Book Review: A Greater Glory
I read quite a few books, both Christian and not, and have always meant to be a better and doing short reviews, as I think it's helpful both for me to summarise what I thought of a book for future reference and perhaps for others to have a review from a fairly bog standard pastor. So here's my review of Gavin Peacock's autobiography A Greater Glory: From Pitch to Pulpit , which I recently read on Kindle. Gavin is a Christian pastor who has just returned to the UK from Canada to be the locum pastor as Bethersden Baptist Church . Before that, however, he was a professional footballer playing for Chelsea, Newcastle and QPR among other teams. Starting with the moment where he just misses scoring in the FA Cup Final, the book takes us back to the start with his family (his Dad was a footballer and a manager), his beginnings in football and then his progression into professional football. As a young man he becomes a Christian and so he describes through the book the impact on his...
