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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  • 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?"

  • How to Conquer a Giant in Your Life

    How to Conquer a Giant in Your Life

    We all have giants that we face in life, things that may seem like insurmountable problems. Giants defeat us again and again because we face them in our own strength — and we lose.

  • Steve McQueen Had It All But He Went Searching for More and Found Jesus

    Steve McQueen Had It All But He Went Searching for More and Found Jesus

    At the time, Steve McQueen was the number-one movie star in the world, and he is still used as a point of reference for masculinity and "coolness" to this day. He was (and is) the definition of an American icon. Yet, until late in his life he struggled to find meaning in life, and he suffered because of it.

  • America Needs World Changers!

    America Needs World Changers!

    World changers obey God. There are certain things God tells us not to do, and the reason he says that is to protect us. If God says not to do something, that is because it's a bad thing. If God says to do something, that is because it's a good thing.