The Daily Blade: Joby Martin & Kyle Thompson

The most dangerous story in your life might be the one you keep telling yourself. John Eldredge steps in for Kyle and Joby to sharpen the Daily Blade with a clear challenge for Christian men: stop clinging to the story you want to be true, and learn to live in the story that is true, with God’s help. We look back at Saul’s conversion, Ananias’s quiet obedience, the Genesis vision of bringing order out of chaos, and David’s lesson in not leaning on old tools or familiar methods. Each story po...

Chaos is everywhere right now and it is easy to feel like the faithful response is to hunker down, complain louder, or just hope God fixes it all. We take a different path by going back to the opening pages of Scripture, where God brings order out of chaos and then turns to humanity with an invitation that still shapes our lives today. John Eldridge walks through Genesis 1 and 2 and connects it to the daily pressure men feel in their homes, work, churches, and communities. Being made i...

Saul is convinced he’s the hero of God’s story, right up until a flash of light knocks him to the ground and a voice asks a haunting question: “Why do you persecute me?” We walk through Acts 9 and the conversion of Saul of Tarsus, not as distant Bible history, but as a lived pattern of how Jesus confronts, rescues, and rebuilds a man from the inside out. John Eldredge sits in and points out a detail that’s easy to miss: Jesus doesn’t lead with a title, he leads with his name. “My name is Jes...

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...

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...

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...

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...

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...

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...

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...

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...

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...

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...