Facing the Giants »

Never Give Up. Never Back Down. Never Lose Faith.

After six consecutive losing seasons, high school football coach Grant Taylor believes things can't get any worse. He's wrong. With fear and failure defeating him in football and in life, the downtrodden coach and husband turns to God in desperation. Trusting that God can somehow do the impossible, Coach Taylor and his Shiloh Christian Eagles soon discover how faith plays out on the field.

Contents

The Preseason 1. On Eagle's Wings....................3
First Quarter: Trying to Stand 2. Six Years Later....................11
3. The Jury....................18
4. Freight Train....................23
5. Your Secret's Safe....................28
6. No Juice....................33
7. Sparkle and Shine....................37
8. Something Shifting....................44
9. How Long?....................51
10. Unraveled....................57
11. Take a Swing....................64
12. The Voices....................71
Second Quarter: The Death Crawl 13. Dead Weight....................79
14. The Right Man....................86
15. Chalk Lines....................91
16. Face-to-Face....................97
17. Currents and Rain....................104
18. The Challenge....................110
19. Something Burning....................117
20. Look Up....................125
21. A Big Stink....................130
22. Gates and Keys....................136
23. The Fuse....................142
Half Time 24. Death and Life....................153
Third Quarter: Farther to Fly 25. Out of the Nest....................161
26. The Wildcats....................168
27. White Wristbands....................175
28. Is That All?....................181
29. Something Wrong....................186
30. Gone for Good....................193
31. Number 00....................197
32. The Principal's Office....................204
33. Clipped Wings....................210
34. In Trouble....................216
35. Beginning to Rain....................223
Fourth Quarter: Stone Wall 36. ThinAir....................233
37. Negative?....................239
38. The Bigger Picture....................245
39. To Be or Not to Be....................252
40. We Belong....................257
41. Plucked....................264
42. Line of Fire....................270
43. Dodging Bullets....................277
44. Staring Down the Barrel....................284
45. The Wind....................291
46. On the Radio Dial....................299
End of a Season 47. Two Years Later....................309
Acknowledgments....................313