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Stephen Davey Sermons
Full-length sermons from the preaching ministry of Stephen Davey and The Shepherd's Church. Dive deep into God's Word as Stephen takes you verse by verse through books of the Bible. Join Stephen Davey, the Senior Pastor of The Shepherd's Church in Cary, NC for these full-length sermons that unpack the meaning and message of each verse. Whether you're a seasoned believer or just starting your faith journey, Weekly Wisdom provides insightful commentary and practical application to enrich your understanding of God's Word. Subscribe today and embark on a transformative journey through the Bible!
Episodes
73 episodes
Exhibit B - The Global Flood (2 Peter 2:5)
Most people don’t realize there’s a “half-life” to fame. Even the biggest athletes, actors, and leaders get swallowed by cultural forgetting faster than we expect, and the numbers are humbling. We start there, then follow the thread to a strang...
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Discover why God's judgment of fallen angels is the clearest evidence that no one escapes accountability.
A fake seatbelt is a perfect symbol of modern self-deception: it looks like safety, it signals compliance, and it keeps trouble away right up until the moment impact exposes what’s real. We start there with a story of stubborn “autonomy,” then ...
Wolves in Shepherds Clothing
Something can smell expensive and still be fake. We open with a wild example from the food world: “truffle oil” that’s marketed like luxury but contains zero truffles. Then we ask the harder question: what happens when Christian teaching works ...
How to Spot a Fraud
A lab coat can make a bad product sound like medicine, and a religious title can do the same thing to bad theology. We start with a wild piece of advertising history, then pivot to the far more serious question: how do you recognize spiritual d...
When the Devil Joins the Church
Snake oil didn’t start as a punchline. It was once a real treatment for aching joints, until a famous salesman turned it into a traveling show and sold people a warming sensation that looked like a cure. That true story opens a sharper question...
Naming the Unnamed God (Acts 17)
A $500 Porsche sounds like a dream deal until you hear the reason it was priced that way and the punchline becomes a warning: trouble can change what we think is valuable in a single moment. We start with that story, remember how a crisis like ...
Why I Trust the Bible and You Can Too! (Part 3)
A barefoot teenager in rural Wales saves for six years and then walks twenty miles to buy a Bible in her own language. That story isn’t sentimental filler, it’s a mirror. If we say we believe the Word of God, do we actually trust it enough to t...
Why Trust The Bible and You Can Too! (Part 2)
Truth sounds harsh until you realize the alternative is chaos. We start with a simple claim you’ve probably heard before: all religions are basically true. It feels inclusive, but it falls apart the moment two beliefs collide. From there, we fo...
Why I Trust the Bible and You Can Too Part 1
A single lecture in a college classroom can shake someone’s faith for years. We start with a story that hits close to home: a respected Christian student hears that the “wrong books” made it into the Bible, the “real books” were hidden, and chu...
Divine Guidance Through a Dismal Swamp
A swamp is no place to wander without a guide. We open with the Great Dismal Swamp—its stagnant waters, hidden paths, and sudden dangers—and follow Peter’s bold claim that the world can feel just like that: murky, forbidding, and full of pitfal...
An Explosion of Light from Another World
Some messages sparkle while quietly bending the truth. We step into the tension with Peter, who faced charges of “clever myths” for proclaiming that Jesus is the Son of God and will return to reign. Instead of retreating, he reaches back to the...
More than Myths and Superstitions
What if the biggest spiritual threat isn’t outside the church but already in our language—lucky numbers, “good energy,” and manifesting disguised as faith? We open 2 Peter 1:16 and confront a charge as old as the apostles: that Christianity is ...
Remember to Remember!
A university can start with “Truth for Christ and His Church” and end with a mission that never mentions Christ. That same quiet drift can happen to any of us. We open with the cautionary story of the Ivy League and then turn to 2 Peter 1, wher...
Seven Guarantees for Life
A lone wheelchair rolling through deserts, blizzards, and mountain roads becomes a window into something far greater: the kind of welcome a faithful life can receive. We open with a true story of grit and a surprise arena of cheers, then trace ...
An Outbreak of Peace
A house blazing with lights can make a neighborhood glow, but it can’t quiet a restless heart. We open with holiday humor and then pivot to the angels’ proclamation over Bethlehem, drawing a straight line to a frostbitten night in 1914 when Bri...
The Finishing Touch
What if the final ingredient for a life that isn’t wasted isn’t more knowledge or stronger willpower, but a kind of love most of the world has forgotten? We explore the seventh “supplement” in 2 Peter 1—agape—and show why it’s the crown of Chri...
The Courage To Care Under Fire
A president mocked as a “village clown” kept his door open to the weary and the unknown. That image launches us into a candid, practical journey through brotherly love—the kind of deliberate, disciplined affection that turns a crowd into a fami...
On the Playing Field of Life
Looking for a breakthrough but tired of hype? We make a strong case that the most reliable path to spiritual growth is not novelty but a return to the basics. Drawing on 2 Peter 1, we unpack seven qualities—faith’s supplements—that safeguard a ...
Keep Swimming!
A single word carved into stone by an 18-year-old prisoner still speaks across centuries: endure. We open with the stark beauty and spiritual barrenness of France, then move into the Huguenot story and Marie Durand’s 38-year stand in the Tower ...
Getting a Grip on Life
A catchy slogan can’t change a stubborn heart, and white-knuckle willpower won’t hold when life shakes you. We open the hood on self-control and look beyond “just say no” to the deeper engine Scripture describes: a Spirit-led life that learns t...
The Right Kind of Gold Rush
A gold nugget on the American River sparked chaos, but the fortune didn’t flow where most expected. The store owner who sold shovels and the tailor who reinforced torn pants built lasting wealth, while miners mostly went home empty. We use that...
The Passionate Pursuit of Excellence
Headlines love miracle cures and moonshot promises, but the real breakthrough might be hiding in plain sight. We open with the spectacle of anti-aging hype—billion-dollar bets, bankrupt labs, and even “age-reversing” dog food—then pivot to a qu...
Rafting on Whitewater
Life is full of challenges—whitewater moments that threaten to overturn your plans and leave you scrambling. But in 2 Peter 1:3-4, the apostle Peter reminds us that God has provided everything we need to live with integrity, strength, and coura...
