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Ten Minute Bible Talks Devotional Bible Study
Connect with God in the time it takes you to drive to work or empty the dishwasher. Every episode focuses on one Bible passage, explains it, and applies it to your life. Co-hosted by Keith Simon, Tanya Willmeth, Jensen Holt McNair, Patrick Miller, and Jeff Parrett.
Episodes
- Ten Minute Bible Talks Devotional Bible Study
The Ultimate Hope of the Christian Life | The Gospels | Luke 20:27–47
Is the ultimate hope of the Christian life simply “going to heaven”? Why does Jesus place so much emphasis on resurrection? And what will eternal life actually…
- Ten Minute Bible Talks Devotional Bible Study
The Trap That Saved the World | The Gospels | Luke 20:1–26
Why were the Pharisees so desperate to trap Jesus? What did they fail to understand about his authority? And how did God use rejection itself to bring…
- Ten Minute Bible Talks Devotional Bible Study
What Do You Have That Jesus Needs? | The Gospels | Luke 19:28–48
Do you ever wonder whether what you have to offer really matters? What if the ordinary thing in your hands could become part of God’s bigger story? In today’s…
- Ten Minute Bible Talks Devotional Bible Study
You’re a Steward, Not an Owner | The Gospels | Luke 19:11–27
What has God entrusted to you? Do you see your life as a list of tasks, or part of a bigger story? And what does Jesus want his followers doing while they wait…
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Do You Feel Lost? | The Gospels | Luke 19:1–10
Why does Jesus stop for Zaccheus? What does that reveal about the heart of God? And what does Jesus do with people who feel disconnected, unseen, or like they…
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Why Don’t You Ask God for Big Things? | The Gospels | Luke 18:35–43
Do you believe God is annoyed by your neediness? What if he actually delights when you depend on him? And how should that change the way we pray? In today’s…
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What Children Understand Better Than Adults | The Gospels | Luke 18:15–34
Why does Jesus say we must receive the kingdom like a child? What keeps us from depending on him? And why is self-sufficiency so spiritually dangerous? In…
- Ten Minute Bible Talks Devotional Bible Study
Don’t Give Up on Prayer | The Gospels | Luke 18:1–14
Why do we pray? Is prayer just about getting answers from God or something deeper? And what keeps us from continuing to come to God in prayer? In today’s…
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Are You Ready for Jesus's Return? | The Gospels | Luke 17:20–37
Why do we keep looking for signs of the end? What if we’re focusing on the wrong things? And how does Jesus say his return will actually happen? In today’s…
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What Real Healing Looks Like | The Gospels | Luke 17:1–19
What if you look healed on the outside, but something is still broken within? Why did only one of the ten lepers return to Jesus? And what does this story…
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Is There Enough Evidence for God? | The Gospels | Luke 16:16–31
Why doesn’t more evidence always lead to belief? What does the story of the rich man and Lazarus reveal about our hearts? And what keeps people from listening…
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How Should Christians Think About Money? | The Gospels | Luke 16:1–15
Why does Jesus tell a story that seems to praise dishonesty? What is he actually trying to teach about money? And how should we think about what we’ve been…
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The Trap of Comparison | The Gospels | Luke 15:11–32
Why do we constantly compare ourselves to others? How can comparison lead us either to shame or pride? And what does this story reveal about where we actually…
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3 Signs You're Living Like a Pharisee | The Gospels | Luke 15:1–10
Have you lost the joy of your salvation? Do you see yourself as someone who was truly lost? And what happens when grace starts to feel ordinary? In today’s…
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Will You Accept the Invitation? | The Gospels | Luke 14:15–34
Why don’t we feel urgency when it comes to God? What keeps us from responding to his invitation? And what do our excuses reveal about what we truly value? In…
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Do You Care Too Much About Status? | The Gospels | Luke 14:1–14
Why are we so obsessed with status? What happens when our need to matter starts shaping how we treat others? And how can we break free from the pressure to…
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Is Your Faith Driven by Fear? | The Gospels | Luke 13:22–35
Is your faith driven by fear? Are you more focused on who’s “in” or “out” than on your own response to Jesus? And what does it actually mean to enter through…
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Are You Producing Fruit? | The Gospels | Luke 13:1–21
What is God growing in your life right now? Are you seeing real fruit, or just going through the motions? And how does God respond to a life that isn’t…
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Jesus Came to Bring... Division? | The Gospels | Luke 12:49–59
Why does Jesus say he came to bring division? What does it mean that we can’t stay neutral about him? And how do we follow him when it costs us something? In…
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The King Is Coming. Are You Ready? | The Gospels | Luke 12:35–48
Are you living with a sense of readiness for Jesus's return, or drifting through life? What does Jesus mean when he tells us to stay awake and prepared? And…
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Jesus’s Solution for Anxiety | The Gospels | Luke 12:22–34
Why do we feel so anxious even when we have more than ever before? Could it be that our anxiety isn’t coming from lack, but from abundance? And what does Jesus…
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You Might Be Living Like a Practical Atheist If... | The Gospels | Luke 12:1–21
What are you actually building your life around? How do we know if we’re living for what truly matters or just accumulating more? And what does it mean to be…
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Are You Living in the Light? | The Gospels | Luke 11:33–55
What does it really mean to be "light"? What does Jesus say about the danger of outward obedience without inward change? And how do we become people who…
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What Happened to the Devil? | The Gospels | Luke 11:14–32
Why has belief in the devil and spiritual evil faded in modern thinking? Is there more happening in the spiritual world than we tend to realize? What does…
- Ten Minute Bible Talks Devotional Bible Study
Does God Really Hear My Prayers? | The Gospels | Luke 11:1–13
Do you ever wonder if God is really listening when you pray? Why does prayer sometimes feel like talking into silence? And what does Jesus actually teach us…
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Are You Too Busy to Sit With Jesus? | The Gospels | Luke 10:38–42
Why is it so easy to stay busy doing things for Jesus while missing time with Jesus himself? What happens when activity replaces intimacy? And what does it…
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Do You Have the Right Answer, But the Wrong Heart? | The Gospels | Luke 10:25–37
Have you ever treated your faith like a game of giving the right answers? Why do we sometimes settle for knowing truth instead of living it? And what does…
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The Urgency of the Gospel | The Gospels | Luke 10:1–24
Why don’t we treat spiritual things with real urgency? Do we see Jesus’s message as a system that promises heaven someday, or as a rescue that makes it…
- Ten Minute Bible Talks Devotional Bible Study
Jesus Won’t Let You Live in a Bubble | The Gospels | Luke 9:46–62
Why is it so easy to divide the world into “us” and “them”? Why do we assume people unlike us must be the problem? And what does Jesus do with the rivalries…
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A Glory Worth the Cost | The Gospels | Luke 9:21–45
Why does Jesus reveal his glory right after calling his disciples to take up their cross? What were they meant to understand about who he is? And how does that…
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What’s Drawing You to Jesus? | The Gospels | Luke 9:1–20
What is it that draws people to Jesus in the first place? Can fear and desperation be powerful, spiritual wake-up calls? And why are those things still not…
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Why Is God Making Me Wait? | The Gospels | Luke 8:40–56
Why does God make us wait? What do we do when he doesn’t seem to move fast enough? Could his delay mean he plans to give us something better? In today’s…
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Where Is Your Faith? | The Gospels | Luke 8:16–39
What do you do when life feels completely out of your hands? Why do we so often react as if we’re carrying everything by ourselves? How would your response to…
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Was Jesus a Feminist? | The Gospels | Luke 8:1–15
Why did women flock to Jesus? What made His movement so different from the world around Him? And what does that say about the heart of Christianity today? In…
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The Crux of the Cross | The Gospels | Luke 7:36-50
Do you believe the cross is true, but functionally deny its power in your everyday life? Why do we still carry guilt Jesus already died to remove? What if Good…
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When You Feel Forgotten by God | The Gospels | Luke 7:18–35
Have you ever wondered if God has forgotten you? What happens when one painful moment starts to overshadow years of his faithfulness? What if Jesus’s answer to…
- Ten Minute Bible Talks Devotional Bible Study
The Kingdom Where Everyone Matters | The Gospels | Luke 7:1–17
Who gets welcomed into Jesus's kingdom? Have you ever assumed there's only room for the spiritually strong, the socially acceptable, or the people with the…
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What Real Love Actually Looks Like | The Gospels | Luke 6:27–49
How do you love people who are hard to love? Why do we so often choose love that benefits us instead of love that costs us? What does real love actually look…
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The "Good Life" Isn’t What You Think | The Gospels | Luke 6:12–26
What does the good life actually look like? Why does Jesus’s definition of blessing feel so upside down to us? What if the life we’re chasing is making it…
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The Rest You’re Aching For | The Gospels | Luke 6:1–11
Why do we ache for rest but resist it at the same time? Why do better habits and slower days still fail to quiet our hearts? What if the rest you’re longing…
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Why Jesus is Magnetized to Broken People | The Gospels | Luke 5:27–39
Why do we assume Jesus wants the cleaned-up version of us? Why do we hide our wounds, sin, and shame from him? What if the very places we want to conceal are…
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Jesus is Willing. Jesus is Able. | The Gospels | Luke 5:12–26
Has shame shaped how you see yourself and how you approach God? What if Jesus’s response is not rejection, but a willingness to come close and the power to…
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Stop Living for “If Only” | The Gospels | Luke 5:1–11
What’s the “if only” you keep chasing? Why do we keep believing contentment is just one achievement, relationship, or outcome away? And what if Jesus is…
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Do You Believe Miracles Still Happen? | The Gospels | Luke 4:31–44
What if Jesus’s miracles are more than ancient stories? What do they reveal about his kingdom? And how do they help us hope for what’s still to come? In…
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The Needy and the Need-Nots | The Gospels | Luke 4:14–30
What if the deepest dividing line in humanity isn’t between the haves and the have-nots? What if it’s between the needy and the need-nots? And how do we know…
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Why Consumption Can’t Satisfy You | The Gospels | Luke 4:1–13
Why are we so easily controlled by our cravings? How has consumer culture trained us to keep reaching for more? And what does Jesus teach us about resisting…
- Ten Minute Bible Talks Devotional Bible Study
How Chasing Approval Kills Your Faith | The Gospels | Luke 3:21-38
Do you feel like you constantly have to prove yourself? Are you trapped in the need to be liked, validated, or praised? How can you break free from this…
- Ten Minute Bible Talks Devotional Bible Study
Is Your Heart Ready? | The Gospels | Luke 3:1–20
What does it mean to prepare for God’s work in your life? How do you know if your heart is truly changing? And what does repentance really look like? In…
- Ten Minute Bible Talks Devotional Bible Study
Why Jesus Stayed Behind | The Gospels | Luke 2:41–52
Was Jesus sinning by staying behind at the Temple after his parents left? How do we submit to imperfect authority while keeping our hearts aligned with God?…
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Comfort in the Chaos | The Gospels | Luke 2:22–40
How can we recognize God’s work in the midst of uncertainty? Is there hope beyond the chaos? Can comfort go deeper than our circumstances? In today’s episode…
- Ten Minute Bible Talks Devotional Bible Study
Why God Chose Bethlehem | The Gospels | Luke 2:1-21
If God could choose anywhere for Jesus to be born, why a manger in an obscure city? Why do we assume significance comes from power or wealth? And what if God’s…
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What Real Praise Looks Like | The Gospels | Luke 1:67–80
What does It actually mean to praise God? How does remembering God’s faithfulness reshape our priorities? And what does it look like to center our lives on God…
- Ten Minute Bible Talks Devotional Bible Study
Nine Months of Silence | The Gospels | Luke 1:57–66
What happens when God asks you to trust him in the middle of uncertainty? What do you do when faith and doubt collide? And what does John’s birth reveal about…
- Ten Minute Bible Talks Devotional Bible Study
The Way Up is Down | The Gospels | Luke 1:39–56
Are you chasing personal success over God’s kingdom? What does true greatness look like? Can the "lowly" really change the world? In today’s episode, Keith…
- Ten Minute Bible Talks Devotional Bible Study
Nothing is Impossible with God | The Gospels | Luke 1:26–38
How do we surrender when God’s plan is overwhelming? Can hope thrive in uncertainty? What does it mean to trust God completely? In today’s episode, Jeff…
- Ten Minute Bible Talks Devotional Bible Study
How Will God Set the World Right? | The Gospels | Luke 1:1–25
If the world feels unjust, is anyone truly in control? How will lost sinners ever be reconciled? Where does real hope begin? In today’s episode, Patrick…
- Ten Minute Bible Talks Devotional Bible Study
Do You Live with Resurrection Hope? | The Gospels | Mark 16:1–8
Is your outlook shaped by what’s happening around you? Are you worrying about "stones" God has already rolled away? What would it look like to live differently…
- Ten Minute Bible Talks Devotional Bible Study
The Cry from the Cross | The Gospels | Mark 15:33–47
Why did Jesus quote Psalm 22 in his final moments? Why does it sound more like desperation than victory? What does his agony reveal about God’s heart toward…
- Ten Minute Bible Talks Devotional Bible Study
The Ultimate Proof of His Love | The Gospels | Mark 15:21–32
How can you be sure God loves you? What do you do when your circumstances make you doubt his goodness? What does it mean to take up your cross and follow…
- Ten Minute Bible Talks Devotional Bible Study
Hail, King Jesus! | The Gospels | Mark 15:1–20
What does it mean to say “Hail, King Jesus” in a world that feels anything but joyful? Where is God when you feel rejected, condemned, or beaten down? Can…