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Wisdom for the Heart
Stephen Davey will help you learn to know what the Bible says, understand what it means, and apply it to your life as he teaches verse-by-verse through books of the Bible. Stephen is the president of Wisdom International, which provides radio broadcasts, digital content, and print resources designed to make disciples of all nations and edify followers of Jesus Christ.
Episodes
420 episodes
Learning to Say the Right Words Part 1 (Titus 2:11-14)
A wilderness story can wake you up. The image of a man who planned every mile of his journey but forgot to plan his way home sets the tone for a conversation about grace as both a guide for life and an exit strategy for death. We open Titus 2 a...
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The Sacred Calling of Work Part 2 (Titus 2:9-10)
What if your 9-to-5 is the most sacred space you step into all week? We explore how ordinary work—emails, errands, meetings, and messy teamwork—can become a place where humility, honesty, reliability, and loyalty turn heads and open hearts. Pul...
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The Sacred Calling of Work Part 1 (Titus 2:9-10)
What if your job is more than hours, tasks, and a paycheck? We pull back the curtain on vocatio—the ancient idea of calling—and show how recovering it can fill even the most routine task with purpose. Drawing on Paul’s words to Titus and storie...
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A Pattern for Young Men Part 2 (Titus 2:6-8)
What if credibility became your greatest currency—more valuable than wins, likes, or titles? We walk through a clear path for young men to build a life that speaks loudly and cleanly: serve others in concrete ways, think with Scripture-shaped c...
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A Pattern for Young Men Part 1 (Titus 2:6-8)
What if the most endangered person in church life is a vitally engaged, maturing young man—and what if we could change that by how we live, not just what we say? We take Paul’s charge to Titus and turn it into a living blueprint: model maturity...
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Retracing Our Footsteps Home (Part 2)
The loudest voices say dignity demands sameness. We push back with a richer vision: equal worth before God, distinct roles that serve the home, the church, and the common good. Starting in Genesis and moving through Paul’s counsel to Titus, we ...
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Retracing Our Footsteps Home Part 1 (Titus 2:5)
Few phrases spark more heat than “workers at home” and “submissive to their own husbands.” We step straight into Titus 2 and ask the question most people dodge: are these ideas just ancient baggage, or do they point to a design that still creat...
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A Model for Married Women Part 2 (Titus 2:4-5)
Start with the mind and everything else follows. We explore Paul’s surprising claim that love can be learned and that sensible thinking is the backbone of a faithful life, especially for younger wives and mothers navigating covenant commitments...
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A Model for Married Women Part 1 (Titus 2:4-5)
What if the most powerful culture makers aren’t on stages but sitting at kitchen tables? We dive into Paul’s blueprint in Titus 2 and make a bold case: older women mentoring younger wives and mothers can flip an upside‑down world right side up....
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Rare Words for Rare Women (Titus 2:3-4)
When culture shouts for image, speed, and self, we slow down to ask what actually builds a life that lasts. Walking through Titus 2, we map a countercultural path where older women shape the church from the inside out—modeling reverence that di...
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The Treasure of Old Men (Titus 2:1-2)
A culture obsessed with staying young doesn’t know what to do with gray hair—except hide it. We take a different path, opening Titus 2 to show why Scripture calls old age fruitful, not fearful, and why the church flourishes when older men lead ...
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Legacies of Light: George Handel
What if the songs we sing are not warm-ups but lifelines? We explore how Scripture set to melody shapes what we believe, steadying us when prayers feel stuck and counsel runs cold. Starting with Martin Luther’s bold move to give ordinary people...
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Legacies of Light: Corrie and Betsy ten Boom
When life feels like a maze of sudden turns and steep drops, gaining a higher view can change everything. We explore Romans 8:28 with clear eyes, refusing to flatten pain or force a tidy bow on tragedy. Instead, we look at how a sovereign God w...
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Legacies of Light: Robert Laidlaw
What if your job isn’t just a paycheck but a calling that can quietly change the world? We explore how everyday work—paid or unpaid—becomes worship when it’s offered to God with diligence, integrity, and a heart set on serving more than a super...
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Legacies of Light: William Wilberforce
Courage doesn’t always look like a roar; sometimes it’s a window opened toward home and a quiet prayer said on schedule. We explore how Daniel faced the machinery of empire without bitterness or bravado, and how that same blend of joy, integrit...
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Legacies of Light: Joni Erickson Tada
What proves God worthy when the gifts are gone? We open with catastrophe compressed into seconds, then step behind the curtain of Job to hear the ancient accusation that still haunts modern faith: people only honor God when life is easy. From t...
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Legacies of Light: Charles McCoy
Ever chased a good plan that kept slipping away? We explore the ache and the gift of divine redirection through three intertwined journeys: Paul’s long road to Rome and dream of Spain, Jonah’s sprint toward Tarshish, and Dr. Charles McCoy’s stu...
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Legacies of Light: Johann Sebastian Bach
What if hope isn’t a mood but a muscle that holds under weight? We take a clear-eyed look at the difference between wishful thinking and a living hope anchored in God’s promises, then trace how that kind of hope changes how we suffer, work, and...
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Legacies of Light: William Carey
Ash fell like gray snow while a lifetime of labor melted into pools of metal. That’s where we meet William Carey—not in a triumphant portrait, but in the ruins of a printing press that held ten Bible translations, handcrafted type, and years of...
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Legacies of Light: Thomas Jefferson Bowen
What if the hardest part of sharing your faith isn’t what to say, but what to expect? We start with raw honesty about why evangelism stirs anxiety and pushback, then move into a practical, grace-filled path for action—one invitation, one clear ...
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Legacies of Light: Frank Jenner
Most people say they’re “perfectly fine,” even when the seams are splitting. We dig into why that response is so common, what Scripture says about the human heart, and how the Holy Spirit moves through simple, honest witness. Along the way, we ...
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Legacies of Light: Bert Elliot
Ever feel that tug to measure your life against someone else’s highlight reel? We go straight to the root of comparison and find a better way, guided by Scripture and the contrasting stories of two missionaries and two apostles. We begin with a...
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Legacies of Light: Viggo Olsen
Start with a brilliant agnostic surgeon, add a wife just as skeptical, and place them in a world where science felt sufficient and Scripture seemed suspect. Then introduce a disciplined promise: they’ll examine the claims of Christianity with t...
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Legacies of Light: E.V. Hill & S. M. Lockridge
A clear spine runs through everything we talk about today: make Christ unmistakable. We share how two pastors—E. V. Hill and S. M. Lockridge—held fast to the gospel when culture pulled hard, and why their courage still instructs our pulpits, ou...
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