Chuck Smith on Trusting God in Painful Times (Our Final Interview)
Greg Laurie: A New Beginning
Greg Laurie
4.8 • 3.5K Ratings
🗓️ 28 March 2026
⏱️ 7 minutes
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Summary
In his final interview with Pastor Greg Laurie, Chuck Smith discusses trusting God and His plan even in our most difficult moments. Find the rest of this special archival episode for more on Chuck's life, ministry, and Jesus Movement impact when you go to The Greg Laurie Show.
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| 0:00.0 | Greg Lorry and Harvest Ministries recommend a book by a historical Jesus scholar, |
| 0:05.2 | highlighting archaeological finds such as the Shrout of Turin, |
| 0:08.6 | supporting the truth of Christianity. |
| 0:10.6 | We want to send you this book by Dr. Jeremiah Johnston. |
| 0:13.8 | It's simply called The Jesus Discoveries, |
| 0:16.2 | and it's going to help you grow stronger in your faith |
| 0:18.9 | and a great tool for you as you share your faith with others. |
| 0:22.4 | So order your copy of the Jesus discoveries for your gift of any size. |
| 0:27.2 | Get your copy at Harvest.org. |
| 0:31.3 | You know, God used Chuck Smith in extraordinary ways to reach a generation of searching young people and spark of movement |
| 0:39.3 | that spread around the world. It was known as the Jesus Movement, the Jesus Revolution, |
| 0:45.5 | and Chuck was often called the father of the Jesus movement. So together Chuck and I talked |
| 0:52.4 | about his life in ministry from his early calling to the explosive |
| 0:56.9 | growth of Calvary Chapel around the world. |
| 1:04.3 | I was with you in Hawaii once. |
| 1:06.2 | We were done a harvest crusade there, remember? |
| 1:08.0 | And we were one night in, and all of a sudden we get called |
| 1:11.3 | early in the morning. There's a hurricane coming, Hurricane Iniki. And they're telling us that, |
| 1:16.5 | and this was in the wake of Hurricane Andrew, which had devastating effects there. And so, |
| 1:23.0 | Dennis Eugenian was there, and he said, buddy, I saw the ruin from Hurricane Andrew, |
| 1:29.4 | and we got to strap your family onto posts and hold on it. And I was getting all worked out, |
| 1:35.0 | and I went into a panic, and I went to town. Everything was close, so I went to subway, |
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