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Greg Laurie: A New Beginning carries the feel of a sermon, with Pastor Greg Laurie moving from Bible passages into practical questions about prayer, forgiveness, fear, and faith. The tone is pastoral and direct, often using everyday images to make doctrine feel close at hand.
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Greg Laurie: A New Beginning is a long-running evangelical teaching program with the cadence of ministry and the substance of a spoken sermon. Pastor Greg Laurie is the central named voice in the excerpts, and the show treats the Bible as the starting point for nearly every question it raises. The teaching is plain. It does not stay abstract for long. A lesson on prayer becomes a discussion of unconfessed sin, unforgiveness, waiting, confidence, and the difference between treating prayer like luck and praying according to God's will. A message on faith reaches for the simple trust involved in boarding a plane, then turns that image toward belief in God. A teaching on failure moves through Peter's missteps and second chances, using blunt humor to keep the point human. The show is comfortable repeating itself. That repetition is part of the persuasion, especially when a phrase or biblical principle needs to be driven home. Recent episodes return again and again to prayer as a lived practice rather than a religious slogan. They ask what blocks it, how it grows, and why delayed answers are not necessarily refusals. The program also spends time on grief, confusion, spiritual refreshment, heaven, forgiveness, and the hope of restoration after moral or personal collapse. It can become grave, especially when discussing Louis Zamperini's trauma, nightmares, and conversion story. Even there, the direction is redemptive rather than sensational. Around the teaching, listeners hear the marks of ministry: book offers, Harvest Ministries appeals, phone numbers, website mentions, and previews of the next message. Those elements are prominent enough to notice. They also reinforce the show's identity as ministry first and polished interview podcast second. The best fit is a listener looking for direct evangelical counsel, Bible-by-Bible application, and a pastorly voice that moves from Scripture to ordinary life without much ceremony.
Made for: For evangelical Christian listeners who want sermon-style teaching on prayer, faith, forgiveness, grief, and second chances. It especially suits people who prefer direct biblical application over conversational roundtable discussion.
What sets it apart: Its strength is the sermon rhythm: a Bible passage, a concrete analogy, a pastoral challenge, and a gospel-centered close. The show feels less like a chat program than a ministry message.
Greg Laurie delivers clear, Bible-based teaching on topics all Christians face—from marriage and family to evangelism and purpose—while emphasizing the saving power of the gospel. With humor and cultural insight, he shows how to apply God’s Word in everyday life and strengthen your walk with Christ.He is the senior pastor of Harvest Church, with campuses located in California and Hawaii, a renowned evangelist, bestselling author, and inspiration for the 2023 “Jesus Revolution” film. He is also the founder and leader of Harvest Crusades, large-scale evangelistic events that share the gospel with thousands in stadiums worldwide. Learn more about Pastor Greg’s and Harvest Ministries’ mission to…
Based on 5 episodes we listened to · September 2026
Greg Laurie pairs passage-led preaching with practical counsel, humor and occasional apologetics conversations aimed at making Christian claims easier to follow.
Greg Laurie builds each message around a biblical passage, then keeps the teaching moving with jokes, everyday situations and direct applications.
Peter fumbles the Transfiguration, and Greg Laurie turns the awkwardness into encouragement for your own second chances.
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A plainspoken prayer lesson connects confession, forgiveness, and the relief of letting go.
Prayer is framed as a practice shaped by what a person leaves unresolved. Pastor Greg Laurie points to Psalm 66:18 to make the case that unconfessed sin can interfere with prayer, then keeps the counsel deliberately plain: stop explaining sin away, stop defending it, and ask God…
Prayer is framed as a source of refreshment that can steady believers when they feel worn down.
Greg Laurie presents prayer as refreshment for believers who feel tired, exhausted, or burdened. The message leans on Jesus' invitation to come for rest and on a heavenly point of view that can steady fear and tension.
Peter's missteps become a lesson in failure and in knowing when to stay quiet.
Greg Laurie presents failure as a path into growth, moving from a study of heaven to Peter's rebuke of Jesus and the transfiguration. The most effective material draws on those familiar Bible scenes: Peter pushes back on Jesus' suffering, then appears again on the mountain…
A Valentine's Day sermon turns Exodus 20 into plainspoken teaching on love, obedience, and the danger of reshaping God.
Valentine's Day gives the sermon an easy doorway into Exodus 20, moving from flowers, chocolate, crowded restaurants, and red clothing toward a larger question: what does love for God actually look like?
A cold-case detective considers how the case for Jesus might hold up beyond biblical manuscripts.
The episode frames the case for Jesus with a deliberately investigative question: could his existence still be argued if every biblical manuscript were set aside? The host brings that challenge to J.
Two Bible translators unpack Scripture's hardest passages, from Revelation's 666 to the Witch of Endor.
Live sermons with Easter-shaped urgency.
Host Greg Laurie interviews J.
This episode discusses how spiritual revival in the church, through purposeful Bible study and prayer, can lead to cultural awakening, based on Pastor Greg Laurie's teachings.
Greg Laurie delivers a sermon titled 'How to Love God This Valentine's Day,' exploring biblical love through the Ten Commandments.
Pastor Greg Laurie discusses how Christians can bring their doubts and questions to God to deepen their faith and understanding.
Greg Laurie frames John 14's “another helper” as the Holy Spirit, a personal divine presence rather than an impersonal force.
Greg Laurie uses Luke 8's parable of the sower to argue that spiritual growth depends on daily choices and how people receive God's Word.
Greg Laurie uses Jesus’ conversation with the Samaritan woman in John 4 to explain how Christians can begin faith conversations by addressing spiritual thirst before confronting lifestyle choices.
Pastor Greg Laurie’s A New Beginning message presents prayer as a source of spiritual refreshment and identifies unconfessed sin, idols, unforgiveness, and unbelief as barriers.
Greg Laurie opens by pointing listeners to a film about George Whitefield and the Great Awakening.
Greg Laurie introduces a sermon on the Lord's Prayer, focusing on how to pray effectively based on Luke chapter 11, using an analogy about a pilot to illustrate the importance of following instructions.
This episode recounts Louis Zamperini's harrowing experience of torture in prison, his subsequent PTSD and nightmares, and his transformative journey to forgiveness and faith through the Billy Graham Crusade.
This episode explores trusting God's timing and perspective during confusing times, with insights on heaven and prayer from Pastor Greg Laurie.
This episode explores how to pray with confidence by aligning prayers with God's will, based on teachings from Pastor Greg Laurie.
Pastor Greg Laurie discusses the importance of faith in God, using examples like miracles and a persistent woman's story to inspire listeners to trust in divine power.
Greg Laurie opens with heaven.
This episode discusses how revival starts with individuals through purposeful Bible study and spiritual practices, as part of Pastor Greg Laurie's series on revival.
This episode features an interview with historical Jesus scholar Dr.
Greg Laurie uses the 2018 Hawaii missile false alarm as an illustration to explore the theme of doubt in his sermon from Luke chapter 7.