The old evangelist Billy Sunday said, “Temptation is the devil looking through the keyhole. Yielding is opening the door and inviting him in.” How many of us have our fingerprints on the doorknob, and wonder why we fell to the devil’s lures? Today on A NEW BEGINNING, Pastor Greg Laurie brings us good insight on the spiritual environment we’re living in. It’s a look at the spiritual battle being waged all around us, whether we realize it or not . . . and how we’re all combatants in the fight. Lis...
Sep 09, 2024•24 min
“As a Christian, is it okay if I…?” How many times has this question crossed your mind? Today, Pastor Jonathan Laurie helps us make biblical decisions with a stronger understanding of Scripture. Get important insight and encouragement now. Notes: Focus verse: 1 Corinthians 8 Read: 1 Corinthians 8:1–13 1. Liberty vs. Liability 1 Corinthians 8:1–3 Romans 15:14 “To have love but no knowledge is unfortunate; but to have knowledge and no love is equally tragic.” —John MacArthur 1 Corinthians 13:4–6 T...
Sep 08, 2024•47 min
Pastor Greg Laurie responds to a surprising comment Lady Gaga made in an interview. --- Learn more about Greg Laurie and Harvest Ministries at harvest.org This podcast is supported by the generosity of our Harvest Partners. Support the show: https://bit.ly/anbsupport See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information....
Sep 07, 2024•5 min
Ever been the target of a scam? Many of us have, some without even realizing it. None of the scammers admit they’re trying to rip you off. They play upon your fear, or your kindness. They find a weakness or a vulnerability. Satan is like that, only he’s been practicing a lot longer. And today on A NEW BEGINNING, Pastor Greg Laurie warns us about his tactics and strategies. We’re each in his crosshairs, but as believers we’re under the protection of The Cross. Listen on harvest.org --- Learn more...
Sep 06, 2024•25 min
Angels, unfortunately, suffer from a good deal of bad press. Fake news. Inaccurate reporting. They’re not plump little babies sitting on clouds playing harps. They don’t have two wings and a glowing halo. And not all angels are the good guys. What’s the truth about these heavenly beings? Pastor Greg Laurie has the answer today on A NEW BEGINNING from the only reliable source: A book inspired by God, the creator of angels, the Bible. Listen on harvest.org --- Learn more and subscribe to Harvest u...
Sep 05, 2024•24 min
We can have a steady diet of donuts and burgers and then blame the giant carbohydrate conglomerates for our weight gain. We can speed and blame the cop for our traffic ticket. But at some point, we all need to take personal responsibility for our choices. Today on A NEW BEGINNING, Pastor Greg Laurie points out no one goes to hell by accident. God gives opportunity after opportunity to choose the path that leads to heaven. Today, we’ll examine the clear choice where we spend eternity. Listen on h...
Sep 04, 2024•27 min
There are things we don’t like to talk about in polite company. Politics, of course. How about embarrassing moments, a troubled past, those times we didn’t tell the truth, the date that went very badly. Near the top of the list would have to be death and the existence of hell. But today on A NEW BEGINNING, Pastor Greg Laurie points out that our knowledge of hell may be dangerously limited . . . or worse yet, influenced by all the things we’ve heard in books or on TV or movies. We’ll get the trut...
Sep 03, 2024•24 min
They say, in any major city these days, there are cameras watching you . . . as you walk, as you drive. Security cameras in front of a market, or built into a nearby ATM. Maybe a webcam on the top of a building or someone’s video door bell. What about our friends and loved ones in heaven? Are they watching what’s going on here on earth? Pastor Greg Laurie addresses that question and several others today on A NEW BEGINNING as he presents a glimpse of life inside our eternal home. Listen on harves...
Sep 02, 2024•25 min
There are questions Christians should be prepared to respond to. One of them being, “How could a loving God send someone to hell?” Pastor Greg Laurie helps us answer. Notes: Focus verse: Revelation 20 Two questions to be answered in this message: If God is so loving, why does He send people to Hell? How can you say that Jesus is the only way to God? Jesus, the author of grace, spoke about Hell more often, and in a vivid, blood-curdling manner than anyone else, so it must be a crucial truth. We d...
Sep 01, 2024•35 min
Singer Michael Bublé has experienced global fame and success. But is it all it's cracked up to be? In a recent podcast, Bublé gave an amazing statement on what really matters in life and talked about his own experiences as someone you might say "has everything." Listen in as Pastor Greg Laurie gives his take on it all. --- Learn more about Greg Laurie and Harvest Ministries at harvest.org This podcast is supported by the generosity of our Harvest Partners. Support the show: https://bit.ly/anbsup...
Aug 31, 2024•4 min
Sometimes, we just can’t hold back the joy. When our favorite sports team wins the big game. When our young child takes his first steps. When you hear the words, “You may kiss your bride.” Well, when we get to heaven, we just may not be able to hold ourselves back from worship. Today on A NEW BEGINNING, Pastor Greg Laurie helps us see what we’ll be doing in heaven . . . and what things will be different from this life, and what things will largely be the same. Fascinating insights ahead. Listen ...
Aug 30, 2024•29 min
Ever fallen for that ruse at the supermarket? You see a package marked new & improved and so you buy it. Then you get it home and taste it and . . and . . (Sfx) It isn’t new or improved! Well, as believers, there’ll come a time when we’re new and improved. For real. Today on A NEW BEGINNING, Pastor Greg Laurie points out just how we’ll change personally when we get to heaven. Some things will stay the same, and so much will be radically upgraded. Listen on harvest.org --- Learn more and subs...
Aug 29, 2024•28 min
Imagine sitting down for a fine meal. It may be the finest meal you’ve ever experienced. The service is first class. The chef is world renowned. His culinary creations will leave you speechless. But you can’t get your eyes off the shiny silverware. You ignore the food and gaze upon the utensil. Behold the spoon! Ridiculous. Today on A NEW BEGINNING, Pastor Greg Laurie points out the folly of being so enamored with the world we miss eternity. Listen on harvest.org --- Learn more and subscribe to ...
Aug 28, 2024•28 min
Pastor Greg Laurie revealed last time that 81% of Americans – churched and unchurched – believe in heaven. More than three quarters. Even more hope to go there! But what’s it like there? Is it even possible to know? Yes, it is. Today on A NEW BEGINNING, Pastor Greg brings a biblical travel brochure about our eternal home. It’s beyond our imagination, but we’ll see today the Bible gives us some good information. Let’s open our minds and open our eyes to God’s Word. Listen on harvest.org --- Learn...
Aug 27, 2024•29 min
Each year, about 27 million people in this country move . . . relocate. That may explain why there are 17,000 moving companies across the fruited plain. When we move, we try to find out some details about our new home. Well today on A NEW BEGINNING, Pastor Greg Laurie provides some details about our eternal home. The Bible gives us more detail than you may be aware. And none of us knows our moving date, so it’s a good idea to get that information now and be prepared. Listen on harvest.org --- Le...
Aug 26, 2024•29 min
Pastor Greg Laurie opens our new series with a sermon surrounding the subject of gender, identity, and the family. In a rapidly changing culture, we must look to our unchanging God for answers. Get the biblical take on these hot cultural topics. Notes Focus verse: Exodus 20 A true Christian bases their ideas and opinions on a biblical worldview. A nonbeliever bases their ideas and opinions on a secular worldview. ABC Culture: Anything But Christ. Jesus told us to be light, which means we speak u...
Aug 25, 2024•48 min
Keanu Reeves is one of the most successful actors in Hollywood today. But as he nears 60, he shares that he's been thinking about his own mortality and the topic of death. Pastor Greg Laurie goes over a recent interview Reeves did covering this topic and gives a response. --- Learn more about Greg Laurie and Harvest Ministries at harvest.org This podcast is supported by the generosity of our Harvest Partners. Support the show: https://bit.ly/anbsupport See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy inf...
Aug 24, 2024•4 min
It may come as a surprise to some . . . it may be welcome confirmation for others . . . but believers can get depressed. Yes, there are numerous Scriptures about joy and contentment, but we’re humans living in mortal bodies, in challenging times. Well today on A NEW BEGINNING, Pastor Greg Laurie focuses on a depressing time in the life of the great prophet Elijah, and highlights a number of practical principles to help us in our times of challenge. You might want to take some notes. Listen on ha...
Aug 23, 2024•29 min
Trying to live a godly life in an ungodly world can seem like we’re trying to walk up a downward escalator. The culture is trying to drag believers right into a quagmire of hopeless humanism and angry atheism. But God has a plan. Today on A NEW BEGINNING, Pastor Greg Laurie helps us revisit one of the most exciting stories of the Old Testament when a single prophet of God confronts 850 feckless false prophets and watches God’s plan unfold. Listen on harvest.org --- Learn more and subscribe to Ha...
Aug 22, 2024•32 min
We throw the word idol around pretty freely in our culture. “So-and-so is a teen idol” . . . “did you watch American Idol?” . . . “Humphrey Bogart was a matinee idol.” But biblically speaking, an idol is a representation or symbol of an object of worship. It’s a clear transgression of the First Commandment. Today on A NEW BEGINNING, Pastor Greg Laurie warns about idol worship based on an epic confrontation in First Kings 18. Elijah goes toe to toe with the prophets of Baal. Listen on harvest.org...
Aug 21, 2024•28 min
None of us likes to wait. Like when we’re on hold hearing that annoying music repeat over and over again. Or when we’re in line at the grocery store or the airport. Or in the waiting room at the doctor’s office, and our name is finally called and we go to the exam room to . . . wait some more. Today on A NEW BEGINNING, Pastor Greg Laurie points out that when we wait on GOD, it can renew us. We’ll see some great miracles took place through the prophet Elijah AFTER a time of waiting on the Lord. L...
Aug 20, 2024•30 min
The only part where your car touches the ground is where the wheels contact the pavement, right? You may have hundreds of horsepower under the hood, but if that power doesn’t reach the ground, nobody’s going anywhere. Today on A NEW BEGINNING, Pastor Greg Laurie points out the power of God is ready to do great things, but He wants our help to bring it to ground level. We’ll follow the example of Elijah in First Kings 17, and see how we can be part of God’s plan. Listen on harvest.org --- Learn m...
Aug 19, 2024•28 min
America is in trouble morally, economically, domestically, internationally, and spiritually. How do we bring her out of the ruins? Guest Pastor Jack Graham says we will need to rebuild the home. Notes: Focus verse: Nehemiah 1:1–11 “Righteousness exalts a nation, but sin is a reproach to any people.” Proverbs 14:34 “A family can survive without a nation, but a nation cannot survive without a family.” Thus says the Lord, “Stand by the roads and look, and ask for the ancient paths, where the good w...
Aug 18, 2024•43 min
In a recent interview with Dr. Jordan B. Peterson, Elon Musk declared himself a “cultural Christian.” Not only that, but well-known atheist Richard Dawkins recently said pretty much the same thing. What is a "cultural Christian"? Is it the same as being a true follower of Jesus Christ? Get Pastor Greg Laurie's answer in this culturally relevant podcast episode. --- Learn more about Greg Laurie and Harvest Ministries at harvest.org This podcast is supported by the generosity of our Harvest Partne...
Aug 17, 2024•3 min
Getting everything we want—success, money, respect—would be an amazing way to live, right? Well, look at celebrities, who have success and money and respect, and look how often they suffer from depression and addictions, and sometimes die quite young. Maybe many people want the wrong things. Today on A NEW BEGINNING, Pastor Greg Laurie helps us learn from Elijah. We’ll see HE learned from some of the toughest challenges life threw at him . . . and we can too. Listen on harvest.org --- Learn more...
Aug 16, 2024•31 min
If we preach a watered-down Gospel, and people respond that half-of-a-Gospel message, are they really responding to the truth? The whole truth? The truth presented clearly in Scripture? That’s an important question, and Pastor Greg Laurie tackles that today on A NEW BEGINNING. We’re studying the life of the prophet Elijah—a man who stepped out in courageous boldness and made a difference in his time. Let’s found out today how we can do the same in our time. Listen on harvest.org --- Learn more a...
Aug 15, 2024•28 min
Believers have the privilege of sharing a life-saving message within their circle of influence. But many times, we let those opportunities pass by. Maybe we don’t feel equal to the assignment . . . we’re just “regular folks” and the stakes are so high. Well today on A NEW BEGINNING, Pastor Greg Laurie introduces us to another “regular guy,” who stepped out with uncommon courage and did great things for the Kingdom. Let’s learn how we can find the courage to follow in his footsteps. Listen on har...
Aug 14, 2024•29 min
Join us today for a special edition of A NEW BEGINNING with Pastor Greg Laurie. We have a special guest who has a way with words, and he has a way with words from the Word. Get Max Lucado's book, "What Happens Next" Listen on harvest.org --- Learn more and subscribe to Harvest updates at harvest.org A New Beginning is the daily half-hour program hosted by Greg Laurie, pastor of Harvest Christian Fellowship in Southern California. For over 30 years, Pastor Greg and Harvest Ministries have endeavo...
Aug 13, 2024•28 min
Have you noticed how problems always seem bigger in the middle of the night? They can overwhelm us. They can rob us of sleep and steal our peace. In the middle of the night, when we can’t figure out what to do, we need to remember that God works the night shift. He’s up all night anyway, why not cast our cares on Him? Today on A NEW BEGINNING, Pastor Greg Laurie returns to the Sermon on the Mount for great reassurance from Jesus Himself for worry-free days and restful nights. Listen on harvest.o...
Aug 12, 2024•31 min
What happens when we die? It’s a question as old as time—and the answer’s right in the Bible. And today, pastor and author Max Lucado addresses this spiritual question and helps ease any fears we have relating to the afterlife. Notes: What happens when we die? “In slavery by their fear of death.” Hebrews 2:15 NIV “We want you to be quite certain, brothers, about those who have died, to make sure that you do not grieve about them, like the other people who have no hope.” 1 Thessalonians 4:13 TJB ...
Aug 11, 2024•49 min
