Following Jesus in the Modern World - Softcover

Greg Laurie

Softcover

ISBN 10: 1612913164 ISBN 13: 9781612913162

Publisher: Kerygma/AllenDavid Publishing, 2013

Synopsis

He was only one Man, and He only had a short time. Perhaps three and a half years. Maybe forty two months, give or take. And in that time, Jesus would change the world forever. He could have done it alone, but He chose to include others to be with Him when He turned the world upside down. The first thing He did as He began His work was to call twelve men to His side. He didn t advertise for them, He didn t hire a headhunter, He didn t open the positions to applicants. He just said, Follow Me. Twelve men began to walk with Him, and eleven stayed with Him to the end...and the new beginning. He says the same thing to you...right now. Follow Me. Walk in My footsteps. Do what I do, say what I give you to say, and go with Me wherever I go. That path won t always be easy. It won t always be convenient. It won t always lead you along a garden path strewn with daisies. But there is no better path anywhere in the whole world. Following Jesus is the best life that could ever be lived.

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Greg Laurie is the senior pastor of Harvest Christian Fellowship in Riverside, California and Harvest Orange County in Irvine, California. He began his pastoral ministry at the age of 19 by leading a Bible study of 30 people. Since then, God has transformed that small group into a church of some 15,000 people. Today, Harvest is one of the largest churches in America, and consistently ranks among the most influential churches in the country. In 1990, Laurie began holding large-scale public evangelistic events called Harvest Crusades. Since that time, more than 4,405,000 people have attended Harvest Crusades events around the United States, ranging from the annual event at Angel Stadium in Anaheim to Madison Square Garden in New York City. Greg spoke to 50,000 people at a 2011 Harvest Crusade in Los Angeles' Dodger Stadium. Harvest Crusades have also been held internationally in Australia and New Zealand. More importantly, more than 370,900 people have registered professions of faith through these outreaches. Laurie is the featured speaker of the nationally-syndicated radio program, A New Beginning, which is broadcast on more than 500 radio outlets around the world. A New Beginning is also one of the most popular Christian podcast downloads on Apple's iTunes Store. Laurie has a weekly television program on the Trinity Broadcasting Network, and he has appeared on many other television news programs. Along with his work at Harvest Ministries, Laurie serves on the board of directors of the Billy Graham Evangelistic Association. He holds honorary doctorates from Biola University and Azusa Pacific University. In addition to speaking and assisting other ministries, Laurie has authored over 70 books including Signs of the Times, Start To Follow, Hope for Hurting Hearts, Married.Happily., Essentials, What Every Christian Needs to Know, Upside Down Living, The Greatest Stories Ever Told, and many more. Laurie has written study notes for the bestselling The New Believer's Bible and The Seeker's Bible. He also wrote the notes for the recently released Start! Bible in the New King James Version. Greg is presently working on a new Bible project for Thomas Nelson called Refresh, which is a devotional Bible. Greg has been married to Cathe Laurie for 38 years and he has two sons, Christopher and Jonathan. Christopher went to be with the Lord in 2008. Greg and Cathe also have five grandchildren.

About this edition

• Publisher: Kerygma/AllenDavid Publishing
• Publication date: 2013
• ISBN 10: 1612913164
• ISBN 13: 9781612913162
• Binding: Paperback
• Edition number: 1
• Number of pages: 360