more that we’re exiles in a world we once called our own. Our culture seems to misunderstand us more and more, and to malign and mock us more and more. And as we work through 1 Peter together, what we will see is that this is not strange. Those who desire to live godly lives in this world will be persecuted. Christian suffering is normal. And so 1 Peter is a letter we desperately need to read, and wrestle with, and believe today. In these hardening times, some of us will be tempted to compromise