Idols Can't Save You | Historical Books | Isaiah 46

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🗓️ 15 December 2025

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Do you know the ten commandments? Who were the Babylonian gods? What are your idols? In today's episode, Keith shares how Isaiah 46 reminds us that it is futile to worship idols. 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 46

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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.
0:34.4	Welcome to 10-minute Bible Talks, where we connect the Bible to your life.
0:38.3	In the time it takes to get to work. I'm Keith Simon. The Ten Commandments are one of the most
0:43.7	familiar parts of the Bible, but that doesn't mean that people actually know the Ten Commandments.
0:48.9	Back when Stephen Colbert used to have a show on Comedy Central, he interviewed a U.S. rep from
0:54.1	Georgia. The rep's name was
0:55.9	Lynn Westmoreland. And the congressman went on the Colbert show to promote his proposal to post
1:01.4	the Ten Commandments in the United States House and Senate. Representative Westmoreland said that
1:06.3	the Ten Commandments were so important to the direction of the country that they needed to be
1:10.1	publicly displayed
1:11.2	in the congressional chambers. Colbert gave the congressman plenty of time to explain the importance
1:16.6	of the Ten Commandments. But it got funny when Cobar asked Westmoreland to name the Ten Commandments,
1:22.5	because he couldn't. The guy who said the Ten Commandments were important could name less than
1:27.3	half of them. Do you think you can name all the Ten Commandments were important could name less than half of them.
1:28.7	Do you think you can name all the Ten Commandments?
1:31.2	You can find them in Exodus 20 and Deuteronomy 5.
1:35.1	Let's review them just in case you're ever asked to name them.
1:39.4	The First Commandment is you shall have no other gods before me.
1:43.4	Second, you shall not make an image of God. Second, you shall not make an image of God.
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