The Daily Blade: Joby Martin & Kyle Thompson

Money has a way of telling the truth about us. Not the truth we wish were true, but the truth that shows up in what gets our first attention, our first dollars, and our best energy. We open Galatians 6:6-10 and follow Paul’s blunt logic: God is not mocked, we reap what we sow, and generosity is not optional window dressing for a serious Christian life.  We talk about Christian generosity as worshi...

Brotherhood gets tested when a man is struggling and everyone else is tempted to stay quiet, stay polite, and keep their distance. We open Galatians 6 and talk about what Scripture actually calls us to do when a brother is caught in sin or living out of step with the gospel: restore him with gentleness, keep watch over yourself, and refuse the pride that turns accountability into a beatdown. If yo...

Comparison is the quiet thief that keeps a lot of us stuck, and it’s showing up every time we pick up our phones. We open Galatians 5:25-26 and get brutally honest about how fast conceit and envy can grow when we stop keeping in step with the Spirit. The result is always the same: we either feel superior for a moment or we feel crushed, and both paths drain the joy Jesus wants for us.    We dig in...

Trying harder sounds noble, but it is a terrible plan for spiritual growth. If you have ever looked at your life and thought, “Why am I still impatient, unkind, or lacking self-control?” we take you straight to Galatians 5:22-23 to reset the whole conversation. Paul calls it the fruit of the Spirit, singular, because the traits we want most are not trophies for disciplined people. They are evidenc...

Freedom is one of the most misunderstood words in the Christian life, and Galatians 5 refuses to let us redefine it. We open with Paul’s sharp claim that Christ sets us free for freedom, then we draw a hard line between the gospel of Jesus Christ and any message that sneaks in faith plus works. Salvation is by faith in Christ alone, but that same grace never turns into a hall pass for sin. Real fr...

Are you living like every day counts in your life or are you passively surviving the ups and downs of life? Check out David Pollack’s latest book, Every Day Counts: Start Where You Are. Use What You Have. Do What You Can. — Identity can feel like a moving target. One day you feel confident, the next day a comment, a look, or a rough moment in the mirror rewrites the whole story. We get honest abou...

Are you living like every day counts in your life or are you passively surviving the ups and downs of life? Check out David Pollack’s latest book, Every Day Counts: Start Where You Are. Use What You Have. Do What You Can. — Prayer can feel powerful one day and painfully flat the next, especially when it turns into a rushed list of requests. We talk honestly about that transactional pattern and wha...

Are you living like every day counts in your life or are you passively surviving the ups and downs of life? Check out David Pollack’s latest book, Every Day Counts: Start Where You Are. Use What You Have. Do What You Can. — Sports gambling is no longer something “other people” do. It’s in your phone, in your feeds, and increasingly in the lives of teenagers and young men who are still learning imp...

Are you living like every day counts in your life or are you passively surviving the ups and downs of life? Check out David Pollack’s latest book, Every Day Counts: Start Where You Are. Use What You Have. Do What You Can. — Some Bible verses sit quietly on the page until life hits hard enough to make them speak. David Pollack shares a personal, honest reflection on Mark 15:21, the moment Simon of...

Are you living like every day counts in your life or are you passively surviving the ups and downs of life? Check out David Pollack’s latest book, Every Day Counts: Start Where You Are. Use What You Have. Do What You Can. — The Bible gets dismissed as “someone’s truth” all the time, but what if you treated it like a serious historical claim and a daily guide for real life? Guest host David Pollock...

We name the daily fight between the flesh and the Spirit and why sheer willpower cannot change what we want. We lay out a simple path to real spiritual growth by feeding the Spirit through habits and community that reshape desire.\n\n• Galatians 5 and the conflict between flesh and Spirit\n• Mortification and vivification as the pattern for change\n• Abiding in Christ from John 15 and the role of...

We dig into Paul’s call to freedom and why maturity means refusing to use our rights as fuel for the flesh. We challenge how we handle conscience issues and how we treat other believers online so our love stays louder than our opinions.  • Christian freedom as a gift meant for service  • Maturity as asking whether freedom feeds the flesh  • Matters of conscience and different convictions  • Choosi...

We open Galatians 5 and listen to Paul’s frustration as false teachers confuse the church and soften the offense of the cross. Then we measure our own speech by Ephesians 4:29 and challenge ourselves to use words that fit the moment and give grace.  • Paul’s warning about being hindered from obeying the truth  • Why adding works to salvation removes the offense of the cross  • Paul’s toughest lang...

We dig into Galatians 5 and Paul’s blunt warning that adding anything to Jesus turns grace into a dead end. We remind ourselves why the gospel has to stay simple because it leaks out of our minds and we drift back to earning.  • Judaizers in Galatia teaching Jesus plus circumcision  • why adding any requirement implies Christ’s work is unfinished  • “severed from Christ” and the seriousness of law...

We open Galatians 5:1 and press the question of whether we’re actually living free in Christ or still trapped in a yoke of slavery. We talk about surrender, standing firm, and fighting the pull of sin, self-righteousness, and a culture that sells self-rule as freedom. • reading Galatians 5:1 and defining gospel freedom • Jesus setting us free from sin not just forgiving sin • why self-determinatio...

We honor Uncle Kevin’s memory with Psalm 23 and Psalm 116, then share what his life taught us about serving without needing the spotlight. We connect his example to Jesus’ words on greatness and end with a clear invitation to trust Christ by grace through faith.  • Reading Psalm 23 and Psalm 116 at a bedside goodbye  • Remembering a man who serves through actions, not talk  • Choosing to eat last...

We read all of Psalm 116 and sit with the line that has carried us through fresh grief: “Precious in the sight of the Lord is the death of his saints.” We talk about why God values his people in life and in death, and why Christian sorrow can still be held by real hope.  • dedicating the week’s devotionals to Uncle Kevin  • reading Psalm 23 and Psalm 116 at a hospital bedside  • walking through Ps...

We dedicate the week to the memory of my Uncle Kevin and talk through why Psalm 116 is such a fitting prayer beside a hospital bed. We read the first nine verses and learn how God meets us in anguish, saves the simple, and walks with us through the valley instead of teleporting us out of it.  • dedicating the week’s messages to Uncle Kevin’s memory  • why Psalm 116 fits moments near death  • readi...

We read Psalm 23 in the shadow of loss and focus on the part most people skip too fast: the valley. We challenge the idea that God’s best gift is escape and hold tight to the promise that He is with us in the dark.  • dedicating these Daily Blade messages to my Uncle Kevin  • reading Psalm 23 and reflecting on eternity and comfort  • recapping Yahweh as shepherd and God’s provision of rest and ren...

We dedicate the week to Uncle Kevin and share what it’s like to sit beside a hospital bed unsure what to say, then choose to read Scripture anyway. We walk through Psalm 23:1–3 and explain why God’s covenant name, Yahweh, is the foundation for real provision, rest, and restored strength.  • dedicating the week of episodes to Uncle Kevin and honoring his life  • reading Psalms aloud at the hospital...

We recap Galatians 1 through 4 and pull out action steps that keep us anchored to grace instead of drifting into performance faith. We remind you that you’re not a slave to sin or religion, you’re a son, and that identity changes how you fight and how you obey.  • preaching the gospel to ourselves daily so we don’t forget grace  • rejecting Jesus plus something thinking and trusting repentance and...

We sharpen up on Paul’s use of Abraham’s family story to show the difference between earning God’s favor and receiving God’s promise. We walk from Genesis to Galatians to Jesus and land on the freedom that comes from trusting Christ’s finished work.  • Scripture as the sword of the Spirit and our weapon for the fight  • Why we do not unhitch from the Old Testament and how it points to Jesus  • Pau...

Paul’s warning in Galatians 4 exposes how quickly we trade gospel freedom for the slavery of paganism or religious performance. We press into Paul’s plea, the cost of telling the truth, and the challenge to become the kind of friend who carries others to Jesus.  • Paul’s contrast between knowing God and returning to slavery  • The danger of trying to earn salvation through the law  • Why Paul “ent...

We dig into Galatians 4:6–7 and remind you that only God gets to name you. We talk about the freedom of being adopted as a son and heir through Christ, and why the Spirit in you drives real worship as “Abba, Father.”  • reading Galatians 4:6–7 and defining sonship and inheritance  • rejecting identity labels rooted in failure, shame, addiction, or past sin  • explaining why “sons” language matters...

We open Galatians 4 by showing how the law functions like a guardian that exposes sin and leads us to the freedom of the gospel. We trace how Jesus arrives at the fullness of time to redeem us and bring us into God’s family as sons, not just forgiven sinners.  • the law as a temporary guardian with a real purpose  • the heir and slave contrast and what it reveals about spiritual immaturity  • slav...