The Biggest Win: Pro Football Players Tackle Faith
Digital Logos Edition
Overview
Foreword by Carson Wentz, Nick Foles, Zach Ertz, Trey Burton, Jordan Hicks, and Chris Maragos.
The Biggest Win gives athletes and sports fans of all ages a unique, insider's look into the lives and faith of six Christian NFL players from the 2017 Philadelphia Eagles Super Bowl team Carson Wentz, Nick Foles, Zach Ertz, Trey Burton, Jordan Hicks, and Chris Maragos. Through the ups and downs of their experiences, author Joshua Cooley shows how these high-profile athletes remain committed to God's Word, genuine Christian discipleship, and sharing their faith. Using their voices and stories, The Biggest Win gives sports-minded readers hope and direction for living out their faith while competing.
The Biggest Win is ideal for pastors, youth, and college leaders to use as a small group resource with Christian students interested in sports. Questions at the end of every chapter will spark helpful conversations about living by faith as an athlete and fan. It is a MUST for coaches to use with every Christian youth sports and school teams. See your youth athletes faith grow as they hear and learn from the amazing stories of these Super Bowl Champions. Also a perfect book for men's church groups.
The Biggest Win combines biblical truths with practical direction on issues that every Christian faces including dealing with adversity, competition, change, success, failure, and how to thrive by faith in a pressurized world. Encouraging male and female athletes in any sport, The Biggest Win guides them in finding their ultimate identity in Jesus Christ, not their athletic achievements, and assures them that their greatest prize is eternal life.
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- Explores what pursuing God’s glory through sports competitions looks like
- Discusses how to become more like Christ through the triumphs and challenges that sports presents
- Examines how athletic competition - enjoyed by many worldwide— can be a catalyst for spiritual growth
- Being a Christian Athlete
- Motivated by Glory
- Identity Theft
- Training to Win
- Practice Doesn’t Make Perfect
- A Community Affair
- Warning: Misconstruction Zone Ahead
- Winning, Losing, and the Uncertainty of Life
- Trial Run
- Commission: Possible
- Final Victory
With icebergs, we celebrate and are amazed at what we see above the water but there is so much more below the surface. As the entire world watched Super Bowl LII, we witnessed and celebrated the amazing elements of sport that we can see. The Biggest Win takes you below the surface to see how much more God is at work in these players as well as in our own lives and how to win the biggest game of all.
—Shane Williamson, President/CEO, Fellowship of Christian Athletes
Josh Cooley, a talented sports writer with unusual spiritual insight, has written a unique and engaging book. Neither fanboy nor critic, Josh shows these pro football players as what they are: authentic and imperfect brothers striving to honor Jesus. The timeless biblical principles at work in their stories carry over seamlessly to readers. Well written, true-to-reality, and spiritually uplifting, The Biggest Win is one of the finest sports books I've ever read!
—Randy Alcorn, Author of Heaven, Seeing the Unseen, and Courageous
As the Philadelphia Eagles' offensive coordinator during their Super Bowl LII championship season, I enjoyed a close, personal look at how real the stories are in this book. These men are true brothers in Christ whose lives have impacted me significantly. In The Biggest Win, Joshua Cooley not only does an incredible job helping us learn from their examples, but he also uses the platform of sports to equip and inspire us in our Christian faith
—Frank Reich, Head Coach of the Indianapolis Colts
- Title: The Biggest Win: Pro Football Players Tackle Faith
- Author: Joshua Cooley
- Publisher: New Growth Press
- Print Publication Date: 2018
- Logos Release Date: 2025
- Pages: 160
- Era: era:contemporary
- Language: English
- Resources: 1
- Format: Digital › Logos Reader Edition
- Subjects: Biggest Win; Cooley, Joshua
- ISBNs: 9781948130028, 1948130025
- Resource ID: LLS:BIGGESTWIN
- Resource Type: Monograph
- Metadata Last Updated: 2025-12-10T19:32:55Z
Joshua Cooley is a New York Times bestselling author, a sports writing veteran of 20-plus years, and a full-time children's minister. His latest book is The Biggest Win: Pro Football Players Tackle Faith. Also in 2018, he teamed with Super Bowl LII MVP Nick Foles to co-author the star quarterback's bestselling memoir, Believe It. Joshua has written the Heroes of the Bible Devotional and The One Year Devotions With Jesus, among his other books. He lives with his wife and four children in Durham, NC.