I Timothy 6:12
Fight the Good Fight of the Faith
STAY IN THE FIGHT
The battle is not the scoreboard. The real battle is for the hearts and minds of our children.
Sports can shape character, strengthen resilience, and build joy — but it can also become an idol that consumes our families, fractures identity, fuels anxiety, and blinds us to what matters most.
The Playbook of Deception helps us recognize the spiritual war happening in the everyday moments of youth and school sports — the car ride home, the expectations, the comparisons, the pride, the pressure, the fear of falling behind.
This book is a call to parents, coaches, and grandparents to stay awake. Stay intentional. Stay in the fight. Not a fight against our children, but a fight for them.
A fight for:
Hearts anchored in Christ
Identity secured by the gospel
Joy rooted in something no scoreboard can touch
Humility, character, and love that shine in victory and defeat
This isn’t about withdrawing from sports. It’s about showing up differently. With clarity. With peace. With purpose. With the aroma of Christ.
This is your invitation to lead — from the stands, the sidelines, and the living room. The enemy has a strategy. Now, so do we.
Stay in the fight.
Why Gather for Small Group Discussions?
Because truth grows best in community. The Playbook of Deception and The Playbook of Truth aren’t just books to read—they’re invitations to wrestle with reality together. Over twelve weeks of forty-minute sessions, you’ll explore how the enemy deceives, how Christ redeems, and how families can live with gospel clarity in the world of sports. These groups are built around Truth. Transparency. Transformation. As parents and believers open Scripture and share their stories honestly, God reshapes hearts, restores priorities, and renews purpose—on the field and at home.
Join a Movement
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The Playbook of Deception exposes how the enemy uses youth and school sports culture to distort identity, fuel pride, divide families, and shift our worship away from God. Through gripping letters and real-life reflection questions, this book is designed to wake up families, coaches, and churches to what is happening on the sidelines, in locker rooms, and in our own hearts.
This isn’t just a book to read. It’s a spark. A conversation starter. A shift in culture. A new way of showing up in sports — as parents, coaches, leaders, and followers of Jesus. Three practical next steps that you can do to help us start a vital movement of the gospel in youth sports communities, cities and across the country. Here are practical next steps you can take to both join and/or grow the movement.
Step 2 — GO DEEPER: UNDERSTANDING THE HEART
Audience:
Parents who want to lead others
Coaches who want their parents to hear this message
Sports ministry leaders who want to start a sports parenting ministry
Context:
Small group only
4–8 people (ideal) 8-12 works well
Same life stage when possible (couples / dads / moms) or common identity (mentors, adopted parents, single parents, sport specific, same team, school, league or church)
Leader:
Brian Davidson will teach city leaders.
trained facilitators will multiply the small group experience in their communities, cities and state.
Purpose:
Do we really need help?
Heart alignment
Identity clarification
Formation before mission
Content Anchors:
Instruments in the Redeemer’s Hands (chs. 3–6)
The Scriptures - Foundational texts like Hebrews 3:12, I Corinthians 13, Colossians 3:12-17 and Proverbs 4:23
Identity, fear, control, anger, anxiety
Outcome:
Participants can say:
“I understand my heart, my triggers, and my idols—and I am learning to live from the gospel, not from need.”
I would like to start a small group with other God fearing parents from my team, school, church, league etc.
Step 3 — THE PATHWAY: PARENTS ON MISSION
(Leadership + Multiplication)
Audience:
Those who have completed Go Deeper
Those willing to start a group within 6–12 months
Context:
Small group (8–12 max)
Explicit leadership expectation
Purpose:
Learn personal ministry
Learn redemptive relationships
Learn group facilitation
Learn multiplication mindset
Content: The Scriptures, Instruments in the Redeemer’s Hands (chpts 7 - 14), our staff and readers personal experience.
Outcome:
Participants can say:
“I know why this matters, what to do, and how to lead others.”
Contact our team at Love God. like sports. and let them know you would like to start a small group. email Brian.davidson@navigators.org
First step is to Read the Playbook of Deception.
Commit to learning precepts, principles and new practices from the Playbook of Truth. Create your Personal Family Playbook to help you navigate your decision making and to keep you focused on training up your children in the way to go (Proverbs 22:6)
It’s time to rally together.
To be intentional about making disciples.
To live on mission in the sports arena God has placed you.
Together, let's Love God. like sports.