Ten Minute Bible Talks Devotional Bible Study

Have you grown spiritually drowsy? Could comfort or distraction be pulling you off course? How do we stay faithful when the timeline is uncertain? In today’s episode, Jeff explores how Mark 13 reminds us that Jesus is coming again and calls us to live awake, guarded, and dependent on him.  Read the Bible with us in 2026! This year, we’re exploring the Gospels—Matthew, Mark, Luke, and John. Downloa...

What does Jesus see when he looks at you? Are you living for God’s approval or the crowd’s applause? Have you learned how to look righteous without being transformed? In today’s episode, Patrick walks through Mark 12:35–43 to show how Jesus confronts religious performance and celebrates the quiet, costly faith of a widow who was fully known by God. Read the Bible with us in 2026! This year, we’re...

What would people learn about Christianity by watching your life? Are the things you’re most passionate about rooted in love? What truly brings us near to God’s kingdom? In today’s episode, Jensen explores how Mark 12:28–34 shows that love, not rule-keeping or sacrifice, is the defining mark of faithful obedience to God. Read the Bible with us in 2026! This year, we’re exploring the Gospels—Matthe...

Why was Jesus so controversial? Why did the religious leaders constantly attempt to "trap" him? Are we guilty of doing the same? In today’s episode, Tanya shares how Mark 12:13–27 exposes the deeper question behind the debate about taxes—whether we truly recognize that we bear God’s image and owe our whole lives to him. Read the Bible with us in 2026! This year, we’re exploring the Gospels—Matthew...

How have you experienced God’s patience? Could his kindness be something you’ve begun to assume rather than receive with gratitude? What sins do you need to repent of today? In today’s episode, Keith explores how Mark 12:1–12 reveals a patient God who repeatedly sends messengers, warns us of coming judgment, and ultimately calls us to repent before we reject the Son himself.  Read the Bible with u...

When you’re in a "pickle," whose authority do you trust: your own, others’, or Jesus’s? Where does Jesus's authority come from? And what does it require of us? In today’s episode, Jeff reflects on Mark 11:27–33, revealing how Jesus’s question presses beyond intellect to the heart and calls us out of avoidance and into repentance and freedom. Read the Bible with us in 2026! This year, we’re explori...

Why does Jesus curse a fig tree and overturn tables in the temple? What’s really going on beneath the surface in this passage? And what does this teach us about the kind of fruit our lives are producing? In today’s episode, Patrick unpacks Mark 11:12–25, showing how Jesus’ actions confront empty religion and call his people to lives of real fruitfulness for the sake of the nations. Read the Bible...

Is your view of the Gospel too narrow? Why did Jesus really come? And how does your answer shape the way you follow him? In today’s episode, Jensen explores how Mark 11:1–11 reveals Jesus as the promised Messiah who comes not to take us out of the world, but to bring God’s kingdom into it. Read the Bible with us in 2026! This year, we’re exploring the Gospels—Matthew, Mark, Luke, and John. Downloa...

What do you want most from Jesus? Are you asking for comfort, success, or something deeper? Can you see your sin clearly? In today’s episode, Tanya shares how Mark 10:32–52 uses the story of Bartimaeus to show us that spiritual blindness often keeps us asking for lesser things, while Jesus invites us to receive true sight and lasting healing. Read the Bible with us in 2026! This year, we’re explor...

What does it really mean to inherit eternal life? What stands in the way of entering God’s kingdom? Is following Jesus worth the cost? In today’s episode, Keith shares how Mark 10:17–31, through the story of the rich young ruler, reminds us that the rewards of following Jesus far outweigh anything we leave behind.  Read the Bible with us in 2026! This year, we’re exploring the Gospels—Matthew, Mar...

Are you trying to control Jesus or follow him? Does commitment to God actually restrict your freedom? And why does Jesus point to children as the model of faith? In today’s episode, Jeff shares how Mark 10:1–16 challenges our consumeristic view of freedom and shows us that true life is found in wholehearted commitment and childlike dependence on Jesus. Read the Bible with us in 2026! This year, we...

How do you measure greatness: like the world or like Jesus? What does it look like to live last in a first-place world? And can we trust Jesus’s way of life? In today’s episode, Patrick shares how Mark 9:30–50 reveals Jesus’s upside-down vision of greatness and invites us to trust a kingdom where the last are first.  Read the Bible with us in 2026! This year, we’re exploring the Gospels—Matthew, M...

Do you pray out of demand or dependence? What do your prayers reveal about what you believe to be true about God? Why does prayer sometimes feel ineffective? In today’s episode, Jensen shares how Mark 9:14–29 shows us that powerful prayer flows from dependence, not demand, and that even our faith begins with Jesus helping us believe. Read the Bible with us in 2026! This year, we’re exploring the G...

Why did Jesus reveal his glory before his suffering? Would seeing God’s glory change the way you live? What if his glory is closer than you think? In today’s episode, Tanya shares how Mark 9:2–13 reveals Jesus’s glory through the transfiguration and invites us to see and reflect that same glory in our everyday lives. Read the Bible with us in 2026! This year, we’re exploring the Gospels—Matthew, M...

Who do you say Jesus is? What is the true cost of following him? Are you willing to lose your life to save it? In today’s episode, Keith shares how Mark 8:22–9:1 challenges our expectations and invites us into the costly, life-giving way of the cross. Read the Bible with us in 2026! This year, we’re exploring the Gospels—Matthew, Mark, Luke, and John. Download your reading plan now. Your support m...

Is your struggle really about a lack of provision? Or a lack of perception? What keeps us from seeing Jesus as the One who sustains us? In today’s episode, Jeff shares how Mark 8:1–21 reveals that our hunger problem is often a heart problem and invites us to open the eyes of our heart to him. Read the Bible with us in 2026! This year, we’re exploring the Gospels—Matthew, Mark, Luke, and John. Down...

Why does Jesus call a woman in need a “dog”? What are our modern ears missing while reading today's passage? And could familiarity or pride be keeping you from receiving what Jesus offers? In today’s episode, Patrick shares how Mark 7:24–37 reveals God’s surprising plan to bring salvation through Israel to the whole world and warns us not to harden our hearts against the grace Jesus offers. Read t...

What makes someone clean or unclean? Can religious activity hide a heart that's far from God? What does your own life reveal about what you believe? In today’s episode, Jensen shares how Mark 7:1–23 shows Jesus confronting religious hypocrisy and revealing a new way of salvation, one that transforms the heart. Read the Bible with us in 2026! This year, we’re exploring the Gospels—Matthew, Mark, Lu...

Do you find yourself searching for control when life feels uncertain? What if the peace you’re looking for comes from presence, not answers? In today’s episode, Tanya shares how Mark 6:45–56 shows that Jesus, the "I AM," is with us in the storm and calls us to seek calm through closeness with Him. Read the Bible with us in 2026! This year, we’re exploring the Gospels—Matthew, Mark, Luke, and John....

Do you trust that God will provide? Why does God test us? Will you offer Jesus your loaves and fishes? In today's episode, Keith shares how Mark 6:30-44 encourages us to offer everything we have to Jesus. Read the Bible with us in 2026! This year, we’re exploring the Gospels—Matthew, Mark, Luke, and John. Download your reading plan now. Want to learn even more about the Gospels? Tune into Not Just...

What does it really cost to follow Jesus? Does anything feel too "expensive" to surrender? What are you holding onto instead of following Jesus fully? In today’s episode, Jeff shares how Mark 6:13–29 challenges us to count the cost of discipleship and trust that surrender is possible because we are already loved by Jesus. Read the Bible with us in 2026! This year, we’re exploring the Gospels—Matth...

Why could Jesus do so few miracles in his hometown? Can familiarity keep us from seeing who he really is? Have you grown bored or complacent with Jesus? In today’s episode, Patrick shares how Mark 6:1–12 serves as both a warning and an invitation, calling us to confess our boredom and return to a living, expectant trust in Christ. Read the Bible with us in 2026! This year, we’re exploring the Gosp...

How should Christians reckon with death? If death is inevitable, what hope do we have? In today’s episode, Jensen shares how Mark 5:35–43 points us to the hope of resurrection, reminding us that the kingdom of God is real and that death is not the end. Read the Bible with us in 2026! This year, we’re exploring the Gospels—Matthew, Mark, Luke, and John. Download your reading plan now. Your support...

What are you desperate for God to do in your life? Is there something you’ve accepted because you think it can’t change? What would it look like to place your desperation in Jesus’s hands? In today’s episode, Tanya shares how Mark 5:21–34 shows that Jesus meets us in our desperation and invites us into healing, restoration, and peace. Read the Bible with us in 2026! This year, we’re exploring the...

How does sin affect us? Who is Legion? Are you sharing what God has done for you? In today's episode, Keith shares how Mark 5:1-20 reminds us of the binding powers of sin. Read the Bible with us in 2026! This year, we’re exploring the Gospels—Matthew, Mark, Luke, and John. Download your reading plan now. Want to learn even more about the Gospels? Tune into Not Just Sunday. Your support makes TMBT...