The Jesus Climb, Gary David Stratton
The Jesus Climb, Gary David Stratton
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The Jesus Climb
Journeying from Student to Disciple

Author: Gary David Stratton

Narrator: Lyle Blaker

Unabridged: 5 hr 41 min

Format: Digital Audiobook Download

Publisher: Tantor Media

Published: 10/29/2024


Synopsis

Is your spiritual imagination up to the task of following Jesus's vision for healing our broken world?

"Gradually, very gradually, we saw the great mountain sides and glaciers . . . until far higher in the sky than imagination had dared suggest the white summit of Everest appeared." —George Mallory, 1924 Everest climbing expedition leader

The Jesus Climb crafts George Mallory's quest to climb the world's tallest mountain into a parable illustrating how Jesus trained his first students to summit the world's greatest commandment. Like Mallory peering too low on the horizon to see Everest's peak towering above him, the lack of Christlikeness in modern Christianity stems from our inability to imagine the impossible heights to which Jesus calls us.

The Jesus Climb draws upon the life and teachings of Jesus and the experiences of some of history's greatest spiritual and physical mountaineers to map out eight "expedition camps" through which Jesus guides every student seeking to follow him.

We will never be able to join Jesus in his mission to heal our broken world until he transformed us into the kind of people who can love God and neighbor as he did—the kind of people he called "disciples."

Reviews

Goodreads review by Kevin on July 18, 2024

This is a great book on Christian discipleship: what it means to follow Jesus. Gary Stratton uses the extended metaphor of climbing Mt. Everest to describe the steps required along the way of your own personal Jesus Climb. Bolstered both by historical accounts of attempts to summit Everest and by pe......more

Goodreads review by Mariah on January 04, 2025

A quick read on Christian discipleship. Provides a deep dive into the path of following Jesus and the importance of being a prophet. I enjoyed all the personal stories within the writing, it kept my attention. Would recommend to any fellow Christian. Thank you netgalley and thank you to the publishe......more