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The Greatest Story Ever Told

By: Bear Grylls
Narrated by: Alexia Kombou, Omar Malik
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The incredible true story about a Galilean stonemason who changed the course of the world forever.

Beautifully told through the eyewitness accounts of those who knew him best.

This real-life story will never leave you.

This is the incredible true story of a Galilean stonemason who changed the course of the world forever.

He lived and died over 2,000 years ago, fulfilling expectations that existed long before his birth.

His birth had been mystically foretold by astrologers for hundreds of years, yet the rulers of his day dreaded his coming.

This humble builder-teacher became a magnet for the poor and down trodden, a symbol of love and mercy, who transformed the lives and restored the health and purpose in all who encountered him.

The local elite and governing rulers eventually tortured him and put him to death in the most violent and public of ways. Yet that was only the beginning...

In the years since, billions of people have dedicated their lives to this man and have testified to his divinity and truth.

To others, he is little more than another rebel who was killed by one of the most brutal empires in human history.

How we each respond to this story dictates the course of our lives. And it all rests on the great mystery that occurred at the end of his life - a supernatural event that he had predicted with utter clarity.

Did this humble man tell the truth?

Could one man really be the focal point of the universe?

Listen on to find out, and get ready to make up your own mind.

Wherever this journey takes you, this is arguably:

THE GREATEST STORY EVER TOLD.

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I cannot think of anything I disliked. This was a major undertaking and there’s no way you could’ve included every single thing that was in the gospel.

Accuracy of the Gospel’s and how it was put into modern time to help the listener understand.

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The storyline and characters bring the Bible to life. The readers do an amazing job.

Brings the Bible to life

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After listening or reading this book your knowledge as well as your love & respect for Jesus will be enhanced immensely. The “Eyewitness Accounts” of his life certainly make this the greatest story ever told. Beautifully done. Incredibly impactful.

A Masterpiece!

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I purchased this title because I listened to an interview of Bear Grylls with John Eldredge. John mentioned it's Biblical accuracy and that it was a lot like The Chosen. The thing with The Chosen is that it doesn't strictly adhere to the Biblical narrative. I understand that; it's telling the the story of Jesus with some "skin" on it. In other words, taking the Bible narratives and adding to it in a sense of the everyday life in the first century. In those places where it doesn't give background of the person, one is made for the person within reason.
In this story by Bear Grylls, he said that he studied the scriptures before writing it. After listening to the first hour and a half makes me wonder. This first thing, of course, is the announcement to Mary. It was a bit melodramatic but hey, I'll give it to him in how he tells it. But then comes the story of Joseph. In the Gospel of Matthew, Joseph was going to divorce her (quietly) but still legally end the betrothal. In the eyes of society, she would still be a divorced woman. He was going to do that until he was approached by an angel in his dream saying to take her as his wife because the child that she was carrying was that of God, the Messiah. In the book, Bear Grylls says that most guys would have divorced her, but Joseph didn't. It doesn't even mentioned that he thought about it.
Instead of going to Bethlehem because of a census (as told in the Gospels) they went for one of the feasts according to Bear. After Jesus was born, they stayed in Bethlehem until he was about 2 years old. He talks about how little Jesus would run around and play with all of the other little Jewish boys... maybe. Even when I was young (1,000 years ago) 2 year olds didn't go out running around and playing with the other kids. The way he described it just didn't set right with me.
Then come the Wise Men... The story was a bit hinkey to me. There was something about the story but there's been a bit under the bridge that I can't recall what it was. According to Bear's story, Mary neglects her motherly and matriarchal duties to dote on Jesus. The Bible specifically states that Mary had at least 5 other children but according to Bear, Jesus was her only. The book of James and Jude both state that they were the siblings of Jesus yet there's a whole section of Christianity that believe that Jesus was an only child and elevate Mary to an almost demigod state in that she is the Mother of God. To listen to some people talk about Mary and Jesus is like that of Hercules, whose father was Zeus, the king of the gods and his mother was a mortal. But looking at it like that only makes Jesus a demigod and not the God of the Universe, creator and maker of all things.
The thing is, almost every Bible story being conveyed in this book is seriously altered. I made it to the Wedding at Cana and finally had to quit. I wanted to return it but because I cancelled my membership a year ago, I can't.

I'm willing to give grace to the writing of a book about the stories in the Bible as I have with The Chosen, but when the Bible says that it was for "this" reason that a situation took place or it says that it took place "here" but you say somewhere else then I'm going to question your stories and put your book down. On top of this being poorly written now it's making me wonder about the recommendations by John Eldredge.

Not Like The Chosen

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