The Daily Blade: Joby Martin & Kyle Thompson

We read Galatians 1 and confront the question of who has the right to define a believer’s identity. Paul’s defense becomes our framework for rejecting false labels and embracing a long list of scriptural truths about who we are in Christ.

• the sword of the Spirit as our core weapon
• reading and grounding in Galatians 1
• Paul’s critics and his Jesus-given authority
• only Jesus defines identity and calling
• a rapid-fire set of identity statements from Scripture
• freedom from condemnation and approval-chasing
• living as God’s workmanship with courage and discipline
• a closing charge to act from identity, not for it

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We trace Paul’s story from zealot to apostle and set the scene for Galatians 1. The core warning lands hard: salvation is by grace through faith, not “Jesus plus” our works, and real freedom only comes from the finished work of Christ.

• Paul’s background as Saul and his Damascus road conversion
• Why Paul’s authority comes from Jesus, not human approval
• The planting of the Galatian churches and early growth
• The rise of the Judaizers and the false gospel of “Jesus plus”
• Grace alone versus works-based righteousness
• Signs you may be drifting into legalism
• An invitation to study Galatians for deeper freedom

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We draw a straight line from desire to design and from earthly echoes to a greater country, using C.S. Lewis and Scripture to steady courage and aim our loves. Hope of heaven becomes a plan for living: grateful, alert, and bold about Jesus.

• Mere Christianity on desire as signpost
• gratitude without idolatry toward earthly gifts
• the world’s hatred and the cost of allegiance
• citizens of heaven as present identity
• transformation promised in Christ
• practical ways to keep desire awake
• urgency to help others find hope

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We trace a straight line from C.S. Lewis’s Mere Christianity to a practical call: choose holiness over niceness. Jesus’ claims demand obedience, fruit matters more than feelings, and love sometimes speaks hard truth to rescue people from sin.

• Lewis’s trilemma and the lordship claim
• Fruit as the public test of faith
• Why “nice guy” religion fails people
• Holiness as the believer’s true aim
• Obedience to Jesus over social approval
• Speaking truth with courage and care
• Hope in ongoing sanctification and final perfection

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We press into C.S. Lewis’s famous trilemma and the claim of Jesus in John 10, challenging the safe label of “great moral teacher.” The call is simple and costly: if Jesus is Lord, stake your life on him.

• why “great moral teacher” fails when weighed against Jesus’ claims
• liar, lunatic, or Lord as the only coherent options
• John 10 and the unity of the Son with the Father
• why the crowd reached for stones and what that means
• abundant life defined as union with the Father, not prosperity
• moving from admiration to allegiance

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