Shamgar's Ploughshare: Courage in the Ordinary

Shamgar son of Anath faced six hundred Philistine raiders in open field—not the confined advantage of Thermopylae, where enemies come one or two at a time, but surrounded by desperadoes bent on plunder and death. Yet this humble labouring man, armed only with an ox-goad, slew them all. The Philistines continued fighting even as they fell, demonstrating that men will sacrifice their lives for evil causes with the same ferocity they would for righteous ones.…