This introduction to the Psalms unfolds the text and meaning as songs for the people of God. The book offers introduction and exposition to every featured Psalm and considers the themes of conflict, mystery and suffering in which good wins over evil.
Colossians was a letter, which would have first been read by Tychicus in Philemon's house in Colossae. By reading it they are about to understand better the reality of a life in Christ.
The Book of Daniel begins with the trials of the Judahites in the aftermath of Jerusalem's destruction by the Babylonians in 587 BC, when many were forced to live as immigrants in a strange land. The twelve shorter prophets are situated between the eighth and fifth centuries and speak both warnings and instructions to God's people.