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Daily Thunder Podcast1340: The Pacing Lion // More Radical 04 (Eric Ludy)In this episode Eric explores the unique enthusiasm and passion that missionaries of the past have had for heading out into the wild and doing difficult life-threatening things—things that cause the modern North-American Christian to shrink back in fear. Is it possible for each of us as believers today to have the same excitement—the same daring—the same readiness in us?------------» Take these studies deeper and be discipled in person by Eric, Leslie, Nathan, and the team at Ellerslie in one of our upcoming discipleship programs – learn more at: https://ellerslie.com/be-discip...
2026-03-0949 minDaily Thunder Podcast1338: Laughing at Difficulty // More Radical 03 (Eric Ludy)In this episode Eric explores the concept of being spiritually readied and toughened by the Spirit of God for the calling that each of us as believers has received. A Christian has been supplied everything necessary to be fully prepared to face all the challenges ahead — the question is, does the Christian know that? ------------» Take these studies deeper and be discipled in person by Eric, Leslie, Nathan, and the team at Ellerslie in one of our upcoming discipleship programs – learn more at: https://ellerslie.com/be-discipled/» Receive our free “Five Keys to Walking...
2026-03-0236 minDaily Thunder Podcast1336: Stomaching It // More Radical 02 (Eric Ludy)In this episode Eric dives into the strange and perplexing concept of spiritual taste buds. When we enter the Kingdom of Heaven via faith in Jesus Christ, there is a process of being recalibrated in our desires, our drives, and our determinations. In a sense, God gives us new taste buds to appreciate the exquisite feast He has prepared for us — a feast that we would not appreciate or be able to stomach outside His supernatural enablement. ------------» Take these studies deeper and be discipled in person by Eric, Leslie, Nathan, and the team at Ell...
2026-02-2339 minDaily Thunder Podcast1329: Inured for Danger (Eric Ludy) // Encore 2025Encore: a repeated performance.As we enter the beginning of 2026, we decided to do an encore of eight episodes from the past six years. With a new intro for each episode recorded by Eric Ludy and Nathan Johnson, we hope these encores will stir your soul toward Jesus and introduce you to previous series that you can explore.Inured for Danger (Eric Ludy)Originally recorded in 2021 as a part of his series Daring to Do as Stanley Dale, Eric draws on the boldness and bravery of the fearless missionary ventures to Irian Jaya...
2026-01-1956 minDaily Thunder Podcast1319: I Work at Starbucks (Eric Ludy) // Encore 2025Encore: a repeated performance.As we approach the end of 2025, we decided to do an encore of eight episodes from the past six years. With a new intro for each episode recorded by Eric Ludy and Nathan Johnson, we hope these encores will stir your soul toward Jesus and introduce you to previous series that you can explore. I Work at Starbucks (Eric Ludy)Originally recorded in 2024 as a part of his series Spiritual Lessons from the Time of Nero, Eric lays the foundation for understanding this extraordinary time period of history (from 64...
2025-12-081h 02Daily Thunder Podcast1313: The Pursuit of Guthrum (Eric Ludy) // Encore 2025Encore: a repeated performance.As we approach the end of 2025, we decided to do an encore of eight episodes from the past six years. With a new intro for each episode recorded by Eric Ludy and Nathan Johnson, we hope these encores will stir your soul toward Jesus and introduce you to previous series that you can explore. The Pursuit of Guthrum (Eric Ludy)Originally recorded in 2021 as a part of his series Spiritual Lessons from Alfred the Great, Eric continues to unpack the remarkable story of Alfred and his battles with the...
2025-11-2450 minDaily Thunder Podcast1307: A Bully Buffalo Hunt (Eric Ludy) // Encore 2025Encore: a repeated performance.As we approach the end of 2025, we decided to do an encore performance of eight episodes from the past six years. With a new intro for each episode recorded by Eric Ludy and Nathan Johnson, we hope these encores will stir your soul toward Jesus and introduce you to previous series that you can explore. A Bully Buffalo Hunt (Eric Ludy)Originally recorded in 2023 as a part of his series Life and Leadership Lessons from Teddy Roosevelt, Eric takes us on a buffalo hunt in the wild west with...
2025-11-1034 minDaily Thunder Podcast1292: Across the Pond // Spiritual Lessons from the Wright Brothers 20 (Eric Ludy)By 1905 the Wright Brothers had officially learned to fly. They had a testable and provable flying machine. But, even though human-controlled flight was a reality, less than 1% of Americans believed the accomplishment was real. The Wright Brothers spent the entire year of 1905 attempting to convince the American War Department that they had something important—something that would greatly benefit America. However, the American government shockingly rejected the invention. Meanwhile, the British and the French were more than enthusiastic to get their hands on this important tool. ------------» Take these studies deeper and be discipled in perso...
2025-09-1945 minDaily Thunder Podcast1289: The Second Wind // Spiritual Lessons from the Wright Brothers 18 (Eric Ludy)In the Wright Brother’s story of flight, wind was an essential ingredient. First it was the natural winds of Kitty Hawk—they learned to master the gusting winds, gain lift, and soar. But, then, in 1904, they needed to figure out how to fly even when there wasn’t any wind. And this challenge proved to be an even greater problem. Like Wilbur and Orville, we, too, must learn to “fly” when the first winds fail. We must gain a second wind. ------------» Take these studies deeper and be discipled in person by Eric, Leslie, Nathan, and t...
2025-09-121h 02Daily Thunder Podcast1274: The Power of the Fool // Spiritual Lessons from the Wright Brothers 09 (Eric Ludy)The Apostle Paul submits a challenge to the psyche of every believer when he describes the idea of becoming a “fool for Christ’s sake.” After all, the reason we as believers “believe” in Christ in the first place is because such an action is deemed the wisest and most reasonable conclusion to the dilemma of Sin and Death. So, to choose wisdom only to become a “fool” in the world’s eyes poses a unique psychological hurdle to the young believer. But, the path of Christ’s Fool is the path of power, it’s the path of profound impact. Wil...
2025-07-211h 02Daily Thunder Podcast1265: The End of Orville Wright // Spiritual Lessons from the Wright Brothers 03 (Eric Ludy)In 1886 Orville Wright died . . . sort of. We don’t want to give away any spoilers, but the simple fact that Orville invented (with his brother, Wilbur) the first operational airplane in 1903, it maybe goes without saying that his death in 1886 must have been short lived. But so are all the deaths that we have along the way in our Christian life. Like Orville’s death in 1886, God will bring us to our end so that He can work a wonderful new beginning in us. This is what happened in Orville’s life. And this is what will certainly happen in our...
2025-07-011h 06Daily Thunder Podcast1250: Think Big // Citizenship 18 (Eric Ludy + Nathan Johnson)Whether its through distraction, fear, or passivity, we often loose our gumption to think and act big in this world. We prefer to have someone else live big for us. Yet, Jesus wants to live big through us. In this conversation, Eric and Nathan explore the concept of thinking big, what does that mean practically, and how do it relate to the importance of tending to the small areas of our lives. As Eric said, "Watch what God will do if we expect Him to be God Almighty and not God all-tiny."------------» Take these studi...
2025-05-1238 minDaily Thunder Podcast1247: Absurdism // Citizenship 17 (Eric Ludy + Nathan Johnson)Biblical thinking has gone the way of the Dodo, and now common sense has followed suit. What is left if "absurdism"—where we all stare at a naked emperor and claim he is fully dressed. In this episode, Eric and Nathan talk about the craziness of our culture and how we call evil "good" and what is wrong we call "right." But it is more than just the culture, because we do the same thing with sin in our souls. Join the discussion and hear Eric and Nathan's insight into the days in which we live and if they th...
2025-05-0546 minDaily Thunder Podcast1221: Derangement Syndromes // Citizenship 08 (Eric Ludy + Nathan Johnson)Whereas the Fear of God is the beginning of good things—things like wisdom and knowledge. The fear of man is also the beginning of some things. But the things that the fear of man begins are not at all pleasant. For instance, the fear of man fosters a derangement of the human brain. It causes said brain to stop questioning the obvious, to turn off all reasonableness, and forsake all common sense. In our world today we call the fear of man political/social correctness. It’s where someone chooses to act upon what is “correct” in the world’s...
2025-03-0347 minDaily Thunder Podcast1203: The Inauguration of Manliness // Citizenship 02 (Eric Ludy + Nathan Johnson)The inauguration of a new president is an important day in a nation … as it can shift the direction of a nation’s culture for better or for worse. In light of today’s presidential inauguration, Eric and Nathan discuss the lack of manliness in the modern culture and Church and why we need to inaugurate it back into our world and lives. In this episode, they describe true manliness is, why we need it, and most importantly, where we can find it (hint: it’s not from within ourselves but from THE Man, Jesus Christ). Join Eric and Nathan in...
2025-01-201h 07Daily Thunder Podcast1196: Ready // Win ‘em Like Wilberforce 07 (Eric Ludy)Readiness is a vastly underrated quality of the healthy Christian life. But, readiness doesn’t come about accidentally. A believer needs to practice and train in readiness. And if it isn’t practiced, then the believer will be found unready in the moment where alertness, action, and agreement is desperately needed. The quality of readiness is one of the beautiful hallmarks of William Wilberforce’s life. And it is one of the chief reasons why his life impacted the world.------------» Take these studies deeper and be discipled in person by Eric, Leslie, Nathan, and the team...
2024-12-1635 minDaily Thunder Podcast1117: The Power of Blessing // Legendary 08 (Eric Ludy)This is the eighth episode in Eric’s powerful series about his late father. In this particular episode Eric brings us into the moment when his dad gave him a fatherly blessing and declared him to be a man. It is a moment of seismic power in a young Eric Ludy’s life. But this blessing is not reserved only for those privileged to have a father like Winston Ludy—rather, it is available for all those who have a Heavenly Father through faith in Jesus Christ.
2024-04-2932 minDaily Thunder Podcast791: Getting Culture-Smart // Becoming Brave 03 (Eric Ludy)This is the third Eric* episode in Eric Ludy's spring Daily Thunder series, entitled Becoming Brave, which explores the mechanical construct of spiritual and moral bravery. This particular message contrasts earthly and heavenly wisdom. And it shows how heavenly wisdom is one of the key pillars of a brave soul. *The reason these are referred to as Eric episodes is due to the fact that Leslie Ludy is adding an episode each week to the series, too. Her episodes will be numbered with an incremental .5 so that Eric's series numbering doesn't get jumbled. For more...
2022-03-2826 minDaily Thunder Podcast596: Should We Go Underground? // The Hanging of Haman - Part 4 of 5 (Eric Ludy, Nathan Johnson, & Leslie Ludy)This is the fourth installment in a five part series entitled The Hanging of Haman. In this series Eric Ludy, Nathan Johnson, and guests unpack the thoughts and ideas of Eric’s full-length message entitled The Hanging of Haman (which he delivered on Sunday, April 4, 2021 - see Eric’s sermon podcast). This particular episode discusses what the Church in the west should be doing right now in light of our quickly-darkening age. Should we be hiding our light or shining our light? Is boldness advisable in an hour where boldness can get you in big trouble?
2021-04-0822 minDaily Thunder Podcast593: When the Lights Go Out // The Hanging of Haman - Part 1 of 5 (Eric Ludy, Nathan Johnson, & Leslie Ludy)This is the first installment in a five part series entitled The Hanging of Haman. In this series Eric Ludy, Nathan Johnson, and guests unpack the thoughts and ideas of Eric’s full-length message entitled The Hanging of Haman (which he delivered on Sunday, April 4, 2021 - see Eric’s sermon podcast). This particular episode explores Christian’s all-important first response to bad news, dour projections, and prophecies of gloom. When the lights go out in this world, they are not supposed to go out inside the Christian.
2021-04-0523 minDaily Thunder Podcast591: The Pure Soldier // An Exceedingly Great Army - Part 4 of 5 (Eric Ludy, Nathan Johnson, & Leslie Ludy))This is the fourth installment in a five part series entitled An Exceedingly Great Army. In this series Eric Ludy, Nathan Johnson (and guests) unpack the thoughts and ideas of Eric’s full-length message entitled An Exceedingly Great Army (which he delivered on Sunday, March 28, 2021 - see Eric’s sermon podcast). This particular episode discusses the work of the Holy Spirit in purifying and refining the children of God. When any of us come unto Christ, repent and believe, it begins something amazing in our lives . . . but many of us are unprepared to receive this purifying and sancti...
2021-04-0123 minDaily Thunder Podcast589: The Ready Soldier // An Exceedingly Great Army - Part 2 of 5 (Eric Ludy, Nathan Johnson, & Leslie Ludy))This is the second installment in a five part series entitled An Exceedingly Great Army. In this series Eric Ludy, Nathan Johnson (and guests) unpack the thoughts and ideas of Eric’s full-length message entitled An Exceedingly Great Army (which he delivered on Sunday, March 28, 2021 - see Eric’s sermon podcast). This particular episode explores the unique role that the Holy Spirit plays in the life of the believer — first in seeking them, then in introducing them to Jesus, then in calling them to leave everything and follow Him, then in furnishing them with everything needed for the ard...
2021-03-3021 minDaily Thunder Podcast588: The Willing Soldier // An Exceedingly Great Army - Part 1 of 5 (Eric Ludy & Nathan Johnson)This is the first installment in a five part series entitled An Exceedingly Great Army. In this series Eric Ludy, Nathan Johnson (and guests) unpack the thoughts and ideas of Eric’s full-length message entitled An Exceedingly Great Army (which he delivered on Sunday, March 28, 2021 - see Eric’s sermon podcast). This particular episode explores the all-important supernatural impetus that makes the difference between a Christianity that really works and a Christianity that wishes it would work. Eric Ludy and Nathan Johnson both candidly share about their own personal journeys to understand and encounter the indwelling life of th...
2021-03-2924 minDaily Thunder Podcast587: The Divine Domino Effect // Living Dangerously - Part 5 of 5 (Eric Ludy, Nathan Johnson & Leslie Ludy)This is the fifth and final installment in a five part series entitled Living Dangerously. In this series Eric Ludy, Nathan Johnson, and Leslie Ludy unpack the thoughts and ideas of Eric’s full-length message entitled Living Dangerously (which he delivered on Sunday, March 21, 2021 - see Eric’s sermon podcast). This particular episode talks about the impact that the primary actions of our souls have upon the rest of our lives. There is a Divine domino effect that takes place when we simply start where God asks us to start.
2021-03-2621 minDaily Thunder Podcast527: 2 Kings 2:9-10 // Twenty Memorable Scriptures 20 (Eric Ludy)Speaker: Eric Ludy Series: Twenty Memorable Scriptures from Ellerslie’s First Ten Years Study: 20 – 2 Kings 2:9-10We are counting down twenty of our most impactful, memorable, and influential Scriptures from the first ten years of Ellerslie. In part twenty, Eric Ludy talks about 2 Kings 2:9-10. This list of twenty comes from our longer list of fifty most memorable and impactful Scriptures – you can see and download those Scriptures in a special free PDF available at ellerslie.com/daily.
2021-01-0110 minDaily Thunder Podcast525: 1 Corinthians 12:31 // Twenty Memorable Scriptures 18 (Eric Ludy)Speaker: Eric Ludy Series: Twenty Memorable Scriptures from Ellerslie’s First Ten Years Study: 18 – 1 Corinthians 12:31We are counting down twenty of our most impactful, memorable, and influential Scriptures from the first ten years of Ellerslie. In part eighteen, Eric Ludy talks about 1 Corinthians 12:31. This list of twenty comes from our longer list of fifty most memorable and impactful Scriptures – you can see and download those Scriptures in a special free PDF available at ellerslie.com/daily.
2020-12-3009 minDaily Thunder Podcast523: Psalm 46:1-2 // Twenty Memorable Scriptures 16 (Eric Ludy)Speaker: Eric Ludy Series: Twenty Memorable Scriptures from Ellerslie’s First Ten Years Study: 16 – Psalm 46:1-2We are counting down twenty of our most impactful, memorable, and influential Scriptures from the first ten years of Ellerslie. In part sixteen, Eric Ludy talks about Psalm 46:1-2. This list of twenty comes from our longer list of fifty most memorable and impactful Scriptures – you can see and download those Scriptures in a special free PDF available at ellerslie.com/daily.
2020-12-2806 minDaily Thunder Podcast519: Exodus 29:20 // Twenty Memorable Scriptures 14 (Eric Ludy)Speaker: Eric Ludy Series: Twenty Memorable Scriptures from Ellerslie’s First Ten Years Study: 14 – Exodus 29:20We are counting down twenty of our most impactful, memorable, and influential Scriptures from the first ten years of Ellerslie. In part fourteen, Eric Ludy talks about Exodus 29:20. This list of twenty comes from our longer list of fifty most memorable and impactful Scriptures – you can see and download those Scriptures in a special free PDF available at ellerslie.com/daily.
2020-12-2209 minDaily Thunder Podcast517: 1 Thessalonians 5:24 // Twenty Memorable Scriptures 12 (Eric Ludy)Speaker: Eric Ludy Series: Twenty Memorable Scriptures from Ellerslie’s First Ten Years Study: 12 – 1 Thessalonians 5:24We are counting down twenty of our most impactful, memorable, and influential Scriptures from the first ten years of Ellerslie. In part twelve, Eric Ludy talks about 1 Thessalonians 5:24. This list of twenty comes from our longer list of fifty most memorable and impactful Scriptures – you can see and download those Scriptures in a special free PDF available at ellerslie.com/daily.
2020-12-1807 minDaily Thunder Podcast515: John 15:5 // Twenty Memorable Scriptures 10 (Eric Ludy)Speaker: Eric Ludy Series: Twenty Memorable Scriptures from Ellerslie’s First Ten Years Study: 10 – John 15:5We are counting down twenty of our most impactful, memorable, and influential Scriptures from the first ten years of Ellerslie. In part ten, Eric Ludy talks about John 15:5. This list of twenty comes from our longer list of fifty most memorable and impactful Scriptures – you can see and download those Scriptures in a special free PDF available at ellerslie.com/daily.
2020-12-1607 minDaily Thunder Podcast513: Romans 6:11 // Twenty Memorable Scriptures 08 (Eric Ludy)Speaker: Eric Ludy Series: Twenty Memorable Scriptures from Ellerslie’s First Ten Years Study: 08 – Romans 6:11We are counting down twenty of our most impactful, memorable, and influential Scriptures from the first ten years of Ellerslie. In part eight, Eric Ludy talks about Romans 6:11. This list of twenty comes from our longer list of fifty most memorable and impactful Scriptures – you can see and download those Scriptures in a special free PDF available at ellerslie.com/daily.
2020-12-1410 minDaily Thunder Podcast511: Hebrews 11:6 // Twenty Memorable Scriptures 06 (Eric Ludy)Speaker: Eric Ludy Series: Twenty Memorable Scriptures from Ellerslie’s First Ten Years Study: 06 – Hebrews 11:6
We are counting down twenty of our most impactful, memorable, and influential Scriptures from the first ten years of Ellerslie. In part six, Eric Ludy talks about Hebrews 11:6. This list of twenty comes from our longer list of fifty most memorable and impactful Scriptures – you can see and download those Scriptures in a special free PDF available at ellerslie.com/daily.
2020-12-1008 minDaily Thunder Podcast509: Isaiah 51:9 // Twenty Memorable Scriptures 04 (Eric Ludy)Speaker: Eric Ludy Series: Twenty Memorable Scriptures from Ellerslie’s First Ten Years Study: 04 – Isaiah 51:9
We are counting down twenty of our most impactful, memorable, and influential Scriptures from the first ten years of Ellerslie. In part four, Eric Ludy talks about Isaiah 51:9. This list of twenty comes from our longer list of fifty most memorable and impactful Scriptures – you can see and download those Scriptures in a special free PDF available at ellerslie.com/daily.
2020-12-0806 minDaily Thunder Podcast507: Revelation 3:2 // Twenty Memorable Scriptures 02 (Eric Ludy)Speaker: Eric Ludy Series: Twenty Memorable Scriptures from Ellerslie’s First Ten Years Study: 02 – Revelation 3:2
We are counting down twenty of our most impactful, memorable, and influential Scriptures from the first ten years of Ellerslie. In part two, Eric Ludy talks about Revelation 3:2. This list of twenty comes from our longer list of fifty most memorable and impactful Scriptures – you can see and download those Scriptures in a special free PDF available at ellerslie.com/daily.
2020-12-0405 minDaily Thunder Podcast467: The White Parachute // Spiritual Lessons from WW2 80 (Eric Ludy)467: The White Parachute // Spiritual Lessons from WW2 80 (Eric Ludy)
Speaker: Eric Ludy
Series: Spiritual Lessons from WW2
Study: 80: The White Parachute
This is the eightieth installment in Eric’s series entitled Spiritual Lessons from WW2. In this episode he looks at the Siege of Bastogne in late December of 1944 through the eyes of a medic thrown into the mêlée. An amazing picture of Christ-like sacrifice, love and care comes out of this dark tale, and we are reminded afresh that there is no greater love than that one lays down his life for his friend.
2020-10-1235 minDaily Thunder Podcast465: Out of the Ardennes // Spiritual Lessons from WW2 78 (Eric Ludy)465: Out of the Ardennes // Spiritual Lessons from WW2 78 (Eric Ludy)
Speaker: Eric Ludy
Series: Spiritual Lessons from WW2
Study: 78: Out of the Ardennes
This is the seventy-eighth installment in Eric’s series entitled Spiritual Lessons from WW2. In this episode he tackles the super-sensitive issue of conspiracy theories in the Body of Christ and lays out a map for how we as believers should be handling the surreptitious plotting of evil powers. Using Hitler’s Ardennes Counter-offensive in December of 1944 (a.k.a. The Battle of the Bulge) as his muse, Eric shows how the supposed weak spots in the Allied l...
2020-10-071h 05Daily Thunder Podcast463: The V-Bombs of Antwerp // Spiritual Lessons from WW2 77 (Eric Ludy)463: The V-Bombs of Antwerp // Spiritual Lessons from WW2 77 (Eric Ludy)
Speaker: Eric Ludy
Series: Spiritual Lessons from WW2
Study: 77: The V-Bombs of Antwerp
This is the seventy-seventh installment in Eric’s series entitled Spiritual Lessons from WW2. In this episode he examines the “vengeance” tactics of the Hitler on the city of Antwerp in the late fall months of 1944. It seemed like overnight in September of 1944 Antwerp, Belgium became the most critical piece of ground on earth. And both the Axis and the Allies were fighting to gain the upper hand there. When Hitler lost it, he made the people of Antw...
2020-10-0555 minDaily Thunder Podcast462: The Battle of Ludy Gulf // Spiritual Lessons from WW2 76 (Eric Ludy)462: The Battle of Ludy Gulf // Spiritual Lessons from WW2 76 (Eric Ludy)
Speaker: Eric Ludy
Series: Spiritual Lessons from WW2
Study: 76: The Battle of Ludy Gulf
This is the seventy-sixth installment in Eric’s series entitled Spiritual Lessons from WW2. In this episode he explores the great mistake of the Japanese in WW2. And that is the underestimating of the Americans willingness to rise up and fight. And may it be said in our world today that the great mistake of the Devil was to underestimate the latent power of the Church of Jesus Christ.
2020-10-021h 00Daily Thunder Podcast460: Fighting Under the Stage // Spiritual Lessons from WW2 75 (Eric Ludy)460: Fighting Under the Stage // Spiritual Lessons from WW2 75 (Eric Ludy)
Speaker: Eric Ludy
Series: Spiritual Lessons from WW2
Study: 75: Fighting Under the Stage
This is the seventy-fifth installment in Eric’s series entitled Spiritual Lessons from WW2. In this episode he explores the challenging position British General Alexander finds himself in during August of 1944. He is in an un-winnable battle in the Mediterranean, but a nonetheless supremely important battle. Eric emphasizes in this message how God often deems the hidden battles as the most important ones. If we are willing fight heroically when no one can see our nobility — then we ar...
2020-09-3052 minDaily Thunder Podcast458: The Submission of Winston // Spiritual Lessons from WW2 74 (Eric Ludy)458: The Submission of Winston // Spiritual Lessons from WW2 74 (Eric Ludy)
Speaker: Eric Ludy
Series: Spiritual Lessons from WW2
Study: The Submission of Winston
This is the seventy-fourth installment in Eric’s series entitled Spiritual Lessons from WW2. In this episode he brings out a struggle in the late Summer months of 1944 between America and Great Britain over how they should handle the Mediterranean theater of war. Eric showcases Winston Churchill’s deliberate choice to defer unto Roosevelt and Stalin in making the final decision on a key operation in order to keep the Allied forces united and together in the pursuit...
2020-09-2854 minDaily Thunder Podcast457: Remember Liège // Spiritual Lessons from WW2 73 (Eric Ludy)457: Remember Liège // Spiritual Lessons from WW2 73 (Eric Ludy)
Speaker: Eric Ludy
Series: Spiritual Lessons from WW2
Study: 73: Remember Liège
This is the seventy-third installment in Eric’s series entitled Spiritual Lessons from WW2. In this episode he demonstrates, using amazing events from WW2 in August of 1944, how God turns all things to good for those that love Him and are called according to His purpose.
2020-09-2542 minDaily Thunder Podcast452: Rushing the Bocage // Spiritual Lessons from WW2 70 (Eric Ludy)452: Rushing the Bocage // Spiritual Lessons from WW2 70 (Eric Ludy)
Speaker: Eric Ludy
Series: Spiritual Lessons from WW2
Study: 70: Rushing the Bocage
This is episode seventy in Eric’s series entitled Spiritual Lessons from WW2. In this episode he brings us into the daily slog of the Allied infantry as they make their way across the French countryside. With the momentum of D-Day at their backs, who would have guessed that the next month would be so difficult and so taxing. Often, Christians are surprised by the enemy’s resistance and they underestimate his will to fight. The Allied perseverance through this s...
2020-09-1856 minDaily Thunder Podcast450: The Spoils of D-Day // Spiritual Lessons from WW2 69 (Eric Ludy)450: The Spoils of D-Day // Spiritual Lessons from WW2 69 (Eric Ludy)
Speaker: Eric Ludy
Series: Spiritual Lessons from WW2
Study: 69: The Spoils of D-Day
This is the sixty-ninth installment in Eric’s series entitled, Spiritual Lessons from WW2. In this episode he joins Winston Churchill in his journey to the newly captured territories in France following the D-Day invasion. A profound spiritual parallel emerges in this story between the Christian surveying the wondrous Cross of Christ and Churchill surveying the wondrous victory at Normandy. A Day even greater than that of 1944’s D-Day unfol...
2020-09-1638 minDaily Thunder Podcast448: The Big Red One // Spiritual Lessons from WW2 68 (Eric Ludy)448: The Big Red One // Spiritual Lessons from WW2 68 (Eric Ludy)
Speaker: Eric Ludy
Series: Spiritual Lessons from WW2
Study: 68: The Big Red One
This is the sixty-eighth installment in Eric’s series entitled Spiritual Lessons from WW2. In this episode he examines the US Army’s famed 1st Infantry Division and the profound significance of their two nicknames, “The Fighting First” and “The Big Red One”. There is a profound message about the leadership, the manliness, and the saving power of Jesus Christ baked into this amazing parallel from WW2.
2020-09-1450 minDaily Thunder Podcast447: In the Sands of Omaha // Spiritual Lessons from WW2 67 (Eric Ludy)447: In the Sands of Omaha // Spiritual Lessons from WW2 67 (Eric Ludy)
Speaker: Eric Ludy
Series: Spiritual Lessons from WW2
Study: 67: In the Sands of Omaha
This is the sixty-seventh installment in Eric’s series entitled Spiritual Lessons from WW2. In this episode we join the 230 boys from A Company as they land on Omaha beach in the early morning hours of June 6, 1944, Amidst a maelstrom of artillery blast and machine gun fire these boys need to put one foot in front of the other. It’s a moment of special need that will...
2020-09-1153 minDaily Thunder Podcast440: The Caged Lion // Spiritual Lessons from WW2 66 (Eric Ludy)440: The Caged Lion // Spiritual Lessons from WW2 66 (Eric Ludy)
Speaker: Eric Ludy
Series: Spiritual Lessons from WW2
Study:66: The Caged Lion
This is the sixty-sixth installment in Eric’s series entitled Spiritual Lessons from WW2. In this episode he brings us into the 10 days of lockdown prior to the Allied invasion of France on June 6, 1944. Most of us had never experienced a lockdown prior the year 2020. And most of us would be happy if we never experienced a lockdown again. However, it is amazing to think that there actually was a lo...
2020-09-0243 minDaily Thunder Podcast439: Being Presidential // Spiritual Lessons from WW2 65 (Eric Ludy)439: Being Presidential // Spiritual Lessons from WW2 65 (Eric Ludy)
Speaker: Eric Ludy
Series: Spiritual Lessons from WW2
Study: 65: Being Presidential
This is the sixty-fifth installment in Eric’s series entitled Spiritual Lessons from WW2. In this episode he zooms in on the crisis of January 4th, 1944. It’s a crisis that demands a man to rise up and make one of the most difficult decisions any man has ever had to make. It’s tough being a leader. And, if we really understood the crushing weight that comes with the job, none of us...
2020-09-021h 00Daily Thunder Podcast437: Rehearsing D-Day // Spiritual Lessons from WW2 64 (Eric Ludy)437: Rehearsing D-Day // Spiritual Lessons from WW2 64 (Eric Ludy)
Speaker: Eric Ludy
Series: Spiritual Lessons from WW2
Study: 64: Rehearsing D-Day
This is the sixty-fourth installment in Eric’s series entitled Spiritual lessons from WW2. In this episode he throws us into the preparations of the Allied forces on the island of Great Britain. D-Day is just up ahed. So, for the American and British troops it is practice, practice, practice. The troops are repeating their movements time and again to ready themselves for the greatest battle in history. As Christians, we are quic...
2020-08-3152 minDaily Thunder Podcast431: The H-Hour // Spiritual Lessons from WW2 63 (Eric Ludy)431: The H-Hour // Spiritual Lessons from WW2 63 (Eric Ludy)
Speaker: Eric Ludy
Series: Spiritual Lessons from WW2
Study: 63: The H-Hour
This is the sixty-third installment in Eric’s series entitled Spiritual lessons from WW2. In this episode he explores the way a Supreme Commander of a military expedition defines the Day and the Hour for movement. There is a pithy and powerful parallel between God’s leadership over our lives and the superintendence of the US and British commanders over the Allied D-Day and the H-Hour in WW2.
2020-08-2151 minDaily Thunder Podcast429: The Gustav Line // Spiritual Lessons from WW2 62 (Eric Ludy)429: The Gustav Line // Spiritual Lessons from WW2 62 (Eric Ludy)
Speaker: Eric Ludy
Series: Spiritual Lessons from WW2
Study: 62: The Gustav Line
This is the sixty-second installment in Eric’s series entitled Spiritual lessons from WW2. In this episode he pits us in the winter months of 1944 against Hitler’s impassable mountain fortifications known as the Gustav Line. No matter how hard the allied troops tried, they just couldn't bust through this line. How often our own spiritual lives parallel this painful Italian campaign. However, there is a key to breaking through this line...
2020-08-1944 minDaily Thunder Podcast427: The Puppet Government // Spiritual Lessons from WW2 61 (Eric Ludy)427: The Puppet Government // Spiritual Lessons from WW2 61 (Eric Ludy)
Speaker: Eric Ludy
Series: Spiritual Lessons from WW2
Study: 61: The Puppet Government
This is the sixty-first installment in Eric’s series entitled Spiritual lessons from WW2. In this episode he brings us back to Italy in late 1943 and explores the spiritual parallel between Benito Mussolini’s extraordinary escape from prison and ominous return to Italian power with the struggles many believers face in coming to Christ and finding their old life yearning to pull a coup d’état and to once again rule the body it once held hostage.
2020-08-1743 minDaily Thunder Podcast424: The Stigma // July Alumni Summit 5 of 5 (Eric Ludy)Speaker: Eric Ludy Series: July Alumni Summit Study: 5 – The Stigma
The Ellerslie Alumni Summit this past July was an amazing time of seeking Jesus with like-minded believers. Because Eric Ludy is currently out of town with his family, we wanted to give you the opportunity to listen to his messages from the Summit during Daily Thunder. This is the final message Eric gave at the Summit entitled "The Stigma." The WWII series will be back in full swing on Monday, August 17.
2020-08-131h 03Daily Thunder Podcast422: The Gospel Challenge // July Alumni Summit 4 of 5 (Eric Ludy)Speaker: Eric Ludy Series: July Alumni Summit Study: 4 – The Gospel Challenge
The Ellerslie Alumni Summit this past July was an amazing time of seeking Jesus with like-minded believers. Because Eric Ludy is currently out of town with his family, we wanted to give you the opportunity to listen to his messages from the Summit during Daily Thunder. This is the fourth message Eric gave at the Summit entitled "The Gospel Challenge." The WWII series will be back in full swing on Monday, August 17.
2020-08-111h 04Daily Thunder Podcast421: Shepherding 101 // July Alumni Summit 3 of 5 (Eric Ludy)Speaker: Eric LudySeries: July Alumni SummitStudy: 2 – Shepherding 101
The Ellerslie Alumni Summit this past July was an amazing time of seeking Jesus with like-minded believers. Because Eric Ludy is currently out of town with his family, we wanted to give you the opportunity to listen to his messages from the Summit during Daily Thunder. This is the third message Eric gave at the Summit entitled "Shepherding 101." The WWII series will be back in full swing on Monday, August 17.
2020-08-0857 minDaily Thunder Podcast419: Leading in the Dark // July Alumni Summit 2 of 5 (Eric Ludy)Speaker: Eric LudySeries: July Alumni SummitStudy: 2 – Leading in the Dark
The Ellerslie Alumni Summit this past July was an amazing time of seeking Jesus with like-minded believers. Because Eric Ludy is currently out of town with his family, we wanted to give you the opportunity to listen to his messages from the Summit during Daily Thunder. This is the second message Eric gave at the Summit entitled "Leading in the Dark." Don't worry, the WWII series will be back in full swing on Monday, August 17.
2020-08-061h 01Daily Thunder Podcast417: The 69th Attempt // July Alumni Summit 1 of 5 (Eric Ludy)Speaker: Eric LudySeries: July Alumni SummitStudy: 1 – The 69th Attempt
The Ellerslie Alumni Summit this past July was an amazing time of seeking Jesus with like-minded believers. Because Eric Ludy is currently out of town with his family, we wanted to give you the opportunity to listen to his messages from the Summit during Daily Thunder. This is the first message Eric gave at the Summit entitled "The 69th Attempt." The WWII series will be back in full swing on Monday, August 17.
2020-08-0435 minDaily Thunder Podcast415: Stalin’s Telegram // Spiritual Lessons from WW2 60 (Eric Ludy)415: Stalin’s Telegram // Spiritual Lessons from WW2 60 (Eric Ludy)
Speaker: Eric Ludy
Series: Spiritual Lessons from WW2
Study:60:Stalin’s Telegram
This is the sixtieth installment in Eric’s series entitled Spiritual lessons from WW2. In this episode he zooms in on a particular interchange of telegrams between Churchill and Stalin in late 1943. Stalin is upset with Churchills phraseology on the matter of Arctic convoys arriving in the winter months of 1943 and subsequently sends a brash, belittling, accusatory, and altogether unpleasant telegram to Churchill. What Churchill does in return is wholly unexpected and unprecedented in the correspondence between world leaders...
2020-07-2941 minDaily Thunder Podcast413: The Mind of the General // Spiritual Lessons from WW2 59 (Eric Ludy)413: The Mind of the General // Spiritual Lessons from WW2 59 (Eric Ludy)
Speaker: Eric Ludy
Series: Spiritual Lessons from WW2
Study: 59: The Mind of the General
This is the fifty-ninth installment in Eric’s series entitled Spiritual Lessons from WW2. In this episode he explores the mental burdens of Winston Churchill in late 1943. And then he compares that with the list of mental burdens the Church of Jesus Christ is facing right now in 2020. There is an ancient strategy for walking through the darkest hour and it isn’t fear and it isn’t anxiety. This message unpacks this amazing heavenly strategy a...
2020-07-2753 minDaily Thunder Podcast412: The Order of the White Feather // Spiritual Lessons from WW2 58 (Eric Ludy)412: The Order of the White Feather // Spiritual Lessons from WW2 58 (Eric Ludy)
Speaker: Eric Ludy
Series: Spiritual Lessons from WW2
Study: The Order of the White Feather
This is the fifty-eighth installment in Eric’s series entitled Spiritual Lessons from WW2. In this episode he contrasts the Soviet Union’s military motivation technique during WW2 with the motivation technique of Great Britain in WW1 and WW2. Spoiler alert: Eric is not impressed with either of them. And then he contrasts both of these methods (which both proved effective in an earthly sense...
2020-07-2439 minDaily Thunder Podcast410: The Spurning of Calais // Spiritual Lessons from WW2 57 (Eric Ludy)410: The Spurning of Calais // Spiritual Lessons from WW2 57 (Eric Ludy)
Speaker: Eric Ludy
Series: Spiritual Lessons from WW2
Study: 57: The Spurning of Calais
This is the fifty-seventh installment in Eric’s series entitled Spiritual Lessons from WW2. In this episode he addresses the propensity in all of us to want to be important, significant, and famous. Paralleling the decision between Pas de Calais and Normandy for the target location for the great D-Day attack in 1944 Eric brings out that tension between desiring victory in the war and desiring to be made famous in and...
2020-07-2235 minDaily Thunder Podcast408: The Rescue of Mussolini // Spiritual Lessons from WW2 56 (Eric Ludy)408: The Rescue of Mussolini // Spiritual Lessons from WW2 56 (Eric Ludy)
Speaker: Eric Ludy
Series: Spiritual Lessons from WW2
Study: 56: The Rescue of Mussolini
This is the fifty-sixth installment in Eric’s series entitled Spiritual Lessons from WW2. In this episode he zooms in on Adolf Hitler’s response to the removal of his friend, Benito Mussolini, from power in Italy in July of 1943. Eric creates a parallel between Hitler’s plan of rescue of Mussolini and Mussolini’s fascism with Satan’s plan of rescue for the operation of the flesh in our lif...
2020-07-2031 minDaily Thunder Podcast407: The Fall of Mussolini // Spiritual Lessons from WW2 55 (Eric Ludy)407: The Fall of Mussolini // Spiritual Lessons from WW2 55 (Eric Ludy)
Speaker: Eric Ludy
Series: Spiritual Lessons from WW2
Study: 55: The Fall of Mussolini
This is the fifty-fifth installment in Eric’s series entitled Spiritual Lessons from WW2. In this episode he creates a parallel between the Italian dictator, Benito Mussolini and Haman, the great enemy of the Jewish people in the book of Esther. In July of 1943 the Italian people will finally wake up and realize that they don’t want to side with lies, hate, and deceit anymore. And to the chagrin and ultimate destruction of Mussolini, the Ita...
2020-07-1752 minDaily Thunder Podcast403: The Sicilian Wind // Spiritual Lessons from WW2 54 (Eric Ludy)403: The Sicilian Wind // Spiritual Lessons from WW2 54 (Eric Ludy)
Speaker: Eric Ludy
Series:Spiritual Lessons from WW2
Study: 54: The Sicilian Wind
This is the fifty-fourth installment in Eric’s series entitled Spiritual Lessons from WW2. In this episode he leverages the providential gusting wind along the shoreline of Sicily on July 10th, 1943 to explain one of the most difficult-to-grasp ideas in Scripture and one of the most-needed Truths to understand. This unseasonable wind was very unwelcome to the invading good guys, but this same northwest wind that threatened to destroy the good guy's...
2020-07-1349 minDaily Thunder Podcast402: Controlling the Sea // Spiritual Lessons from WW2 53 (Eric Ludy)402: Controlling the Sea // Spiritual Lessons from WW2 53 (Eric Ludy)
Speaker: Eric Ludy
Series: Spiritual Lessons from WW2
Study: 53: Controlling the Sea
This is the fifty-third installment in Eric’s series entitled Spiritual Lessons from WW2. In this episode he walks through the intriguing process of discovery that the Allies went through in determining their priority opponent in the war (is it Germany, Japan, or Italy?) and their priority theater of battle (is it the Western Front, the Eastern Front, the Pacific, the Mediterranean, or the Atlantic?). This process of discovery is not...
2020-07-1046 minDaily Thunder Podcast400: A Million Unused Soldiers // Spiritual Lessons from WW2 52 (Eric Ludy)400: A Million Unused Soldiers // Spiritual Lessons from WW2 52 (Eric Ludy)
Speaker: Eric Ludy
Series: Spiritual Lessons from WW2
Study: 52: A Million Unused Soldiers
This is the fifty-second installment in Eric’s series entitled Spiritual Lessons from WW2. In this episode he breaks down Winston Churchill’s thinking towards the expenditure of British military strength in the critical year of 1943. Should he hoard it or should he radically spend it? Should he take a step away in order to amass greater strength for a battle someday in the future or should he take the unc...
2020-07-0845 minDaily Thunder Podcast398: The Old Lion // Spiritual Lessons from WW2 51 (Eric Ludy)398: The Old Lion // Spiritual Lessons from WW2 51 (Eric Ludy)
Speaker: Eric Ludy
Series: Spiritual Lessons from WW2
Study: The Old Lion
This is the fifty-first installment in Eric’s series entitled Spiritual Lessons from WW2. In this episode he unpacks Winston Churchills dangerous bout with pneumonia in the critical war months of 1943 and then parallels that with the Church’s dangerous bout with comfort and correctness in the year 2020.
2020-07-0646 minDaily Thunder Podcast397: Casablanca // Spiritual Lessons from WW2 50 (Eric Ludy)397: Casablanca // Spiritual Lessons from WW2 50 (Eric Ludy)
Speaker: Eric Ludy
Series: Spiritual Lessons from WW2
Study: 50:Casablanca
This is the fiftieth installment in Eric’s series entitled Spiritual Lessons from WW2. In this episode he dives into the tumultuous waters of contention, division, and denomination in the Body of Christ today. In paralleling the modern Church with the Allied forces in January of 1943, a fascinating picture emerges. Casablanca was the place where a common vision and purpose statement was forged amongst America, Great Britain, and the Free French. The Church is in despe...
2020-07-0354 minDaily Thunder Podcast393: Before Alamein // Spiritual Lessons from WW2 48 (Eric Ludy)393: Before Alamein // Spiritual Lessons from WW2 48 (Eric Ludy)
Speaker: Eric Ludy
Series: Spiritual Lessons from WW2
Study: 48: Before Alamein
This is the forty-eighth installment in Eric’s series entitled Spiritual Lessons from WW2. In this episode he examines the critical hinge point in the war for Great Britain that unfolded in a place called El Alamein. Up until October 23, 1942 everything militarily for Great Britain had basically proven disastrous. And though this long season of difficulty was arduous for the Brits, it also served a tremendous purpose. And so in our lives, th...
2020-06-2949 minDaily Thunder Podcast392: Stuck on Sledgehammer // Spiritual Lessons from WW2 47 (Eric Ludy)392: Stuck on Sledgehammer // Spiritual Lessons from WW2 47 (Eric Ludy)
Speaker: Eric Ludy
Series: Spiritual Lessons from WW2
Study: 47: Stuck on Sledgehammer
This is the forty-seventh installment in Eric’s series entitled Spiritual Lessons from WW2. In this episode he explores how the diplomatic convincing work of Winston Churchill on Joseph Stalin in August of 1942 parallels how the Holy Spirit labors to convince us of the efficacy and reasonableness of surrendering to the rulership of Jesus Christ.
2020-06-2654 minDaily Thunder Podcast387: Behind the Silence // Spiritual Lessons from WW2 45 (Eric Ludy)387: Behind the Silence // Spiritual Lessons from WW2 45 (Eric Ludy)
Speaker: Eric Ludy
Series: Spiritual Lessons from WW2
Study: Behind the Silence
This is the forty-fifth installment in Eric’s series entitled Spiritual Lessons from WW2. In this episode he explores the German mindset in 1942 that would cause an entire nation of “Christians” to remain silent and turn their back on a very real and terrible genocide.
2020-06-2249 minDaily Thunder Podcast384: The 42 Offensive // Spiritual Lessons from WW2 43 (Eric Ludy)384: The 42 Offensive // Spiritual Lessons from WW2 43 (Eric Ludy)
Speaker: Eric Ludy
Series: Spiritual Lessons from WW2
Study: 43: Spiritual Lessons from WW2
This is the forty-third installment in Eric’s series entitled Spiritual Lessons from WW2. In this episode he depicts the challenge President Roosevelt faced in deciding his primary military focus in 1942 with the challenge the Church of Jesus Christ is facing right now in the year 2020.
2020-06-1744 minDaily Thunder Podcast382: The Manhattan Project // Spiritual Lessons from WW2 42 (Eric Ludy)382: The Manhattan Project // Spiritual Lessons from WW2 42 (Eric Ludy)
Speaker: Eric Ludy
Series: Spiritual Lessons from WW2
Study: 42: The Manhattan Project
This is the forty-second installment in Eric’s series entitled Spiritual Lessons from WW2. In this episode he discusses the scientific battle going on in secret throughout the war to develop the “weapon of weapons” and the race between the nations to win in the realm of the invisible. The parallels with the Church and the Christian life today are profound.
2020-06-1542 minDaily Thunder Podcast381: Going After the Girl // Spiritual Lessons from WW2 41 (Eric Ludy)381: Going After the Girl // Spiritual Lessons from WW2 41 (Eric Ludy)
Speaker: Eric Ludy
Series: Spiritual Lessons from WW2
Study: 41: Going After the Girl
This is the forty-first installment in Eric’s series entitled Spiritual Lessons from WW2. In this episode he parallels the appeasement attitudes of Neville Chamberlain in the years leading up to 1939 with the appeasement attitudes in the Church today toward this violent spiritual storm currently raging about us.
2020-06-1243 minDaily Thunder Podcast379: The Turning Point // Spiritual Lessons from WW2 40 (Eric Ludy)379: The Turning Point // Spiritual Lessons from WW2 40 (Eric Ludy)
Speaker: Eric Ludy
Series: Spiritual Lessons from WW2
Study: 40: The Turning Point
This is the fortieth installment in Eric’s series entitled Spiritual Lessons from WW2. In this episode he dives into the significance of the Battle of Midway and how that profoundly parallels the critical battle the Church of Jesus Christ is facing right now in America.
2020-06-1052 minDaily Thunder Podcast377: Revival in the Pacific // Spiritual Lessons from WW2 39 (Eric Ludy)377: Revival in the Pacific // Spiritual Lessons from WW2 39 (Eric Ludy)
Speaker: Eric Ludy
Series: Spiritual Lessons from WW2
Study: 39: Revival in the Pacific
This is the thirty-ninth installment in Eric’s series entitled Spiritual Lessons from WW2. In this episode he explores the profound way God works in and through desperate times. In May of 1942 the Japanese appeared unstoppable in the Pacific theater and the United States extremely vulnerable. What was needed then is precisely what we as the Church are needing now — a revival in the Pacific.
2020-06-0838 minDaily Thunder Podcast376: The Wild-Eyed Soldier // Spiritual Lessons from WW2 38 (Eric Ludy)376: The Wild-Eyed Soldier // Spiritual Lessons from WW2 38 (Eric Ludy)
Speaker: Eric Ludy
Series: Spiritual Lessons from WW2
Study: 38: The Wild-Eyed Soldier
This is the thirty-eighth installment in Eric’s series entitled Spiritual Lessons from WW2. In this episode he explores the unique mindset of the Japanese soldiers during the war that led them to do such heroic, albeit, crazy things. Japanese thinking in the 1940s had some serious errors inside it, however, there is a remnant in all of it of something extraordinary that is revealed beautifully in the story of on...
2020-06-0532 minDaily Thunder Podcast374: The Doolittle Riots // Spiritual Lessons from WW2 37 (Eric Ludy)374: The Doolittle Riots // Spiritual Lessons from WW2 37 (Eric Ludy)
Speaker: Eric Ludy
Series: Spiritual Lessons from WW2
Study: 37: The Doolittle Riots
This is the thirty-seventh installment in Eric’s series entitled Spiritual Lessons from WW2. In this episode he dives into the uncomfortable territory of racial divide and ethnic dehumanization that worked as a key sub-theme in the entirety of WW2. In our modern day, we could learn a lot from the mistakes of the past. The Gospel of Jesus Christ is still, after two thousand years, the best method for dea...
2020-06-0354 minDaily Thunder Podcast372: Roosevelt’s Blind Spot // Spiritual Lessons from WW2 36 (Eric Ludy)372: Roosevelt’s Blind Spot // Spiritual Lessons from WW2 36 (Eric Ludy)
Speaker: Eric Ludy
Series: Spiritual Lessons from WW2
Study: 36: Roosevelt’s Blind Spot
This is the thirty-sixth installment in Eric’s series entitled Spiritual Lessons from WW2. In this episode he explores the strange double-standard (a.k.a. blind spot) that can sometimes exist in the Christian life. Eric uses Roosevelt’s controversial executive order in 1942 as an amazing illustration of believing the right things and yet doing the wrong things. As the Church, we are in desperate need of having our blin...
2020-06-0152 minDaily Thunder Podcast371: Blockaded in Brest // Spiritual Lessons from WW2 35 (Eric Ludy)371: Blockaded in Brest // Spiritual Lessons from WW2 35 (Eric Ludy)
Speaker: Eric Ludy
Series: Spiritual Lessons from WW2
Study: 35: Blockaded in Brest
This is the thirty-fifth installment in Eric’s series entitled Spiritual Lessons from WW2. In this episode he explores the surreptious plans of Hitler on February 12, 1942 to sneak two German warships through the English Channel right under the nose of the British. A feat that every good British citizen would declare to be impossible. Eric draws a fascinating spiritual parallel in and through this seeming grand triumph of Hitler’s geni...
2020-05-2934 minDaily Thunder Podcast369: The Sweater Vest // Spiritual Lessons from WW2 34 (Eric Ludy)369: The Sweater Vest // Spiritual Lessons from WW2 34 (Eric Ludy)
Speaker: Eric Ludy
Series: Spiritual Lessons from WW2
Study: 34: The Sweater Vest
This is the thirty-fourth installment in Eric’s series entitled Spiritual Lessons from WW2. In this episode he visits Winston Churchill in one of his most trying moments in the winter months of 1942, when the bullets flying at him are from his own people and not just from the evil Axis powers. During this historic vote of confidence, we see a parallel with the challenges we all face in standing fo...
2020-05-2736 minDaily Thunder Podcast366: The Soul of Litvinov // Spiritual Lessons from WW2 32 (Eric Ludy)366: The Soul of Litvinov // Spiritual Lessons from WW2 32 (Eric Ludy)
Spaker: Eric Ludy
Series: Spiritual Lessons from WW2
Study: 32: The Soul of Litvinov
This is the thirty-second installment in Eric’s series entitled Spiritual Lessons from WW2. In this episode he builds an beautiful parallel between the Heavenly Father's shocking pursuit of the filthy prodigal son and Franklin Roosevelt’s shocking pursuit of the soul of Maxim Litvinov.
2020-05-2230 minDaily Thunder Podcast364: The American Supply // Spiritual Lessons from WW2 31 (Eric Ludy)364: The American Supply // Spiritual Lessons from WW2 31 (Eric Ludy)
Speaker: Eric Ludy
Series: Spiritual Lessons from WW2
Study: The American Supply
This is the thirty-first installment in Eric’s series entitled Spiritual Lessons from WW2. In this episode he explores the profound parallel between the untapped American manufacturing potential in 1941 and the oft-untapped potential of Throne Room of Grace that has been opened up to us via the shed blood of Christ. Great Britain was desperate for military supplies in December of 1941, just like each one of us is des...
2020-05-2035 minDaily Thunder Podcast362: The Map Room // Spiritual Lessons from WW2 30 (Eric Ludy)362: The Map Room // Spiritual Lessons from WW2 30 (Eric Ludy)
Speaker: Eric Ludy
Series: Spiritual Lessons from WW2
Study: 30: The Map Room
This is the thirtieth installment in Eric’s series entitled Spiritual Lessons from WW2. In this episode he examines Churchill’s passion for a map room that, in 1941, gave him a global minute-by-minute picture of the various theaters of war throughout the world. Eric parallels this with the spiritual function of “remembrance” in a Christian’s life and stirs the believer to begin building their very own map room.
2020-05-1836 minDaily Thunder Podcast361: The Atlantic Hunting Grounds // Spiritual Lessons from WW2 29 (Eric Ludy)361: The Atlantic Hunting Grounds // Spiritual Lessons from WW2 29 (Eric Ludy)
Speaker: Eric Ludy
Series: Spiritual Lessons from WW2
Study: 29: The Atlantic Hunting Grounds
This is the twenty-ninth installment in Eric’s series entitled Spiritual Lessons from WW2. In this episode he explores the idea of mental focus and soundness of mind, using a parallel between Churchill’s dangerous crossing of the Atlantic in December of 1941 and our dangerous crossing of our own life’s dilemmas in the year 2020. The Christian is empowered by the Holy Spirit to maintain a “sound mind” always, ev...
2020-05-1734 minDaily Thunder Podcast360: The Honorable and the Outrageous // Spiritual Lessons from WW2 28 (Eric Ludy)360: The Honorable and the Outrageous // Spiritual Lessons from WW2 28 (Eric Ludy)
Speaker: Eric Ludy
Series: Spiritual Lessons from WW2
Study: 28: The Honorable and the Outrageous
This is the twenty-eighth installment in Eric’s series entitled Spiritual Lessons from WW2. In this episode he creates a division between good and evil in WW2. Utilizing Emperor Hirohito in Japan and his deceptive antics on December 7, 1941 as the chief illustration, Eric reminds Christians that there IS a definition of right and there IS a definition of wrong behavior — there is a definition of good and...
2020-05-1547 minDaily Thunder Podcast356: The Sinking of the Prince // Spiritual Lessons from WW2 26 (Eric Ludy)356: The Sinking of the Prince // Spiritual Lessons from WW2 26 (Eric Ludy)
Speaker: Eric Ludy
Sereis: Spiritual Lessons from WW2
Study: 26: The Sinking of the Prince
This is the twenty-sixth installment in Eric’s series entitled Spiritual Lessons from WW2. In this episode he examines the devastating loss of two great battleships in December of 1941 and the unique parallel we all should share with this sorrowful sinking in the Pacific.
2020-05-1129 minDaily Thunder Podcast355: The Unfriendly Ally // Spiritual Lessons from WW2 25 (Eric Ludy)355: The Unfriendly Ally // Spiritual Lessons from WW2 25 (Eric Ludy)
Speaker: Eric Ludy
Series: Spiritual Lessons from WW2
Study: 25:The Unfriendly Ally
This is the twenty-fifth installment in Eric’s series entitled Spiritual Lessons from WW2. In this episode he examines the unique challenge that Winston Churchill faced in 1941 in dealing with Joseph Stalin and then supplies an inspiring teaching on how each of us can effectively administer grace, mercy, and patience to the surly characters in our own lives.
2020-05-1033 minDaily Thunder Podcast354: The Fearless Fellowship // Spiritual Lessons from WW2 24 (Eric Ludy)354: The Fearless Fellowship // Spiritual Lessons from WW2 24 (Eric Ludy)
Speaker: Eric Ludy
Series: Spiritual Lessons from WW2
Study: 24: The Fearless Fellowship
This is the twenty-fourth installment in Eric’s series entitled Spiritual Lessons from WW2. In this episode he showcases the mindset and attitude of Roosevelt and Churchill in the dangerous season of Atlantic unrest in mid-1941. They both felt it was imperative that they met face-to-face, but to do so would mean incredible dangers. They met, and their meeting changed the course of history. Are we as the Church facing a s...
2020-05-0832 minDaily Thunder Podcast352: Operation Red Beard // Spiritual Lessons from WW2 23 (Eric Ludy)352: Operation Red Beard // Spiritual Lessons from WW2 23 (Eric Ludy)
Speaker: Eric Ludy
Series: Spiritual Lessons from WW2
Study: 23: Operation Red Beard
This is the twenty-third installment in Eric’s series entitled Spiritual Lessons from WW2. In this episode he examines Hitler’s surprise attack on Soviet Russia on June 22, 1941. This key event changed the course of history and ultimately led to the downfall of the Nazi regime, but it also contains some amazing spiritual lessons that can change the course of our lives today.
2020-05-0631 minDaily Thunder Podcast350: The German Mind // Spiritual Lessons from WW2 22 (Eric Ludy)350: The German Mind // Spiritual Lessons from WW2 22 (Eric Ludy)
Speaker: Eric Ludy
Series: Spiritual Lessons from WW2
Study: 22: The German Mind
This is the twenty-second installment in Eric’s series entitled Spiritual Lessons from WW2. In this episode he explores the deranged German thinking patterns that led to their butchery of the Jews throughout the war and their strange attack on the Soviet Union in June of 1941. And then he shows how we, too, must be delivered from these same twisted thinking patterns.
2020-05-0429 minDaily Thunder Podcast349: The Door of the Desert Foxes // Spiritual Lessons from WW2 21 (Eric Ludy)349: The Door of the Desert Foxes // Spiritual Lessons from WW2 21 (Eric Ludy)
Speaker: Eric Ludy
Series: Spiritual Lessons from WW2
Study: 21: The Door of the Desert Foxes
This is the much-anticipated return to Eric’s WW2 series that was interrupted by the arrival of COVID-19 in mid-March. In this twenty-first episode, Eric brings us right back into the thick of the battle in 1941, featuring the unique life of Erwin Rommel, the legendary Desert Fox.
2020-05-0332 minDaily Thunder Podcast348: The Secret of the Fearless // The Special Quarantine Edition 34 (Eric Ludy)348: The Secret of the Fearless // The Special Quarantine Edition 34 (Eric Ludy)
Speaker: Eric Ludy
Series: The Special Quarantine Edition
Study: 34: The Secret of the Fearless
This is the thirty-fourth and final installment in Eric and Nathan’s series entitled The Special Quarantine Edition. In this episode Eric hits on the topic of spiritual boldness in the face of danger and explores the lives of some of the greatest pictures of fearless unshakability in the past 150 years.
2020-05-0213 minDaily Thunder Podcast346: Outraged // The Special Quarantine Edition 32 (Eric Ludy)346: Outraged // The Special Quarantine Edition 32 (Eric Ludy)
Speaker: Eric Ludy
Series: The Special Quarantine Edition
Study: 32: Outraged
This is the thirty-second installment in Eric and Nathan’s series entitled The Special Quarantine Edition. In this episode Eric addresses the snare of indignation and the importance for Christians to guard their souls against the bait of divisive sensationalism.
2020-04-2910 minDaily Thunder Podcast344: Manly Action // The Special Quarantine Edition 30 (Eric Ludy)344: Manly Action // The Special Quarantine Edition 30 (Eric Ludy)
Speaker: Eric Ludy
Series: The Special Quarantine Edition
Study: 30: Manly Action
This is the thirtieth installment in Eric and Nathan’s series entitled The Special Quarantine Edition. In this episode Eric discusses the “doing” of Christianity, making a strong appeal to move beyond just the “hearing” of the Word, to becoming heroic action-figures for Jesus Christ.
2020-04-2712 minDaily Thunder Podcast343: The Purpose of Candle Wax // The Special Quarantine Edition 29 (Eric Ludy)343: The Purpose of Candle Wax // The Special Quarantine Edition 29 (Eric Ludy)
Speaker: Eric Ludy
Series: The Special Quarantine Edition
Study: 29: The Purpose of Candle Wax
This is the twenty-ninth installment in Eric and Nathan’s series entitled The Special Quarantine Edition. In this episode Eric tackles the issue of self-sacrifice and the imperative for the Christian to give everything to Christ.
2020-04-2607 minDaily Thunder Podcast342: Would You Give Him Your Blanket? // The Special Quarantine Edition 28 (Eric Ludy)342: Would You Give Him Your Blanket? // The Special Quarantine Edition 28 (Eric Ludy)
Speaker: Eric Ludy
Series: The Special Quarantine Edition
Study: 28: Would You Give Him Your Blanket?
This is the twenty-eighth installment in Eric and Nathan’s series entitled The Special Quarantine Edition. In this episode Eric talks about turning outward and serving others as the Kingdom means of showcasing Christ in the midst of this season of extreme self-preservation.
2020-04-2411 minDaily Thunder Podcast340: The Time of the Man // The Special Quarantine Edition 26 (Eric Ludy)340: The Time of the Man // The Special Quarantine Edition 26 (Eric Ludy)
Speaker: Eric Ludy
Series: The Special Quarantine Edition
Study: 26: The Time of the Man
This is the twenty-sixth installment in Eric and Nathan’s series entitled The Special Quarantine Edition. In this episode Eric hits on the issue of manhood, reminding us that when evil encroaches upon a culture, its first agenda is to undermine the strength of godly masculinity. And when the Holy Spirit engages a culture, His first order of business is to establish it.
2020-04-2307 minDaily Thunder Podcast338: A Bit of Perspective // The Special Quarantine Edition 24 (Eric Ludy)338: A Bit of Perspective // The Special Quarantine Edition 24 (Eric Ludy)
Speaker: Eric Ludy
Series: The Special Quarantine Edition
Study: 24: A Bit of Perspective
This is the twenty-fourth installment in Eric and Nathan’s series entitled The Special Quarantine Edition. In this episode Eric reminds us of the beauty, power, and efficacy of the shed blood of Christ in the midst of this time when the Coronavirus is stealing the headlines and occupying the center stage in most people’s thought life.
2020-04-2009 minDaily Thunder Podcast337: Strategies for Prison Life // The Special Quarantine Edition 23 (Eric Ludy)337: Strategies for Prison Life // The Special Quarantine Edition 23 (Eric Ludy)
Speaker: Eric Ludy
Series: The Special Quarantine Edition
Study: 23: Strategies for Prison Life
This is the twenty-third installment in Eric and Nathan’s series entitled The Special Quarantine Edition. In this episode Eric walks through Paul’s unique outlook while stuck in a jail in Philippi and then converts that into present-day strategies for each of us while stuck in our COVID-19 quarantine.
2020-04-1913 minDaily Thunder Podcast336: Choosing the Veggies // The Special Quarantine Edition 22 (Eric Ludy)336: Choosing the Veggies // The Special Quarantine Edition 22 (Eric Ludy)
Speaker: Eric Ludy
Series: The Special Quarantine Edition
Study: 22: Choosing the Veggies
This is the twenty-second installment in Eric and Nathan’s series entitled The Special Quarantine Edition. In this episode Eric builds a unique parallel between our current quarantine season and the Jews captivity in Babylon and then draws on the decision of Daniel to “choose the veggies” while in captivity as an inspiration for all of us to do the same.
2020-04-1713 min