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FAITH AND WRESTLING: HOW THE ROLE OF A WRESTLER MIRRORS THE CHRISTIAN LIFE
by: Michael Fessler
(Find it on Amazon: http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/149089621X?keywords=michael%20fessler&qid=1444138049&ref_=sr_1_1&sr=8-1)


The book was picked up by a larger publishing group and recently republished. Several university wrestling teams utilized the book last year for team studies, one of which was Cal Baptist University under the helm of former Iowa wrestling star, Coach Lennie Zalesky. To promote the book's re-release, Coach Zalesky and CBU wrestling put together a promo video: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9uI6LF9jQrQ 

 

“The Bible tells us that believers are transformed by the renewing of their minds. Another way of putting this is … taking into captivity every thought to the obedience of Christ. This means learning how to think of all of life, including sport, from a biblical perspective. Michael Fessler’s book is drenched in Christian worldview. Those who wrestle with its truths will be richer for it. I wish that I had been able to drink from its wisdom as a young man but am grateful to be able to do so as an old(er) one.†JACK SPATES - Former head wrestling coach at the University of Oklahoma

“My belief has always been that wrestling is a microcosm of life. Most of the things that we are going to experience in life are going to be experienced in a wrestling career. Michael does an excellent job in paralleling the relationship between faith and wrestling. His book expresses the importance of developing the total athlete—spiritually, physically, emotionally, and socially. I look forward to the day when people (including wrestlers) from ‘every nation, tribe, people and language’ will gather to worship our God. (Revelation 7:9, 11).†GENE DAVIS - Director of Wrestling at Athletes in Action and Bronze medalist in the 1976 Olympic Games

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I was notified last night that someone reported Cal Baptist University to the NCAA, and were forced to take this video down. The CBU staff is looking into modifying the video to comply with the NCAA, but for now, the video had to be removed from the public's view. 

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