The author has put together a series of 34 biographies from Biblical characters, describing people in various states of danger in this world. Dangers from rejection and animosity, danger from love of this world, danger from self-deception, and dangers from perils suffered for standing for Christ. Ellsworth is skillful at showing us the exact nature of their true pitfalls and leads us to a fresh understanding of the grace of God which enabled them to overcome, and live in our dangerous world.