The Daily Blade: Joby Martin & Kyle Thompson

Chasing the next job, the next role, the next “break” can feel like motivation, but it can also become a trap. We dig into a simple leadership lesson that keeps showing up in real life: be faithful with what God has entrusted to you today instead of living for the myth of “there.” If you’ve ever thought, “Once I get to that next season, then I’ll take discipleship seriously,” this conversation is meant to stop you in your tracks and reset your focus. We share the story of starting small in m...

Transcribed - Published: 4 June 2026

Your next big decision might not need more research, more opinions, or another round of “what if” scenarios. It might need one clear filter from John 2:5: “Do whatever he tells you to do.” We take that single verse and apply it to real leadership pressure where the stakes are high and the outcome is not guaranteed. We walk through the wedding at Cana and pay attention to the part we usually skip: the servants’ steps. Fill the jars. Draw the water. Carry it to the master. None of it mak...

Transcribed - Published: 3 June 2026

Fear can feel like wisdom when you’re staring down an uncertain future, a hard conversation, or a leadership role that feels bigger than you. We go straight at that tension with a practical Christian leadership lesson: choose faith over fear. The difference comes down to one question we keep returning to: when you look ahead, who do you believe is in control, you, your circumstances, or God? We dig into 2 Timothy 1:7 and talk about why fear is more than a passing emotion. We also draw an imp...

Transcribed - Published: 2 June 2026

Most leaders love vision because it feels inspiring. But what happens when you hit the goal, the season changes, or your “preferred future” turns out to be too small? We talk about a leadership idea that cuts through the hype: direction is more important than vision, and the path you choose today shapes where you end up tomorrow. We pull that thread through Proverbs 3:5–6, where Scripture uses unmistakable directional language about trusting God, refusing to lean on your own understand...

Transcribed - Published: 1 June 2026

A Navy pilot sits in front of an enemy camera, bruised, exhausted, and forced into a propaganda film. Instead of playing along, he stares straight into the lens and blinks a message in Morse code: “SOS” and “TORTURE.” That’s James Stockdale, and his decision under pressure opens a sobering conversation about resilience, truth, and what happens when your circumstances refuse to change. We walk through why Stockdale survived seven and a half years in the Hanoi Hilton by “controlling the contro...

Transcribed - Published: 29 May 2026

A grizzly bear, a shredded back, a broken leg, and two men who steal the little he has left. Hugh Glass should have died in the Dakota wilderness in 1823, but he doesn’t. He crawls. For six weeks. Nearly 200 miles. That story isn’t here to hype up “grit” or pretend pain is easy. We use it to ask a harder question: what actually keeps a man moving forward when his life feels like hostile ground? From there, we step into Joshua’s moment of pressure. Moses is gone, Joshua is staring at the Jord...

Transcribed - Published: 28 May 2026

One wrong step can turn a normal morning into a fight to survive. We start with the true-to-life, gut-level story of Aaron Rawson, alone in a slot canyon in southeastern Utah when an 800-pound boulder pins his arm and leaves him with no plan, little water, and no one expecting him home. It is intense for a reason: many of us know what it feels like when the world drops out from under us in a single moment, whether it is a diagnosis, betrayal, or a crisis that shows up uninvited. From t...

Transcribed - Published: 27 May 2026

Sharks in the water, no drinking water in the raft, and no land for a thousand miles. We start with the true story of Louis Zamparini, shot down in World War II, drifting for weeks in the Pacific, then captured and brutalized in Japanese prison camps. It’s the kind of resilience story that forces you to ask what a human being is made of when everything gets stripped away. But the most surprising part is what happens after he makes it home. The war follows him into the night through terrors, ...

Transcribed - Published: 26 May 2026

A ruptured tendon can do more than wreck your training plan. It can expose the parts of you that only feel steady when life is easy. We start from that raw place and talk honestly about resilience when recovery is slow, pain is loud, and the future feels like a long, frustrating process instead of a quick fix. Then we drop into one of the clearest case studies in grit and leadership you’ll ever hear: Ernest Shackleton and the Endurance expedition. Trapped in Antarctic pack ice, forced to aba...

Transcribed - Published: 25 May 2026

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Transcribed - Published: 22 May 2026

Prosperity is a loaded word, and Psalm 1 doesn’t let us keep shallow definitions. We slow down on the image of a man who becomes like a tree planted by streams of water, steady through heat, fruitful in season, and unwithered over time. That picture raises a hard, honest question: are we actually rooted in what can sustain us, or are we chasing quick growth with no depth? We connect Psalm 1 to Jesus’ invitation in John 15 to abide in Him. Using vivid garden language, we talk about the real w...

Transcribed - Published: 21 May 2026

Psalm 1 doesn’t just call us to avoid bad influences, it calls us to build a life that’s actually rooted. We dig into the sharp contrast between the man who is blessed and the life that turns into chaff, and we slow down on the word that changes everything: “but.” It’s not enough to stop walking in the counsel of the wicked if we never replace that space with something stronger. The turning point is delight in the law of the Lord and meditation day and night. We get practical and perso...

Transcribed - Published: 20 May 2026

The scariest kind of drift is the kind you get used to. Psalm 1 doesn’t just warn us about “bad people” it exposes a pattern: we start by walking near harmful influence, then we stand in it long enough to adopt it, and eventually we sit down and get comfortable in a culture that scoffs at God. If your faith feels stale or your relationship with the Lord feels stagnant, this is a serious place to look, because we’re all being discipled by something. We read Psalm 1 out loud and dig into...

Transcribed - Published: 19 May 2026

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Transcribed - Published: 18 May 2026

A party is happening, the lost son is home, and one person refuses to come inside. We dig into the older brother’s anger in Luke 15 and uncover a form of spiritual danger that looks “good” on the outside but is hollow on the inside: resentment. When faith turns into scorekeeping, service starts to feel like slavery, obedience becomes leverage, and joy dries up fast. We read the closing verses of the parable and pull out three traits that expose the older brother’s heart: resentment toward hi...

Transcribed - Published: 15 May 2026

A son blows up his family, burns through his future, and ends up feeding pigs and that’s only the opening scene. Jay Reisner (lead pastor at Faith Bible Church) fills in on The Daily Blade and takes us line by line through Luke 15:11–32 to show how Jesus crafts the parable of the prodigal son to hit both the obvious sinner and the respectable critic. If you’ve ever wondered why this story still feels so personal, it’s because every detail is designed to expose shame and point to a Father who ...

Transcribed - Published: 14 May 2026

A son looks his father in the eye and basically says, “I want your stuff, not you.” That’s the gut-punch at the center of Luke 15’s third parable, and it’s why this story cuts deeper than a lost sheep or a misplaced coin. I’m Jay Reisner, filling in this week, and I walk through the parable of the man with two sons to show what Scripture reveals about willful lostness, rebellion, and the long road back home. We talk about the scale of the loss in this parable and why it’s not just a sa...

Transcribed - Published: 13 May 2026

Grumbling religious leaders. A table full of sinners. And Jesus telling stories that land like a mirror. We step into Luke 15 with guest teacher Jay Reisner, lead pastor of Faith Bible Church, to explore why Jesus responds to criticism with parables that feel simple on the surface but cut straight to the heart of the gospel. First up is the lost sheep: not a villain, just a wanderer. We talk about why the Bible uses sheep as a recurring picture of God’s people, what it reveals about human na...

Transcribed - Published: 12 May 2026

The tension that sparks Luke 15 isn’t a theological debate, it’s a meal. Some of the most rejected people in society draw near to Jesus to listen, and the religious leaders can’t stand what they see: He receives sinners and eats with them. That short complaint reveals a lot about what we believe God is like, what we think grace costs, and who we assume is welcome. Jay Reisner joins The Daily Blade to set up a full week in Luke 15 and explain why this chapter sits at the epicenter of Jesus’ p...

Transcribed - Published: 11 May 2026

Isaiah 53 ends in a place most people don’t expect. After describing a servant who is crushed, rejected, silent before his accusers, and killed for crimes he did not commit, the text suddenly turns and says he will “see his offspring” and “prolong his days.” That isn’t poetic optimism. It’s a problem that demands an explanation: how does a dead man thrive? We walk line by line through Isaiah 53:10–12 and show why the prophecy only holds together if resurrection is real and death truly gets de...

Transcribed - Published: 8 May 2026

Silence usually reads like surrender, especially when you’re being accused in public. We open Isaiah 53:7-9 and wrestle with a detail that still feels upside down: the suffering servant is oppressed, afflicted, and yet refuses to defend himself. That “lamb led to the slaughter” picture isn’t sentimental, it’s surgical. It forces the question every man faces sooner or later: is restraint weakness, or can it be the strongest move on the board? We track how the Gospels echo Isaiah’s prophecy wi...

Transcribed - Published: 7 May 2026

Isaiah 53:4–6 is one of those passages that leaves no room for vague faith. We slow down and read the words carefully: grief carried, sorrow borne, transgressions pierced, iniquities crushed, peace purchased, healing given. Then we ask the uncomfortable question hiding in plain sight: why do we keep assuming that suffering automatically means God is punishing the person who suffers? We unpack why Isaiah’s structure is so deliberate. The moral failure belongs to us, and the suffering be...

Transcribed - Published: 6 May 2026

A conquering king with an army feels like the obvious answer but Isaiah 53 says the Savior won’t look like that at all. We open the chapter and let it collide with our instincts: the servant grows like a young plant out of dry ground, with no outward majesty to draw crowds, and he is despised, rejected, and marked by sorrow. If you’ve ever equated strength with spectacle, this passage is a jolt. We walk through why that disconnect mattered so much in the world Jesus entered. In the Sec...

Transcribed - Published: 5 May 2026

We’re wired to look for a certain kind of savior: big presence, obvious strength, and a win everyone can see. Isaiah 53 starts by tearing that picture down. The servant doesn’t arrive like a towering tree or a conquering king. He comes up like a young plant in dry ground, with no outward majesty, no beauty that draws a crowd, and a life marked by rejection. We walk through Isaiah 53:1-3 and connect it to the world Jesus steps into, where many expect a Messiah who will crush Rome, resto...

Transcribed - Published: 4 May 2026

Billy Graham sat at a dinner table in his 90s and got asked a simple question: if you could preach one more time to one more packed stadium, what would you preach? His answer was instant and surprisingly narrow. Not a trend, not a headline, not a personal victory lap, but Galatians 6:14, a verse that puts every kind of pride on trial and leaves us with one place to stand: the cross of Jesus Christ. We use that moment to slow down and ask what we really boast in. Is it our accomplishmen...

Transcribed - Published: 1 May 2026

Religious effort can look holy while hiding a deeper fear: What if I have not done enough for God to accept me? We go straight at that question with Paul’s closing words in Galatians: neither circumcision nor uncircumcision counts for anything, but a new creation. The gospel is not behavior management. It is resurrection for the spiritually dead, a real heart change that only Jesus can do. We talk about why no religious activity can create new life, even the ones many of us grew up treating ...

Transcribed - Published: 30 April 2026

Billy Graham had every reason to talk about his résumé. Instead, when we asked what he’d preach if he could fill one more stadium, he didn’t hesitate: Galatians 6:14. That moment has stayed with us because it cuts through the noise of modern Christian culture and brings us back to the one thing worth boasting in the cross of Jesus Christ. We close out Galatians by reading Paul’s words and letting them search us. What do we brag about when no one is asking? Do our conversations quietly orbit o...

Transcribed - Published: 29 April 2026

A polished religious life can hide a deeper problem: fear. In day two of The Daily Blade, we open Galatians 6:12 and let Paul expose what happens when people trade the freedom of the gospel for the pressure of performance. The Judaizers demand circumcision so they can “make a good showing in the flesh,” avoid heat for the cross, and boast in what they can control. That ancient argument still sounds familiar when church culture becomes a scoreboard and spiritual leaders measure worth by behavi...

Transcribed - Published: 28 April 2026

Paul closes Galatians with a line that feels almost too ordinary to matter: “See with what large letters I am writing to you with my own hand.” We slow down and sit with that detail, because it points to something many people miss when they dismiss the Bible as myth. These are not fairy tales floating above history. They’re real letters from real leaders to real churches, written with ink, carried by messengers, and read aloud in public. From there, we build a clear, practical case for...

Transcribed - Published: 27 April 2026

More than half of self-described evangelicals say Christian beliefs shouldn’t influence political decisions. That single claim exposes a wider problem: a crisis of discernment where the culture quietly trains us to treat faith as private and politics as neutral. We’re not buying that split, and we’re not going to outsource our thinking to slogans like “don’t talk about religion or politics.” We walk through the State of Theology 2025 survey statement and then bring it under the authority of ...

Transcribed - Published: 24 April 2026

A lot of people claim faith while keeping the church at arm’s length, and it’s starting to look normal. When the 2025 State of Theology survey reports that 39% of self-identified evangelicals don’t think Christians are obligated to join a local church, we don’t shrug it off, we test it against Scripture and ask what discipleship is supposed to look like when nobody wants to commit. We talk honestly about the common lines we’ve all heard or even used: God doesn’t live in a building, chu...

Transcribed - Published: 23 April 2026

Nearly half of self-described evangelicals say God accepts the worship of all religions. If that number doesn’t stop you in your tracks, it should, because it forces one unavoidable question: do we let culture set the terms of worship, or do we let Jesus? We dig into a major discernment crisis using findings from the State of Theology 2025 survey, then hold a headline-grabbing belief up to Scripture: “God accepts the worship of all religions, including Christianity, Judaism, and Islam.” Alon...

Transcribed - Published: 22 April 2026

The most revealing beliefs are the ones we assume no longer need defending. Marriage has become one of those fault lines, especially after Obergefell v. Hodges reshaped the legal landscape and made honest public debate feel almost forbidden. We sit down as Joby Martin and Kyle Thompson on The Daily Blade and name what’s underneath the noise: a crisis of Christian discernment, where self-described evangelicals can say “the Bible is my authority” while drifting toward cultural definitions of tr...

Transcribed - Published: 21 April 2026

Every day brings a fresh headline to fear, fight over, or doomscroll through, but we think a deeper emergency is hiding underneath all of it: a crisis of discernment. When information is endless and confusion is profitable, it gets harder to tell truth from noise and that confusion doesn’t stop at the church door. We talk about how algorithms, influence campaigns, and the rapid rise of artificial intelligence are reshaping what people believe and how quickly they believe it. We also pr...

Transcribed - Published: 20 April 2026

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 worship and biblical stewardship as discipleship. If everything we have is a grace gift from God,...

Transcribed - Published: 17 April 2026

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 you’ve ever thought, “Who am I to say something?” we answer that straight: you’re his brother, and ...

Transcribed - Published: 16 April 2026

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 into why social media is such a powerful comparison trap, because we end up measuring our...

Transcribed - Published: 15 April 2026

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 evidence that the Holy Spirit is at work from the inside out. We talk about why this matters for ...

Transcribed - Published: 14 April 2026

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 freedom means sin no longer owns you, and one day it will not even be present. From there we sit w...

Transcribed - Published: 13 April 2026

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 about why that happens and why building self-worth on other people’s opinions or our own shifting emo...

Transcribed - Published: 10 April 2026

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 what changes when we build real rhythms that help us connect with God and actually listen. The aim i...

Transcribed - Published: 9 April 2026

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 impulse control, money habits, and identity. We dig into why sports betting has become one of the fa...

Transcribed - Published: 8 April 2026

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 Cyrene is forced to carry Jesus’ cross, and why that single sentence took on new meaning during h...

Transcribed - Published: 7 April 2026

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 steps in to share his story of growing up without faith, opening a Bible with honest questions, ...

Transcribed - Published: 6 April 2026

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 pruning\n• Why saying no to sin is not enough without stirred affections\n• Three essentials for ...

Transcribed - Published: 3 April 2026

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 • Choosing to build others up with our words • Drinking, self-control and refus...

Transcribed - Published: 2 April 2026

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 language aimed at leaders who mislead • The difference between treating wounded ...

Transcribed - Published: 1 April 2026

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 based justification • faith as whole trust in Christ’s cross and resurrecti...

Transcribed - Published: 31 March 2026

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-determination is not the same as freedom • “stand firm” as a fighting posture in the Christian life • reject...

Transcribed - Published: 30 March 2026

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 and make sure others are cared for • Seeing everyday humility in work, famil...

Transcribed - Published: 27 March 2026