Do the images used by 1 Peter for the life of the Christian community speak to the contemporary world?
Which citations of Israel’s scriptures in 1 Peter have the greatest impact?
What does “holiness” mean in 1 Peter? Is that a value that contemporary Christians should share?
Are there elements of the moral exhortation of 1 Peter that address a contemporary situation?
Should the uncomfortable elements in the exhortations of 1 Peter be criticized or simply ignored?
Should the kind of polemic found in Jude play any role in our contemporary debates? Or does the current state of division in the US and elsewhere help to understand the rhetoric of Jude and 2 Peter?
What can we learn from 2 Peter’s attempt to deal with the problem of the “delayed Parousia,” the failure of prophecy about the end time, to be fulfilled?