The Christian Athlete, Brian Smith
The Christian Athlete, Brian Smith
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The Christian Athlete
Glorifying God in Sports

Author: Brian Smith

Narrator: Brian Smith

Unabridged: 4 hr 35 min

Format: Digital Audiobook Download

Publisher: David C. Cook

Published: 04/05/2022

Includes: Bonus Material Bonus Material Included


Synopsis

The Christian Athlete is a gospel-centered guide that assists athletes who identify as Christians and are seeking to understand how to practically apply their faith to their sport.
 
Athletes desire—and deserve—a more substantive expression of the Christian faith in the context of sport, but they don’t know what it looks like or where to turn to learn more.

Author Brian Smith shares his story as an athlete and coach, and his experience working with high-level athletes in the last decade to help readers better understand how to integrate faith and sport by:Assisting those who want a wide-angled understanding of how to live the Christian faith in the context of sportsWalking through the many questions Christian athletes ask about winning, losing, injuries, practice, and everything in betweenMoving Christian athletes from simply having clichéd spiritual sayings decorating their bodies or t-shirts to actually living out their faith through all the opportunities their sport offers themThe Christian Athlete will show readers how to live out a biblical perspective on athletics and urge them to engage in the gifts they are given to glorify God whether they are the team MVP or riding the bench.

About The Author

Brian Smith ran track and cross-country at Wake Forest University, where he graduated with a Communications and Journalism degree. After two years of coaching track at the college level, he turned to working with Athletes in Action. For the past 10 years he has been helping athletes and coaches live biblically at the intersection of faith and sport through his website, thechristianathlete.com.


Reviews

Goodreads review by Casey on February 21, 2023

Incredible resource for any athlete or coach! Found this to be both super practical and also deep with great biblical wisdom.......more

Goodreads review by Joshua on December 09, 2022

Brian Smith, man. wow. Killed it in this book. He doesn’t sugar coat anything and tells you how it is. He goes through specific struggles you might have as a christian athlete and every chapter he goes through a new main point. Reading this book the last 2 months has made me re-align my priorities a......more

Goodreads review by Zak on April 21, 2023

This book considers various aspects of athletic performance from a Christian worldview. It talks about handling success, failure, riding the bench, having a platform, and so many other topics. It is probably most applicable to college athletes although athletes of any age would benefit from thinking......more

Goodreads review by Jeremy on December 28, 2023

First, I'm not an athlete so I'm not the target audience of this title. Instead, I read it to study for a book I'm writing. I found the author to be gospel-centered, he quotes a lot of good teachers, and covers all the main topics you'd want in discipleship of an athlete. Definitely a book I'd recom......more

Goodreads review by Laurel on July 12, 2024

The information present was interesting and logical. I needed to have my Bible right with me to see the verses he referenced and their context. I liked how it was a sport book with a running background instead of the typical basketball or football book.......more