Sammy Buck initially found his dreams to be odd. He would often find injuries to his body after experiencing a difficult dream. Sammy found it hard to explain his dreams and injuries to his girlfriend, Emily Craft. The couple progressed in their relationship and eventually married. The newly married couple were privileged to live in a rental home on a farm. The owners of the farm, Jake and Dorothy Wilson, became their friends and mentors in the world of the guardians.

Dorothy Wilson explained God's design of guardians as including both full-timers and part-timers. She explained the full-timers as like the Secret Service protection provided to the president of the United States. However, the part-time guardians were humans with families, jobs, and everyday concerns. Yet they were called upon for special single-event assignments. The guardians were given supernatural powers in the fulfillment of their assignments. The guardians encountered wild animals, the release of prison hostages, gang activity, auto accidents, hostile military action, and other difficult situations that required protection for the chosen.

Sammy and Emily found their dreams to be the real-life experiences of guardians providing needed protection. However, the guardians also found an increase in opposition by resistors. The Buck and Wilson families developed a plan and led a battle against the resistors. To Dream or Not a Dream highlights the efforts of guardians in the battle between good and evil.