Men read the Letters of Peter and think they've found the ultimate guide to Christian martyrdom and a timetable for the end times. They see First Peter as a handbook on how to suffer nobly for your beliefs,

Men read the Book of Zephaniah, and they see a prophecy of doom. They get caught up in the terrifying images of the "Day of the Lord," a day of wrath and darkness. They see a God of furious anger