Eric Ludy Sermon Podcast: Church at Ellerslie

This message brushes against some of the most controversial ideas of the Bible, but surprisingly, as it approaches the socially insensitive and forbidden topic of the "role of women," instead of creating spiritual indigestion, it paints a picture of ravishing beauty. Listen to this message at your own risk, for you may be converted to being a believer that the Bible, the whole Bible, and every word in the Bible, is good, right, and perfect. And what it produces in the lives of those that have ears to hear it and obey it, is also good, right, and perfect.

Eric Ludy says goodbye to the late David Wilkerson with this rousing message. Building on Wilkerson's final words from his final blog post, this message reminds us to never stop believing our God—no matter if He appears silent, if He appears to have forgotten His promises, if He seems to have failed us, or if the natural realm seems overpowering and all- convincing. No matter what, we grit our teeth and believe—that's our job! For our God has promised and He cannot lie!

No one would ever think of naming their boy Grace. It's a classic girl's name. To most Christian's today, grace simply means "the accepting hug of God as He overlooks our sinful mess." But this seemingly soft and delicate word with pink bows affixed to its hair boasts one of the strongest and most manly definitions in the entire Bible. Far from being a mere "God hug,” Grace is the grip of God upon our life which lifts us out of our sin, washes us clean, and sets our life in working order with the very quickening power of the Almighty. It's a word with nuclear-like power to alter and renovate the believing man's life, attitude, behavior, impact, and eternal destination. It's high time that we return to the Biblical idea of grace and stick the manly stuff back into the word.

This is a lit stick of dynamite for a Christian's prayer life. It's a fiery message crammed into 80 or so fast-moving minutes that functions almost as an encyclopedia on “prevailing prayer”—topped off with the recipe for “the impossible-for-God-not-to-answer prayer.” If you are perusing Eric Ludy sermons trying to decide which one to listen to—this one is a must!

Marriages are made great when Jesus Christ is placed in the very center of the love story. However, in addition to this all-important spiritual component, there are many practical dimensions to marriage that often go overlooked in the preparation seasons of Christian singleness. If a marriage is going to go the distance it needs two key things: Jesus spiritually and Jesus practically. This is a message that blends the two together, supplying a fantastic recipe for lifelong marital success.

This message formed as a result of little Hudson Ludy (six years old). Desiring to travel with his Daddy on some of his upcoming international adventures, Hudson wants to find orphans and rescue them. But Hudson's father knows that for a little one (such as Hudson) to join in on such taxing adventures demands a certain level of preparation, or "hero training." Every ready soldier must be first groomed for the challenges of war that lie ahead in order that they demonstrate uprightness and honor amidst the fray. This message encompasses the thirteen tier "basic training" that Eric Ludy is walking Hudson through in order to ensure that he is serious enough, honorable enough, and prepared enough for the unknown adventures that await. However, don't be surprised if you discover that the training of this little six year old is the precise training that many of us as grown adults are desperately needing in our personal walks with God. Each of us must be prepared as "little heroes" for the calling we have received.

This message outlines the great Gospel of Jesus Christ. It lays out the pattern for bringing a soul from death unto life. This isn't the 3-minute "salvation" prayer that we have all grown up with—this is the three to six- hour transformative process that the trained Gospelteer knows how to effectively wield in walking a newly readied soul into the corridors of life and liberty in Jesus Christ. We have been shortchanged in our Gospel understanding in this modern day, and thusly we spend years of our Christian lives wallowing in defeat, whereas if we had been established "In Christ" correctly from our spiritual infancy, we could have walked in triumph from the beginning. It's high time that we regain the stoutness and the majesty of the Truth and build this next generation of Christian lives firmly upon it from the outset.

This is a profoundly practical and much-needed message in our culture where the virtue of discretion is nearly lost. The Bible makes it clear that the manner with which a Christian man or woman employs their tongue defines whether their spiritual life is true or false. As a result, there is a tremendous significance to this particular theme in the Christian life. This message leads to a much-needed spiritual examination of our verbal behavior patterns and the daily use of our tongues as members of the Body of Christ. But it's not just a message that exposes our lack; it also supplies the great Gospel secret for bringing the tongue under control.

We esteem "big hearts" in Christianity today. Men and women of compassion, tender mercies, and deep affections are essential for a working Body. However, there is not the same esteem for "big kidneys" in the Church today—men and women who speak straight about sin, demand purity within the Body, and protect the health of the Church. Big kidneys are rather offensive to our modern sensibilities. But the Bible makes it clear that without functional kidneys in the Church, heart disease will set in. While the heart circulates life within the body the kidneys purify that life. The Bible calls the heart and kidneys the "heart and the reins." God tests the hearts and reins of His people to ensure that they are functioning as they ought. For health to reign within the individual body and the corporate Body of Christ, we must have functional hearts AND functional kidneys.

WARNING: This message pulls no punches. It speaks straightforwardly on a topic that most of us would rather avoid—and that is wolves in sheep's clothing in the modern church. There are wolves in the sheep pen of modern Christianity undermining the timeless, eternal truths of Scripture and thus altering the nature and the pattern of the Gospel. But these wolves don't look like wolves; they are wearing very convincing sheep costumes. They appear to be humble and wise men, with spectacles roosted on the ends of their noses. They appear to be cordial men, kind and thoughtful. It's their fruit that exposes them. For they have one singular question that they are asking the body of Christ today: "Did God really say that? Are you certain? Could it be that you have it wrong?" They are proffering the notion of an "open mind"—a mind more tolerant to new religious thought—a mind hospitable to ideas outside the pale of the Biblical framework. 6,000 years ago this was the tactic of the serpent in the garden, and it's still the serpent's primary tactic today.