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Daily Thunder Podcast
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.
Episodes
Daily Thunder Podcast1178: Real History // Spiritual Lessons from the Times of Nero 31 (Eric Ludy)
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…
Daily Thunder Podcast1177: God’s Not Done With You // The Grand and Glorious Gospel 14 (Nathan Johnson)
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…
Daily Thunder Podcast1176: Coated in Crimson // Spiritual Lessons from the Time of Nero 30 (Eric Ludy)
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…
Daily Thunder Podcast1175: The Messiah Vacuum // Spiritual Lessons from the Time of Nero 29 (Eric Ludy)
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…
Daily Thunder Podcast1174: Image-Bearer of the Living God // The Grand and Glorious Gospel 13 (Nathan Johnson)
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…
Daily Thunder Podcast1173: The Battle of the Puny Brains // Spiritual Lessons from the Time of Nero 28 (Eric Ludy)
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…
Daily Thunder Podcast1172: Tearful Anticipation // Spiritual Lessons from the Time of Nero 27 (Eric Ludy)
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…
Daily Thunder Podcast1171: Arrayed in Armor // The Grand and Glorious Gospel 12 (Nathan Johnson)
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…
Daily Thunder Podcast1170: Dating Mr. Difficult // Spiritual Lessons from the Time of Nero 26 (Eric Ludy)
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…
Daily Thunder Podcast1169: The Dating Game // Spiritual Lessons from the Time of Nero 25 (Eric Ludy)
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”…
Daily Thunder Podcast1168: Your Free Gym Membership // The Grand and Glorious Gospel 11 (Nathan Johnson)
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…
Daily Thunder Podcast1167: Don’t Force It // Spiritual Lessons from the Time of Nero 24 (Eric Ludy)
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…
Daily Thunder Podcast1166: The 40th Parallel // Spiritual Lessons from the Time of Nero 23 (Eric Ludy)
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…
Daily Thunder Podcast1165: The Fruit of One’s Life // The Grand and Glorious Gospel 10 (Nathan Johnson)
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…
Daily Thunder Podcast1164: The Monster, Nero // Spiritual Lessons from the Time of Nero 22 (Eric Ludy)
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…
Daily Thunder Podcast1163: The Man, Nero // Spiritual Lessons from the Time of Nero 21 (Eric Ludy)
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…
Daily Thunder Podcast1162: Marked by Love and Humility // The Grand and Glorious Gospel 09 (Nathan Johnson)
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…
Daily Thunder Podcast1160: Put on those Nikes // Spiritual Lessons from the Time of Nero 20 (Eric Ludy)
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…
Daily Thunder Podcast1159: The Sealed Book // Spiritual Lessons from the Time of Nero 19 (Eric Ludy)
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…
Daily Thunder Podcast1158: The Beauty of Holiness // The Grand and Glorious Gospel 08 (Nathan Johnson)
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…
Daily Thunder Podcast1157: The Ludy Circus // Spiritual Lessons from the Time of Nero 18 (Eric Ludy)
This is the eighteenth installment in Eric’s series entitled Spiritual Lessons from the Time of Nero. In this episode he explores the bizarre cultural setting…
Daily Thunder Podcast1156: Soon // Spiritual Lessons from the Time of Nero 17 (Eric Ludy)
This is the seventeenth installment in Eric’s series entitled Spiritual Lessons from the Time of Nero. In this episode he addresses the perplexing matter of…
Daily Thunder Podcast1155: Your Position and Identity IN Christ // The Grand and Glorious Gospel 07 (Nathan Johnson)
As a believer, after you repent and put your faith in the Gospel, God changes your position from being in the kingdom of darkness and transfers you into the…
Daily Thunder Podcast1154: Adoption and Assurance // The Grand and Glorious Gospel 06 (Nathan Johnson)
There are many blessings and benefits of the Gospel in our lives. As we begin our investigation of a few of them, Nathan Johnson focuses on the topic of…
Daily Thunder Podcast1153: Smelling the Flowers // Spiritual Lessons from the Time of Nero 16 (Eric Ludy)
This is the sixteenth installment in Eric’s series entitled Spiritual Lessons from the Time of Nero. In this episode he asks his listeners to take off their…
Daily Thunder Podcast1152: On the Spectrum // Spiritual Lessons from the Time of Nero 15 (Eric Ludy)
This is the fifteenth installment in Eric’s series entitled Spiritual Lessons from the Time of Nero. In this episode he labors to parallel today’s modern…
Daily Thunder Podcast1151: What Happened to the Gospel? // The Grand and Glorious Gospel Bonus (Nathan Johnson)
In this special bonus episode, Nathan talks about why we aren't releasing a "normal" study in the series this week, gives a quick reflection on the series thus…
Daily Thunder Podcast1150: The Bionic Ear // Spiritual Lessons from The Time of Nero 14 (Eric Ludy)
This is the fourteenth installment of Eric’s series entitled Spiritual Lessons from the Time of Nero. In this installment he discusses the unique phrase in…
Daily Thunder Podcast1149: The Tangled Jungle // Spiritual Lesson from the Time of Nero 13 (Eric Ludy)
This is the thirteenth installment in Eric’s series entitled Spiritual Lessons from the Time of Nero. In this episode he gives an overview of the arduous task…
Daily Thunder Podcast1148: Classic God // Spiritual Lessons from the Time of Nero 12 (Eric Ludy)
This is the twelfth installment in Eric’s series entitled Spiritual Lessons from the Time of Nero. In this episode he puts out on the table his most important…
Daily Thunder Podcast1147: The Great Exchange // The Grand and Glorious Gospel 05 (Nathan Johnson)
The Gospel offers a great exchange: my life for Christ’s. Because of the Gospel, I have been bought with a price, and my life is now hid in Christ Jesus. As…
Daily Thunder Podcast1146: The Great Cover-Up // Spiritual Lessons from The Time of Nero 11 (Eric Ludy)
This is the eleventh installment in Eric’s summer series. In this episode he discusses the historical agenda of the Devil to distort the working of God, to…
Daily Thunder Podcast1145: Mr. Sneaky // Spiritual Lessons from the Time of Nero 10 (Eric Ludy)
This is the tenth installment in Eric’s series entitled Spiritual Lessons from the Time of Nero. In this episode he discusses the “culture of silence” that…
Daily Thunder Podcast1144: Repent and Believe // The Grand and Glorious Gospel 04 (Nathan Johnson)
The modern “gospel” has often been reduced to a true/false test — a simple prayer at the end of a sermon. But biblical salvation requires you to repent and…
Daily Thunder Podcast1143: The Golden Chariot // Spiritual Lessons from the Time of Nero 09 (Eric Ludy)
This the ninth installment in Eric’s series entitled Spiritual Lessons from the Time of Nero. In this message he takes us one step further into the puzzling…
Daily Thunder Podcast1142: The Puzzling End // Spiritual Lessons from the Time of Nero 08 (Eric Ludy)
This is the eighth episode in Eric’s series entitled Spiritual Lessons from the Time of Nero. In this installment he explores the concept of “The End.” There…
Daily Thunder Podcast1141: Clear as Mud // Spiritual Lessons from the Time of Nero 07 (Eric Ludy)
This is the seventh installment of Eric’s series entitled Spiritual Lessons from the Time of Nero. In this episode he addresses the hard-to-understand style of…
Daily Thunder Podcast1140: The Superlative Reality // The Grand and Glorious Gospel 03 (Nathan Johnson)
Jesus IS our salvation! This is so profound that “good” news makes it sound paltry. The superlative reality is that Christ Himself has saved us from the domain…
Daily Thunder Podcast1139: The Ash of Antioches // Spiritual Lessons from the Time of Nero 06 (Eric Ludy)
This is the sixth installment in Eric’s Daily Thunder series entitled Spiritual Lessons from the Times of Nero. In this episode he demonstrates throughout the…
Daily Thunder Podcast1138: The Art of Trembling // Spiritual Lessons from the Time of Nero 05 (Eric Ludy)
This is the fifth installment in Eric’s series entitled Spiritual Lessons from the Time of Nero. In this episode he discusses the profound nature of God’s Holy…
Daily Thunder Podcast1137: The Bad News of the Gospel // The Grand and Glorious Gospel 02 (Nathan Johnson)
The good news is even greater news when seen in light of the bad news. Without knowing the sinful condition we are in apart from Christ, we will fail to…
Daily Thunder Podcast1136: When Michael Stands // Spiritual Lessons from the Times of Nero 04 (Eric Ludy)
This is the fourth installment in Eric’s new series entitled, Spiritual Lessons from the Times of Nero. In this episode he dives into the deep end of Scripture…
Daily Thunder Podcast1135: Great Balls of Fire // Spiritual Lessons from the Time of Nero 03 (Eric Ludy)
This is the third installment in Eric’s exciting new summer series entitled, Spiritual Lessons from the Time of Nero. In this episode, he investigates the…
Daily Thunder Podcast1134: What is the Gospel? // The Grand and Glorious Gospel 01 (Nathan Johnson)
If someone asked you to define and describe the Gospel, what would you say? In this introduction to his new series “The Grand and Glorious Gospel,” Nathan…
Daily Thunder Podcast1133: I Work at Starbucks // Spiritual Lessons from the Time of Nero 02 (Eric Ludy)
This is the second installment in Eric Ludy’s powerful and intriguing new summer series entitled Spiritual Lessons from the Time of Nero. In this episode, Eric…
Daily Thunder Podcast1132: A Most Fantastic Event // Spiritual Lessons from the Time of Nero 01 (Eric Ludy)
The time of Nero was an incredibly dark time in history; a time when people suffered under the rule of a madman and sadistic mass murderer. But there is also…
Daily Thunder Podcast1131: What's Around the Corner // The Round Table 09 (Eric Ludy + Nathan Johnson)
In this special Daily Thunder episode, Eric and Nathan sit down to reflect on the past season of Daily Thunder and discuss their exciting new summer series…
Daily Thunder Podcast1130: The Fragrance of Love // Jesus in Every Area of Life 12 (Nathan Johnson)
You have an aroma. And while it may be a stench to the world, it is a delightful fragrance to God. In this message, Nathan teaches from Ephesians 5:2 and…
Daily Thunder Podcast1129: Goodbye, Daddy // Legendary 12 (Eric Ludy)
This is the twelfth and final message in Eric’s powerful series entitled Legendary. In this episode Eric finishes off the series with style with a meditation…
Daily Thunder Podcast1128: A Declaration of Dependence // The Round Table 08 (Eric Ludy + Nathan Johnson)
We love our independence politically, but to live that way spiritually will bring destruction and death. What we need as Christians is a humble declaration of…
Daily Thunder Podcast1127: Living in and out of Love // Jesus in Every Area of Life 11 (Nathan Johnson)
One of the defining attributes of Christians is to be love—but not a love like the world based on emotion, circumstance, or preference. Our lives are to be…
Daily Thunder Podcast1126: The Fellowship of Suffering // Legendary 11 (Eric Ludy)
This is the eleventh episode in Eric’s powerful series entitled Legendary. This particular episode explores the transformative power of shared experience and…
Daily Thunder Podcast1125: Clarifying Conviction vs Condemnation // The Round Table 07 (Eric Ludy + Nathan Johnson)
Many Christians are confused over the difference between conviction and condemnation—but the difference is vast. In this important episode, Eric and Nathan sit…
Daily Thunder Podcast1124: God’s Cherished Children // Jesus in Every Area of Life 10 (Nathan Johnson)
We are God’s beloved children! We have been adopted as true heirs and every Christian is His special (number one favorite) child. In this message, Nathan…
Daily Thunder Podcast1123: Leaving Everything // Legendary 10 (Eric Ludy)
This is the tenth episode in Eric’s powerful series entitled Legendary. This particular episode highlights Eric’s father’s willingness to give up everything in…
Daily Thunder Podcast1122: Missing the Mark on Sin // The Round Table 06 (Eric Ludy + Nathan Johnson)
While we as Christians often hear and talk about “sin” – many of us have a water-downed version of what Scripture describes. In this round table discussion…
Daily Thunder Podcast1121: Imitating the Impossible // Jesus in Every Area of Life 09 (Nathan Johnson)
Are you a genuine Christian or are you faking it? While Paul tells us we are to imitate Christ (Ephesians 5:1), the reality of his message is that without…
Daily Thunder Podcast1120: How Beautiful // Legendary 09 (Eric Ludy)
This is the ninth episode in Eric’s powerful series entitled Legendary. This particular episode puts the spotlight on a very significant juncture of Eric’s…
Daily Thunder Podcast1119: I Don’t Care // Special Daily Thunder Episode (Ben Price)
In this special Daily Thunder episode, we share a recent message that our friend Ben Price gave to our students and church this past Sunday. Ben is a comedian…
Daily Thunder Podcast1118: Always and in All Ways a Christian // Jesus in Every Area of Life 08 (Nathan Johnson)
As Christians, we are to reflect Christ in our words, actions, thoughts, and motives — in short, we are to be always and in all ways a Christian. Jesus should…