Daily Thunder Podcast

Speaker: Dan McConnaughey Series: Names of God Study: 9 – Adonai (Lord, Master) We often miss the significance of this seemingly simple Name of God, Adonai. In this special series, Dan McConnaughey discusses the importance of this Name and how we are to respond to God as Adonai – not merely as Savior but as our Lord and Master. We are slaves of Christ and must live accordingly, recogni...

Speaker: Eric Ludy Series: The Muscular Christian Study: 12 – Laughter This is the twelfth and final installment in Eric’s series entitled The Muscular Christian. In this episode he touches on the importance of laughter in the life of the Christian. God is a God of laughter, joy, and cheer and throughout the ages, the men and woman that He has conformed to His image, are likewise full...

In this study, Nathan Johnson examines the life of Mary of Bethany and parallels her life to that of a Christian – someone found at the feet of Jesus, willing to be poured forth in extravagant love and sacrifice. If you want a great illustration of faith, the life of a believer, and audacious love and sacrifice, this message will both edify and encourage you ever more unto Jesus Christ.

Speaker: Eric Ludy Series: The Muscular Christian Study: 11 – Audacity This is the eleventh installment in Eric’s series entitled The Muscular Christian. In this episode he features the grand sparkle of the quality of audacity and displays it as one of the primary ingredients in the recipe for mighty living in the Kingdom of God. Eric does this by surveying the most amazing “auda...

Speaker: Nathan Johnson Series: Ephesians Bible Study Study: 10 – In Love (Ephesians 1:4-5) Scholars argue whether the phrase "in love" goes with the statement made in Ephesians 1:4 ("you were chosen before the foundation of the world to be holy and blameless before Him IN LOVE") or whether it refers to God's position in predestining us unto adoption in Ephesians 1:5. In this exposition...

Speaker: Eric Ludy Series: The Muscular Christian Study: 10 – Tireless This is the 10th installment in Eric’s series entitled The Muscular Christian. In this oft-funny episode, Eric very particularly tackles the issue of handling sleep. There are certain defining areas of life and sleep is one of them. When a man is controlled by his craving for sleep, his walk with God suffers. But wh...

Singing and whistling are often a show contentment and a buoyant spirit.  And this is why a Christian should continue to whistle even when life’s circumstances sour - because in the midst of such trials God never leaves and never forsakes. In this message, Eric examines the story of Elijah in the book of 1st Kings and powerfully demonstrates how Elijah “continued to whistle”...

Speaker: Elijah Robertson Series: Names of God Study: 8 – El Elyon (The Most High God) El Elyon (The Most High God) reveals the power, majesty, and greatness of our God. In this special series on the Names of God, Elijah Robertson investigates this rich and powerful Name and discusses how understanding God as the Most High gives us a greater love, adoration, and desire to worship Him.

Speaker: Eric Ludy Series: The Muscular Christian Study: 9 – The Chariot of the Cherubim This is the ninth installment in Eric’s series entitled The Muscular Christian. In this episode he addresses the mystifying fact that we, the Body of Christ, have been selected by God to be the Temple of the Holy Spirit. Utilizing the magnificent and even Narnia-esque picture of this truth as revea...

Speaker: Joseph Mockler Series: Names of God Study: 7 – El Olam (The Everlasting God) El Olam (The Everlasting God) shows up in only one place in Scripture, but its depth and ramifications on Who God is and how we should live as Christians is profound. In this special edition series on the Names of God, Joseph Mockler explores the depth of the Name "El Olam" and in so doing, showcases the gr...

Speaker: Eric Ludy Series: The Muscular Christian Study: 8 – Harnessed This is the eighth installment in Eric’s series entitled The Muscular Christian. In this episode Eric brings to life the idea of meekness, clarifying that meekness is not weakness, but, rather, it is harnessed strength. This is a powerful enunciation of how growth and maturity in the Christian life works, and how th...

Speaker: Nathan Johnson Series: Ephesians Bible Study Study: 9 – Holiness Nose-to-Nose (Ephesians 1:4) Paul tells us in Ephesians 1:4 that we have been chosen before the foundation of the world to be holy and blameless BEFORE HIM. Interestingly, this statement "before Him" not only reveals our sinful condition but also gives the solution – that the only way we can live holy, blame...

Speaker: Eric Ludy Series: The Muscular Christian Study: 7 – The Awkward Zone This is the seventh installment in Eric’s series entitled The Muscular Christian. In this episode he discusses what he terms, “the threshold of obedience.”  On one side of this sacred threshold is the comfort zone and on the other side the awkward zone. God desires to build each of us into me...

Speaker: Eric Ludy Series: The Muscular Christian Study: 6 – The Boxing Ring This is the sixth installment in Eric’s series entitled The Muscular Christian. In this episode he addresses the curious concept of self-control. What is it? How does it work? And why would Eric include it in a series on “muscular Christianity”? For years Eric has used the metaphor of the boxing ri...

Speaker: Eric Ludy Series: The Muscular Christian Study: 5 – Intrepid This is the fifth installment in Eric's series entitled The Muscular Christian.  In this episode he discusses the oft-misunderstood concept of patience.  Patience to many Christians today is a soft and pretty virtue expressed by not complaining when delayed.  This lands miles apart from the Biblical renditio...

Speaker: Sandi McConnaughey Series: Names of God Study: 6 – El Shaddai (Lord God Almighty) Our God is the Lord of Hosts (Jehovah Sabaoth). In this powerful and stirring reprise message, Philip Hartman explains the depth and profundity of this attribute and Name of God … and exhorts believers to live in the reality that God is indeed the Lord of Hosts. Surveying the entirety of Scriptu...

Speaker: Eric Ludy Series: The Muscular Christian Study: 4 – Grit This is the fourth installment in Eric’s series entitled The Muscular Christian. In this episode Eric addresses the issue of cowardice so prevalent today in the Church. Many Christians attempt to address the daunting issues of spiritual obedience with natural power and gritted teeth only to find impotence in action. That...

Speaker: Nathan Johnson Series: Ephesians Bible Study Study: 8 – Called Unto Holiness (Ephesians 1:4) God has chosen us before the foundation of the world to be holy and blameless before Him. Yet too many of us don't understand what it means to be holy and blameless. In this expositional study of Ephesians 1:4, Nathan Johnson examines these two concepts and discusses three aspects of what it...

Speaker: Eric Ludy Series: The Muscular Christian Study: 3 – The Bulging Left Bicep This is the third installment in Eric’s series entitled The Muscular Christian. In this episode he addresses the perception the world has of Christians and how that often controls the behavior of the believer, though a Christian should be wholly immune to such nonsense. A Christian is intended by G...

Speaker: Eric Ludy Series: The Muscular Christian Study: 2 – The Faces of Lions This is the second installment in Eric’s series entitled The Muscular Christian. In this episode he addresses the imperative of every Christian gaining a battle cry in their soul - a feistiness in their spiritual man that causes them to stand when everyone else stays seated and speak when everyone else rema...

Speaker: Philip Hartman Series: Names of God Study: 5 – Jehovah Sabaoth (The Lord of Hosts) Our God is the Lord of Hosts (Jehovah Sabaoth). In this powerful and stirring reprise message, Philip Hartman explains the depth and profundity of this attribute and Name of God … and exhorts believers to live in the reality that God is indeed the Lord of Hosts. Surveying the entirety of Script...

Speaker: Philip Hartman Series: Names of God Study: 4 – Yahweh (LORD) In this study on the Names of God, Philip Hartman examines the most used Name of God in Scripture: Yahweh. By explaining its background and importance, we discover more of who God is, His attributes, and His desire and will for our lives.

Speaker: Nathan Johnson Series: Names of God Study: 3 – Jehovah Rapha (The Lord Who Heals) God loves to heal – not just physically but also emotionally, mentally, and foremost spiritually. In this study on the names of God, Nathan Johnson examines the Name "Jehovah Rapha" and explains that not only God heals, but how He longs to bring forth healing in our lives through the life and dea...

Speaker: Dan McConnaughey Series: Names of God Study: 2 – Qanna (Jealous) Though we often see jealousy in a negative light, God reveals Himself as a jealous God (Exodus 20:5). One of His Names is "jealousy" – the Hebrew word "qanna". In this series on the Names of God, Dan McConaughey talks about jealousy and why God being jealous is actually a good thing.

Speaker: Nathan Johnson Series: Ephesians Bible Study Study: 7 – You Are Chosen! (Ephesians 1:4) We can easily think of being chosen as the last pick in a game for kids – we line up against the wall, hoping that we won't be the last pick. But Paul tells us that God has chosen us for Himself even before the foundation of the world. In other words, you were not his last pick, but ra...