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 enlarge | Authors: Chette Williams, Dick Parker
Publisher: Looking Glass Press
Category: Book
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Media: Hardcover
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Pages: 192
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Dimensions (in): 9 x 6.2 x 0.8
ISBN: 1929619316
Dewey Decimal Number: 355
EAN: 9781929619313
ASIN: 1929619316
Publication Date: September 1, 2007
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One of the most inspiring books that I have ever read November 14, 2007
2 out of 2 found this review helpful
This is much more than a football story or sports story. It is an inspirational and entertaining story of one man's journey in faith and how he has come to have a very positive effect on many others. It also illustrates the unique opportunity that is present in every college athletic department for having a tremendous positive effect on the athletes in the various programs.
Does God Care Who Wins Football Games? August 7, 2007
9 out of 9 found this review helpful
Does God help Auburn win football games becaue of the Chette Williams' ministry?
Is God an Auburn fan? Is God favorably inclined toward Auburn because of all the praying Auburn does? Can a person, team or coach pray its way to victory? Deep theolgical questions all.
Are we humans, messy mortals that we are, trying to manipulate the Almighty and get what we want when we want it? Are we reducing the Almighty to some kind of Santa Claus-God by some of the things we ask for, demand and expect to get? Is that true in the sport of football at Auburn?
All of these questions and more are firmly, simply and plainly addressed in Chette Williams' book. One may or may not agree with the answers and perspectives addressed, but one can not come away without a deep and abiding appreciation for the depth of Chette Williams' faith and the way he has put that faith into action at Auburn.
What has happened at Auburn can happen anywhere and that is one of Chette's goals in writing this book: to help other players, other coaches at other schools find that peace that passeth all human understanding that many have found at Auburn through his ministry.
No, prayer doesn't win football games...hard work and preparation do that, along with talent and ability,but a sense of peace enables humans to perform at their best, and that is what Chette has done for Auburn--helped players and coaches find a peace that the secular world does not understand and sometimes refuses to accept.
This is not a "preachy" book. Chette, ably assisted by Auburn alumn Dick Parker of Looking Glass Books in Atlanta, have successfully avoided that always looming pitfall in books of this type. This is a real life, down to earth, dirt under the fingernails, look at faith at work and in action. That it happens to be at Auburn is, in the end, immaterial.
It's a good read, a worthwhile read for football fans of any school and especially for persons wondering about and wanting to know more about God's role in the outcome of contests and competition in the secular world.
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