It's in line with his beliefs:Pastor Greg Laurie Says 'Bible Offensive To Some
Of course that is what he would say.
Not by any chance that HE is offensive.
"The Promise of Persecution" - Devotion for 10/1/2010If you live a godly life, you will be persecuted. You can count on this. It is not a matter of if; it is a matter of when and how much.
If nobody is persecuted him, then he's "ungodly," so in order to make himself out to be "godly," he has to be persecuted by someone... hence the desire to grab onto any molehill that can be spun as persecution and make a mountain out of it.