Jeremy Lin went from an unknown bench player to national stardom after leading the New York Knicks on a seven game winning streak early this year. The astonishing circumstances leading to that event were built upon Lin's family and faith, according to a new biography by Timothy Dalrymple called Jeremy Lin: The Reason for the Linsanity.

"It's like the Bible," Dalrymple explained in a Monday interview with The Christian Post. "The Bible is not a story of extraordinarily talented people. The Bible is the story of an extraordinary God accomplishing extraordinary things through ordinary people. I think that's part of why Jeremy's story is so compelling. He is such an underdog, you can identify with him."

Dalrymple, managing editor for the evangelical portal at Patheos.com, first interviewed Lin for Patheos.com while finishing his doctorate at Harvard University. There was much excitement around the Harvard campus at the time over the team's new Asian-American basketball phenom. Dalrymple was impressed with Lin's humility, depth of faith, and how he brought his faith and spiritual life together. Dalrymple decided at that point to follow Lin's career.

"Jeremy is not only a talented basketball player, but a person of very sincere faith and a genuinely goodhearted guy. Having the opportunity to tell his story is one of the great privileges I've had so far as a writer," the author said.

Each chapter in the biography uses each of the seven games in the win streak as a lens to look back on the formative experiences in Lin's life.

Early in his high school career, Lin was a "fairly cocky kid" who did not place a high priority on practices or being a team player. In his junior year, he doomed his team's chances to win a state title after foolishly playing pick-up basketball and breaking his ankle. That event, which occurred just as his Christian faith was deepening, was a turning point.

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