Spiritual Lessons from ... well...
all sorts of things
A Daily Thunder Series with Eric Ludy
Over the years, Eric has fine-tuned the art of building his “Spiritual Lessons” teaching series. Musing on such topics as WWII, Alfred the Great, the Times of Emperor Nero, and the missionary movement to win Irian Jaya for the Gospel in the 1950s. These have all been episodic teaching series that can span months to years. But, often in his studies, he comes across a subject or a theme that would best be served with an individual episode and not a 93-part series. This is that collection. These are bits and baubles from who-knows-where. But they all have one thing in common — they all reveal Jesus Christ.
01: Just One More
Spiritual Lessons from Desmond Doss
02: Anti-Boring
Spiritual Lessons from F1 Racing
03: Being Joe Hardy
Spiritual Lessons from Dragon Mountain
03: Being Merle Oddbody
Spiritual Lessons from the Novel Hoodlum
Merle Oddbody is a very unexpected and humorous character in the novel, Hoodlum, written by Eric and his son Hudson (view it on Amazon here).
Merle Oddbody is synonymous with weakness, foolishness, and being a stranger in this earth—things that most of us labor hard to avoid. If we had the opportunity to transform into one of the characters from the Hoodlum universe, we would likely not pick to become Merle. We would likely lean towards becoming a character like Will Scarlett, Robin Hood, Charles Blakeney, Lady Marion, or Ambrick Miller. All good sensible choices. And yet, Jesus chose to become a Merle Oddbody. If we can learn to see what God sees, we would see that weakness is actually the secret avenue to strength.
