Fact is often stranger than fiction. When authorities in Baldwin, Wisconsin finally caught some local cattle rustlers recently, it turned out that the men had been carrying off calves and yearling heifers in the back of a Chevrolet Chevette. That meant loading a cow of up to 600 pounds through the rear hatch of a tiny, tiny car. You have to admire their determination. Those rustlers were willing to work hard for what they stole! While a number of people might be tempted to load stray cattle into a pickup truck, few would even be tempted to swipe stray cows with only a Chevette in which to put them. (1) We appreciate people with determination wherever we encounter them.

St. Paul had that kind of determination in mind when he told Timothy to "Fight the good fight." Of course St. Paul is tal…