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It's not that the world is lacking for spiritual influence.

Pastor Greg Laurie says it's a collision of competing messages.

Our world is filled with all kinds of religious ideology,

with all kinds of gurus and self-proclaimed prophets and other religious leaders all saying

they have the truth. What is the genuine article? It's the Christian faith.

That is the only genuine article. Everything else is in imitation.

Amazing grace, how sweet the sound.

Again, you can't hold me, I don't trust you now.

This is the day, the day we lost begin.

Some months ago, social media was ablaze with an interesting sound experiment.

A certain recording sounded like a word laurel to some people and like Yanny to others.

It was very interesting and a bit odd.

But we see the same thing on a spiritual level.

Two people can respond to a single gospel message in two different ways.

Well, today on a new beginning,

Pastor Greg Laurie points out the danger of listening with a hardened heart.

And Pastor Greg begins with an admission.

When I was a kid, I collected snakes.

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