Discover a Christianity that actually works. These powerful sermons delivered by Pastor Eric Ludy will awaken you to the majesty of true Christianity. God designed Christianity not to be mere theory but a life empowered by His grace, built unshakable upon truth, centered upon Jesus Christ, and poured out for His glory. It is more than academic head-knowledge, it is practical living grounded in the Word of God. These sermons are delivered with soul-stirring passion that will ignite your spiri ...
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With a passionate heart for Christian discipleship, the majesty and centrality of Jesus Christ, and the life-changing power of the Gospel, the Daily Thunder podcast is a daily teaching series from the Bible to exhort, equip, and encourage Christians down the Narrow Way of the Cross. Taught by Eric Ludy, Nathan Johnson, and other guests – now you can have a little of the Ellerslie Discipleship boom, grit, and oomph thundering daily in your earbuds.
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Pulled from the archive of Eric Ludy, these classic recordings originally aired on Moody Radio between 2008-2009. While now considered “classics,” these short inspiring audios are just as relevant today as they were a decade ago. Be encouraged to boldly live the Christian life as Eric Ludy exhorts you to seek first Jesus Christ and His Kingdom.
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Our lives are full of questions and too often it is hard to find practical and biblical answers that speak directly to the issue and yet inspire us to live triumphant Christian lives. This podcast does just that. Join international best selling author and pastor Eric Ludy as he answers your questions on topics such as the Bible, discipleship, Christian living, godly romance, marriage, family, godly leadership, and more.
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A podcast for Christian teens on faith, theology, and living wholeheartedly for Jesus. Do you want to rise above mediocrity and live your life sold-out for the glory of God? Do you want to make your life count and use your teen years for Christ? Come join the movement and let's do hard things for the glory of God.
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1179: The Appeal of Agrippa // Spiritual Lesson from the Time of Nero 32 (Eric Ludy)
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This is the thirty-second installment in Eric’s series entitled Spiritual Lessons from the Time of Nero. In this episode he demonstrates how God always supplies space for repentance. He is not quick to judge, but, in fact, is shockingly merciful—desirous that men would repent and turn from their wickedness and believe. For forty year from the Cross…
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From the outside looking in, the long jump event in track and field doesn’t seem very complicated. You run and then, well, jump. What’s so difficult about that? But, experts that know a little more than the average human say that the long jump is actually one of the most technically complex events in all of sports. And that’s kind of like living ou…
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1178: Real History // Spiritual Lessons from the Times of Nero 31 (Eric Ludy)
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This is the thirty-first installment in Eric’s series entitled Spiritual Lessons from the Times of Nero. In this episode he dives into the real recorded history of Rome, Judea, and the Church during this period between 64 and 70 AD and then matches it with Christ’s Olivet Discourse and the Book of Revelation. It is an awe-inspiring fit. No matter y…
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1177: God’s Not Done With You // The Grand and Glorious Gospel 14 (Nathan Johnson)
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The superlative news about Jesus and the Cross (the Gospel) is that God has an ongoing work in you to bring you to the point of completion, perfection, and wholeness. This process of sanctification is necessary to conform us to the image of Christ and produce godliness and Christlikeness within and through our lives. In this study, Nathan returns t…
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1176: Coated in Crimson // Spiritual Lessons from the Time of Nero 30 (Eric Ludy)
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This is the thirtieth installment in Eric’s series entitled Spiritual Lessons from the Time of Nero. In this episode he explores the inexplicable increase in earthquakes that filled the time of history between the Cross and the destruction of the Jerusalem in 70 AD. This 40-year period showcases the remarkable way that God cares for His own amid a …
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1175: The Messiah Vacuum // Spiritual Lessons from the Time of Nero 29 (Eric Ludy)
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This is the twenty-ninth installment in Eric’s series entitled, Spiritual Lessons from the Time of Nero. In this episode he dives into the strange history of false messiahs that came flooding into Judea after the Jews rejected the true Messiah. The same profound spiritual vacuum, that plagued first century Judaism, is always created when Jesus is r…
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1174: Image-Bearer of the Living God // The Grand and Glorious Gospel 13 (Nathan Johnson)
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Humanity was created to be the image-bearer of the Living God. And because of the power of the Gospel through the Cross of Christ, we have been restored to how we were intended to live: bearing the image of Jesus Christ so our world might know Him. In this study, we examine the concept of image throughout Scripture, what it means to “bear His Name,…
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1173: The Battle of the Puny Brains // Spiritual Lessons from the Time of Nero 28 (Eric Ludy)
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This is the twenty-eighth installment in Eric’s series entitled Spiritual Lessons from the Times of Nero. In this episode he attempts to do something that most Christians don’t believe can be done—juggle four vantage points on the Book of Revelation simultaneously. You will need to be the judge as to whether or not he succeeded.…
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Consistency in any field or arena of life is important. But, consistency in the realm of Christian living moves beyond the term “important” into the zone of “eternally significant.” An inconsistent Christian can be the undoing of another human soul, the justification of a wary skeptic to stay away from the Truth, and even the excuse for another bel…
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1172: Tearful Anticipation // Spiritual Lessons from the Time of Nero 27 (Eric Ludy)
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This is the twenty-seventh installment in Eric’s series entitled Spiritual Lessons from the Time of Nero. In this episode he explores the profound life and death of the Apostle Peter. When danger surfaces the average human runs the other way—wanting to get as far away from it as possible. This makes Peter’s decision in 64 AD to courageously head ba…
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1171: Arrayed in Armor // The Grand and Glorious Gospel 12 (Nathan Johnson)
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The Gospel provides security and safety in Jesus Christ, our salvation. Amidst the spiritual battle we are in, we are told to stand strong, put on armor, to walk in victory and triumph. But how? In this study, Nathan Johnson examines the armor of God in Ephesians 6 and shows that Jesus is the person and place of our triumph … He is our refuge and f…
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1170: Dating Mr. Difficult // Spiritual Lessons from the Time of Nero 26 (Eric Ludy)
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This is the twenty-sixth installment in Eric’s series entitled Spiritual Lessons from the Time of Nero. In this episode he does the unthinkable. He does a four hundred foot dive into the shark-filled kiddy pool and . . . we still aren’t sure if he survived. Dating the Book of Revelation has been a long held debate in the Church and the reason it is…
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1169: The Dating Game // Spiritual Lessons from the Time of Nero 25 (Eric Ludy)
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This is the twenty-fifth installment in Eric’s series entitled Spiritual Lessons from the Time of Nero. In this episode he explores the “seemingly unimportant” territory of dating the books of the New Testament. Most people would say, “It doesn’t really matter to me when it was written.” And in a certain sense, it’s true. Someone can believe the wo…
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1168: Your Free Gym Membership // The Grand and Glorious Gospel 11 (Nathan Johnson)
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The Gospel comes with a free gym membership! Amidst the trials, struggles, challenges, and difficulties of life, God desires to flip them and use them as weights in your spiritual life to build greater soul muscle and increase your faith. He doesn’t always remove the hardships, but He will leverage everything in your life for His purpose and plan t…
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1167: Don’t Force It // Spiritual Lessons from the Time of Nero 24 (Eric Ludy)
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This is the twenty-fourth installment in Eric’s series entitled Spiritual Lessons from the Time of Nero. In this episode he demonstrates the propensity we have as believers to interpret the Scriptures and the events of history through the lens of our convictions. Whereas, this is not bad in itself, there is a propensity we all have to force fit Scr…
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Many Christians today are showing a greater faith in the power of Sin to continue to control their lives than they are in the power of God to deliver their lives from the power of Sin. We all go one of two ways. We are either overpowered by Sin, or we learn the secret of overpowering Sin. Yes. It’s true. Sin boasts a greater power than that of huma…
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1166: The 40th Parallel // Spiritual Lessons from the Time of Nero 23 (Eric Ludy)
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This is the twenty-third installment in Eric’s series entitled Spiritual Lessons from the Time of Nero. In this episode he explains the profound idea of historical parallels in Scripture, where an event in the Old Testament reoccurs centuries later (sometimes thousands of years later) but in a different more extraordinary way that demonstrates Jesu…
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1165: The Fruit of One’s Life // The Grand and Glorious Gospel 10 (Nathan Johnson)
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Because of the Gospel, we now have the life of Christ within which will produce a certain kind of fruit. In this message, Nathan talks about the fruit that is produced in one’s life—what we typically call the fruit of the Spirit—and describes the nine aspects to this singular fruit of Christlikeness.…
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1164: The Monster, Nero // Spiritual Lessons from the Time of Nero 22 (Eric Ludy)
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This is the twenty-second installment in Eric’s series entitled Spiritual Lessons from the Time of Nero. In this episode he once again returns to the unsavory topic of Emperor Nero. Nero was a man who behaved like a beast and this similitude has triggered many speculations and prognostications regarding his potential puzzle-like fit with the terrib…
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Our measurements for greatness often don’t match with God’s measurements. We see Eliab the strapping son of Jesse and we cry out, “Anoint him! Make him king!” But, God sees the eighth son of Jesse, who seemingly wasn’t important enough to even invite to the party, and He says, “There is a man after my own heart!” The Bible chronicles a long line of…
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1163: The Man, Nero // Spiritual Lessons from the Time of Nero 21 (Eric Ludy)
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This is the twenty-first installment in Eric’s series entitled Spiritual Lessons from The Time of Nero. In this episode he introduces his audience to the infamous Roman emperor, Nero Claudius Caesar Augustus Germanicus. Anyone stuck with such a long name understandably might prove a little grumpy, but Nero’s problems go far beyond being a little gr…
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1162: Marked by Love and Humility // The Grand and Glorious Gospel 09 (Nathan Johnson)
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The Gospel frees us to live in a brand new way—you are not stuck living the way you always have … you are a new creation! This is certainly true with the two defining characteristics of a believer’s life: love and humility. We have been freed from a prideful self-focused love to experience and showcase the love and life of Christ Jesus. In this mes…
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1160: Put on those Nikes // Spiritual Lessons from the Time of Nero 20 (Eric Ludy)
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This is the twentieth installment in Eric’s series entitled Spiritual Lessons from the Time of Nero, he explores the surprisingly good news for Christians that is found in the Book of Revelation. It’s easy to focus on the doom of Revelation and dread the idea of going through “tribulation”. But this extraordinary final book of the Bible was not des…
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1159: The Sealed Book // Spiritual Lessons from the Time of Nero 19 (Eric Ludy)
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This is the nineteenth episode of Eric’s series entitled Spiritual Lessons from the Time of Nero. In this episode he dives into yet another complex mystery, but one that, when solved, should lead us to have great big smiles on our faces. In Revelation 5:5 we learn that the sealed book (that no one in heaven or on earth can open) can now (as of the …
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1158: The Beauty of Holiness // The Grand and Glorious Gospel 08 (Nathan Johnson)
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Too many Christians see holiness merely as a legalistic list of dos and don’ts, but holiness in Scripture is always a positive thing. It is a key attribute of our God and He calls us to be holy because He is holy. In this study, Nathan Johnson explores the beauty of holiness and how we can live holy amidst an unholy world.…
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