![]() ![]() “He was called the ‘King of Cool,'" Laurie explained, "with an airplane hangar for all of his cars, motorcycles, and planes. Giving a real-life example, Laurie told how American tough-guy icon Steve McQueen had everything at his apex, except happiness. The man had too much stuff and still wasn’t satisfied, the evangelist said. Laurie told the crowd of Jesus’ parable about the rich fool, found in Luke 12. “Though antidepressant use is up, it doesn’t appear to be helping.” “Did you know suicide rates in America are up 25 percent?” he asked. Laurie noted the suicides last week of fashion designer Kate Spade and television personality Anthony Bourdain, as well as last year’s suicides of rock musicians Chris Cornell of Soundgarden and Chester Bennington of Linkin Park. Many today mistakenly place their sense of worth in a version of happiness brought by the world, he added. An estimated additional 1.7 million have watched Laurie preach via live-stream broadcasts or archives online. Since Laurie began holding large-scale Harvest Crusades since 1990, more than 5.2 million people have attended the events held around the country as well as in Canada, Australia and New Zealand. That group eventually grew into a church of 15,000. At 19 Laurie entered the pastoral ministry with a Bible study group of 30 people. “I told them, ‘You can count on one thing: Greg Laurie will never become a Jesus Freak.’” “My friends warned me ‘Stay away from the ‘Jesus Freaks, Greg’” he related. And while he preached a message Sunday night that his younger self so desperately needed to hear, he admitted that younger version would be standoffish at best. Like so many others, though, he hid those feelings. Laurie told of his own struggle with self-worth, not knowing his biological father and having a mother who had been married seven times. He is called Jesus Christ, and he’s here with us right now,” Laurie informed the crowd. “Tonight, there is someone who loves you. Crossover Dallas, conducted by the North American Mission Board, relied heavily on Southwestern Seminary students and volunteers spreading the gospel through various means in Dallas and Fort Worth neighborhoods. The Harvest America Crusade – which also featured music by Trip Lee, Crowder, Chris Tomlin, and Phil Wickham – culminated the Crossover Dallas outreach weekend preceding the Southern Baptist Convention annual meeting. SCOTT BARKLEY/IndexĪRLINGTON, TX - Evangelist Greg Laurie exhorted a crowd reaching into the upper levels of AT&T Stadium to understand their worth in Christ as well as communicate that message to a world losing hope. California pastor and evangelist Greg Laurie addressed a crowd stretching into the upper levels of AT&T Stadium Sunday night, June 10. ![]()
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