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Hard Fighting Soldier Looking Glass Books Chette Williams faced a crossroads: team player or hoodlum. At nineteen he was a mean, bitter, angry young man, and when Coach Pat Dye kicked him off the Auburn University football team, nobody was surprised. In that decisive moment, as his dream of playing Southeastern Conference football was crashing around him, Chette turned to a teammate he had despised. That teammate pointed the way to grace. For twenty-five years now, God has been using Chette as an instrument of His grace. In Hard Fighting Soldier, the Reverend Chette Williams, full-time chaplain of the Auburn University football team, tells how his life was transformed and how God continues to use him to influence football players at Auburn and beyond. A wide receiver scores an eighty-yard touchdown, and instead of celebrating he drops to a knee in prayer of thanksgiving. A defensive lineman seeks out the father who abandoned him as a child so he can offer forgiveness. Coaches and players share tears of joy and grief in powerful prayer sessions. All are evidence of God's power to bring change through college football. Experience the power for yourself through Hard Fighting Soldier.
Reviews “When I came to Auburn as head football coach in 1999, I accepted responsibility for helping 120 young men grow into conscientious adults—the whole person, not just the athlete. It's an ongoing process from the time they come here until they leave, and even thirty years from now they can still call on us. I knew my assistant coaches and I would need help, and what better person to have than a man of the Lord who played football at Auburn and knows what these players go through? Chette Williams understands their aches and pains, their problems away from football, and all the situations and temptations that can arise. He's been there. Now Chette's ministry is a major part of how we build a football team and help young men grow to young adults. In Hard Fighting Soldier, Chette tells how God has changed his life and continues to touch the lives of players and coaches. Read it and let Him touch your life as well." "Boys become men. That's the biggest thing Chette facilitates at Auburn. We were boys when we arrived. We were men when we left. How he goes about it—sometimes it's uncanny. He is gifted at reading people, knowing what each one needs, then teaching. The timing of Chette entering my life couldn't have been more perfect. I had refocused and recommitted my life to the Lord before I met Chette, but I needed a spiritual mentor to lovingly guide and rebuke me when necessary as I grew into a man."
Links Visit Chette Williams Ministries at www.chettewilliamsministries.com.
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