He resides in Southern California with his wife, Cathe. The trademark of a Greg Laurie sermon, book, or broadcast is his contemporary, yet straightforward style and format. Whether speaking or writing, God has gifted Pastor Greg Laurie with the ability to apply biblical principles to current events in a way that is relevant and easily understood by people of all ages, from all walks of life. Host of the television program and the nationally syndicated radio program A New Beginning, Laurie is also the founder and featured speaker for Harvest Crusades - contemporary, large-scale evangelistic outreaches, which local churches organize nationally and internationally - and Harvest America, which offers churches nationwide the opportunity to host a crusade event simultaneously from their own local venues. You can find his study notes in the New Believer’s Bible, The Seeker’s Bible, and the Start! Bible. He has authored several books including the Gold Medallion Award winner, The Upside Down Church, as well as Losers and Winners, Saints and Sinners and The Best Is Yet to Come. Greg Laurie pastors Harvest Christian Fellowship (one of America's largest churches) in Riverside, California and Harvest Orange County in Irvine, California. Listen to freely downloadable audio sermons by the speaker Greg Laurie in mp3 format. And that just confirms, perhaps, what Jesus said, “You will know them by their fruit.Audio Sermons : ~Other Speakers G-L : Greg Laurie : There simply is no fruit when attempting to “harvest” what was never sown. We’re equally grateful that the spiritual truth that nothing can be reaped that has not first been sown has been beautifully illustrated in this little Laurie-led endorsement scandal. We at Pulpit & Pen are grateful to John MacArthur and Grace To You for responding to our query about what we now know was an improper endorsement by Greg Laurie and Harvest Crusades. Wonder if they even prayed about it first? What’s up over there in Laurie-land? Spurious endorsements intended to garner apparent, though illicit, approval for what can only be seen as a doctrinally worrisome ministry seems to have prompted a bit of Internet hocus-pocus from Laurie’s folks. How did John MacArthur’s “endorsement” end up on Laurie’s site to begin with, only to be later removed by JMac’s request? It appears that since Laurie has lost his own credibility with MacArthur, that he’s attempted to hijack MacArthur’s credibility–ostensibly against his will. He also is an Evangelist for Harvest Crusades. Today, however, Pulpit & Pen received emailed confirmation from Grace To You that the Harvest Crusades website endorsements have been edited to delete MacArthur’s long outdated endorsement–at the request of Grace To You. Greg Laurie (born December 10, 1952) is an American Evangelical Baptist author and pastor who serves as the senior pastor of Harvest Christian Fellowship based in Riverside, California. (That or else the whole “Strange Fire” conference was grossly misunderstood! For more on Laurie, see HERE and HERE and HERE.) But when you see John MacArthur listed next to guys like Robert Morris or Rick Warren or Ronnie Floyd (gotta say, my own heart skipped a beat at that!) something is amiss. The charismatic, baptism of the Holy Spirit, inclinations of Laurie seem well-fitted for the many other spurious spiritual hucksters lending their names and faces to the endorsement efforts of this crusade. Bring them, and let them sit under the anointed preaching of God’s Word and the gospel of Christ. I want to encourage you that this is an opportunity for you to touch the life of someone for eternity. I believe God has His hand on this man, and I believe that the Word of God which he preaches is clear and penetrating. I want to invite you to be a part of the Harvest Crusades - a wonderful opportunity for you to bring friends who will hear the gospel of Jesus Christ presented by Pastor Greg Laurie. The endorsement, that actually appears to be a legitimate endorsement from a 1996 crusade, ( you know, before it was abundantly clear that Greg Laurie wasn’t a solid expositor of God’s Word, to say the least), read: Yes, that John MacArthur – mixed in with the sorts of fellows that one would not normally associate with the doctrinally astute, Biblically-solid teaching from the pastor known to millions from his Grace To You ministry. Laurie’s website had previously included a glowing endorsement from none other than John MacArthur. Greg Laurie’s promotion of his Harvest Ministries upcoming crusade in Georgia, scheduled for September 23-25, 2016, has included endorsements from numerous “church” luminaries. The original article continues following the screen shot below.) (J– Update: This article has been updated to include the following comments from Phil Johnson of Grace To You.
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