The Champion is a five-week reading plan based on the Book of John that consists of a sports devotional and journal. It encourages readers to use the H.E.A.R. Journal method (Hear, Explain, Apply and Respond). Each day also includes a Kingdom Sports Minute video by Coach Ron Brown.

Gordon Thiessen has written or published over two hundred books on sports and competition. He founded Cross Training Publishing which has published many books for athletes and coaches, including Team Workouts on Character and Doing Sports God’s Way. Gordon played football at the University of Nebraska and coached high school football and basketball. He served with the Fellowship of Christian Athletes in Nebraska for 28 years before co-founding Kingdom Sports. He and his wife live in Omaha have four grown children with ten grandchildren.