Greg Laurie

I've been so disillusioned by the adult world. But then I tried that thought on again. What if it's true? And there was a guy speaking that it's in the movie, the Jesus Revolution movie that it's shown in the film. Jonathan Rumi, who plays Jesus in The Chosen, plays the role of Lonnie Frisbee, this evangelist who had long hair and a beard, who was speaking that day.

And he made one statement that got my attention. He said, Jesus said, you're for me or against me. So I looked at all these questions. Jesus freaks, and I thought, well, I'm not one of them. Does that mean I'm against Jesus? I thought, well, I don't want to be against Jesus. I believe he's out there. I've seen all of his movies. What I know of him, I have a respect.

And he made one statement that got my attention. He said, Jesus said, you're for me or against me. So I looked at all these questions. Jesus freaks, and I thought, well, I'm not one of them. Does that mean I'm against Jesus? I thought, well, I don't want to be against Jesus. I believe he's out there. I've seen all of his movies. What I know of him, I have a respect.

And he made one statement that got my attention. He said, Jesus said, you're for me or against me. So I looked at all these questions. Jesus freaks, and I thought, well, I'm not one of them. Does that mean I'm against Jesus? I thought, well, I don't want to be against Jesus. I believe he's out there. I've seen all of his movies. What I know of him, I have a respect.

But then I realized, but I'm not a believer in this sense. Could this happen for me? And I ended up praying, and that was the day that my life changed. And so coming back to fathers again, my mom had been married and divorced so many times, I had a full-time ministry trying to evangelize my former father, so-called. But, you know, here's what happened.

But then I realized, but I'm not a believer in this sense. Could this happen for me? And I ended up praying, and that was the day that my life changed. And so coming back to fathers again, my mom had been married and divorced so many times, I had a full-time ministry trying to evangelize my former father, so-called. But, you know, here's what happened.

But then I realized, but I'm not a believer in this sense. Could this happen for me? And I ended up praying, and that was the day that my life changed. And so coming back to fathers again, my mom had been married and divorced so many times, I had a full-time ministry trying to evangelize my former father, so-called. But, you know, here's what happened.

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Norma Jean.

Norma Jean.

Norma Jean.

Well, I think it's just that they seem fanatical. They seem extreme, and it seemed too obvious. Like, are you kidding me? Are you telling me that... after my search into all these things, thinking maybe it's in astrology, maybe it's in Eastern religion, maybe it's in drugs, maybe it's in this or it's in that, that it's literally Jesus Christ, that portrait hanging on my grandmother's wall.

Well, I think it's just that they seem fanatical. They seem extreme, and it seemed too obvious. Like, are you kidding me? Are you telling me that... after my search into all these things, thinking maybe it's in astrology, maybe it's in Eastern religion, maybe it's in drugs, maybe it's in this or it's in that, that it's literally Jesus Christ, that portrait hanging on my grandmother's wall.

Well, I think it's just that they seem fanatical. They seem extreme, and it seemed too obvious. Like, are you kidding me? Are you telling me that... after my search into all these things, thinking maybe it's in astrology, maybe it's in Eastern religion, maybe it's in drugs, maybe it's in this or it's in that, that it's literally Jesus Christ, that portrait hanging on my grandmother's wall.

Like I never even considered that is what I was looking for, or I should rephrase it, that's who I was looking for. But there it was in plain sight. And so it was, it can't be this simple. That seemed too absurd in a way. Well, yes, but then there was something. Some of these kids, I knew them. I grew up with them. I partied with them, and I saw they were changed.

Like I never even considered that is what I was looking for, or I should rephrase it, that's who I was looking for. But there it was in plain sight. And so it was, it can't be this simple. That seemed too absurd in a way. Well, yes, but then there was something. Some of these kids, I knew them. I grew up with them. I partied with them, and I saw they were changed.

Like I never even considered that is what I was looking for, or I should rephrase it, that's who I was looking for. But there it was in plain sight. And so it was, it can't be this simple. That seemed too absurd in a way. Well, yes, but then there was something. Some of these kids, I knew them. I grew up with them. I partied with them, and I saw they were changed.

So I couldn't dismiss them as all being crazy people because I knew them before, and I saw transformation had happened in their life. So I prayed a prayer, and I said, God, if you're real, you need to make yourself real to me because I'm full of cynicism. I'm full of doubt. How old were you at this time? I was 17. Okay. Yeah, but I felt like I was older because I had to grow up faster.