!” (Philippians 2:8).

By dying on the cross to pay for our sins, Jesus chased away the sin that threatened to destroy us. He is a true hero indeed!