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| | | History | Home » » » Hard Fighting Soldier: Finding God in Trials, Tragedies, and Triumphs | | | | | | | Description: | | The power of God is dramatically changing lives through college football. A wide receiver scores an 80-yard touchdown, and instead of celebrating, he drops to his knee in prayer. A defensive end relies on the prayers and support of teammates and fans when his family's home in New Orleans is washed away by Hurricane Katrina. An entire team locks arms and walks onto the football field and becomes "Hard fighting soldiers bringing souls to Jesus." In Hard Fighting Soldier: Finding God in Trials, Tragedies, and Triumphs, Rev. Chette Williams, full-time chaplain of the Auburn University football team, tells how God transformed his life and how God continues to use him to influence football players at Auburn and beyond. As a player in the 1980s, some of Williams' Auburn teammates said he "wasn't worth praying for." He was a mean, bitter, angry young man, and when Coach Pat Dye kicked him off the team, nobody was surprised. With God's help, Williams turned his life around and he vowed to help others to do the same. Throughout Auburn's perfect 13-0 season in 2004, Coach Tommy Tuberville gave Williams credit for leading the team through adversity to success. "He was the rock we held on to," Tuberville said. Hard Fighting Soldier reveals how God used those difficult times to transform players and coaches. | | | Product Details: | | | Author:
| Chette Williams | | Hardcover:
| 192 pages | | Publisher:
| Looking Glass Books | | Publication Date:
| September 01, 2007 | | Language:
| English | | ISBN:
| 1929619316 | | Package Length:
| 9.0 inches | | Package Width:
| 6.2 inches | | Package Height:
| 0.8 inches | | Package Weight:
| 0.9 pounds | | Average Customer Rating:
|  based on 10 reviews |
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 Winning the GameMay 14, 2010
I ordered this book at the recommendation of someone at a New Year's Eve party as being a great book. I knew the book was about the Chaplain of the Auburn (Alabama) football team. Having three Auburn graduates, I ordered several copies. It was some time before I began reading the book myself but when I did I was capivated by its message. Chette Williams was the youngest of 6 boys - and also the smallest. While the older boys were swamped with football scholarship offers, Chette was accepted at his beloved Auburn as a walk on with promise of a scholarship the next year if he played well. He played hard and rough football to get their attention but also played around a lot on the side breaking curfew and other rules. He developed a mean bad attitude in general and was feared by many. When faced with expulsion he turned to God, the only person he could count on to help him through this. He could not bear to disappoint his Mama who set the bar high at an early age in his Christian upbringing. The recommitment he made at this low point was life changing. Since reading I have ordered more copies from Amazon to share with friends and have used small parts of the book as a devotion.
A jewel of a bookJan 07, 2010
Positively a delight. Chette Williams has hidden a gem in every chapter. His straightforward, easy style combined with rich lessons in every short chapter make this an easy single evening read, or a perfect "wake-up" taken one chapter a day.
Highly recommended.
Hard Fighting SoldierJan 15, 2009
A must read for anyone wanting a book good uplifting book about football and Auburn. A classic book of overcoming against the odds. True story.
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Hard Fighting Soldier: Finding God in Trials, Tragedies, and TriumphsJan 25, 2008
This book is amazing. I finished it in two days, the only reason it took me that long was because I started in the evening of a busy night for me. For me to finish a book that fast says a lot because I have only finished maybe 5 books in high school and college (I'm a sophomore in college now) and I have taken AP English courses in high school and literature courses in college. I just don't typically enjoy reading, but this book was so good that I could not put it down. Well written and great theology and Christian experience anyone, not just athletes, can gain from.
3 of 3 found the following review helpful:
Awesome Book!Dec 27, 2007
This book is quite different from a lot of books on the Christian faith. It has many short chapters and moves quickly from one area of Chette's life to another. It does cover some details of Auburn football because that is an early part of his life and his current position is as Chaplain for the Tigers. However a good bit of the book covers his family life, interactions with friends growing up, and his early work in Christian ministries. I thought the style of writing was execellent because it blends his view, with comments from other coaches, team members, and friends that provides a compelling view of how God does work in each of our lives - many times in ways that we only understand many years after He does the work.
It is an easy read, and very entertaining to hear some of the behind the scenes stories of Division I football. I really enjoyed reading it.
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