As a teen, Chris lost his direction in life with the untimely death of his father.
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I FIGURED IF I'M GOING TO
HELL, I'M GOING TO ENJOY
MYSELF.
AND I'M GOING TO GO DOWN
THAT PATH.
IT WAS LEADING ME INTO
OCCULTISM.
IT WAS LEADING ME INTO
WITCHCRAFT.
IT WAS LEADING ME INTO, YOU
KNOW, EVERY TYPE OF DARKNESS
THAT YOU COULD THINK.
Reporter: THERE WAS A
TIME WHEN CHRISTOPHER
GREGORY WANTED TO LIVE HIS
LIFE FOR GOD.
HE WAS JUST A BOY WHEN HE
ASKED JESUS INTO HIS HEART.
THAT EVENING, AS I CAME
HOME WITH MY PARENTS, TO THE
HOUSE, I STEPPED OUT OF THE
CAR, AND AS MY FAMILY WALKED
INTO THE HOUSE AND I LOOKED
UP AND I SAID, GOD, I'M ONLY
EIGHT YEARS OF AGE, BUT IF
YOU USE ME, I'LL SERVE YOU.
Reporter: 10 YEARS
LATER, HIS FATHER DIED.
THE WORLD STOPPED.
FOR ME, THE WORLD STOPPED.
GOD, HOW COULD YOU DO THAT?
MY FAMILY LIFE IS GREAT.
AND ME AND MY DAD ARE
STARTING TO COMMUNICATE.
WE'RE STARTING TO HAVE A
RELATIONSHIP.
AND NOW HE'S GONE.
I JUST SHUT EVERYTHING DOWN
AND SAID, I'M DONE.
WHATEVER HOPE THAT GOD HAD
FOR ME, YOU KNOW, I WAS
GOING TO DESTROY THAT.
Reporter: HE PACKED UP
HIS CAR AND MOVED TO
HOLLYWOOD IN SEARCH OF A NEW
LIFE, AWAY FROM GOD.
I WAS FULL OF ANGER.
I WAS FULL OF HATE.
AND I WAS BEGINNING TO FEED
OFF OF THAT.
AND THE MORE THAT I LEFT IT
UNCHECKED, THE MORE THAT IT
BECAME -- IT STARTED TAKING
OVER MY LIFE.
THAT ANGER, THAT
BITTERNESS.
Reporter: BEFORE LONG,
HE WORKED HIS WAY INTO
PORNOGRAPHIC MOVIE
PRODUCTION.
HE CREATED A NEW FORM OF
PORNOGRAPHIC MOVIE, LENDING
DEMONIC HARM AND EXPLICIT
SEX.
SO I COULD ACTUALLY TAKE
THAT AND PUT IT INTO MY
FILMS TO LIFT ME UP.
AND IN THE PROCESS DESTROY
ME AND ALSO DESTROY OTHERS
WHO ARE WATCHING THIS
STUFF.
WHO ARE GETTING CAUGHT INTO
THIS.
Reporter: HE PRODUCED
CONTENT FOR LARRY FLYNT AND
HUSTLER, AMONG OTHERS.
AND HE DID HIS BEST TO
IGNORE THE CALL OF GOD AND
THE CALLING HE ONCE HAD.
I'M FIGHTING WHAT I KNOW
IN MY HEART IS RIGHT, BUT
SATAN IS SAYING, DON'T
LISTEN TO THAT.
I'VE GOT SOMETHING BETTER.
YOU WANT WOMEN, I'LL GIVE
YOU WOMEN.
IF YOU WANT MONEY, I'LL GIVE
YOU MONEY.
BUT THAT'S JUST THE TIP OF
IT.
I'LL GIVE YOU FAME.
I THOUGHT THAT THE MONEY AND
NOW THE NOTORITY OF WHAT I
WAS BECOMING IN THE INDUSTRY
WOULD SATISFY THE VOID IN MY
LIFE, THE HURT AND THE
ANGER, BUT IT DIDN'T.
I CAN'T SLEEP.
I CAN'T HARDLY EAT.
I'M DYING ON THE INSIDE.
AND I'M HEARING DEMONIC
VOICES.
YOU KNOW, I GO ON TO A MOVIE
SET THAT I HELPED CREATE.
I HIRE PEOPLE AND THEY BUILD
THESE SETS, AND WE SHOOT IN
A MANSION, AND WE CREATE
THIS VAMPIRE PROJECT.
AND I'M THERE BY MYSELF.
AND I FEEL SPIRITS AROUND
ME.
I FEEL THIS DARKNESS
STARTING TO CREEP IN.
AND I'VE GOT TO LEAVE.
I WAS SCARED TO BE ALONE.
I WOULD HAVE ONE-NIGHT
STANDS, NOT FOR SEX, PER SE,
BECAUSE I DIDN'T WANT TO BE
ALONE.
Reporter: HIS NIGHTS
RESEMBLED THE HORROR MOVIES
HE MADE IN THE DAY.
ONE NIGHT HE HAD A VIVID
DREAM THAT HE WAS IN HELL
WITH DEMONIC FIGURES
TOWERING OVER HIM.
HE KNEW HIS LIFE WAS DRAWING
TO AN END.
CHRISTOPHER CALLED OUT TO
GOD.
EVERYTHING THAT I HAVE
EMBEDDED INTO MY LIFE BEGINS
TO SURFACE.
THE HATE, THE BITTERNESS,
THE ANGER, THE RESENTMENT,
THE BETRAYAL, THE
LONELINESS, THE FEELING OF
GOD, WHY, WHY, WHY?
AND THE LORD SPOKE TO ME AND
HE SAID, BECAUSE I LOVE
YOU.
I CARE FOR YOU.
I DON'T WANT YOU TO DIE
LOST.
AND I JUST SAID, IF YOU CAN
STILL TAKE ME, FORGIVE ME.
THAT MOMENT IT JUST SEEMED
LIKE DARKNESS LEFT.
CHRIST CAME INTO THAT ROOM
AND HE SAID, I FORGIVE YOU.
I LOVE YOU.
AND FROM THAT MOMENT, MY
LIFE CHANGED.
HE TOOK ME BACK.
AND I WEPT FOR, I THINK,
FOUR HOURS.
I JUST WEPT.
I JUST WEPT.
EVERYTHING WAS GONE.
MY PAIN.
EVERYTHING.
I GO BACK TO THAT 8-YEAR-OLD
BOY AND SAID, FROM THIS DAY,
IF YOU CAN USE ME, USE ME.
Reporter: THE NEXT DAY
HE SHUT DOWN THE PROJECTS HE
WAS WORKING ON AND LEFT THE
BUSINESS OF DARKNESS IN THE
PAST.
ON I WALKED AWAY FROM
EVERYTHING.
PEOPLE THOUGHT I WAS CRAZY,
BUT, YOU KNOW, I CAN'T GO
WRONG SERVING GOD.
MY HEART HAD A HEART
CHANGE.
Reporter: CHRISTOPHER
IS NOW AN EVANGELIST AND
MISSIONARY.
HIS MESSAGE IS ALL ABOUT
GOD'S LOVE AND GRACE, EVEN
FOR THOSE WHO HAVE WALKED
AWAY.
HE DOESN'T HATE YOU.
HE WENT TO A CROSS TO DIE
FOR US.
SO THAT WHEN WE DO MAKE
MISTAKES, WHEN WE DO SIN,
THAT WE WILL COME TO KNOW
HIM AND HIS LOVE AND HIS
GRACE AND HIS MERCY.
I WANT PEOPLE TO SEE THAT
THERE IS HOPE, THAT THERE'S
GRACE, THAT THERE'S MERCY.
HE CAN TAKE A SHATTERED
LIFE, A BROKEN LIFE, FILLED
WITH BITTERNESS AND ANGER,
BETRAYAL AND HURT, AND MAKE
SOMETHING BEAUTIFUL OUT OF
THAT.