Ten Minute Bible Talks Devotional Bible Study

Is following Jesus your biggest priority? What's most important in your family? What do you want most in your own life and in your kids' lives? In today's episode, Tanya looks at Genesis 26:34-27:46 to discuss the importance of connecting as a family about Jesus. What are you connecting with your family about? Like this content? Make sure to leave us a rating and share it with others, so others ca...

Who is responsible for the next generation's faith? Parents? The church? Should kids just learn from their parents' mistakes and failures? In today's episode, Keith uses Genesis 26:1-33 to discuss the importance of passing on the baton of faith. Listen to learn how to pass the baton in your own life. Like this content? Make sure to leave us a rating and share it with others, so others can find it...

Do you come from a family of sibling rivalry and favoritism? Does jealousy exist in your family? Do such things exist in families in the Bible? In today's episode, Patrick looks at Jacob and Esau, two brothers in Genesis 25:19-34, to illustrate the brokenness of families. Listen to find out what it's like in God's family. Like this content? Make sure to leave us a rating and share it with others,...

What will you be remembered for when you die? For your achievements? Your wealth? Your athleticism? The way you looked? In today's episode, Jensen looks at Abraham's death in Genesis 25:1-11 and discusses his legacy of faith. Will people remember you for your faith? Like this content? Make sure to leave us a rating and share it with others, so others can find it too. Use #asktmbt to connect with u...

Wouldn't life be so much easier if God just told you his plan for your life? Is it even possible to know what God is doing with your life? In today's episode, Tanya uses Genesis 24 to share how to follow God's will for your life even when it isn't clear. Like this content? Make sure to leave us a rating and share it with others, so others can find it too. Use #asktmbt to connect with us, ask quest...

Is your current life all there is? Are you trying to find ultimate happiness in this life? Do you invest your time, energy and treasures into making this life the best life? In today's episode, Keith looks at Genesis 23 to discuss why we should be living for our eternal life. Like this content? Make sure to leave us a rating and share it with others, so others can find it too. Use #asktmbt to conn...

BONUS Episode: Unless you're living under a rock, you know that something is happening between Ukraine and Russia. How should Christians approach this heartbreaking situation? The truth is: the Bible is not silent on such matters. That's why we're bringing you this bonus episode. In it, Keith and Patrick lay out what the Bible says about war and dictators, and how God's Word applies to Russia's at...

Is God trying to prove the strength of your faith? Is a trial applying pressure to your life? Is your faith getting stronger? In today's episode, Patrick looks at Genesis 22:1-19 to tell the story of Abraham and Isaac. Listen to find out how God strengthens our loyalty and trust in him. Like this content? Make sure to leave us a rating and share it with others, so others can find it too. Use #askt...

Don't forget to subscribe to the TMBT Newsletter here. You've probably heard it before: "this world is not your home." But is that what the Bible really teaches? Does this statement encourage apathy toward our current world? In today's episode, Jensen shares three things you can learn from Abraham in Genesis 21:22-34. Listen to find out how to follow God while still participating in the world arou...

Don't forget to subscribe to the TMBT Newsletter here. Do you feel forgotten, cast out or ignored? Do you wonder if you can even bear to go on in your situation? Tanya shares how Hagar felt this way in Genesis 21:8-20. Listen to find out how God seeks out unwanted and forgotten people and draws near to them. Like this content? Make sure to leave us a rating and share it with others, so others can...

Don't forget to subscribe to the TMBT Newsletter here. Are you building your life on God's promises? Do you believe that God keeps his promises? Can he actually provide what you need? In today's episode, Keith uses Genesis 21:1-7 to discuss God's faithfulness to Abraham. Listen to find out how trusting God can free you up to live generously. Like this content? Make sure to leave us a rating and sh...

Don't forget to subscribe to the TMBT Newsletter here. Do you feel like you're not progressing in your faith? Are you battling the same sin over and over? Do you wonder if you're really saved? In Genesis 20, Abraham commits the same sin over and over again. Listen as Patrick shares encouragement from this passage. Like this content? Make sure to leave us a rating and share it with others, so other...

Don't forget to subscribe to the TMBT Newsletter here. Is your sin too big and too dark for God to use you? Do you feel beyond the grace of God? In today's episode, Jensen uses Genesis 19:30-38 to look at the destruction surrounding Lot's life and share how God used him as an example of God's faithfulness. Listen to find out how God can use you (even through your sin). Like this content? Make sure...

Don't forget to subscribe to the TMBT Newsletter here. What do you give power to in your life? The people around you? The shows you watch? The social media you scroll on? The God who created you? In today's episode, Tanya looks at Genesis 19:1-29 to show the danger of becoming like the culture and the importance of drawing near to God. Find out what you can learn from Lot in Sodom and Gomorrah. Li...

Don't forget to subscribe to the TMBT Newsletter here. Do your actions matter? How do you represent Jesus in your daily life? Does your life show others who God is? In today's episode, Keith uses God's promise to Abraham in Genesis 18:16-33 to discuss how God uses his people to teach others to follow him. Listen to find out how to use your life to build God's kingdom. Like this content? Make sure...

Don't forget to subscribe to the TMBT Newsletter here. What's your view of hospitality? How often do you host others? What's holding you back from inviting people in to the messiness of your life? In today's episode, Patrick uses Genesis 18:1-15 discuss different responses to hospitality in the Bible. Listen to find out how Jesus calls Christians to invite people in. Like this content? Make sure t...

Don't forget to subscribe to the TMBT Newsletter here. How should modern-day Christians respond to God's Old Testament covenants? Do they still apply? In today's episode, Jensen looks at God's covenant with Abraham in Genesis 17 to share how this covenant can apply to our lives today. Like this content? Make sure to leave us a rating and share it with others, so others can find it too. Use #asktmb...

Don't forget to subscribe to the TMBT Newsletter here. Are you hopes and dreams so big and scary that you're tempted to take a shortcut? Do you tend to embrace tension or push it away? In today's episode, Tanya uses Genesis 16 to shares the importance of pressing into tension in life instead of taking shortcuts. Like this content? Make sure to leave us a rating and share it with others, so others...

Don't forget to subscribe to the TMBT Newsletter here. If God's role is to make promises, does that mean our role is to believe promises? How can we trust God? In today's episode, Keith shares about God's covenant promise to Abram in Genesis 15. Like this content? Make sure to leave us a rating and share it with others, so others can find it too. Use #asktmbt to connect with us, ask questions, and...

Don't forget to subscribe to the TMBT Newsletter here. Are you willing to take responsibility for things even if they aren't your responsibility? Would you go the extra mile to help out a neighbor? Or do you find yourself falling into apathy? In today's episode, Patrick uses Abram's protection of Lot in Genesis 14 as an example of how to take initiative to help others. Like this content? Make sure...

Don't forget to subscribe to the TMBT Newsletter here. Have a big life decision and not sure what to do? Do you have decision anxiety? Is God in control of life decisions? If you're wrestling with these thoughts, this episode is for you. Jensen shares how Abram uses his faith to guide a huge life decision in Genesis 13. Listen to find out how to have peace in your decisions. Like this content? Mak...

Don't forget to subscribe to the TMBT Newsletter here. Do you spend time worrying what people think of you, trying to look and act a certain way or telling white lies to make yourself look better? Tanya shares an example of Abram acting in such a way in Genesis 12:10-20 to emphasize how God calls believers to live in authenticity. Like this content? Make sure to leave us a rating and share it with...

Don't forget to subscribe to the TMBT Newsletter here. Can the Bible answer some of the world's biggest questions? Where should we look to answer questions about injustice, race, science, etc.? In today's episode, Keith looks at God's blessing to Abram in Genesis 12:1-8 to share how God responds to the world's brokenness. Like this content? Make sure to leave us a rating and share it with others,...

Don't forget to subscribe to the TMBT Newsletter here. Can following your dreams be part of obedience to God? Maybe so. Are you on the right track to following your dreams? In today's episode, Chelsea Haynes, TV Host at FOX 2 in St. Louis, uses Joshua 1:8-9 to share a 3-part formula to following your dreams according to God's word. Like this content? Make sure to leave us a rating and share it wit...

Don't forget to subscribe to the TMBT Newsletter here. Pride often causes us to make our own name great, while making someone else's name smaller. What happens when you try to shrink God's name? In today's episode, Patrick uses Genesis 11:10-32 to share the importance of giving God the glory he deserves. Like this content? Make sure to leave us a rating and share it with others, so others can find...