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Bear Grylls, the popular outdoor adventure television star and author, is supporting new Chrisitan Russell Brand despite sexual assault allegations against him.
“Russell, you know, it was a privilege to stand beside him as he was getting baptized; that is a life journey for him,” he told Australia’s “The Daily Telegraph.” “I really wish him well, and his lovely family.”
Grylls, an outspoken Christian, was one of the friends who has walked with Brand as he is seemingly coming into the Christian faith. Grylls was with Brand when he was baptized in the River Thames in April. “Me, Bear Grylls, the River Thames and, of course, the Holy Spirit,” Brand captioned an Instagram post showing his baptism.
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Brand said this month he is now in the “business of serving Jesus Christ.”
“In surrendering to Christ, there is something extraordinary about saying there is this man, another man, entirely God, entirely man,” he said. “But through some necessary, extraordinary, metaphysical act just beyond the edge of rational understanding, the creator of this simulation came into the simulation and told us, ‘Hello, I am God. I’ve come here. Here are some virtues and values.’”
A few weeks after baptizing Brand, Grylls said, “Faith and spiritual moments in our lives are really personal, but it is a privilege to stand beside anyone when they express a humble need for forgiveness and strength from above. Friendships when we go through tough times are worth so much.”
–Alan Goforth | Metro Voice
Gryllis photo: The National Churches Trust Creative Commons Attribution 2.0.
Russel Brand photo: YouTube.
