August is slowly limping along, isn’t it? And the week ahead is crammed full of troubles of its own. Corona is not going away. Fires rage in California. Two storms are on a collision course with Louisiana. And education systems everywhere are riddled with virtual snafus. We are certainly being assaulted by worldly woes. There’s no running away (try as we might). There’s no pretending it away . . . denying it away . . . or wishing it away. The present is indeed present. There

It pricks your heart when you realize the depth of suffering the Lord’s servants endured. And yet, they remained faithful to delivering His Word. Take Jeremiah, for example. Reading through this thick Book certainly reaps respect for this man—for therein we discover an exemplary devotion to God which was sacrificial, to say the least. The poor guy was opposed, rejected, and ignored. He was beaten, jailed, and tortured. He was put in stocks, thrown into a pit, and hauled off t