

Daily Thunder Podcast
Eric Ludy + Nathan Johnson
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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Apr 29, 2021 • 20min
611: Six Questions for the Inner Life // When a Pastor Lives a Double-Life - Part 4 of 5 (Nathan Johnson)
This is the fourth installment in a five part series entitled When a Pastor Lives a Double-Life. In this series Eric Ludy, Nathan Johnson and guests unpack the thoughts and ideas of Eric’s full-length message originally delivered on April 29, 2012 in the Ellerslie chapel but re-released this past Sunday, April 25th, 2021 - see Eric’s sermon podcast). In this particular episode, Nathan Johnson gives six powerful questions to ask ourselves to allow the Holy Spirit to bring to light anything in our lives that is of duplicity or hypocrisy.Download a copy of the "Holy Club of Oxford" questions Nathan mentioned in the episode at: https://www.deeperchristian.online/oxford-questions

Apr 28, 2021 • 12min
610: Singularity of Living // When a Pastor Lives a Double-Life - Part 3 of 5 (Dan McConnaughey)
This is the third installment in a five part series entitled When a Pastor Lives a Double-Life. In this series Eric Ludy, Nathan Johnson and guests unpack the thoughts and ideas of Eric’s full-length message originally delivered on April 29, 2012 in the Ellerslie chapel but re-released this past Sunday, April 25th, 2021 - see Eric’s sermon podcast). In this particular episode, Dan McConnaughey discusses the concept of living in singularity—a life of oneness, integrity, and wholeness.

Apr 27, 2021 • 17min
609: Finding Rest in Nakedness // When a Pastor Lives a Double-Life - Part 2 of 5 (Nathan Johnson)
This is the second installment in a five part series entitled When a Pastor Lives a Double-Life. In this series Eric Ludy, Nathan Johnson and guests unpack the thoughts and ideas of Eric’s full-length message originally delivered on April 29, 2012 in the Ellerslie chapel but re-released this past Sunday, April 25th, 2021 - see Eric’s sermon podcast). This particular episode explores Hebrews 4 and the idea that if we truly want to experience the rest of God, we must first be exposed and come before Him in repentance.

Apr 26, 2021 • 15min
608: The DeepFake // When a Pastor Lives a Double-Life - Part 1 of 5 (Eric Ludy)
This is the first installment in a five part series entitled When a Pastor Lives a Double-Life. In this series Eric Ludy, Nathan Johnson and guests unpack the thoughts and ideas of Eric’s full-length message originally delivered on April 29, 2012 in the Ellerslie chapel but re-released this past Sunday, April 25th, 2021 - see Eric’s sermon podcast). This particular episode explores the growing phenomenon of media DeepFakes on the internet and shows how DeepFakes began long before digital media came into being. These con-jobs have been around since the very beginning. And we all must become experts at discerning the real from the fake.

Apr 23, 2021 • 21min
607: Nicknamed Providence // The Brilliance of Weakness - Part 5 of 5 (Eric Ludy & Philip H.)
This is the final installment in a five part series entitled The Brilliance of Weakness. In this series Eric Ludy, Nathan Johnson and guests unpack the thoughts and ideas of Eric’s full-length message entitled The Brilliance of Weakness (which he delivered on Sunday, April 18, 2021 - see Eric’s sermon podcast). This particular episode talks about God’s amazing “pre” work throughout history. God is never attempting to catch up with the agenda of evil, He is way WAY ahead of it. The old-fashioned word for this is providence.

Apr 22, 2021 • 17min
606: Nicknamed Sacrifice // The Brilliance of Weakness - Part 4 of 5 (Eric Ludy & Dan McConnaughey)
This is the fourth installment in a five part series entitled The Brilliance of Weakness. In this series Eric Ludy, Nathan Johnson and guests unpack the thoughts and ideas of Eric’s full-length message entitled The Brilliance of Weakness (which he delivered on Sunday, April 18, 2021 - see Eric’s sermon podcast). This particular episode discusses the pattern of God to empty our pockets prior to filling them. It’s the poor in spirit that end up gaining the Kingdom of Heaven.

Apr 21, 2021 • 19min
605: Nicknamed Impossible // The Brilliance of Weakness - Part 3 of 5 (Eric Ludy & Philip H.)
This is the third installment in a five part series entitled The Brilliance of Weakness. In this series Eric Ludy, Nathan Johnson and guests unpack the thoughts and ideas of Eric’s full-length message entitled The Brilliance of Weakness (which he delivered on Sunday, April 18, 2021 - see Eric’s sermon podcast). This particular episode breaks down God’s passion for the impossible. Scripture reveals Him as a big fan of anything and everything that supposedly can’t be done in human ability. If the odds are impossible, that is the best time to bet on God coming through.

Apr 20, 2021 • 17min
604: Nicknamed Shorty // The Brilliance of Weakness - Part 2 of 5 (Eric Ludy & Dan McConnaughey)
This is the second installment in a five part series entitled The Brilliance of Weakness. In this series Eric Ludy, Nathan Johnson and guests unpack the thoughts and ideas of Eric’s full-length message entitled The Brilliance of Weakness (which he delivered on Sunday, April 18, 2021 - see Eric’s sermon podcast). This particular episode dives into the life of Paul the Apostle and demonstrates how God, in the accomplishing of His amazing purpose in this earth, deliberately chooses the unlikely means instead of the obvious means of deliverance.

Apr 19, 2021 • 20min
603: Nicknamed Crazy // The Brilliance of Weakness - Part 1 of 5 (Eric Ludy & Nathan Johnson)
This is the first installment in a five part series entitled The Brilliance of Weakness. In this series Eric Ludy, Nathan Johnson and guests unpack the thoughts and ideas of Eric’s full-length message entitled The Brilliance of Weakness (which he delivered on Sunday, April 18, 2021 - see Eric’s sermon podcast). This particular episode explores the seemingly backward and upside-down logic of heaven’s approach to winning battles.

Apr 16, 2021 • 20min
602: The Mechanics of Callousness // In an Age of Shrinking Wafflers - Part 5 of 5 (Eric Ludy & Nathan Johnson)
This is the final installment in a five part series entitled In an Age of Shrinking Wafflers. In this series Eric Ludy, Nathan Johnson and guests unpack the thoughts and ideas of Eric’s full-length message entitled In an Age of Shrinking Wafflers (which he delivered on Sunday, April 11, 2021 - see Eric’s sermon podcast). This particular episode talks about “callouses” from two differing angles — the bad kind of callousness, and the good kind. It’s critical that we shun the bad kind from building within our souls and that we see the right kind of callousness constructed with diligence and great intentionality in our inner man.


