God, Grit and the Great Outdoors with Bear Grylls—Survivalist, Adventurer, Man vs. Wild

The Aggressive Life with Brian Tome

Crossroads

Religion & Spirituality, Christianity

4.8 • 824 Ratings

🗓️ 12 August 2025

⏱️ 52 minutes

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Summary

World-famous adventurer, survival expert, and former British Special Forces soldier Bear Grylls joins The Aggressive Life with Brian Tome for a raw conversation on risk, resilience, and the faith that drives him. From his near-death parachuting accident and groundbreaking Man vs. Wild series to his latest book, The Greatest Story Ever Told, Bear shares hard-won lessons on perseverance, family, and trusting God in every season. Packed with inspiring stories from the wild, insights on leadership and grit, and a fresh perspective on the life of Jesus, this episode will challenge you to step into discomfort, embrace adventure, and live boldly.

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0:00.0	You're one of these guys that just pisses me off because, like, you're not allowed to be good at everything.
0:04.7	You're not allowed to be good at climbing and good at new TV genres and a good author. You can't do that, Bear. You can't do that. You can't not as be great at everything. Well, you're very kind. There are a lot of things I'm very bad at. honestly, if you ask my wife about my dancing, she would like, I feel I fail her every time we have to go near a dance floor. So, Welcome to the aggressive life.
0:44.0	You're about to hear a conversation.
0:45.9	I've been one to have for a long, long, long time with a trailblazer.
0:51.4	Bear is coming to speak at man camp.
0:54.2	He's going to be at man camp 2025.
0:56.6	We were trying to iron out the details and you'll hear I was needling him a little bit during
1:00.0	the podcast.
1:01.4	He is committed.
1:02.2	He is in.
1:03.2	It's going to be, I think, the best man camp we've ever had.
1:06.7	Love to have you, no matter where you're coming from in the country or the world.
1:10.1	We had seven
1:10.8	countries outside the U.S. represented the last man camp. You can go to mancamp.us to get more
1:18.4	information or to actually sign up. It's going to be one for the ages. If you've never been
1:24.7	or if you've been 15 different times,
1:27.9	this is going to be a different one, it's going to be a special one.
1:30.1	I hope to have you there, and I hope to see you get the next level in your aggressive life.
1:34.9	So let's get to Bear.
1:37.7	Welcome to the aggressive life.
1:39.4	Bear Grills!
1:41.2	I'm going to... Grills! Well, it's been said many times.
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