Eric Ludy Sermon Podcast: Church at Ellerslie

We believe the Word of God is in fact God’s Word—yet many of us don’t know how Scripture was constructed and put together or why it is important to our lives. We don’t know how to have a rock-solid confidence in the truth and authority of the Bible. We say we believe in Scripture but we don’t lean our full weight and confidence upon it. In this illuminating message, Pastor Eric Ludy walks through how Scripture was constructed, showing the incredible preservation, authority, and divine perfection of the Bible and how it all ultimately points us unto Jesus Christ. Using thirteen key truth points about God’s Word, this message will give you greater confidence in the reliability of Scripture and the reason we as Christians build our lives upon it.

Does your life demonstrate God’s bewildering love in every circumstance? Our attitude, even in the face of those who persecute, hate, and despise us, is to demonstrate His love. In this sermon, Eric Ludy uses Scripture and several powerful stories from Christian history to show how believers are to “love your enemies, bless those who curse you, do good to those who hate you, and pray for those who spitefully use you and persecute you” (Matthew 5:44). Exploring four principles of real Christianity, Pastor Ludy shows that God’s call upon our lives is to aggressively go into all the world with a bewildering love that only He can produce.

In this simple but illuminating message, Pastor Eric Ludy discusses the key defining attribute at the Church at Ellerslie. This message invites us as Christians to ask ourselves what is the defining characteristic that we want to be known by. Pastor Ludy boldly declares that the defining element is not to appear “cool” or “hip” to the world, but rather to have our focus on one single thing. In so doing we may be called fools, dunces, or nitwits—misunderstood and persecuted in the process—but like Paul, we must determine not to know anything save Jesus Christ and Him crucified. Discover your “one thing” and dare to become a Krissy.

Paul declares in Ephesians 6 that we do not wrestle against flesh and blood, but against the principalities, against powers, against the rulers of the darkness of this world. He also states in 2 Corinthians that the weapons of our warfare are not carnal, but mighty through God to the pulling down of strongholds. Yet many of us feel the crushing weight of sin, temptation, and the enemy in our lives. How do we stand strong in the spiritual authority that we have IN Christ? In this sermon on resisting the enemy, Eric Ludy explains the power of Christ in our lives and how IN Him we can be conquerers, immovable, fearless, and unstoppable. It is not in our strength or ability that we are able to overcome but we have all we need for life and godliness in Christ Jesus.

Most of the modern church has become passive in their praying. We’ve grown accustomed to the enemy’s garbage scattered about our lives and dead elephant carcasses hidden beneath our floorboards—not realizing we are to stand in prayer against such things. Thus we offer a thousand excuses as to why our prayers lack oomph. Yes, prayer is hard work, but Christ has made a way unto the Throne of Grace, where the asking is made and the answers found. In this sermon, Pastor Eric Ludy exhorts us to not to merely “pray” but to PRAY with the authority given to us to remove the busted pianos, rat-infested wardrobes, rotted dressers, and dead elephant carcasses from our lives. If you have grown lax in your prayer life, this sermon will reveal what the action of real praying looks like.

Since the serpent first spoke in the Garden, the epic battle over Truth has raged. In this postmodern, emergent, fluffy-Christian generation, we have forgotten that Truth is a rock—unchanging and immovable—and the very thing we must build our lives upon. In this “tell all” sermon, Pastor Eric Ludy examines several “Christian” writings from postmodern/emergent leaders and explains how their attack upon Truth has undermined Scripture, the Gospel, and more importantly, Jesus Christ Himself. But rather than a defeatist message, this sermon focuses upon the grandeur of the Word and leaves you in awe of both the Person and the Text.

Most of us approach life with a carefree attitude. What comes in and out of our lives is not our fault, we tell ourselves. Yet what we discover in Scripture is that as Christians we are called to govern our lives properly—God’s Word calls it “self-control.” In this practical, soul-stirring message, Pastor Eric Ludy demonstrates the “Egkrateian Growl” and reveals the two operations of self-control: kick out and keep out. Throughout this message you’ll discover that self-control is not something you can produce in your own ability, rather it is the grace and power of the Holy Spirit in your life that enables you to live victoriously, triumphant, and yes, self-controlled. If you’re looking for a way out of sin, addiction, wrong attitudes, or want to learn how Christianity is suppose to actually work in your life, this message is for you.

“Go and make disciples …” These last words of Jesus have been memorized, studied, and declared from most of our lips, yet few of us actually put them into practice. Whatever our excuse, most of us don’t have a simple way to share the truth of the Gospel with the people we encounter. In this powerful and easy to replicate presentation, Eric Ludy takes the Gospel and shows how we too can share its truth through a visual story. Using three different versions based on the length of time we have to share, this practical and visual sermon will give you a method to share the Gospel in a simple and effective way.

God’s grace is sufficient. We know that. Yet in times of trials, suffering, and difficulty, our understanding and confidence in God’s grace is put to the test. Paul tells us in 2 Corinthians that he was given a thorn in the flesh, which after much pleading for its removal, God told him “My grace us sufficient for you, for My strength is made perfect in weakness.” Like Paul, we must correctly appropriate “thorns” in our lives—whether they be practical, physical, or verbal—and realize that though thorns are not from God, they are certainly used by Him. In this faith building sermon, Pastor Eric Ludy addresses the many forms of satan’s thorns and how we as Christians are called to Biblically understand, react, and live with the thorns in our lives.

All throughout the Gospels Jesus tells us to ask and it will be given unto us. Paul writes in 2 Corinthians that all the promises of God in Him are yes and amen. So how are we to Biblically understand and handle the answer when it’s a “no” from God? In this illuminating sermon, Eric Ludy reveals the importance of seeing God as a good and loving Father and explains how a mature believer is to interpret a “no” from God. If you’ve ever struggled with receiving a “no,” this sermon will reveal God’s character, nature, and intent in answering prayer while reminding you that a “no” from God is just His way of saying “yes” to something exceedingly abundantly beyond all you could ask or think.