In First Peter, D. Edmond Hiebert gives the modern reader a solid study of the most colorful disciple's thoughts. He traces the ways in which Jesus transformed Peter's life to make him a pillar of the early church . . . In expositional detail, Dr. Hiebert will lead you step by step through this rich portion of practical teaching . . . Dr. Hiebert reaches both scholar and layperson with his accurate but understandable application of Greek and the addition of a detailed bibliography for further study. Summing up this letter, he observes, "First Peter is preeminently an epistle of triumphant faith amid suffering."