About the author
Tahlia Field
Author of Overcoming Giants — a missionary biography of David Cummings, and an invitation to imitate a living faith.
Tahlia Field is the writer behind Overcoming Giants. She is not David Cummings. David is the subject of this book: a modern giant of the faith whose life of trust still teaches others how to walk with God.
Through these pages, Tahlia traces David’s story so readers are not merely invited to admire from a distance. Scripture urges us to “imitate their faith” (Hebrews 13:7). The book holds spiritual gems and real-life practicalities — relational tensions, board problems and splits, unbelieving colleagues, personal mental barriers — and the quiet testimony of pursuing God through them.
Her hope is that as you read, you will see God do the impossible, step forward with fresh faith, and — with God — overcome the giants that stand before you. Imitate David’s faith. Follow the pattern that says, in essence, “Follow me as I follow Christ.”
The book
Overcoming Giants
The story of David Cummings — a modern giant of the faith, and an invitation to imitate that faith as we follow Christ.
Written by Tahlia Field
Author and subject
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Tahlia Field is the author. She wrote Overcoming Giants so David’s example of trust could encourage readers to walk by faith.
David Cummings is the subject of the biography — a life surrendered to God, imperfect and close enough to follow.
“We are not called to be David. But through his example we can more fully and effectively become who God has made us to be.”
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