Bear Grylls Says Telling Jesus’ Story Was Harder Than Any Survival Challenge

Bear Grylls has dangled from cliffs, plunged through jungles and deserts, and stood in front of presidents without blinking. None of it, he says, prepared him for the strain of writing a book about Jesus.“It’s been the hardest thing I’ve ever done,” he said. “But also the best thing.”His new book, The Greatest Story Ever Told, wasn’t something he planned or even expected. It arrived in the middle of a monthlong filming trip in the jungle, where he and his oldest son were shooting a Netflix serie