Ezekiel is in exile in Babylon … but sees God’s Glory … in Babylon. He is commissioned to preach to God’s people and explain why they are in exile and why Jerusalem will be destroyed. But by the end of the book he also gives them the most incredible hope.

Lamentations is probably one of the darkest books in the whole Bible. The setting is Israel are in exile and the book explains when they have been rejected by God. The only tiny note of hope is found in the middle of chapter (Lam 3:22-23)

Peter speaks to the leaders in the church and how they should operate as leaders. Again we see alien values – not the type of leadership that the world would suggest.

The official persecution of Christians had begun in the Roman Empire about the time Peter wrote this letter. And Peter offers some surprising ideas about hose they should respond to it.

When Peter says "wives submit to your husbands" or that women are the "weaker sex" ... well that doesn't sit well with our society today. But maybe we need to understand what he is actually saying.