The Daily Blade: Joby Martin & Kyle Thompson

We explore St. Patrick's Breastplate prayer, focusing on the line about Christ's return for final judgment and how this ancient Irish prayer provides strength for Christians facing spiritual battles. • St. Patrick's prayer begins with "I rise today through a mighty strength, the invocation of the Trinity" • The prayer acknowledges Christ's baptism, crucifixion, resurr...

We explore the ancient Irish prayer known as St. Patrick's Breastplate, focusing on finding strength through Christ's resurrection and ascension. • The prayer begins by invoking the Trinity as our source of spiritual strength • Mary Magdalene's encounter with the risen Jesus shows how He calls each person by name • Jesus' appearance to Mary demonstrates His love for those socie...

We explore St. Patrick's Breastplate (or the Deer's Cry), an ancient Irish prayer that speaks of rising through the strength of Christ's crucifixion and burial—a seemingly paradoxical concept that challenges our understanding of strength and victory. • Reading from St. Patrick's Breastplate about rising through the strength of Christ • Examining the Gospel of John's accoun...

We explore St. Patrick's Breastplate prayer and focus specifically on the line "I arise today through the strength of Christ with his baptism," diving into the significance of Jesus' baptism in Matthew 3. • Jesus' baptism was a public identification with sinners despite being sinless himself • Christ modeled what he would later command in the Great Commission • The baptism...

We explore St. Patrick's Breastplate, an ancient Irish prayer used for spiritual protection in battle. This powerful "lorica" has deep connections to Ephesians 6 and the spiritual armor Christians need for daily battles. • St. Patrick's Breastplate (or Deer's Cry) was used by men going into physical and spiritual battle • The prayer focuses on Christ's presence in eve...

God uniquely wires and places men to bring order and light to the world through cultivation and protection—the essential callings that distinguish biblical manhood. • Men are called to cultivate their context—work, neighborhood, and hobbies • Your career should have "the aroma of Christ," producing beauty and order • The command to "keep" means watching over like a watchman on...

We examine the biblical principles for cultivating a thriving marriage as part of our week-long series on what men were created to cultivate. Scripture clearly shows that finding a wife brings divine favor, contradicting cultural trends that encourage delaying marriage until financial stability is achieved. • Proverbs 18:22 describes finding a wife as "a good thing" that brings favor fro...

We explore the biblical and scientific importance of brotherhood for men's health and wellbeing, looking at the places men were designed to cultivate strength and vulnerability. • Cultivating a sense of self means understanding the "why" beneath our responses and reactions • Men need to cultivate a small team including marriage and brotherhood with other men • Unwanted solitude and...

God created men with unique strength and aggression to cultivate His creation, helping it flourish through focused work that brings life to our hearts and souls.  • God uniquely designed men to be stronger, faster, and wired differently for a specific purpose • Genesis 2:15 reveals our mandate to work and watch over God's creation with our strength • Cultivation means creating, building, and...

Pastor Matt Chandler addresses the cultural narrative of "toxic masculinity" that has left many men feeling discouraged, devalued, and demoralized. He begins a week-long exploration of biblical masculinity by examining God's unique biological design for men and setting up the question of why God created these differences. • The American Psychological Association's 2018 guidelin...

We examine Psalm 97:10, which commands those who love the Lord to hate evil, applying this principle specifically to ideologies that contradict biblical teaching. Our focus centers on why Christians should more actively oppose destructive philosophical systems like Marxism, communism, socialism, and feminism. • Brief explanation of each ideology's core principles • God's design brings or...

Today we explore how Christians should respond to standpoint epistemology – the belief that knowledge and truth are determined by one's social position. We examine Psalm 97:10 which commands believers who love the Lord to hate evil. • Standpoint epistemology manifests in modern culture as critical race theory and "my truth" thinking • This ideology contradicts biblical truth by repl...

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Psalm 97 challenges believers with the imperative command: "Oh you who love the Lord, hate evil." This powerful enthronement psalm depicts God's sovereignty, justice, and righteous judgment over all the earth. • Psalm 97 belongs to the enthronement psalms (Psalms 93-99) celebrating God's reign as king • The psalm divides into three sections: God's glory in creation (v1-6),...

Jesus demonstrates his power over death by raising Lazarus from the tomb, highlighting the difference between merely believing and acting on that belief. The resurrection story serves as a powerful metaphor for our spiritual transformation, showing how we must remove our old "grave clothes" after being made alive in Christ. • Martha professed belief in Jesus' power but hesitated whe...

Emotions aren't signs of weakness but gifts from God that allow us to navigate life authentically and connect with others in their suffering. Jesus demonstrates this truth in John 11 when he weeps with Mary before raising Lazarus, showing that true strength includes emotional vulnerability. • Many men mistakenly believe withholding emotion equals strength • Jesus, the strongest man who ever l...

Jesus demonstrates how he meets different personalities in their grief as we continue our study of John 11, showing how he responds to Martha with theological truth while meeting Mary in emotional comfort. • Jesus deliberately arrives four days after Lazarus's death, when Jewish tradition considered someone "dead dead" • Martha (the Type A personality) approaches Jesus with question...

God's timing often differs significantly from our own expectations, as demonstrated in the story of Jesus deliberately waiting before helping Lazarus. We explore why Jesus waited two days after hearing about Lazarus's illness and what this teaches us about trusting God even when His timing doesn't align with our desires. • God's ways and plans are always higher and better than...

Jesus uses the story of Lazarus in John 11 to teach us why bad things happen even to people God loves. We explore five theological realities that explain pain and suffering in the world. • The fall of humanity brought forth pain, strife, and suffering as collateral damage • Demonic attacks cause suffering as Satan seeks to steal, kill, and destroy • Our own sinful choices and poor decisions lead t...

John Harper, a Scottish Baptist evangelist, became one of Christianity's greatest unsung heroes during the sinking of the Titanic in 1912. His extraordinary sacrifice and unwavering commitment to share the gospel even as the ship sank demonstrates a faith that challenges us to examine our own priorities. • Harper was a 39-year-old widower traveling with his 6-year-old daughter Annie and his s...

Harold Lowe, fifth officer of the Titanic, demonstrates extraordinary courage by being the only officer to return to the site of the sinking to rescue survivors after the ship went down. His actions parallel Jesus' parable of the Good Samaritan, challenging us to consider whether we merely do what's minimally required or go above and beyond to help others in need. • Harold Lowe managed l...

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