Distracting Ourselves to Death | Historical Books | Isaiah 44:6-23

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🗓️ 10 December 2025

⏱️ 14 minutes

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Are you distracted by your phone? Where is most of your screen time spent? Do you idolize your phone? In today's episode, Jensen shares how Isaiah 44:6-23 encourages you to turn your eyes away from your phone and up towards God. 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 makes TMBT possible. Ten Minute Bible Talks is a crowd-funded project. Join the TMBTeam to reach more people with the Bible. Give now. Like this content? Make sure to leave us a rating and share it so that others can find it, too. Use #asktmbt to connect with us, ask questions, and suggest topics. We'd love to hear from you! To learn more, visit our website and follow us on Instagram, Facebook, and Twitter @TenMinuteBibleTalks. Don't forget to subscribe to the TMBT Newsletter here. Passages: Isaiah 44:6-23

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0:00.0	Jesus changes everything.
0:03.5	That's why 10-minute Bible Talks is spending 2026 exploring the Gospels, Matthew, Mark, Luke,
0:09.1	and John, where we find the Bible's firsthand accounts of Jesus' life and ministry.
0:15.1	Join us as we explore these life-changing stories by downloading the 2026 Bible reading plan and following along with TMBT each day. You can find the link to get your Bible reading plan in today's show notes.
0:34.5	Welcome to 10-minute Bible Talks, where we connect the Bible to your life and the time it takes to get to work.
0:40.0	I'm Jensen Holt McNair.
0:42.3	If you walked into an airport, a grocery store, a train station, a doctor's office, a middle school, a church, a gym, or a mall, you would see one thing, besides obviously people, in every single place. People going on walks,
0:56.3	people waiting for a train, plane, bus, people playing with their kids, sitting on a bench,
1:00.4	hearing a sermon, learning algebra, watching a television show. More often than not,
1:05.8	they all have something in common. A shining beacon of information, entertainment, and distraction in the palm
1:14.2	of their hand. The smartphone. Right now, I'd guess, at least like 95% of you are listening to me
1:21.7	right now from your smartphone. And you know what? That's great. Smartphones have the ability
1:26.3	to connect people from all over the world,
1:28.6	to allow you to learn about God, to read scripture, listen to worship music at any moment in time.
1:34.4	There are obviously positives to this advancement in technology, for sure. But my guess
1:40.0	is that the majority of your screen time, the majority of time you are pulled back into the
1:45.8	numbing gaze of your phone. It probably isn't to fill you up with biblical teaching. It probably
1:51.6	isn't even mostly to do the amazing practical things that your smartphone can do, like
1:56.7	be a calculator, give you directions, let your mom know you're headed home, tell you the
2:02.1	weather, or let you know how much money you have left in your bank account.
2:06.1	No, I'd guess. The majority of the time that you spend on your phone is on apps like TikTok,
2:13.2	Instagram, Snapchat, Facebook, substack, Safari, Chrome, Netflix, email, games, or the news.
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