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Greg Laurie Podcast

People Are Done with Hollywood's Empty Messages

Greg Laurie Podcast

Greg Laurie

Christianity, Religion & Spirituality

4.83.3K Ratings

🗓️ 10 May 2025

⏱️ 25 minutes

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Summary

Films like Disney’s Snow White remake are failing, while shows like “House of David” and “The Chosen” are on the rise. Are people getting tired of Hollywood? Pastor Greg Laurie unravels it all.

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0:00.0

A New Beginning presents a book about the greatest evangelist of the 20th century, Billy Graham,

0:05.6

written by his friend, Pastor Greg Lorry.

0:08.0

I bring insights that maybe other books have not really touched on.

0:11.4

I also weave in a lot of my personal experiences, one-on-one with Billy,

0:15.4

things he said to me, and things I gleaned by watching him.

0:18.9

So if you want to learn more about this man that changed the

0:22.2

world, get your copy of Billy Graham, the man I knew. Yours for a gift of any amount at

0:28.4

Harvest.org. A new wave of filmmakers is rising, and guess what? They're Christians. I want to talk to

0:36.8

you about something that I think is very exciting. It's happening right now. There's a whole new wave of filmmakers sweeping the industry and the big surprises. Many of them are followers of Jesus Christ. Let's start with a little contrast. Exhib exhibit A of what not to do.

0:55.2

Disney's recent debacle Snow White.

0:58.2

Did you know over $240 million was spent to strip this classic of everything that made it charming and meaningful?

1:06.6

And what did they turn it into?

1:08.2

I think a mediocre disappointment that completely miss the mark.

1:13.3

So the original Snow White was Walt Disney's first feature film

1:17.0

and the first full-length animated film ever made.

1:20.2

It was a smash hit and it launched the Disney name and Empire.

1:24.4

And Walt Disney himself, he understood his audience. In fact, he once said, and I quote,

1:29.7

the important thing is the family. If you can keep the family together, that's the backbone of our

1:36.6

whole business, catering to families. That's what we hope to do, end quote. So Walt Disney got it. People don't just want entertainment. They want

1:47.2

meaning. They want stories that they can watch together with their family. Fun fact about Disney.

1:54.4

It you know when Walt Disney's original plans for Disneyland, it actually had a church on Main Street.

2:01.5

Okay, so let's contrast Snow White

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