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 wor...

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 o...

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 Go...

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 me...

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 gro...

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 Chris...

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-neede...

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...

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 ar...

The human body demands constant refueling. We don't eat once in a lifetime, but everyday; and not just everyday, but often three to five times daily. The body needs food in order to live, and the spiritual man is no different. There is a need for the believing man or woman to learn to partake of the heavenly feast, not just once, but daily; and not just daily, but daily without ceasing. This messa...

This is a peek into the intimate worship of the apostles and the Church triumphant throughout the ages. It's on the sweet-smelling savor of the saints being offered forth before the throne of Jehovah. Many of us know how to sing our praises, but it's those who know how to live out their praises that truly stir the heart of their King at the deepest levels. The concept of the "upside-down cross" co...

There are many bold and brawny statements in the Bible regarding the believer's Cross-purchased authority and position over the powers of earth and hell. But many of us feel awkward appropriating such grandiose notions into our personal faith. For some reason, it feels presumptuous. As a result of this hesitation, an ever-growing discrepancy between the grand promises of the Word of God and the mo...

Christianity's greatest heroes are not of the celebrity sort. Rather, they are the ones who have forsaken reputation and have allowed God to bend them into the prayer closet, and thusly, often into anonymity as well. But it is an anonymity for the glory of King Jesus. For it is the anonymous praying saints, and not merely the famous preaching ones, that carry the match to light Heaven's bonfire he...

The 38th Parallel is an internationally instituted boundary line between two hostile nations, North Korea and South Korea. If a soldier of either side takes one wrong step into the territory of the other, it's instant death. This line marks a demarcation between two kingdoms, two value systems, two agendas, two opposing powers, and has historically meant the lifelong separation of loved ones. Like...

One of the most dangerous places on planet earth today is inside a mother's womb. The place that all natural reason would suggest is the safest place of all has become a modern-day Auschwitz. In America, one in four babies doesn't make it out of Mommy alive. And yet, rather than fighting to see this horrific trend change, the Church has all but gone silent on the issue. Oh, we may speak out at the...

This particular message could easily transform your life. It addresses one of the most important themes in all of Paul's Gospel training and effectively demystifies some of the most complex notions of sin, the flesh, the old man, the indwelling Spirit, and the body. For those of you who have struggled to fully grasp some of the grand themes in many of Paul's writings, this message will help to rem...

Due to popular demand, we are making available this message of Eric Ludy's that he delivered in October of 2009. This is the message from which the Ellerslie Short Film, Depraved Indifference, was constructed. In this audio, Eric is speaking at a Pro-Life Gala in Santa Barbara, California. He had originally intended to deliver an entirely different message that night, and yet as he drove from the...

In no uncertain terms, Jesus says to his disciples, "It's either the world or me—you can't have both; it's either or." When we choose to follow Jesus, like Jacob we are touched in the hollow of our thigh, and in this world's eyes we have a limp. We no longer have that ultra-cool swagger we once possessed. We now appear weak, foolish, lesser, and intellectually inferior. We are now Christians...

In our western world, very few of us understand the meaning of covenant. And thusly, we struggle to fully comprehend the covenant meal, known in Scripture as “the Lord's Deipnon,” or “the Lord's Supper.” And the strangest thing about it is that the meal Jesus was referring to wasn't bread and wine—the meal was Jesus, Himself, and the bread and wine were merely symbols...

Featuring special guest star, five-year-old Hudson Ludy, this message has "little kid" written all over it. And yet is a surprisingly powerful enunciation of some of the most beautiful and complex Gospel Truths.

It took Eric Ludy four years of spiritual wrestling before he was ready to deliver this super-charged message. After all, within a modern Christian system that has been greatly undermined by the "health, wealth, and prosperity gospel”, no one in the "Biblically conservative" camp really wants to touch this issue which lies right smack in the middle of the "Charismatic" and "Faith Movement" c...

There is a common spiritual ache that bonds those of us at Ellerslie together, and that is the longing for more of Jesus Christ. We all, at various points within our spiritual journeys, have wondered if what we see of modern Christianity is all God intended it to be. The question, "Is there more to this thing called Christianity?" pokes at us all. And here in Windsor, Colorado, we have come to the...

A man built by God must know when to draw the steel blade to fight and when to draw the cup of cool water to serve. The two notions (steel and down), though seemingly opposite one to the other, are actually intended by Heaven to be complimentary dimensions of a heaven-constructed man. Whereas last week brought us "Men of Steel," this week's message trumpets the virtue of a man who knows how to be...

There may not be anything more thrilling than seeing a man living as a man ought to live—strong when he must be strong, weak when he must be weak, firm when firmness is required, and soft at the very moment when softness must be supplied. In this age, when the Church of Jesus Christ walks about with a limp in its gait and a frailty in its wrist, there is a very real and pressing need for God...