Product Description

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.

Product Details

• Amazon Sales Rank: #124879 in Books
• Published on: 2007-09-04
• Original language: English
• Number of items: 1
• Dimensions: .87" h x 5.58" w x 8.38" l, .75 pounds
• Binding: Paperback
• 336 pages

Features

• ISBN13: 9781595544322
• Condition: New
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Customer Reviews

Well worth reading
If you've watch the movie, there aren't a lot of plot surprises in the book. However, Wilson did add quite a bit of depth to the characters and developed some plots that really flesh out the story. While movies can give a good visual of actions, books can provide the motivation behind the actions. Given the small budget of this movie, many scenes that could have been added to enhance the story that I feel sure were not affordable. Well, those are in the book. Here are a few things of interested that were added, but by no means a complete list: more background on David and Larry, behind the scenes with Coach Duke, a greater understanding of Mr. Bridges and his dedication, background on Grant and Brooke, and a greater understanding of the interaction between the players and their motivations. Oh, and a little Georgia football history (loved that little part). Wilson did a great job of more clearly presenting some of the points of the movie. Again, I would guess budget constraints kinda kept these from coming out in the movie, but there really are some great Biblical truths presented. It's also easier to let those sink in when you're reading rather than watching it go by on the screen. Personally, I liked the book better because things were more broadly portrayed and characters more fully developed. If you liked the movie, you'll want to read the book as well.

A Wonderful Story
My wife and I sat down after renting the video 'Facing The Giants' with no inkling of just how good this show would be. The Book is wonderful too! We started to watch it and quickly realized that these are excellent characters, and with a good story line. Some may think this Book/Film to be a little syrupy--but I say 'NO WAY!' This movie/book will melt the 'hardest of hearts' If you can read the entire Book or watch the film without shedding a tear, then you would have to be emotionally bankrupt. When the little field-goal kicker came onto the field to kick the field goal, his crippled father stood to his feet with his hands raised in the air. He was doing two things: Giving Glory to God and secondly inspiring his son showing him: 'you can do it!' Many of the characters in the story exemplify how America really should be. Great stuff! Reverend Kenneth Griffiths Author of ''Oh God Change This Scene!

Also for non-football fans
This book is great! A totally enjoyable read and I couldn't put it down. I loved Eric's development of the characters and all the little details which I'm sure weren't in the movie, though I didn't see it.

I must admit this book was on my shelf for a couple of months before I decided to read it. Although I was born in the U.S. I haven't lived there for over 30 years and forgot all the football rules and am not interested in football culture.

But I was looking for something to read and picked up Facing the Giants. It gripped me from the beginning. So I want to encourage any other non-football fans out there to give it a try. The plot and characters will pull you in and you may develop a new appreciation for high school football.