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Greg Laurie: A New Beginning

I Forgave the Man Who Brutally Tortured Me: Louis Zamperini's Miracle Story

Greg Laurie: A New Beginning

Greg Laurie

Christianity, Religion & Spirituality

4.83.5K Ratings

🗓️ 18 April 2026

⏱️ 7 minutes

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Summary

Louis Zamperini was an Olympic athlete and war hero who survived being adrift at sea and POW torture. But the most important and powerful part of his incredible story is what came after. Everything changed for Louis when he encountered Jesus Christ at a Billy Graham crusade—trauma, rage, and all. Listen to the entire interview with Pastor Greg Laurie and Louis now on The Greg Laurie Show.

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0:00.0

A New Beginning presents a fascinating book about heaven from Pastor Greg Lorry.

0:05.1

I began an extensive study of the topic of heaven.

0:08.8

What is it like?

0:09.7

What will we do there?

0:11.0

Will we see our loved ones again?

0:12.7

Short answer, yes, if they're Christians.

0:14.9

But I've written about this in detail in a book called As It Is in Heaven.

0:19.7

So if you've had questions about heaven, and I think we all do,

0:22.6

I think you ought to order a copy of this book, as it is in heaven. Get your copy at Harvest.org.

0:30.3

Prior to your commitment to Christ said the Billy Graham Crusade in Los Angeles, you started drinking

0:35.8

heavily. You were experiencing what we now call post-traumatic

0:39.4

stress syndrome, but back then they didn't have a name for it. You were having nightmares

0:43.8

about the bird. One night, you woke up with your hands around your wife's throat thinking

0:50.4

you were choking the bird, correct? Yeah, well, we were both scared.

0:55.1

I just, I couldn't figure out what was happening.

0:57.9

But the nightmares started in prison

0:59.9

because every day when he would punish me,

1:01.8

I'd clench my fist.

1:03.3

And he knew I wanted to hit him.

1:05.6

And he said, if I draw my sword, I must use it.

1:08.1

So I had nightmares there all the way home.

1:13.5

And there was never a night I didn't dream about getting this guy. And so, but when I woke up in a cold sweat with my hand around my

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