Thanks to a favorite Bible story, there is an expression that is used around the world to describe a contest between two vastly unequal opponents. For example, let's suppose that our University of Memphis Tiger football team was playing host to a much stronger team, a team rated in the top five in America. The local sportswriters would refer to that as a David and Goliath contest. And, believe me, David still wins occasionally. Or, let's suppose that the Ole Miss Rebel Basketball team is facing the national champion team from the University of Kentucky. Sportswriters would call that a David and Goliath contest. But, again, David still wins occasionally. Today my focus is on the David and Goliath story.

Let me remind you of the setting for that story. Some 3000 years ago in the land that is…