Pastor Greg Laurie shared how the church faces attacks globally and at home—like the Charleston shooting where believers forgave their attacker, and the Supreme Court's same-sex marriage decision. Using Matthew 24, he explained persecution as [...]

Pastor Greg Laurie and his wife Cathe reminisce about their casual, unromantic "proposal" in a car after summer camp and a secondhand ring, then discuss how sharing faith often feels tense like popping the question. They highlight fears [...]

Pastor Greg Laurie shares how Aussies say "No worries mate" and ties it to our constant worries about life, finances, health, family, and the future. He points out that most worries never happen, and Jesus in the Sermon on the Mount [...]

Pastor Greg Laurie highlights Isaac Asimov's accurate predictions about technology like video calls and screens, but notes his wrong view of heaven as boring. He counters that Scripture shows heaven as a vibrant, real place of activity, [...]

Pastor Greg Laurie shares a funny story about his dog Irlo getting sprayed by a skunk to illustrate how guilt clings like a bad smell we can't shake on our own. He explains that guilt signals sin, but God offers complete forgiveness—casting [...]

Pastor Greg Laurie compares our inner longing to a God-given homing instinct like birds have, showing we're wired for heaven even though we've never been there. He explains how we chase temporary things from toys to relationships but only [...]

Pastor Greg Laurie shares a funny parrot story before diving into the universal human struggles of emptiness, loneliness, guilt, and fear of death that everyone faces. He explains how only Jesus can fill that void, forgive sins, end true [...]

Pastor Greg Laurie uses humor about death and a mother-in-law joke to highlight our culture's discomfort with mortality, reminding us that death is inevitable and we must prepare by knowing where we'll spend eternity. He explains through [...]

Pastor Greg Laurie tells the powerful story from John 8 of the woman caught in adultery, whom Jesus forgave and transformed instead of condemning. He shows how God offers mercy, forgiveness, and new life to anyone caught in sin—including sexual [...]

Pastor Greg Laurie shares his own search for meaning—from a broken home to drugs and emptiness—before finding true purpose in Jesus Christ. Drawing from the Parable of the Prodigal Son in Luke 15, he shows that God is a loving Father waiting for [...]

Pastor Greg Laurie recounts losing his young son Jonathan in a hotel elevator, frantically searching until he found him, showing a father's relentless pursuit. He compares this to God's loving pursuit of us—not to punish, but to show love [...]

Pastor Greg Laurie opens up about his tough childhood moving around a lot due to his mom's multiple marriages and divorces, feeling empty despite trying everything the world offered. At 17 in Newport Beach, he overheard a Bible study, heard [...]

Pastor Greg Laurie shares that every person feels empty, lonely, guilty, and afraid of death deep inside, but Jesus Christ fills the void, forgives sin, becomes our constant friend, and gives eternal life. Drawing from personal stories and Bible [...]

Pastor Greg Laurie emphasizes God's personal love in this message: He doesn't see just crowds—He sees each individual, knowing and caring deeply for you. Everyone feels empty, lonely, guilty, and afraid of death, but Jesus offers purpose, [...]

Pastor Greg Laurie shares how robocalls and world events remind us we're in the last days, like labor pains intensifying. Using Daniel 1, he urges us to look up because our redemption draws near, stay ready for Christ's return, and live [...]

Pastor Greg Laurie shares his personal testimony of reconnecting with his adoptive father Oscar Laurie, leading him to accept Christ during a morning walk after a heart attack, resulting in healing and 15 more years of life. He emphasizes that [...]

Pastor Greg Laurie passionately defends the Bible as the living, powerful Word of God that transforms lives—heals marriages, frees addicts, softens hearts, comforts the grieving, and gives hope to the hopeless. In "The Power of the [...]

Pastor Greg Laurie contrasts the emptiness of fame, success, and sin with the true fulfillment found only in Jesus, using examples like reality TV suicides, celebrities' regrets, and the woman at the well to show how worldly pursuits leave [...]

Pastor Greg Laurie delivers a powerful call to make the life-changing choice for Jesus Christ tonight, explaining the gospel truths of admitting sin, believing in Christ's death for us, receiving Him personally, repenting, and publicly [...]

Pastor Greg Laurie delivers the simple, powerful message "Show Me the Way" from Acts 8, using the story of the Ethiopian eunuch who searched for truth in religion but found it only when Philip explained Jesus from Isaiah 53. Everyone is [...]

Pastor Greg Laurie highlights Daniel's unwavering stand for God from youth to old age, showing how faithfulness brings blessing and influence, as seen in his health after refusing the king's food and his long career under multiple kings. [...]

Pastor Greg Laurie passionately reminds us that Jesus truly loves us no matter our past sins or failures, sharing the stories of the prodigal son and the woman caught in adultery from John 8 to show God's forgiving heart. He stresses that we [...]

Pastor Greg Laurie addresses life's biggest questions—emptiness, purpose, loneliness, what happens after death—through Jesus' words in the Bible, especially His encounter with the woman at the well and conversation with Nicodemus. He [...]

In John 4, Pastor Greg Laurie shows how Jesus intentionally sought out the Samaritan woman at the well—a broken, outcast sinner—and offered her living water despite cultural barriers. Through personal engagement, tact, and focus, He transformed her [...]

In this interview with Terry, Pastor Greg Laurie shares his journey from a broken home and drug-filled youth to faith during the Jesus Movement of the late 1960s-70s. Amid national turmoil then (Vietnam, riots, racial division) and now, he sees [...]

Pastor Greg Laurie uses a humorous story and the reality of death to point to the resurrection of Jesus Christ, which conquered sin and death. He explains that because Jesus rose, believers will receive new bodies, enjoy resurrected relationships, [...]

Pastor Greg Laurie calls for a spiritual awakening and revival in America and California, starting with us through prayer and proclaiming the gospel. Drawing from John 8, he shares the powerful story of the woman caught in adultery, showing how [...]

Pastor Greg Laurie reminds us of the angels' words to the shepherds in Luke 2: "Don't be afraid," bringing good news of great joy—the birth of Jesus, Immanuel, God with us. In a fearful world full of anxiety over politics, [...]

Pastor Greg Laurie shares the "secret" to true contentment from Philippians 4:11-13: it's not found in wealth, success, or circumstances, but in knowing Jesus Christ. Paul, writing from prison chains, learned to be content in every [...]

Pastor Greg Laurie shares the story of Jonah, a man who ran from God’s call to preach to Nineveh, yet God gave him—and an entire wicked nation—a second chance through a storm, a great fish, and repentance. He urges us not to flee from God’s love, [...]

Pastor Greg Laurie uses Revelation 4-5 to reveal life's true purpose: we exist to bring God glory and pleasure. Through heaven's worship scene, he shows Jesus as the worthy Lamb who redeems us, urging believers to live for God's [...]

Pastor Greg Laurie opens Acts 12 to show how constant, fervent prayer by the church led to Peter’s miraculous deliverance from prison and Herod’s judgment. Facing national decline, he calls believers to humble prayer for revival, confessing sin and [...]

Pastor Greg Laurie explains from Revelation 13 who the Antichrist is: a charismatic world leader empowered by Satan to imitate Christ, bring false peace, and deceive the world. He warns that the Antichrist's rise follows the rapture, urges [...]

Pastor Greg Laurie shares from John 11 how Jesus delayed coming to Lazarus out of love, showing that God’s timing brings greater glory even through deep grief and loss. Drawing from his own son Christopher’s recent death, he affirms that faith [...]

Pastor Greg Laurie dives into Revelation 9 with the message "When All Hell Breaks Loose," describing the terrifying demonic torment during the Great Tribulation when the bottomless pit opens, unleashing locust-like creatures to sting [...]

Pastor Greg Laurie preaches on Isaiah 9:6, exploring the profound names of Jesus—Wonderful Counselor, Mighty God, Everlasting Father, Prince of Peace—revealing His purpose to bring wonder to life, guidance in decisions, power for demands, and [...]

Pastor Greg Laurie opens Revelation 20 to explain Judgment Day and hell, stressing that everyone faces judgment—believers at Christ's seat for rewards, unbelievers at the great white throne leading to the lake of fire. He urges turning to [...]

Pastor Greg Laurie shares Jesus' message to the church in Ephesus from Revelation 2, commending their hard work, endurance, and discernment while warning them they've left their first love. He urges believers to remember their early [...]

Pastor Greg Laurie teaches from Matthew 19 on God's design for marriage—one man and one woman leaving parents to cleave as one flesh permanently. Jesus rejects casual divorce, allowing it only for immorality or desertion, urging couples to [...]

Pastor Greg Laurie explores John 19 asking "What is the Cross to You?"—for Jesus it was worse than death as He bore sin and separation from the Father; for Mary Magdalene redemption, Salome rebuke, Mary reward, John responsibility. He [...]

Pastor Greg Laurie shares a New Year's message from 2 Timothy 4 asking "What If This Were Your Last Year on Earth?" Contrasting Hezekiah's wasted extension of life with Paul's joyful readiness to depart, he calls believers [...]

In his Revelation series, Pastor Greg Laurie examines Jesus' letter to the Ephesus church in Revelation 2:1-5—commending their tireless labor, endurance, and discernment, but strongly warning they've left their first love for Christ. He [...]

Pastor Greg Laurie shares from Revelation 4 what heaven looks like, focusing on the open door after the church age, the rapture where believers are caught up, and the glorious throne scene with worship—reminding us to be ready since heaven is only [...]

Pastor Greg Laurie addresses what heaven knows about earth using Revelation 6, Luke 15-16, and other Scriptures. Believers in heaven are aware of key earthly realities—like unsaved loved ones, injustices against the faithful, conversions bringing [...]

Pastor Greg Laurie unpacks the beautiful Aaronic blessing from Numbers 6:24-26, showing what God is truly like—He loves to bless us, keep us safe, smile on us with grace, give us His full attention, and fill us with peace. This Old Testament [...]

Pastor Greg Laurie preaches from Matthew 13 on "What Every Last Day's Believer Needs to Know," warning that in these end times, the kingdom grows with both genuine believers and Satan's infiltrators—compromises, impostors, and [...]

Pastor Greg Laurie opens Psalm 19 in a mini-series "What Every Growing Christian Needs to Know," stressing that spiritual growth comes from delighting in and obeying God's Word daily. Using Psalm 1 and Psalm 19, he shows the Bible [...]

Pastor Greg Laurie asks the big question in "What Do You Live For?": What truly drives your life—empty pursuits like pleasure, possessions, revenge, or knowledge without God, or like Paul in Philippians 1:21, making "to live is [...]

Pastor Greg Laurie tackles the tough question: "What about the person who has never heard the gospel?" Using Romans 1 and Revelation 14, he explains God reveals Himself through creation and conscience so no one has an excuse, but true [...]

Pastor Greg Laurie shares how we must "work out" the salvation God works in us, based on Philippians 2:12-13—like exercising our faith daily with reverence, not depending on others but growing personally in Christ, trusting God's [...]