The Daily Blade: Joby Martin & Kyle Thompson
The Daily Blade, hosted by Pastor Joby Martin of the Church of Eleven22 and Kyle Thompson of Undaunted.Life, is a short-form devotional show that equips Christians to apply the Word of God to their everyday lives.
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Episodes
419 episodes
#418 - Ben // A Good Offense Against Sin
We talk about true spirituality as a real fight, moving away from old patterns and toward the life God intends. We land on a simple idea that changes everything: the best defense against sin is a good offense rooted in deeper joy with God. ...
#417 - Ben Stuart // A Practical Battle Plan Against Temptation
We use a warrior’s mindset to talk about spiritual warfare and how temptation actually works before it turns into sin. We lay out a clear plan for resisting the enemy by changing your environment, thinking through consequences, and trusting God...
#416 - Ben Stuart // How To Lose A Battle Without Noticing
We draw a clear line between fleeing sin and pursuing a stronger “yes” to righteousness, faith, love, and peace with our brothers. Then we unpack how the enemy studies our wiring and uses temptation to pull us away from intimacy with God. ...
#415 - Ben Stuart // Are You Free From Sin Or Free For Battle
We use a scene from Master and Commander to show how Jesus frees us for battle, not for comfort, and why the Word of God is our weapon. We break down sanctification as one movement with two parts, so we can kill what drags us back and cultivate...
#414 - Ben Stuart // What Changes When You Know The King Went First
We name the Christian life for what it often feels like: a real fight, not a vague self-improvement plan. We anchor our courage in the gospel truth that Jesus goes to war for us first, then calls us to fight from freedom. • the Word of...
#413 - Kyle Thompson // He Still Speaks
We talk about legacy in a way that goes deeper than heirlooms and lands on the one inheritance that can’t burn, break, or fade. We connect generational faith to Scripture and speak directly to our sons with a clear gospel invitation. •...
#412 - Kyle Thompson // Journaling Your Faith
We talk about why a Bible full of handwriting, underlines, and margin notes can be a gift to your sons instead of something to avoid. We connect Psalm 78 and 2 Timothy to a simple challenge: don’t pass down polished conclusions, pass down visib...
#411 - Kyle Thompson // The Unavoidable Bibles
We talk about why a worn Bible can be one of the clearest signs of a steady life and a serious faith. We challenge men to make God’s Word physically unavoidable at home so our kids inherit conviction, not just stuff. • Spurgeon’s line ...
#410 - Kyle Thompson // Watches for the Watchmen
We use the steady tick of a mechanical watch to face a hard truth: our days are numbered, and God will ask what we did with the time we were given. We talk about legacy as a living chain of discipleship and why our kids notice our hours more th...
#409 - Kyle Thompson // Drive Me around the Neighborhood, Son
We tell the story of a grandfather handing down a classic truck and why that moment reshapes how we think about legacy. We dig into Proverbs 13:22 and Elijah’s mantle to ask what kind of inheritance actually outlasts us and why only the gospel ...
#408 - Joby Martin // Unshakeable Freedom
We camp in Philippians 1:18–26 and watch Paul choose joy while sitting in confinement because the gospel still advances. We challenge ourselves to live with the same freedom, where Christ is the prize and eternity is more real than our circumst...
#407 - Joby Martin // Rejoicing Anyway
We work through Philippians 1:15–18 and face a hard reality: some people proclaim Christ with good motives, and some do it with envy and selfish ambition. We choose Paul’s path of joy by focusing on gospel outcomes, refusing to police motives, ...
#406 - Joby Martin // Gospel Over Comfort
Paul’s prison story in Philippians 1 exposes how God uses hard circumstances to advance the gospel. We challenge ourselves to choose a Great Commission mindset over the mission of comfort, then put our lives under an honest audit. • Pa...
#405 - Joby Martin // If Love Is Real It Requires Truth
We keep marching through Philippians and let Paul’s prayer in 1:9-11 correct the way we talk to God about the people we love. We ask for love that grows with knowledge and discernment, rooted in faith in Jesus and proven by the fruit of righteo...
#404 - Joby Martin // Mat Carriers
We keep walking Philippians verse by verse and land on Paul’s deep affection for the church in Philippi, a bond forged through shared grace, shared suffering, and shared gospel work. We challenge you to find and become the kind of “mat carrier”...
#403 - Kyle Thompson // God’s Plan A
A sealed tomb can feel like the final word, especially when you’re staring at betrayal, suffering, and loss. But the empty tomb flips the whole story and it flips ours too. We walk through Luke 24:1–7 and zoom out to the bigger spiritual battle...
#402 - Kyle Thompson // Talking Past Judas
A piece of bread gets dipped, passed across a table, and everything changes. At the Last Supper in John 13, betrayal doesn’t start with a sword or a shout, but with a quiet moment between friends and a line of Scripture that reaches all the way...
#401 - Kyle Thompson // The Dragon in the Garden
One sentence can dismantle a life of trust: “Did God actually say?” We start at the very beginning, where the first man and woman live in Eden with one clear boundary, and where a crafty enemy doesn’t lead with a command but with a question tha...
#400 - Kyle Thompson // The Anointed Cherub Who Wanted More
A funeral song for an arrogant king turns into something far stranger and far older and it forces a real question: what if the Bible is pulling back the curtain on the origin story of Satan? We start with the framing that God’s Word is the swor...
#399 - Kyle Thompson // A Harmful Spirit FROM the LORD
A king sits in the dark with a spear, locked on murder, while a young man plays music a few feet away trying to calm the room. That image is haunting on its own, but the Bible’s explanation is even more startling: “The Spirit of the Lord depart...
#398 - Joby Martin // Assurance That Holds
Anxiety loves the question, “What if I don’t make it?” Philippians 1:6 answers with something sturdier than mood or momentum: God completes what He begins. We lean into Paul’s confidence, not as hype, but as a deep promise for anyone who has pu...
#397 - Joby Martin // What Would Change If God Said Yes
Are you actually praying for people, or just praying about them in a way that sounds holy but hides frustration? We sit with Paul’s words in Philippians 1:3–5 and let his joy-filled intercession expose how small and self-focused our prayer habi...
#396 - Joby Martin //You Cannot Have Peace Without Jesus Christ
Most of us say we want peace, but we keep trying to buy it, earn it, or outrun it. Today we slow down in Philippians 1:2 where Paul offers two words that sound simple until you actually let them define your life: grace and peace. We treat Scrip...
#395 - Joby Martin // In Christ First
Your identity is never neutral. It either starts “in Christ” or it starts somewhere else, and that starting point quietly decides how you treat people, how you handle politics, and how you show up at church. We open day two of the Daily Blade b...
#394 - Joby Martin // Joy In A Prison Letter
A letter written from prison somehow becomes one of the clearest guides to joy and that tension is exactly where we start. We crack open Philippians at chapter 1, verse 1, then slow down long enough to feel the weight of the first words: “Paul ...