Greg Laurie

Greg Laurie

Op-ed contributor

Greg Laurie is the pastor and founder of the Harvest churches in California and Hawaii and of Harvest Crusades. He is an evangelist, best-selling author and movie producer. His newest book Lennon, Dylan, Alice & Jesus

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  • God Says the Problem Is with His People

    God Says the Problem Is with His People

    God says the problem is his people. Notice that Jesus didn't say the problem was with the Roman authorities.

  • 'This Is Not a Drill!'

    'This Is Not a Drill!'

    There is no escaping the realities of life . . . and death, even in a place as beautiful as Hawaii. One day, it will not be a false alarm. Be ready for whatever emergency comes your way. There is no more important thing.

  • Celebrating Christmas the Way It Should Be

    Celebrating Christmas the Way It Should Be

    We've romanticized Christmas or even homogenized it, taking the real edge off the story that God Almighty came down from heaven to be born on the floor of a stable. To think that God did all this for us is more powerful than any romanticized version of Christmas.

  • Tribulations, Faith and the Afterlife

    Tribulations, Faith and the Afterlife

    We talk about the afterlife, but perhaps we ought to call the life we are living right now "the before-life." This life, compared to the afterlife, is very short. What we do with Jesus determines where we will spend this afterlife.

  • The Real Christmas Story Retold: When The God-King Became a Helpless Babe in the Manger

    The Real Christmas Story Retold: When The God-King Became a Helpless Babe in the Manger

    The life of Christ on earth was not a rags-to-riches story. In fact, it was a riches-to-rags story. Jesus went from being a sovereign to being a servant, from the glory of Heaven to a stable for animals.

  • Thinking Not Worthy To Serve God? Think Twice, God Can Use Anyone

    Thinking Not Worthy To Serve God? Think Twice, God Can Use Anyone

    God takes someone who is flawed and dusty. Consider the 12 men whom Jesus chose to be his disciples. Their greatness came as a result of God's hand on their lives. Jesus took one guy who hated Rome and another guy who worked for Rome, threw in a few fishermen for good measure.

  • Why We Can Still Believe God is a Loving God Even When Tragedies Happen

    Why We Can Still Believe God is a Loving God Even When Tragedies Happen

    All is good. it doesn't mean that every little thing that is happens is good, because bad things happen.

  • With Tragedy All Around Us, Is God Trying to Get Our Attention?

    With Tragedy All Around Us, Is God Trying to Get Our Attention?

    What is going on in our world right now? ... Why is God allowing all of this to happen? Is He trying to get our attention?

  • The End of the Line

    The End of the Line

    The end of the line comes to every man and every woman. It comes for rock superstars and people we've never heard of. It comes to the rich and the poor. It comes to the good and the bad. It will come to you, and it will come to me. There is no escaping it.

  • In the Wake of Las Vegas, Why Does God Allow Suffering?

    In the Wake of Las Vegas, Why Does God Allow Suffering?

    A Barna Poll asked, "If you could ask God one question and you knew He would give you an answer, what would you ask?" The most common response was, "Why is there pain and suffering in the world?"