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Man Is Never as Tall as When He Kneels · Crosswalk Talk: Celebrity Christian Interviews

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  Speaker 1: Life Audio.
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  Speaker 2: Hey, it's Michael Foulton Crosswall Talk.
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  Speaker 3: I recently had the chance to take part in a
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  Speaker 3: round able discussion with a couple of media friends and
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  Speaker 3: Bear Grills, hosts of the new Prime video series Chosen
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  Speaker 3: in the Wild with Bear Grills. The series follows Barr
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  Speaker 3: as he leads the cast and crew of the Chosen
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  Speaker 3: on rugged adventures that test their physical limits. It was
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  Speaker 3: a great discussion about Bear's faith and his career. Joining
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  Speaker 3: me Rare, Paula Say I plugged in, and Paul Saffin
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  Speaker 3: of AMFM magazine, who asked the first question.
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  Speaker 2: We're so excited to talk to you about the show.
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  Speaker 4: It is so good And I got to note, I
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  Speaker 4: love your focus on everything. You focus on your faith,
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  Speaker 4: on what you're doing and always bringing something different. What
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  Speaker 4: is it that you keep in mind that it always
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  Speaker 4: keeps you on that right path?
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  Speaker 2: Yeah, by your kind.
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  Speaker 5: I think that's a daily question, isn't it like all
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  Speaker 5: of us? For all of us, I don't know. I've
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  Speaker 5: always tried to pursue those things in my life, try
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  Speaker 5: and keep the main thing the main thing.
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  Speaker 2: And I don't know.
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  Speaker 5: In terms of the TV shows has always been take
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  Speaker 5: people into the outdoors, keep it honest, talk about the
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  Speaker 5: real stuff of life, family, friendships, faith, you know, and
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  Speaker 5: keep each other smiling, keep each other movie, keep each
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  Speaker 5: other alive, and then try and finish strong and create
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  Speaker 5: something beautiful. But I think Chosen in the Wild has
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  Speaker 5: that it's been really fun to be able to dial
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  Speaker 5: up that faith kind of chat a little bit more,
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  Speaker 5: you know. I think on Running Wild, it's there. Sometimes
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  Speaker 5: it's there, sometimes it's not. Sometimes it's like, you know,
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  Speaker 5: you kind of have to have seasons for different things,
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  Speaker 5: the new and feel your way. But I think the
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  Speaker 5: fans of The Chosen are going to love this because
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  Speaker 5: this show has had such a major impact on so
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  Speaker 5: many of the actors' lives. And I think that's the
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  Speaker 5: part of people might underestimate of how transformation has been
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  Speaker 5: for these actors to be part of this, and they
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  Speaker 5: weren't all people of faith before, you know, really has
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  Speaker 5: been like an incredible journey, and all of them arrived
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  Speaker 5: on the show, you know, into the outdoors, into the
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  Speaker 5: canyon lands or forests, all really honest, ready to kind
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  Speaker 5: of talk about some of these struggles and battles. And
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  Speaker 5: I really admire and love that honesty in them.
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  Speaker 1: By one of the things that strikes me about just
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  Speaker 1: sort of what you do. You're obviously in the wilderness
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  Speaker 1: all the time, and the wilderness is a huge place
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  Speaker 1: of spiritual encounter in the Bible. We see it over
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  Speaker 1: and over and over again. I know that you're a
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  Speaker 1: man of faith. Was that one of the things that
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  Speaker 1: attracted you to what you do? And have you had
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  Speaker 1: deep spiritual experiences within the wilderness yourself?
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  Speaker 5: Well, I think I never would have articulated it like that,
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  Speaker 5: but I think there's just been a magnet in my
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  Speaker 5: heart that's always drawn me to those sort of places.
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  Speaker 5: I don't know, I think I struggle much more in
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  Speaker 5: everyday life, back in normal things. I kind of you know,
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  Speaker 5: there's a connection always with the outdoors that you know,
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  Speaker 5: we're designed like that, like nature heals all of us,
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  Speaker 5: you know, it restores us and refreshes us. It doesn't
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  Speaker 5: have to you know, it's not always like just a
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  Speaker 5: spiritual thing like that. I feel the whole thing's connected really.
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  Speaker 5: You know, you sit on a sit on the side
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  Speaker 5: of a river with your feet in the cool water,
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  Speaker 5: it's like, you know, it's beautiful, Or just messing around
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  Speaker 5: with dogs on the grass or all with someone you
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  Speaker 5: love through a forest. You know, these are these are
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  Speaker 5: beautiful moments, and it's those are actually church spiritual moments,
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  Speaker 5: you know. It's just we're so used to calling church
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  Speaker 5: spiritual moments have to be in a building or saying
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  Speaker 5: formal prayers.
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  Speaker 2: I don't know.
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  Speaker 5: For me, it's a magna that draws you back to
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  Speaker 5: the outdoors and that's where I feel the connection and
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  Speaker 5: and uh.
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  Speaker 2: That's where I believe all of us are meant to be,
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  Speaker 2: you know.
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  Speaker 3: So, yeah, you're not just shy about discussing your faith,
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  Speaker 3: and you're not shy about discussing your faith and the chosen.
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  Speaker 2: And the wild either. Why have you been so open
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  Speaker 2: about your faith? Because I get asked about it so much.
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  Speaker 5: In the truth is like I think there's a hunger
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  Speaker 5: of in people around the world. I don't think it's
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  Speaker 5: something new. I think it's always there. You know, It's
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  Speaker 5: a It's a magnet in our heart, isn't it? Like
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  Speaker 5: we try everything else, but some keys need certain keys
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  Speaker 5: to fit in the lock. And I don't know, I
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  Speaker 5: think in terms of spirituality, I can only speak from
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  Speaker 5: my own experience, But like my Christian faith has been
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  Speaker 5: a really quite strong, empowering part of my life has
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  Speaker 5: helped me through many difficult moments. I try and say
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  Speaker 5: my prayers in the morning, say sorry, ask for help,
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  Speaker 5: say thank you, and I kind of keep it.
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  Speaker 2: Simple, but I get asked about it a lot, you know.
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  Speaker 5: And it's like, I think, if something's part of you,
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  Speaker 5: you know it, like you wear it on your sleeve.
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  Speaker 5: It's like, you know, you don't necessarily hide it away.
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  Speaker 5: I'm not like intentionally hiding it or showing it. It's
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  Speaker 5: just sort of becomes part of who you are and
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  Speaker 5: part of what helps you. And you know, and I
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  Speaker 5: think also when you're outdoors and people who talk about
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  Speaker 5: this stuff much more easily, you know, it's like I
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  Speaker 5: don't get asked about my faith necessarily on a chat
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  Speaker 5: show in two minutes, but you go and climb a
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  Speaker 5: mountain with someone and watch the sunset.
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  Speaker 2: Is kind of like, as you know, you probably all
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  Speaker 2: experience it.
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  Speaker 5: You chat about stuff. The real stuff in life is
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  Speaker 5: not just faith, but it's all the stuff that's connected
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  Speaker 5: to that, relationships and dreams and goals and attitudes and
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  Speaker 5: our values and all of that, you know. So I know,
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  Speaker 5: I think people, I know, people ask me lots about it.
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  Speaker 5: I try and be honest, I don't have all the answers.
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  Speaker 4: You know, well, what you've done is have been very
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  Speaker 4: very inspirational, and you've always given us something fresh. This
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  Speaker 4: included you know, for the people that are looking up
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  Speaker 4: to you and thinking, that's what I want to do.
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  Speaker 4: I want to tell great stories and tell them any
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  Speaker 4: unique way. What kind of advice would you get?
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  Speaker 2: So I'm not sure I do do that.
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  Speaker 5: I'm not always like I said, always try to just
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  Speaker 5: follow my heart and try and like, you know, the
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  Speaker 5: adventure has been such a big part of my life
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  Speaker 5: from when I was a kid.
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  Speaker 2: I don't know.
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  Speaker 5: I've got children now, what do I say to them?
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  Speaker 5: I always trying and say just try and follow that.
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  Speaker 5: Find what you really love and like and like, go
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  Speaker 5: for it and it just just fail a bunch, and
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  Speaker 5: build good people around you, and listen to nature and
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  Speaker 5: keep faith center in your life because you might not
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  Speaker 5: need it now. You might it might all be sunny
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  Speaker 5: and rosie now, but it will help you.
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  Speaker 2: You know.
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  Speaker 5: It's like you don't have to force it on anyone else,
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  Speaker 5: but just keep it in your keep it in your heart.
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  Speaker 5: You know, this life is very humbling, It humbles all
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  Speaker 5: of us. To be honest, that might happen when you're young,
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  Speaker 5: it might happen on your deathbed, but all of us
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  Speaker 5: get humbled by life, you know, injury, breakdowns of relationships
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  Speaker 5: or struggles or like you know, it's just life is humbling,
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  Speaker 5: and I think like it's a great lesson to learn
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  Speaker 5: early on. As they say, man is never as tall
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  Speaker 5: as when he kneels down, and I like that I've
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  Speaker 5: let long ago.
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  Speaker 2: To neil and stand tall.
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