Greg Laurie

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.

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.

And so I think my life experiences were not the typical 17-year-old, but yeah. Well, especially for that time, because at that time, where'd you grow up? I grew up in California, Newport Beach, Orange County.

And so I think my life experiences were not the typical 17-year-old, but yeah. Well, especially for that time, because at that time, where'd you grow up? I grew up in California, Newport Beach, Orange County.

And so I think my life experiences were not the typical 17-year-old, but yeah. Well, especially for that time, because at that time, where'd you grow up? I grew up in California, Newport Beach, Orange County.

No, not really. Not until later, where there was one person, Oscar Lorre. So my mom almost looks like she kept marrying the same guy. They were kind of, you might call them bar flies. You know, the guys that have just a few too many of their buttons on their shirt undone. And they're hanging out in the bar. And so she kept marrying like the same guy in a sense.

No, not really. Not until later, where there was one person, Oscar Lorre. So my mom almost looks like she kept marrying the same guy. They were kind of, you might call them bar flies. You know, the guys that have just a few too many of their buttons on their shirt undone. And they're hanging out in the bar. And so she kept marrying like the same guy in a sense.

No, not really. Not until later, where there was one person, Oscar Lorre. So my mom almost looks like she kept marrying the same guy. They were kind of, you might call them bar flies. You know, the guys that have just a few too many of their buttons on their shirt undone. And they're hanging out in the bar. And so she kept marrying like the same guy in a sense.

And then she met this guy from New Jersey. He was an attorney. He was intelligent. He was educated. He was very conservative. And I don't know what my mother saw in him. He was so different, but he literally took an interest in me. He adopted me. He gave me his last name and treated me as a father should treat a son. So one day- So you had a-

And then she met this guy from New Jersey. He was an attorney. He was intelligent. He was educated. He was very conservative. And I don't know what my mother saw in him. He was so different, but he literally took an interest in me. He adopted me. He gave me his last name and treated me as a father should treat a son. So one day- So you had a-

And then she met this guy from New Jersey. He was an attorney. He was intelligent. He was educated. He was very conservative. And I don't know what my mother saw in him. He was so different, but he literally took an interest in me. He adopted me. He gave me his last name and treated me as a father should treat a son. So one day- So you had a-

So he was that one bright spot. And then there's a neat connecting story where I was able to reconnect later with him and in a sense, return the favor a little bit. But so he, when I came out of school one day in New Jersey, where we were living at the time, the car was packed up with all of our luggage. And I said, well, where are we going? My mom said, we're going to Hawaii.

So he was that one bright spot. And then there's a neat connecting story where I was able to reconnect later with him and in a sense, return the favor a little bit. But so he, when I came out of school one day in New Jersey, where we were living at the time, the car was packed up with all of our luggage. And I said, well, where are we going? My mom said, we're going to Hawaii.

So he was that one bright spot. And then there's a neat connecting story where I was able to reconnect later with him and in a sense, return the favor a little bit. But so he, when I came out of school one day in New Jersey, where we were living at the time, the car was packed up with all of our luggage. And I said, well, where are we going? My mom said, we're going to Hawaii.

I said, well, where's dad? She said, he's not coming. And I didn't see him for the rest of my childhood. So we flew to Honolulu. She had already met another guy who was the most abusive of all of her husbands. In fact, this guy knocked her unconscious with a wooden statue when they were having a drunken fight.

I said, well, where's dad? She said, he's not coming. And I didn't see him for the rest of my childhood. So we flew to Honolulu. She had already met another guy who was the most abusive of all of her husbands. In fact, this guy knocked her unconscious with a wooden statue when they were having a drunken fight.

I said, well, where's dad? She said, he's not coming. And I didn't see him for the rest of my childhood. So we flew to Honolulu. She had already met another guy who was the most abusive of all of her husbands. In fact, this guy knocked her unconscious with a wooden statue when they were having a drunken fight.

And I climbed out of the window of my bedroom and ran to the neighbors and we moved back to California. But, you know, so this was, I remembered him. And he was someone that was stable. He disciplined me. He gave me an allowance. One time I stole something from a store and he took me down to the jail and introduced me to the prisoners trying to keep me away from a life of crime.

And I climbed out of the window of my bedroom and ran to the neighbors and we moved back to California. But, you know, so this was, I remembered him. And he was someone that was stable. He disciplined me. He gave me an allowance. One time I stole something from a store and he took me down to the jail and introduced me to the prisoners trying to keep me away from a life of crime.

And I climbed out of the window of my bedroom and ran to the neighbors and we moved back to California. But, you know, so this was, I remembered him. And he was someone that was stable. He disciplined me. He gave me an allowance. One time I stole something from a store and he took me down to the jail and introduced me to the prisoners trying to keep me away from a life of crime.